List of MPs elected to the English parliament in 1597

This is a list of Members of Parliament (MPs) elected to the 9th Parliament of Elizabeth I in 1597, the 39th year of her reign: the Parliament met on October 24, 1597 and was held to 9 February 1598 when it was dissolved.[1]

List of constituencies and members

Sir Christopher Yelverton, Speaker
Oliver St John, Bedfordshire
Sir Edward Hoby, Rochester
ConstituencyMembersNotes
Bedfordshire Hon. Oliver St John
Sir Edward Radclyffe
Bedford Humphrey Winche
Oliver Luke
ConstituencyMembersNotes
Berkshire Sir Henry Norreys
Francis Knollys
Windsor Julius Caesar
John Norreys
Reading Francis Moore
Sir Humphrey Forster
Wallingford Thomas Fortescue
Owen Oglethorpe
Abingdon Francis Little
ConstituencyMembersNotes
Buckinghamshire Sir John Fortescue
Francis Goodwin
Buckingham Edward Carey
Francis Fortescue
Wycombe William Fortescue
John Tasburgh
Aylesbury Thomas Tasburgh
Thomas Smythe
ConstituencyMembersNotes
Cambridgeshire Sir Henry North
William Hynde
Cambridge Robert Wallis
John Yaxley
ConstituencyMembersNotes
Cheshire Sir William Brereton
Thomas Egerton
City of Chester Peter Warburton
William Brock
ConstituencyMembersNotes
Cornwall William Killigrew
Jonathan Trelawny
Launceston Herbert Croft
?
Liskeard Henry Neville
Edward Trelawny
Lostwithiel William Cornwallis
John Cooke
Truro Maurice Berkeley
Reade Stafford
Bodmin Sir Bernard Grenville
John Herbert
Helston William Cooke
Nicholas Saunders
Saltash Gregory Downhall
Ellis Wynn
Westlow Robert Hitcham
Sir Henry Lennard
Grampound John Leigh
Robert Newdigate
Eastlow Ambrose Bellot
Robert Gawdy
Camelford Jerome Horsey
Henry Carnesewe
Penryn James Killigrew
Edward Jones
Tregoney Sir Edward Denny
Henry Birde
St Ives Noel Sotherton
Vincent Skinner
Mitchel John Arundell
John Carew
Bossiney Thomas Harris
Sir Edward Denny
Fowey John Rashleigh
Thomas Treffry
St Germans Robert Hatchman
John Chamberlain
St Mawes Michael Vyvyan
Richard Orver
Newport Morgan Coleman
Edward Lewknor
Callington Henry Ferrers
John Egerton
ConstituencyMembersNotes
Cumberland Joseph Pennington
Christopher Pickering
Carlisle Henry Scrope
Thomas Sandford
ConstituencyMembersNotes
Derbyshire Thomas Gresley
John Harpur
Derby Henry Duport
Robert Stringer
ConstituencyMembersNotes
Devon William Strode
Amias Bampfield
Exeter John Hele
William Martin
Totnes Edward Giles
Christopher Buggin
Barnstaple Thomas Hinson
George Peard
Plymouth Warwick Hele
William Stallenger
Plympton Erle George Southcote
Edward Hancock
Tavistock Edward Montagu
Valentine Knightley
Bere Alston Sir Jocelyn Blount
George Crooke
Clifton Dartmouth Hardness John Osborne
William Bastard
ConstituencyMembersNotes
Dorset Sir Ralph Horsey
Sir Walter Raleigh
Dorchester Robert Ashley
Richard Wright
Poole Roger Mawdeley
Edward Man
Shaftesbury John Budden
John Davies
Weymouth Richard Swayne
Francis Leigh
Melcombe Regis John Mockett
John Brooke
Lyme Regis Richard Tichborne
Christopher Ellesdon
Wareham John Frankland
Sampson Hussey
