List of MPs elected to the English parliament in April 1640

This is a list of Members of Parliament (MPs) elected to the Short Parliament in the reign of King Charles I in 1640.

The Short Parliament at Westminster began on 13 April 1640, and was held until 5 May. It sat for only 28 days, and was then dissolved. It was followed by the Long Parliament which began sitting in November 1640. Because of the short duration, several electoral disputes were not resolved before it was dissolved so in some instances there is an extra representative recorded.

List of constituencies and members

Sir John Glanville – Bristol (Speaker)

John Hampden – Buckinghamshire

Sir Edmund Verney – Wycombe

Sir Ralph Verney, 1st Bt – Aylesbury

Oliver Cromwell – Cambridge

Major General Sir William Brereton – Cheshire

Francis Rous – Truro

Sidney Godolphin – Helston

Sir John Maynard – Totnes

John Pym – Tavistock

Samuel Vassal – Middlesex - City of London

George Lord Digby – Dorset

Denzil Holles – Dorchester

Harbottle Grimston (younger) – Colchester

Sir Anthony Ashley-Cooper – Tewkesbury

William Hamilton – Portsmouth

Lucius Carey, Viscount Falkland – Newport

Sir Robert Harley – Herefordshire

Sir Orlando Bridgeman – Wigan

Sir Arthur Haselrig – Leicestershire

Sir John Glynne – Westminster

Miles Corbett – Great Yarmouth

William Fitzwilliam – Peterborough

Sir Thomas Widdrington – Berwick upon Tweed

William Lenthall – Woodstock

Nathaniel Fiennes – Banbury

Sir Ralph Hopton – Somerset

Sir Edward Littleton, 1st Baronet – Staffordshire

Sir Robert Long, 1st Baronet – Midhurst

Richard Viscount Dungarvon – Appleby

Sir Henry Vane – Wilton

Benjamin Rudyerd – Wilton

Edward Hyde – Wootton Bassett

Henry Vane – Hull

Ferdinando Lord Fairfax – Boroughbridge

Sir John Colepeper – Rye

Bedfordshire
Constituency	Members	Notes
Bedfordshire	The Lord Wentworth Sir Oliver Luke
Bedford	Sir Beauchamp St John Samuel Luke	Double return – William Boteler taken off
Berkshire
Constituency	Members	Notes
Berkshire	John Fettiplace Henry Marten
Windsor	Sir Arthur Ingram Sir Richard Harrison
Reading	Edward Herbert Sir John Berkeley	Herbert chosen for Old Sarum and Berkeley chosen for Heytesbury Replaced by Sir Francis Knollys sen. and Sir Francis Knollys jun
Wallingford	Edmund Dunch Unton Croke
Abingdon	Sir George Stonhouse Bt
Buckinghamshire
Constituency	Members	Notes
Buckinghamshire	John Hampden Arthur Goodwin
Buckingham	Sir Peter Temple Sir Alexander Denton
Wycombe	Sir Edmund Verney Thomas Lane
Aylesbury	Sir John Pakington, Bt Ralph Verney
Amersham	William Drake Edmund Waller
Wendover	Robert Croke Sir Walter Pye	Pye chosen for Herefordshire – replaced by Benet Hoskins
Marlow	John Borlase Sir William Hicks
Cambridgeshire
Constituency	Members	Notes
Cambridgeshire	Sir Dudley North Sir John Cutts
Cambridge University	Thomas Eden Henry Lucas
Cambridge	Oliver Cromwell Thomas Meautys
Cheshire
Constituency	Members	Notes
Cheshire	Sir William Brereton, Bt Thomas Aston
City of Chester	Sir Thomas Smith Robert Brerewood
Cornwall
Constituency	Members	Notes
Cornwall	William Godolphin Richard Buller
Launceston	Bevil Grenville Ambrose Manaton
Liskeard	John Harris George Kekewich
Lostwithiel	Nicholas Kendall Richard Arundell	Browne Willis gives Nicholas Arundell instead of Richard and places him first.[1]
Truro	John Rolle Francis Rous
Bodmin	Richard Prideaux Sir Richard Wynn Bt
Helston	William Godolphin Sidney Godolphin
Saltash	George Buller (MP) Francis Buller
