List of MPs elected to the English parliament in 1656

This is a list of members of Parliament (MPs) in the Second Protectorate Parliament under the Commonwealth of England which began at Westminster on 17 September 1656, and was held until 4 February 1658.

This list contains details of the MPs elected in 1656. The preceding First Protectorate Parliament had excluded a number of Rotten Borough and given representation to several towns including Manchester, Leeds and Halifax and to the county and city of Durham. The Second Protectorate Parliament consisted of the same seats as its predecessor.

List of constituencies and MPs

BedfordshireConstituencyMembersNotes Bedfordshire Sir William Boteler John Harvey Richard Wagstaffe Richard Edwards Samuel Bedford Bedford Thomas MargetsBerkshireConstituencyMembersNotes Berkshire William Trumball Edmund Dunch William Hide John Dunch John Southby . Abingdon Thomas Holt Reading Daniel BlagraveBuckinghamshireConstituencyMembersNotes Buckinghamshire Bulstrode Whitelocke Richard Ingoldsby Richard Hampden Sir Richard Pigot Richard Greenville Buckingham Francis Ingoldsby . Wycombe Major General Tobias Bridge Aylesbury Thomas Scot CambridgeshireConstituencyMembersNotes Cambridgeshire Robert West Francis Russell Henry Pickering Robert Castle Cambridge Richard Timbs (Alderman of Cambridge) Cambridge University Richard Cromwell Isle of Ely John Thurloe CheshireConstituencyMembersNotes Cheshire Richard Legh George Booth Peter Brooke Thomas Marbury City of Chester Edward Bradshaw CornwallConstituencyMembersNotes Cornwall Thomas Ceely of Trevisham, Richard Carter Anthony Rous, John St Aubyn Walter Moyle Francis Rous Anthony Nicholl William Braddon Launceston Thomas Gewen Truro Walter Vincent Penryn John Fox Borough Eastlow and Westlow John Buller CumberlandConstituencyMembersNotes Cumberland Major General Charles Howard Colonel William Briscoe Carlisle George Downing DerbyshireConstituencyMembersNotes Derbyshire Samuel Sleigh Thomas Sanders German Pole John Gell Derby Gervase Bennet DevonConstituencyMembersNotes Devon Thomas Saunders Robert Rolle Arthur Upton Thomas Reynell William Morice John Hale John Dodderidge Sir John Northcote, Bt Henry Hatsell Edmund Fowell Sir John Yonge Exeter Thomas Bampfield Thomas Westlake Plymouth John Maynard Timothy Alsop Clifton Dartmouth Hardness Edward Hopkins Totnes Christopher MaynardBarnstaple Sir John Coppleston Tiverton Robert Shapcote Honiton Samuel Serle DorsetConstituencyMembersNotes Dorset William Sydenham John Bingham Robert Coker John Fitzjames John Trenchard James Dewey Dorchester John Whiteway Melcombe Denis Bond Lyme Regis Edmund Prideaux Poole Edward BotelerDurhamConstituencyMembersNotes County Durham Thomas Lilburne James Clavering City of Durham Anthony Smith, Mercer. EssexConstituencyMembersNotes Essex Sir Harbottle Grimston, 2nd Baronet Sir Richard Everard, 1st Baronet of Much Waltham Sir Thomas Honywood Sir Thomas Bowes Sir Henry Mildmay, Francis Barrington Carew Mildmay Dionysius Wakering Edward Turnor Dudley Temple Oliver Raymond Hezekiah Haynes John Archer Maldon Joachim Matthews Colchester Henry Lawrence John Maidstone GloucestershireConstituencyMembersNotes Gloucestershire George Berkeley John Crofts John Howe Baynham Throckmorton William Neast Gloucester Thomas Pury Major-General Desborough Desborough sat for Somerset - replaced by James Stephens Tewkesbury Francis White Cirencester John Stone HampshireConstituencyMembersNotes Hampshire Richard Lord Cromwell William Goffe Robert Wallop Richard Norton Thomas Cole John Bulkeley Edward Hooper Richard Cobb Winchester John Hildesley Southampton John Lisle Portsmouth Thomas Smith Andover Thomas Hussey Isle of Wight William Sydenham Thomas Bowreman . HerefordshireConstituencyMembersNotes Herefordshire James Berry (Major-General) Edward Harley Bennet Hoskyns Benjamin Mason Hereford Wroth Rogers Leominster John Birch HertfordshireConstituencyMembersNotes Hertfordshire Sir John Gore William Earl of Salisbury Sir John Wittewrong, 1st Baronet Sir Richard Lucy, 1st Baronet Rowland Lytton St Albans Alban Cox Hertford Isaac Pulter James Cowper HuntingdonshireConstituencyMembersNotes Huntingdonshire General Edward Montague Henry Cromwell Nicholas Pedley Huntingdon John Bernard Kent (see also Cinque Ports)ConstituencyMembersNotes Kent Lieutenant Colonel Henry Oxenden Richard Meredith Sir Thomas Style, 2nd Baronet William James Colonel John Dixwell John Boys Lambert Godfrey Colonel Richard Beal John Selliard Colonel Ralph Weldon Daniel Shatterden Canterbury Thomas St Nicholas Vincent Denne Rochester John Parker