List of MPs elected to the English parliament in 1626
This is a list of Members of Parliament (MPs) elected to the second parliament in the reign of King Charles I in 1626.
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Sir Heneage Finch - speaker
The second parliament began on 6 February 1626 and was held to 15 June 1626 when it was dissolved.
List of constituencies and members
Bedfordshire | ||
| Constituency | Members | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Bedfordshire | Oliver St John Sir Oliver Luke |
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| Bedford | Sir Beauchamp St John Richard Taylor |
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Berkshire | ||
| Constituency | Members | Notes |
| Berkshire | John Fettiplace Edmund Dunch |
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| Windsor | William Russell Humphrey Newbury |
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| Reading | Sir Francis Knollys John Saunders |
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| Wallingford | Sir Anthony Forrest Unton Croke |
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| Abingdon | Sir Robert Knollys | |
Buckinghamshire | ||
| Constituency | Members | Notes |
| Buckinghamshire | Sir Francis Goodwin Sir Thomas Denton |
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| Buckingham | Sir Alexander Denton Sir John Smythe |
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| Wycombe | Henry Coke Edmund Waller |
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| Aylesbury | Clement Coke Arthur Goodwin |
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| Amersham | William Clarke Francis Drake |
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| Wendover | John Hampden Sir Sampson Darrell |
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| Marlow | John Backhouse Sir William Hicks, 1st Baronet |
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Cambridgeshire | ||
| Constituency | Members | Notes |
| Cambridgeshire | Sir Edward Peyton, 2nd Baronet Sir John Cutts |
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| Cambridge University | Thomas Eden Sir John Coke |
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| Cambridge | Thomas Purchase Thomas Meautys |
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Cheshire | ||
| Constituency | Members | Notes |
| Cheshire | Sir Richard Grosvenor, 1st Baronet Peter Daniell |
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| City of Chester | William Gamull Edward Whitby |
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Cornwall | ||
| Constituency | Members | Notes |
| Cornwall | William Coryton Sir Francis Godolphin |
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| Launceston | Bevil Grenville Richard Scott |
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| Liskeard | Sir Francis Steward Joseph Jane |
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| Lostwithiel | Sir Robert Mansell Reginald Mohun |
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| Truro | Francis Rous Henry Rolle |
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| Bodmin | Henry Jermyn Sir Richard Weston |
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| Helston | Francis Godolphin Francis Carew |
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| Saltash | Sir John Hayward Sir Richard Buller |
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| Camelford | Edward Lyndley Sir Thomas Monk |
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| Grampound | Edward Thomas Sir Thomas St Aubyn |
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| Eastlow | Sir James Bagge Sir John Trevor |
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| Westlow | Sir John Wolstenholme, 1st Baronet John Rudhall |
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| Penryn | Edward Roberts Sir Edwin Sandys |
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| Tregoney | Thomas Carey Sir Robert Killigrew |
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| Bossiney | Lord Lambart Paul Specot |
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| St Ives | Edward Savage Benjamin Tichborne |
Tichborne sat for Petersfield - replaced by William Noy |
| Fowey | Arthur Bassett William Murray |
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| St Germans | Sir John Eliot Sir Henry Marten |
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| Mitchell | Francis Crossing Sir John Smith |
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| Newport | Sir Henry Hungate Thomas Williams (junior) |
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| St Mawes | William Carr Lord Carey |
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| Callington | Clipsby Crew John Rolle |
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Cumberland | ||
| Constituency | Members | Notes |
| Cumberland | Sir George Dalston Sir Patricius Curwen Bart |
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| Carlisle | Sir Henry Vane Richard Graham |
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Derbyshire | ||
| Constituency | Members | Notes |
| Derbyshire | William Lord Cavendish John Manners |
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| Derby | Sir Henry Crofts John Thoroughgood |
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Devon | ||
| Constituency | Members | Notes |
| Devon | John Drake John Pole |
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| Exeter | Ignatius Jordan John Hayne |
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| Totnes | Arthur Champernoun Philip Holditch |