Camelford	Piers Edgecumbe Edward Reade
Grampound	John Trevanion William Coryton Warwick Mohun
Eastlow	William Scawen William Code
Westlow	Anthony Mildmay George Potter
Penryn	Joseph Hall Richard Vyvyan
Tregoney	John St Aubyn Sir John Arundell
Bossiney	Edward Herle Anthony Nichols
St Ives	William Dell Sir Henry Marten
Fowey	Jonathan Rashleigh Edwin Rich
St Germans	William Scawen John Eliot
Mitchel	Peter Courtney William Chadwell	Double return unresolved before the dissolution. Francis Basset and Samuel Cosworth also named, though Cosworth's name was later taken off.
Newport	Nicholas Trefusis John Maynard	Maynard chosen for Totnes – replaced by Paul Speccot
St Mawes	Dr George Parry James Lord Sheffield
Callington	Sir Samuel Rolle Thomas Gardiner
Cumberland
Constituency	Members	Notes
Cumberland	Sir George Dalston Sir Patricius Curwen
Carlisle	Sir William Dalston Bt Richard Barwis
Derbyshire
Constituency	Members	Notes
Derbyshire	Sir John Curzon Bt John Manners
Derby	William Allestry Nathaniel Hallowes
Devon
Constituency	Members	Notes
Devon	Edward Seymour Thomas Wise
Exeter	Robert Walker Jacob Tucker	Tucker replaced by Simon Snow
Totnes	Oliver St John John Maynard
Plymouth	Robert Trelawney John Waddon
Barnstaple	George Peard Thomas Matthew
Plympton Erle	Sir Richard Strode Sir Nicholas Slanning Thomas Hele Bt
Tavistock	William Lord Russell John Pym
Clifton Dartmouth Hardness	John Upton Andrew Voysey
Bere Alston	John Harris William Strode
Tiverton	Peter Ball Peter Sainthill
Dorset
Constituency	Members	Notes
Dorset	Richard Rogers George Lord Digby
Poole	John Pyne William Constantine
Dorchester	Denzil Holles Denis Bond
Lyme Regis	Sir Walter Erle Edmund Prideaux Richard Rose
Weymouth	Sir John Strangways Thomas Gyard
Melcombe	Giles Strangways Richard King
Bridport	Thomas Trenchard Sir John Meller
Shaftesbury	William Whitaker Edward Hyde	Hyde chose Wootton Basset – replaced by Samuel Turner
Wareham	John Trenchard Gilbert Jones
Corfe Castle	Henry Jermyn Thomas Jermyn
Essex
Constituency	Members	Notes
Essex	Sir Thomas Barrington Bt Harbottle Grimston (senior) .
Colchester	Sir William Masham Bt Harbottle Grimston (junior) .
Maldon	Sir Henry Mildmay John Porter
Harwich	Sir Thomas Cheek Sir John Jacob
Gloucestershire
Constituency	Members	Notes
Gloucestershire	Sir Robert Tracy Sir Robert Cooke
Gloucester	William Singleton Henry Brett
Cirencester	Henry Poole John George
Tewkesbury	Sir Anthony Ashley Cooper Sir Edward Alford
Hampshire
Constituency	Members	Notes
Hampshire	Sir Henry Wallop Richard Whitehead
Winchester	John Lisle Sir William Ogle
Southampton	Sir John Mill, 1st Baronet Thomas Levington	Browne Willis gives Sir Thomas Mill.[2]
Portsmouth	William Hamilton Hon. Henry Percy
Petersfield	Sir William Lewis William Uvedale
Yarmouth	William Oglander John Bulkeley
Newport	Lucius Viscount Falkland Henry Worsley
Stockbridge	William Heveningham William Jephson
Newtown	Nicholas Weston Sir John Meux, 1st Baronet
Lymington	John Doddington John Kempe
Christchurch	Arnold Herbert Henry Tulse
Whitchurch	Sir Thomas Jervoise Richard Jervoise
Andover	Robert Wallop Sir Richard Wynn, 2nd Baronet
Herefordshire
Constituency	Members	Notes
Herefordshire	Sir Robert Harley Sir Walter Pye
Hereford	Richard Weaver Richard Seaborne
Weobley	William Tomkins Thomas Tomkins
Leominster	William Smallman Walter Kyrle
Hertfordshire
Constituency	Members	Notes
Hertfordshire	Sir William Lytton Arthur Capel
St Albans	Sir John Jennings Richard Coningsby