Recorder Maidstone Sir John Banks, 1st Baronet Queenborough Gabriel Livesey LancashireConstituencyMembersNotes Lancashire Richard Holland Gilbert Ireland Richard Standish Sir Richard Hoghton, 3rd Baronet Preston Richard Shuttleworth Lancaster Henry Porter Liverpool Thomas Birch sen. Manchester Richard Radcliffe LeicestershireConstituencyMembersNotes Leicestershire Thomas Beaumont Francis Hacker of Okeham William Quarks Thomas Pochin Leicester Sir Arthur Hesilrige William Stanley LincolnshireConstituencyMembersNotes Lincolnshire Edward Rossiter Thomas Hall Thomas Lister Charles Hall Captain Francis Fiennes Sir Charles Hussey, 1st Baronet Colonel Thomas Hatcher William Woolley William Savile William Welby Lincoln Humphrey Walcot Original Peart Boston Sir Anthony Irby . Grantham William Ellis Stamford John Weaver Grimsby William Wray MiddlesexConstituencyMembersNotes Middlesex Colonel John Barkstead Sir William Roberts Chaloner Chute William Kiffen Westminster Colonel Edward Grosvenor Edward Cary City of London Thomas Foote Theophilus Biddulph Thomas Adams Richard Browne John Jones Sir Christopher PackMonmouthshireConstituencyMembersNotes Monmouthshire Major General James Berry John Nicholas Nathaniel Waterhouse Berry chose for Worcestershire – replaced by Edward HerbertNorfolkConstituencyMembersNotes Norfolk Sir John Hobart Charles Fleetwood Sir William D'Oyly Sir Ralph Hare, Bt Sir Horatio Townshend Robert Wilton Philip Wodehouse Robert Wood John Buxton Thomas Sotherton Norwich Bernard Church John Hobart King's Lynn Major-General Philip Skippon Major-General Desborough Yarmouth Charles George Cook William Burton NorthamptonshireConstituencyMembersNotes Northamptonshire Sir Gilbert Pickering, Bt John Claypole William Boteler Sir James Langham, 2nd Baronet Thomas Crew, 2nd Baron Crew Alexander Blake Peterborough Francis St John Alexander Blake Northampton Francis Harvey NorthumberlandConstituencyMembersNotes Northumberland William Fenwick Robert Fenwick of Bedlington Thomas Widdrington Newcastle Walter Strickland Berwick upon Tweed George Fenwick NottinghamshireConstituencyMembersNotes Nottinghamshire Edward Cludd Major-General Edward Whalley Colonel Edward Neville Peniston Whalley Nottingham James Chadwick William Drury OxfordshireConstituencyMembersNotes Oxfordshire Sir Robert Jenkinson, 1st Baronet Charles Fleetwood Sir Francis Norreys William Lenthall Miles Fleetwood Oxford Richard Croke Oxford University Nathaniel Fiennes Woodstock William Packer RutlandConstituencyMembersNotes Rutland William Shield Sir Abel Barker, 1st Baronet SalopConstituencyMembersNotes Shropshire Thomas Mackworth Samuel More Andrew Lloyd Philip Young Shrewsbury Samuel Jones Humphrey Mackworth Bridgnorth Edmund Waring Ludlow John Aston SomersetConstituencyMembersNotes Somerset John Buckland General John Desborough John Harrington John Ashe Robert Long Alexander Popham John Gorges Francis Luttrell Lislebone Long William Wyndham Francis Rolle Bristol Robert Aldworth John Dodderidge Dodderidge sat for Devon. Replaced by Miles Jackson Bath James Ashe, Recorder Wells John Jenkyn Taunton Thomas Gorges Robert Blake Bridgwater Sir Thomas Wroth StaffordshireConstituencyMembersNotes Staffordshire Sir Charles Wolseley, 2nd Baronet Thomas Crompton Thomas Whitgrave Lichfield Thomas Minors Stafford Martin Noel Newcastle-under-Lyme John BowyerSuffolkConstituencyMembersNotes Suffolk Sir William Spring Sir Thomas Barnardiston Sir Henry Felton Henry North Edmund Harvey Edward Le Neve John Sicklemore William Bloys William Gibbes Robert Brewster Daniel Wall Ipswich Nathaniel Bacon Francis Bacon Bury St Edmunds Samuel Moody John Clarke Dunwich Francis Brewster Sudbury John Fothergill SurreyConstituencyMembersNotes Surrey Sir Richard Onslow Arthur Onslow Francis Drake Lewis Audley George Duncombe John Blackwell Southwark Samuel Highland Peter De La Noy Guildford Colonel John Hewson Reigate Jerome Sankey SussexConstituencyMembersNotes Sussex Herbert Morley John Pelham John FaggJohn Stapley Anthony Shirley George Courthope Sir Thomas Rivers, 2nd Baronet Sir Thomas Parker Samuel Gott Chichester Henry Peckham Lewes Anthony Stapley East Grinstead John Goodwin Arundel Sir John Trevor WarwickshireConstituencyMembersNotes Warwickshire Richard Lucy Sir Roger Burgoyne Edward Peyto Joseph Hawksworth Coventry William Purefoy Robert Beake Warwick Clement Throckmorton WestmorlandConstituencyMembersNotes Westmoreland Christopher Lister Thomas Burton WiltshireConstituencyMembersNotes Wiltshire Sir Anthony Ashley Cooper Alexander Popham Thomas Grove Alexander Thistlethwaite Sir Richard Howe, 2nd Baronet