Bridport Lewison Fitzjames
Adrian Gilbert
Corfe Castle ?
?
ConstituencyMembersNotes
Essex William Petre
John Wentworth
Colchester Robert Barker
Richard Symnell
Maldon Thomas Harris
William Wiseman
ConstituencyMembersNotes
Gloucestershire John Tracy
Sir John Hungerford
Gloucester Luke Garnons
William Oldsworth
Cirencester Henry Poole
James Wroughton
ConstituencyMembersNotes
Hampshire Thomas Fleming
Richard Mill
Winchester William Badger
John Moore
Southampton William Wallop
Francis Bacon		 Bacon sat for Ipswich, replaced by Sir Oliver Lambert
Portsmouth William Greene
Thomas Thorney
Petersfield Wiliam Kingswell
Thomas Hanbury
Yarmouth Benedict Barnham
John Snow
Newport Richard James
William Cotton
Newtown Sylvanus Scory
Thomas Crompton
Lymington Thomas West
Henry Wallop
Christchurch Simon Willis
Andrew Rogers
Stockbridge Miles Sandys
Mark Steward
Whitchurch Thomas Henshaw
Richard Carey
Andover Edward Reynolds
Edward Phelips
ConstituencyMembersNotes
Herefordshire Sir Thomas Coningsby
Sir John Scudamore
Hereford Gregory Price
Anthony Pembridge
Leominster Thomas Crompton
John Creswell
ConstituencyMembersNotes
Hertfordshire Sir Robert Cecil
Rowland Lytton
St Albans Henry Maynard
Humphrey Coningsby
ConstituencyMembersNotes
Huntingdonshire Sir Gervase Clifton
Oliver Cromwell
Huntingdon Richard Cromwell
Robert Cooke
ConstituencyMembersNotes
Kent Sir Robert Sidney
Sir WIlliam Brooke
Canterbury John Boys
Sir Henry Finch
Rochester Sir Edward Hoby
(Sir) Thomas Walsingham (elder)
Queenborough Sir George Carew
Michael Sondes
Maidstone Sir Thomas Fludde
Sir John Leveson
ConstituencyMembersNotes
Lancashire Thomas Gerard
Robert Hesketh
Preston John Brograve
Sir John Stanhope
Lancaster Sir Thomas Hesketh
Edward Hubberd
Newton William Cope
Geoffrey Osbaldeston
Wigan Edward Legh
Nicholas Smyth
Clitheroe William Holte
George Rotheram
Liverpool Thomas Gerard
Peter Probie
ConstituencyMembersNotes
Leicestershire Sir Edward Hastings
Sir Francis Hastings
Leicester George Parkins
John Stanford
ConstituencyMembersNotes
Lincolnshire Thomas Monson
William Pelham
Lincoln Thomas Grantham
George Anton
Boston Anthony Irby
Richard Stevenson
Grimsby Thomas Hatcliffe
Thomas Ellis
Stamford Sir Robert Wingfield
Thomas Balgaye
Grantham Thomas Horsman
Francis Neale
ConstituencyMembersNotes
Middlesex Sir Robert Wroth
John Peyton
Westminster Thomas Knyvet
Thomas Cole		 Cole died - replaced by Anthony Mildmay
City of London Sir John Hart
John Croke
Thomas Fettiplace
George Southerton
ConstituencyMembersNotes
Monmouthshire Henry Herbert
John Arnold
Monmouth Boroughs Sir Robert Johnson
ConstituencyMembersNotes
Norfolk Henry Gawdy
Sir John Townshend
Norwich Christopher Layer
Thomas Sotherton
King's Lynn Thomas Oxborough
Nathaniel Bacon
Yarmouth Henry Hobart
John Felton
Thetford John Crofts
Philip Gawdy
Castle Rising Thomas Guybon
Henry Spelman
ConstituencyMembersNotes
Northamptonshire Sir Thomas Cecil
Sir Richard Knightley
Peterborough John Wingfield
Alexander Neville