Hertford	Viscount Cranborne Sir Thomas Fanshawe
Huntingdonshire
Constituency	Members	Notes
Huntingdonshire	Thomas Cotton Sir Capel Bedel
Huntingdon	Robert Bernard William Montagu
Kent
Constituency	Members	Notes
Kent	Sir Roger Twysden Norton Knatchbull
Canterbury	Edward Masters John Nutt
Rochester	Sir Thomas Walsingham John Clerke
Maidstone	Sir George Fane Francis Barnham
Queenborough	Sir Edward Hales John Wolstenholme
Lancashire
Constituency	Members	Notes
Lancashire	Sir Gilbert Hoghton, 2nd Baronet William Farrington
Preston	Richard Shuttleworth Thomas Standish
Lancaster	Roger Kirkby John Harrison
Newton	Sir Richard Wynn, 2nd Baronet William Sherman	Wynn sat for Andover
Wigan	Orlando Bridgeman Alexander Rigby
Clitheroe	Sir Ralph Assheton Richard Shuttleworth
Liverpool	James Lord Cranfield John Holcroft
Leicestershire
Leicestershire	Sir Arthur Hesilrige Hon. Lord Grey of Ruthyn.
Leicester	Simon Every Thomas Coke
Lincolnshire
Constituency	Members	Notes
Lincolnshire	Sir John Wray Sir Edward Hussey
Lincoln	John Farmery Thomas Grantham
Boston	Sir Anthony Irby William Ellis
Grimsby	Christopher Wray Sir Gervase Holles
Stamford	Thomas Hatton Thomas Hatcher
Grantham	Sir Edward Bashe Henry Pelham
Middlesex
Constituency	Members	Notes
Middlesex	Sir Gilbert Gerard, Bt Sir John Franklyn
Westminster	Sir John Glynne William Bell
City of London	Thomas Soame Isaac Penington Matthew Cradock Samuel Vassall	Browne Willis gives John for Thomas Soame,[2] but other sources indicate Thomas.[3]
Monmouthshire
Constituency	Members	Notes
Monmouthshire	William Morgan Walter Rumsey
Monmouth Boroughs	Charles Jones	Jones was also elected for Beaumaris, but had not chosen his seat before parliament was dissolved
Norfolk
Constituency	Members	Notes
Norfolk	Sir John Holland, Bt Sir Edmund Moundeford
Norwich	Thomas Atkins Thomas Tooley
King's Lynn	William Doughty Thomas Gurling (Alderman).
Yarmouth	Miles Corbet Edward Owner
Thetford	Sir Thomas Wodehouse Framlingham Gawdy
Castle Rising	Thomas Talbot Nicholas Harman
Northamptonshire
Constituency	Members	Notes
Northamptonshire	John Crew Sir Gilbert Pickering, Bt
Peterborough	David Cecil William FitzWilliam, 2nd Baron FitzWilliam
Northampton	Zouch Tate Richard Knightley
Brackley	Sir Thomas Wenman Sir Martin Lister
Higham Ferrers	Sir Christopher Hatton
Northumberland
Constituency	Members	Notes
Northumberland	Sir John Fenwick Sir William Widdrington
Newcastle	Sir Peter Riddel Thomas Liddell
Morpeth	Sir Philip Mainwaring Thomas Witherings
Berwick upon Tweed	Sir Thomas Widdrington Hugh Potter
Nottinghamshire
Constituency	Members	Notes
Nottinghamshire	Sir Thomas Hutchinson Robert Sutton
Nottingham	Sir Charles Cavendish Gilbert Boone
East Retford	Sir Gervase Clifton Francis Pierrepont
Oxfordshire
Constituency	Members	Notes
Oxfordshire	Hon. James Fiennes Sir Francis Wenman
Oxford University	Sir Francis Windebanke John Danvers
Oxford	Charles Lord Howard Viscount Andover Thomas Cooper
Woodstock	William Lenthall William Fleetwood
Banbury	Nathaniel Fiennes
Rutland
Constituency	Members	Notes
Rutland	Hon. Baptist Noel Sir Guy Palmes
Salop
Constituency	Members	Notes
Shropshire	William Pierrepont Sir Vincent Corbet, 1st Baronet
Shrewsbury	Francis Newport Thomas Owen
Bridgnorth	(Sir) Thomas Whitmore Edward Acton
Ludlow	Charles Baldwin Ralph Goodwin
Wenlock	Sir Thomas Littleton, Bt Richard Cresset
Bishops Castle	Robert Howard Richard Moor
Somerset
Constituency	Members	Notes
Somerset	Sir Ralph Hopton Thomas Smith