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| Plymouth | John Granville Thomas Sherville (merchant) |
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| Barnstaple | Sir Alexander St John John Delbridge |
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| Plympton Erle | Sir Thomas Hele, 1st Baronet William Strode |
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| Tavistock | John Pym John Ratcliffe |
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| Clifton Dartmouth Hardness | John Upton Roger Matthew (Merchant) |
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| Bere Alston | Thomas Wise William Strode |
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| Tiverton | John Drake Peter Ball |
Drake chose to sit for Devon - replaced by Richard Oliver |
Dorset | ||
| Constituency | Members | Notes |
| Dorset | Sir George Morton Sir Thomas Freke |
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| Poole | Christopher Erle John Pyne |
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| Dorchester | Richard Bushrode Michael Humphreys |
Humphreys died - replaced by William Whiteway |
| Lyme Regis | Walter Erle Thomas Paramour |
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| Weymouth and Melcombe Regis | Sir John Strangways Arthur Pyne Giles Green Bernard Michell |
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| Bridport | Lewis Dyve Sir Richard Strode |
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| Shaftesbury | Samuel Turner William Whitmore |
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| Wareham | Nathaniel Napier Edward Laurence |
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| Corfe Castle | Sir Robert Napier Edward Daccombe |
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Essex | ||
| Constituency | Members | Notes |
| Essex | Sir Francis Barrington Bt Harbottle Grimston (senior). |
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| Colchester | William Towse Edward Alford. |
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| Maldon | Sir William Masham, 1st Baronet Sir Thomas Cheek |
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| Harwich | Nathaniel Rich Christopher Harris |
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Gloucestershire | ||
| Constituency | Members | Notes |
| Gloucestershire | Sir Robert Tracy Sir Robert Pointz |
Browne Willis gives Sir Maurice Berkeley and John Dutton |
| Gloucester | Christopher Caple John Browne |
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| Cirencester | Sir Neville Poole John George |
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| Tewkesbury | Sir Dudley Diggs Sir Baptist Hicks |
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Hampshire | ||
| Constituency | Members | Notes |
| Hampshire | Sir Henry Wallop Robert Wallop |
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| Winchester | Richard Tichborne Henry Whitehead |
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| Southampton | Sir John Mill, 1st Baronet George Gallop |
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| Portsmouth | Sir James Fullerton Thomas Whiteman |
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| Petersfield | Benjamin Tichborne William Uvedale |
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| Yarmouth | Sir Edward Conway John Oglander |
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| Newport | Christopher Yelverton Philip Fleming |
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| Stockbridge | Sir Robert Gifford Sir Thomas Badger |
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| Newtown | Sir Thomas Barrington, 2nd Baronet Thomas Malet |
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| Lymington | Herbert Doddington John More |
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| Christchurch | Nathaniel Tomkins Robert Norton |
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| Whitchurch | Sir Thomas Jervoise Sir Robert Oxenbridge |
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| Andover | Henry, Lord Paulet John Shuter |
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Herefordshire | ||
| Constituency | Members | Notes |
| Herefordshire | Sir Robert Harley Sir Walter Pye |
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| Hereford | James Clerke Richard Weaver |
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| Leominster | James Tomkins Edward Littleton |
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Hertfordshire | ||
| Constituency | Members | Notes |
| Hertfordshire | Sir John Boteler Sir Thomas Dacres |
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| St Albans | Sir Charles Morrison, 1st Baronet Sir Edward Goring |
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| Hertford | Sir William Harrington Sir Capell Bedell, 1st Baronet |
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Huntingdonshire | ||
| Constituency | Members | Notes |
| Huntingdonshire | Edward Montagu Sir Robert Payne |
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| Huntingdon | Sir Arthur Mainwaring John Goldsborough |
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Kent | ||
| Constituency | Members | Notes |
| Kent | Sir Edward Hales, 1st Baronet Sir Edward Scott |
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| Canterbury | Sir John Finch James Palmer |
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| Rochester | Henry Clerke (Sir) Thomas Walsingham (elder) |