Northampton Christopher Yelverton
Henry Yelverton		 Christopher Yelverton was Speaker
Brackley Robert Spencer
Ranulph Crewe
Higham Ferrers Henry Montagu
ConstituencyMembersNotes
Northumberland Sir Robert Carey
William Selby
Newcastle Henry Chapman
Henry Lindley
Morpeth Robert Printis
Thomas Carleton
Berwick upon Tweed William Selby
Thomas Parkinson
ConstituencyMembersNotes
Nottinghamshire John Byron
Sir Richard Whalley
Nottingham Humphrey Bonner
Anchor Jackson
East Retford Roger Portington
John Roos
ConstituencyMembersNotes
Oxfordshire Sir William Knollys
Sir Richard Wenman
Oxford Anthony Bacon
George Calfield
Woodstock Lawrence Tanfield
John Lee
Banbury Anthony Cope
ConstituencyMembersNotes
Rutland William Cecil
Sir James Harington
ConstituencyMembersNotes
Shropshire Sir Henry Bromley
Thomas Leighton
Shrewsbury Reginald Scriven
Roger Owen
Bridgnorth Edward Bromley
John Lutwich
Ludlow Hugh Sanford
Thomas Canland		 Sanford's election declared void - replaced by Robert Berry
Wenlock William Baynham
William Lacon		 Baynham died - replaced by Thomas Fanshawe
Bishops Castle Hayward Townsend
Edmund Baynham
ConstituencyMembersNotes
Somerset Sir Francis Popham
Sir Hugh Portman
Bristol George Snigge
Thomas James
Bath William Sharestone
William Heath
Wells Leonard Crosse
William Watkins
Taunton Edward Barker
Edward Hexte
Bridgwater Alexander Jones
Alexander Popham
Minehead Amias Bampfield
Conrad Prowse		 Bampfield chose to sit for Devon - replaced by ?
ConstituencyMembersNotes
Staffordshire Hon. John Dudley
Sir Christopher Blount
Lichfield Joseph Oldsworth
William Fowkes
Stafford Sir Edward Stafford
Henry Bourchier
Newcastle under Lyme Sir Walter Leveson
John Bowyer
Tamworth William Temple
George Hyde
ConstituencyMembersNotes
Suffolk Sir Thomas Waldegrave
Henry Warner
Ipswich Sir Michael Stanhope
Francis Bacon
Dunwich Arthur Atye
Clipsby Gawdy
Orford Thomas Rivett
William Forthe
Eye Edward Honing
Anthony Gawdy
Aldeburgh Francis Harvey
Francis Johnson
Sudbury George Waldegrave
John Clapham
ConstituencyMembersNotes
Surrey Lord Howard of Effingham
George More		 Howard replaced 1598 by Hon. Charles Howard as the former may have mistakenly supposed that in acquiring the courtesy title Lord Howard of Effingham he was disqualified
Southwark Edmund Bowyer
Richard Hutton
Bletchingly Hon. Charles Howard
Sir John Trevor		 Howard sat for Surrey and was replaced by Sir Richard Trevor
Reigate Sir William Howard
Sir Edward Howard
Gatton George Buc
Michael Hicks
Guildford Sir WIlliam More
Sir Robert Southwell
Haslemere Francis Aungier
George Austen
ConstituencyMembersNotes
Sussex Robert Sackville
Nicholas Parker
Chichester Richard Lewknor
Adrian Stoughton
Horsham John Hare
James Booth
Midhurst Lewis Lewknor
James Smyth
Lewes Sir Henry Glemham
John Shirley
New Shoreham William Nector
John Young
Steyning John Shurley
Thomas Shirley
Bramber Nicholas Trott
William Comber
East Grinstead George Rivers
Richard Baker
Arundel William Essex
James Smith
ConstituencyMembersNotes
