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.[1]

List of constituencies and members

Sir Christopher Yelverton, Speaker

Oliver St John, Bedfordshire

Sir Edward Hoby, Rochester

Bedfordshire
Constituency	Members	Notes
Bedfordshire	Hon. Oliver St John Sir Edward Radclyffe
Bedford	Humphrey Winche Oliver Luke
Berkshire
Constituency	Members	Notes
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
Buckinghamshire
Constituency	Members	Notes
Buckinghamshire	Sir John Fortescue Francis Goodwin
Buckingham	Edward Carey Francis Fortescue
Wycombe	William Fortescue John Tasburgh
Aylesbury	Thomas Tasburgh Thomas Smythe
Cambridgeshire
Constituency	Members	Notes
Cambridgeshire	Sir Henry North William Hynde
Cambridge	Robert Wallis John Yaxley
Cheshire
Constituency	Members	Notes
Cheshire	Sir William Brereton Thomas Egerton
City of Chester	Peter Warburton William Brock
Cornwall
Constituency	Members	Notes
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
Cumberland
Constituency	Members	Notes
Cumberland	Joseph Pennington (MP) Christopher Pickering
Carlisle	Henry Scrope Thomas Sandford
Derbyshire
Constituency	Members	Notes
Derbyshire	Thomas Gresley John Harpur
Derby	Henry Duport Robert Stringer
Devon
Constituency	Members	Notes
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
Dorset
Constituency	Members	Notes
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	? ?
Essex
Constituency	Members	Notes
Essex	William Petre John Wentworth
Colchester	Robert Barker Richard Symnell
Maldon	Thomas Harris William Wiseman
Gloucestershire
Constituency	Members	Notes
Gloucestershire	John Tracy Sir John Hungerford
Gloucester	Luke Garnons William Oldsworth
Cirencester	Henry Poole James Wroughton
Hampshire
Constituency	Members	Notes
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
Herefordshire
Constituency	Members	Notes
Herefordshire	Sir Thomas Coningsby Sir John Scudamore
Hereford	Gregory Price Anthony Pembridge
Leominster	Thomas Crompton John Creswell
Hertfordshire
Constituency	Members	Notes
Hertfordshire	Sir Robert Cecil Rowland Lytton
St Albans	Henry Maynard Humphrey Coningsby
Huntingdonshire
Constituency	Members	Notes
Huntingdonshire	Sir Gervase Clifton Oliver Cromwell
Huntingdon	Richard Cromwell Robert Cooke
Kent
Constituency	Members	Notes
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
Lancashire
Constituency	Members	Notes
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
Leicestershire
Constituency	Members	Notes
Leicestershire	Sir Edward Hastings Sir Francis Hastings
Leicester	George Parkins John Stanford
Lincolnshire
Constituency	Members	Notes
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
Middlesex
Constituency	Members	Notes
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
Monmouthshire
Constituency	Members	Notes
Monmouthshire	Henry Herbert John Arnold
Monmouth Boroughs	Sir Robert Johnson
Norfolk
Constituency	Members	Notes
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
Northamptonshire
Constituency	Members	Notes
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
Northumberland
Constituency	Members	Notes
Northumberland	Sir Robert Carey William Selby
Newcastle	Henry Chapman Henry Lindley
Morpeth	Robert Printis Thomas Carleton
Berwick upon Tweed	William Selby Thomas Parkinson
Nottinghamshire
Constituency	Members	Notes
Nottinghamshire	John Byron Sir Richard Whalley
Nottingham	Humphrey Bonner Anchor Jackson
East Retford	Roger Portington John Roos
Oxfordshire
Constituency	Members	Notes
Oxfordshire	Sir William Knollys Sir Richard Wenman
Oxford	Anthony Bacon George Calfield
Woodstock	Lawrence Tanfield John Lee
Banbury	Anthony Cope
Rutland
Constituency	Members	Notes
Rutland	William Cecil Sir James Harington
Salop
Constituency	Members	Notes
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
Somerset
Constituency	Members	Notes
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 ?
Staffordshire
Constituency	Members	Notes
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
Suffolk
Constituency	Members	Notes
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
Surrey
Constituency	Members	Notes
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
Sussex
Constituency	Members	Notes
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
Warwickshire
Constituency	Members	Notes
Warwickshire	Fulke Greville William Combe
Coventry	Henry Kervyn Thomas Saunders
Warwick	John Townsend William Spicer
Westmorland
Constituency	Members	Notes
Westmoreland	Walter Harcourt Henry Cholmley
Appleby	James Colbrand John Lyly
Wiltshire
Constituency	Members	Notes
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
Worcestershire
Constituency	Members	Notes
Worcestershire	John Lyttelton Edmund Colles
Worcester	Rowland Berkeley William Bagnall
Droitwich	John Acton Thomas Baily
Yorkshire
Constituency	Members	Notes
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 Ports
Constituency	Members	Notes
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
Wales
Constituency	Members	Notes
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

• 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)