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| Maidstone | Sir George Fane Francis Barnham |
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| Queenborough | Roger Palmer Robert Pooley |
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Lancashire | ||
| Constituency | Members | Notes |
| Lancashire | Robert Stanley Gilbert Hoghton |
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| Preston | George Gerard Thomas Fanshawe |
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| Lancaster | Thomas Jermyn Sir Thomas Fanshawe |
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| Newton | Sir Miles Fleetwood Sir Henry Edmonds |
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| Wigan | Sir Anthony St John Sir William Pooley |
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| Clitheroe | Sir Ralph Assheton George Kirke |
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| Liverpool | Edward Bridgeman Thomas Stanley |
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Leicestershire | ||
| Constituency | Members | Notes |
| Leicestershire | Sir Henry Hastings Francis Staresmore |
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| Leicester | Sir Humphrey May Sir George Hastings |
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Lincolnshire | ||
| Constituency | Members | Notes |
| Lincolnshire | Sir William Airmine John Monson |
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| Lincoln | Sir Thomas Grantham Robert Monson |
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| Boston | Sir Edward Barkham Richard Oakley |
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| Grimsby | Henry Pelham William Skinner |
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| Stamford | Montagu Bertie Brian Palmes |
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| Grantham | John Wingfield Edward Stirmin |
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Middlesex | ||
| Constituency | Members | Notes |
| Middlesex | Sir Edward Spencer Sir Gilbert Gerard, 1st Baronet of Harrow on the Hill |
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| Westminster | Sir Robert Pye Peter Heywood |
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| City of London | Sir Thomas Middleton Heneage Finch Sir Robert Bateman Sir Maurice Abbot |
Finch was Speaker |
Monmouthshire | ||
| Constituency | Members | Notes |
| Monmouthshire | William Herbert Nicholas Arnold |
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| Monmouth Boroughs | William Fortesue | |
Norfolk | ||
| Constituency | Members | Notes |
| Norfolk | Sir Edward Coke Sir Robert Bell |
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| Norwich | Sir John Suckling Sir Thomas Hyrne |
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| King's Lynn | Thomas Gurling John Cooke |
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| Yarmouth | Sir John Corbet Thomas Johnson (Alderman) |
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| Thetford | Sir John Hobart, 2nd Baronet Framlingham Gawdy |
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| Castle Rising | Sir Hamon le Strange Sir Thomas Bancroft |
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Northamptonshire | ||
| Constituency | Members | Notes |
| Northamptonshire | Sir William Spencer Sir John Pickering |
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| Peterborough | Mildmay Lord Burleigh Laurence Whitaker |
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| Northampton | Richard Spencer Christopher Sherland |
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| Brackley | Sir John Hobart John Crew |
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| Higham Ferrers | Sir Thomas Dacres | Sat for Hertfordshire and replaced by Sir George Sondes |
Northumberland | ||
| Constituency | Members | Notes |
| Northumberland | Sir John Fenwick Sir John Delaval |
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| Newcastle | Sir Peter Riddel Sir Henry Anderson |
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| Morpeth | Sir Thomas Reynell John Bankes |
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| Berwick upon Tweed | Sir Robert Jackson Richard Lowther |
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Nottinghamshire | ||
| Constituency | Members | Notes |
| Nottinghamshire | Henry Stanhope Sir Thomas Hutchinson |
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| Nottingham | Sir Gervase Clifton John Byron |
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| East Retford | John Lord Haughton Sir Francis Wortley, 1st Baronet |
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Oxfordshire | ||
| Constituency | Members | Notes |
| Oxfordshire | Hon. James Fiennes Sir Thomas Wenman |
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| Oxford University | Sir Thomas Edmondes John Danvers |
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| Oxford | John Whistler Thomas Wentworth |
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| Woodstock | Edward Tavernor Sir Gerard Fleetwood |
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| Banbury | Calcot Chambre | |
Rutland | ||
| Constituency | Members | Notes |
| Rutland | William Bulstrode Sir Francis Bodenham |
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Salop | ||
| Constituency | Members | Notes |
| Shropshire | Sir Rowland Cotton Sir Richard Leveson |
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| Shrewsbury | Sir William Owen Thomas Owen |
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| Bridgnorth | Sir William Whitmore, 2nd Baronet George Vernon |