Warwickshire Fulke Greville
William Combe
Coventry Henry Kervyn
Thomas Saunders
Warwick John Townsend
William Spicer
ConstituencyMembersNotes
Westmoreland Walter Harcourt
Henry Cholmley
Appleby James Colbrand
John Lyly
ConstituencyMembersNotes
Wiltshire Sir William Eyre
Henry Baynton
Salisbury Thomas Eyre
Giles Hutchens
Wilton Thomas Muffet
Robert Penruddock
Downton Robert Turner
George Powell
Hindon Sir James Marvyn
Henry Jackman
Heytesbury Sir John Thynne
Lawrence Hyde
Chippenham Thomas Edmondes
Sharington Talbot		 Edmondes replaced by Edward Wymarke
Calne Thomas Edwards
Richard Lowe
Devizes John Kent
Robert Drew
Ludgershall Edmund Ludlow
Richard Leake
Great Bedwyn Sir Anthony Hungerford
Francis Castilian
Cricklade Sir George Gifford
Grey Brydges, 5th Baron Chandos
Malmesbury Sir Henry Knyvet
Thomas Estcourt
Westbury Matthew Ley
James Ley
Old Sarum William Blaker
Nicholas Hyde
Wootton Bassett Henry Dacre
John Lowe
Marlborough Richard Digges
Richard Wheler
ConstituencyMembersNotes
Worcestershire John Lyttelton
Edward Colles
Worcester Rowland Berkeley
William Bagnall
Droitwich John Acton
Thomas Baily
ConstituencyMembersNotes
Yorkshire Sir John Stanhope
Sir Thomas Posthumous Hoby		 Both replaced by John Savile, 1st Baron Savile of Pontefract
and Sir William Fairfax
York James Birkby
Thomas Moseley
Kingston upon Hull Leonard Willan
Anthony Cole
Scarborough Sir Thomas Posthumous Hoby
Walter Pye
Knaresborough Hugh Beeston
Sir William Slingsby
Richmond Marmaduke Wyvill
Cuthbert Pepper
Beverley Thomas Crompton
Edward Fraunceys
Aldborough Henry Bellasis
Richard Gargrave
Thirsk George Leycester
Thomas Belasyse
Hedon Thomas Salveyn
Sir Christopher Hilliard
Ripon Sir John Bennet
Christopher Perkins
Boroughbridge Henry Fanshawe
Thomas Crompton
ConstituencyMembersNotes
Hastings Edmund Pelham
Richard Liffe
Sandwich Peter Manwood
Edward Peake
Dover Thomas Fane
William Leonard
Romney George Coppyn
James Thurbarne
Hythe Christopher Honywood
Christopher Toldervey
Rye Sampson Lennard
Thomas Hamon
Winchelsea Ralph Ewens
Thomas Colepeper
ConstituencyMembersNotes
Anglesey Hugh Hughs
Beaumaris William Jones
Brecknockshire Sir Robert Knollys
Brecknock David Williams
Cardiganshire Thomas Pryse
Cardigan Thomas Rawlins
Carmarthenshire Walter Vaughan
Carmarthen Henry Vaughan
Carnarvonshire William Griffith
Carnarvon John Owen
Denbighshire John Lloyd
Denbigh Boroughs John Panton
Flintshire William Ravenscroft
Flint Edward Morgan
Glamorgan Sir Thomas Mansell
Cardiff Nicholas Hawkins
Merioneth Thomas Myddelton
Montgomeryshire William Herbert
Montgomery Thomas Jukes
Pembrokeshire Sir Gelly Meyrick
Pembroke Edward Burton
Haverford West Sir James Perrot
Radnorshire James Price
Radnor Edward Lewis

Notes

  1. ↑ Willis, Browne (1750). Notitia Parliamentaria, Part II: A Series or Lists of the Representatives in the several Parliaments held from the Reformation 1541, to the Restoration 1660 ... London. pp. 137–145.

References

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