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 24 October 1597 and was held to 9 February 1598 when it was dissolved.

List of constituencies and members

BedfordshireConstituencyMembersNotes Bedfordshire Hon. Oliver St John Sir Edward Radclyffe Bedford Humphrey Winche Oliver Luke BerkshireConstituencyMembersNotes Berkshire Sir Henry Norreys Francis Knollys Windsor Julius Caesar John Norreys ReadingFrancis Moore Sir Humphrey Forster Wallingford Thomas Fortescue Owen Oglethorpe Abingdon Francis LittleBuckinghamshireConstituencyMembersNotes Buckinghamshire Sir John Fortescue Francis Goodwin Buckingham Edward Carey Francis Fortescue Wycombe William Fortescue John Tasburgh Aylesbury Thomas Tasburgh Thomas Smythe CambridgeshireConstituencyMembersNotes Cambridgeshire Sir Henry North William Hynde Cambridge Robert Wallis John Yaxley CheshireConstituencyMembersNotes Cheshire Sir William Brereton Thomas Egerton City of Chester Peter Warburton William Brock CornwallConstituencyMembersNotes 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 GrampoundJohn Leigh Robert Newdigate Eastlow Ambrose Bellot Robert Gawdy Camelford Jerome Horsey Henry Carnesewe Penryn James Killegrew 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 CumberlandConstituencyMembersNotes Cumberland Joseph Pennington (MP) Christopher Pickering Carlisle Henry Scrope Thomas Sandford DerbyshireConstituencyMembersNotes Derbyshire Thomas Gresley John Harpur Derby Henry Duport Robert Stringer DevonConstituencyMembersNotes 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 DorsetConstituencyMembersNotes 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 ?? EssexConstituencyMembersNotes Essex William Petre John Wentworth Colchester Robert Barker Richard Symnell Maldon Thomas Harris William Wiseman GloucestershireConstituencyMembersNotes Gloucestershire John Tracy Sir John Hungerford Gloucester Luke Garnons William Oldsworth Cirencester Henry Poole James Wroughton HampshireConstituencyMembersNotes 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 HerefordshireConstituencyMembersNotes Herefordshire Sir Thomas Coningsby Sir John Scudamore Hereford Gregory Price Anthony Pembridge Leominster Thomas Crompton John Creswell HertfordshireConstituencyMembersNotes Hertfordshire Sir Robert Cecil Rowland Lytton St Albans Henry Maynard Humphrey Coningsby HuntingdonshireConstituencyMembersNotes Huntingdonshire Sir Gervase Clifton Oliver Cromwell Huntingdon Richard Cromwell Robert Cooke KentConstituencyMembersNotes Kent Sir Robert Sidney Sir William Brooke Brooke killed in duel, 1597 and replaced in 1598 by Percival Hart 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 LancashireConstituencyMembersNotes 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 LeicestershireConstituencyMembersNotes Leicestershire Sir Edward Hastings Sir Francis Hastings Leicester George Parkins John Stanford LincolnshireConstituencyMembersNotes 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 MiddlesexConstituencyMembersNotes Middlesex Sir Robert Wroth John Peyton Westminster Thomas Knyvet Thomas Cole Cole died - replaced by Anthony Mildmay City of London Sir John HartJohn CrokeThomas FettiplaceGeorge Southerton MonmouthshireConstituencyMembersNotes Monmouthshire Henry Herbert John Arnold Monmouth Boroughs Sir Robert Johnson NorfolkConstituencyMembersNotes 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 NorthamptonshireConstituencyMembersNotes 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 NorthumberlandConstituencyMembersNotes Northumberland Sir Robert Carey William Selby Newcastle Henry Chapman Henry Lindley Morpeth Robert Printis Thomas Carleton Berwick upon Tweed William Selby Thomas Parkinson NottinghamshireConstituencyMembersNotes Nottinghamshire John Byron Sir Richard Whalley Nottingham Humphrey Bonner Anchor Jackson East Retford Roger Portington John Roos OxfordshireConstituencyMembersNotes Oxfordshire Sir William Knollys Sir Richard Wenman Oxford Anthony Bacon George Calfield WoodstockLawrence Tanfield John Lee BanburyAnthony Cope RutlandConstituencyMembersNotes Rutland William Cecil Sir James Harington SalopConstituencyMembersNotes 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 SomersetConstituencyMembersNotes 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 ?StaffordshireConstituencyMembersNotes 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 SuffolkConstituencyMembersNotes 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 SurreyConstituencyMembersNotes Surrey Lord Howard of EffinghamGeorge 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 SussexConstituencyMembersNotes 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 WarwickshireConstituencyMembersNotes Warwickshire Fulke Greville William Combe Coventry Henry Kervyn Thomas Saunders Warwick John Townsend William Spicer WestmorlandConstituencyMembersNotes Westmoreland Walter Harcourt Henry Cholmley Appleby James Colbrand John Lyly WiltshireConstituencyMembersNotes 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 WorcestershireConstituencyMembersNotes Worcestershire John Lyttelton Edmund Colles Worcester Rowland Berkeley William Bagnall Droitwich John Acton Thomas BailyYorkshireConstituencyMembersNotes 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 Cinque PortsConstituencyMembersNotes 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 WalesConstituencyMembersNotes 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

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