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