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| Ludlow | Richard Tomlins Ralph Goodwin |
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| Wenlock | Thomas Lawley Francis Smallman |
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| Bishops Castle | William Oakley Edward Waring |
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Somerset | ||
| Constituency | Members | Notes |
| Somerset | Sir Henry Berkeley Sir John Horner |
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| Bristol | John Doughty John Whitson |
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| Bath | Richard Gay William Chapman |
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| Wells | Sir Edward Rodney Sir Thomas Lake |
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| Taunton | Sir Robert Gorges George Browne |
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| Bridgwater | Sir Arthur Lake Edward Popham |
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| Minehead | Sir John Gill Thomas Horner |
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| Ilchester | Sir William Beecher Robert Caesar |
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Staffordshire | ||
| Constituency | Members | Notes |
| Staffordshire | Sir Simon Weston Sir William Bowyer |
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| Lichfield | Sir Richard Dyott William Wingfield |
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| Stafford | Sir John Ottley Bulstrode Whitlock |
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| Newcastle under Lyme | Sir John Skeffington, 2nd Baronet John Keeling |
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| Tamworth | Sir Thomas Puckering Sir Walter Devereux |
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Suffolk | ||
| Constituency | Members | Notes |
| Suffolk | Sir Robert Naunton Sir Robert Crane |
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| Ipswich | Sir Robert Snelling Sir William Yonge |
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| Dunwich | Sir John Rous Thomas Bedingfield |
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| Orford | Robert Hitcham Charles Croft |
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| Eye | Francis Finch Sir Roger North |
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| Aldeburgh | Sir Thomas Glemham William Mason |
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| Sudbury | Sir Nathaniel Barnardiston Thomas Smith |
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| Bury St Edmunds | Sir Thomas Jermyn Emanuel Gifford |
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Surrey | ||
| Constituency | Members | Notes |
| Surrey | Sir Richard Onslow Sir Ambrose Browne |
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| Southwark | Richard Yarward William Coxe |
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| Bletchingley | Edward Bysshe Henry Lovell |
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| Reigate | Thomas Bludder Sir William Monson |
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| Guildford | Richard Shilton Robert Parkhurst, jnr |
Shilton did not take his seat, and was replaced by Sir William Morley |
| Gatton | Sir Samuel Owfield Sir Charles Howard |
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| Haslemere | Sir Francis Carew Poynings More |
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Sussex | ||
| Constituency | Members | Notes |
| Sussex | Sir Walter Covert Sir Alexander Temple |
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| Chichester | Algernon Lord Peircy Humphrey Haggett |
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| Horsham | John Borough John Middleton |
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| Midhurst | Richard Lewknor Sir Henry Spiller |
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| Lewes | Sir George Goring Sir George Rivers |
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| New Shoreham | John Alford William Marlott |
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| Bramber | Walter Barttelot Thomas Bowyer |
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| Steyning | Sir Edward Fraunceys Edward Bishopp |
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| East Grinstead | Sir Henry Compton Robert Goodwin |
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| Arundel | Nicholas Jordain William Mill |
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Warwickshire | ||
| Constituency | Members | Notes |
| Warwickshire | Sir Thomas Lucy Sir Clement Throckmorton |
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| Coventry | Henry Harwell Isaac Walden |
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| Warwick | Sir Francis Leigh, Bt. Francis Lucy |
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Westmorland | ||
| Constituency | Members | Notes |
| Westmoreland | Sir John Lowther Sir Henry Bellingham |
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| Appleby | Sir William Slingsby William Ashton |
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Wiltshire | ||
| Constituency | Members | Notes |
| Wiltshire | Sir Henry Poole Sir Walter Long |
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| Salisbury | Henry Sherfield John Puxton |
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| Wilton | Sir Thomas Morgan Sir John Evelyn |
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| Downton | Edward Herbert Sir William Trumbull |
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| Hindon | Sir Thomas Thynne Thomas Lambert |
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| Heytesbury | Sir Charles Berkeley William Blake |
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| Westbury | Sir Walter Long Thomas Hopton |
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| Calne | Sir John Eyres George Lowe (senior) |
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| Chippenham | Sir Edmund Bayntun Sir Francis Popham |
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| Devizes | Robert Long Sir Henry Ley |
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| Malmesbury | Sir Henry Moody Sir William Crofts |
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| Cricklade | Sir William Howard Sir Robert Hyde |
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| Ludgershall | Sir William Walter Sir Thomas Jaye/Sir Thomas Hinton |
Unresolved double return - BW corrigenda includes Jaye |
| Great Bedwyn | John Selden Sir Maurice Berkeley |
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| Old Sarum | Michael Oldisworth Sir Benjamin Rudyerd |
BW corrigenda gives Christopher Keightley in place of Rudyerd |
| Wootton Bassett | Sir John Francklyn Sir Thomas Lake |
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| Marlborough | Richard Digges Edward Kyrton |
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Worcestershire | ||
| Constituency | Members | Notes |
| Worcestershire | Sir Thomas Lyttelton, 1st Baronet Sir John Rouse |
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| Worcester | John Spelman John Haselock |
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| Droitwich | John Wilde Thomas Coventry |
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| Evesham | Sir John Hare Anthony Langston |
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| Bewdley | Ralph Clare | |
Yorkshire | ||
| Constituency | Members | Notes |
| Yorkshire | Sir John Savile Sir William Constable |
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| York | Sir Arthur Ingram Christopher Brooke |
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| Kingston upon Hull | John Lister Lancelot Roper |
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| Knaresborough | Sir Richard Hutton Henry Benson |
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| Scarborough | Sir Hugh Cholmeley, 1st Baronet Stephen Hutchinson |
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| Ripon | Thomas Best Sir Thomas Posthumous Hoby |
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| Richmond | Christopher Wandesford Matthew Hutton |
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| Hedon | Sir Thomas Fairfax Sir Christopher Hillyard |
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| Boroughbridge | Sir Ferdinando Fairfax Philip Mainwaring |
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| Thirsk | Henry Belasyse William Cholmeley |
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| Aldborough | Richard Aldborough John Carvile |
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| Beverley | Sir John Hotham Bt Sir William Alford |
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| Pontefract | Sir John Jackson Sir Francis Foljambe, 1st Baronet |
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Cinque Ports | ||
| Constituency | Members | Notes |
| Hastings | Sir Dudley Carleton Nicholas Eversfield |
Carleton ennobled and replaced 1626 by Sir Thomas Parker |
| Romney | Richard Godfrey Thomas Brett |
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| Hythe | Sir Peter Heyman Sir Basil Dixwell, 1st Baronet |
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| Dover | John Hippisley John Pringle |
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| Sandwich | Sir John Suckling Peter Peake |
Suckling chose to sit for Norwich, replaced by Sir Edward Boys |
| Rye | Thomas Fotherley Sir John Sackville | |
| Winchelsea | Roger Twysden Sir Nicholas Saunders |
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Wales | ||
| Constituency | Members | Notes |
| Anglesey | Richard Bulkeley | |
| Beaumaris | Charles Jones | |
| Brecknockshire | John Price | |
| Brecknock | Walter Pye | chose for Herefordshire - replaced by Humphrey Lynde |
| Cardiganshire | James Lewis | |
| Cardigan | Walter Overbury | |
| Carmarthenshire | (Sir) Richard Vaughan | |
| Carmarthen | Henry Vaughan | |
| Carnarvonshire | John Griffith | |
| Carnarvon | Edward Littleton | |
| Denbighshire | Sir Eubule Thelwall | |
| Denbigh Boroughs | Hugh Myddleton | |
| Flintshire | John Salusbury | |
| Flint | William Ravenscroft | |
| Glamorgan | Sir John Stradling, 1st Baronet | |
| Cardiff | William Price | |
| Merioneth | Edward Vaughan | |
| Montgomeryshire | Sir William Herbert | |
| Montgomery | Sir Henry Herbert | |
| Pembrokeshire | John Wogan | |
| Pembroke | Hugh Owen | |
| Haverford West | Sir Thomas Canon | |
| Radnorshire | James Price | |
| Radnor | Charles Price | |
See also
- List of Parliaments of England
- 2nd Parliament of King Charles I
References
- D. Brunton & D. H. Pennington, Members of the Long Parliament (London: George Allen & Unwin, 1954)
- Cobbett's Parliamentary history of England, from the Norman Conquest in 1066 to the year 1803 (London: Thomas Hansard, 1808)
- Browne Willis Notitia parliamentaria, or, An history of the counties, cities, and boroughs in England and Wales: ... The whole extracted from mss. and printed evidences 1750 pp218-
- Yorkshire List of Parliamentary Representatives, from 1542 to 1640
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