Bristol	John Glanville Humphrey Hooke
Bath	Sir Charles Berkley Alexander Popham
Wells	Sir Edward Rodney John Baber
Taunton	Sir William Portman Roger Hill
Bridgwater	Edmund Wyndham Robert Blake
Minehead	Francis Wyndham Alexander Popham	Popham chosen for Bath – replaced by Dr Arthur Duck
Ilchester	Sir Henry Berkeley Edward Phelips
Milborne Port	Edward Kyrton Thomas Earl
Staffordshire
Constituency	Members	Notes
Staffordshire	Sir Edward Littleton Sir William Bowyer
Lichfield	Sir Walter Devereux Sir Richard Dyott
Stafford	Ralph Sneyd Richard Weston
Newcastle under Lyme	Sir John Merrick Richard Lloyd
Tamworth	George Abbot Sir Simon Archer
Suffolk
Constituency	Members	Notes
Suffolk	Sir Nathaniel Barnardiston Sir Philip Parker
Ipswich	John Gurdon William Cage
Dunwich	Henry Coke Anthony Bedingfield
Orford	Sir Charles le Grosse Sir Edward Duke
Eye	Sir Frederick Cornwallis Sir Roger North
Aldeburgh	William Rainsborough Squire Bence
Sudbury	Sir Robert Crane, 1st Baronet Richard Pepys
Bury St Edmunds	Sir Thomas Jermyn John Godbolt
Surrey
Constituency	Members	Notes
Surrey	Sir Richard Onslow Sir Ambrose Browne
Southwark	Robert Holborne Richard Tuffnell
Bletchingley	Edward Bysshe Edmund Hoskins
Reigate	Edward Thurland Sir Thomas Bludder	Browne Willis gives Thomas Thurland,[4] as does Nalson [5]
Guildford	Sir Robert Parkhurst George Abbotts
Gatton	Sir Samuel Owfield Edward Sanders
Haslemere	Sir John Jacques William Eliot
Sussex
Constituency	Members	Notes
Sussex	Sir Thomas Pelham Bt Anthony Stapley
Chichester	Christopher Lewknor Edward Dowse
Horsham	Thomas Middleton Hall Ravenscroft .
Midhurst	Thomas May Robert Long
Lewes	Anthony Stapley James Rivers	Stapley elected to sit for Sussex and was replaced by Herbert Morley.[6]
New Shoreham	John Alford William Marlott
Bramber	Sir Edward Bishopp Sir Thomas Bowyer
Steyning	Sir John Leedes Sir Thomas Farnefold
East Grinstead	Sir Henry Compton Robert Goodwin
Arundel	Henry Garton Henry Goring
Warwickshire
Constituency	Members	Notes
Warwickshire	Sir Thomas Lucy William Combe
Coventry	William Jesson Simon Norton
Warwick	William Purefoy Godfrey Bosvile
Westmorland
Constituency	Members	Notes
Westmoreland	Sir Philip Musgrave Sir Henry Bellingham
Appleby	Richard Viscount Dungarvon Richard Lowther
Wiltshire
Constituency	Members	Notes
Wiltshire	Philip Lord Herbert Sir Francis Seymour
Salisbury	Robert Hyde Michael Oldisworth
Wilton	Sir Henry Vane (the elder) Sir Benjamin Rudyerd
Downton	Sir Edward Griffin William Eyre
Hindon	Sir Miles Fleetwood George Garrett
Heytesbury	Sir John Berkeley Thomas Moore
Westbury	Sir Thomas Penyston, 1st Baronet John Ashe
Calne	William Maynard Walter Norborne
Devizes	Edward Bayntun Henry Danvers	Browne Willis gives William for Edward.[7]
Chippenham	Sir Edward Baynton Edward Hungerford	Browne Willis gives William for Edward Bayntun.[7]
Malmesbury	Sir Neville Poole Sir Anthony Hungerford
Cricklade	Robert Jenner Thomas Hodges
Great Bedwyn	Richard Hardinge Charles Seymour
Ludgershall	William Ashburnham Sir John Evelyn
Old Sarum	Edward Herbert Sir William Howard
Wootton Bassett	Thomas Windebanke Edward Hyde
Marlborough	Sir William Carnaby Francis Baskerville
Worcestershire
Constituency	Members	Notes
Worcestershire	Sir Thomas Lyttelton Sir John Pakington
Worcester	John Coucher John Nash
Droitwich	John Wilde Samuel Sandys
Evesham	William Sandys William Morton
Bewdley	Sir Henry Herbert
Yorkshire
Constituency	Members	Notes
Yorkshire	Henry Belasyse Sir William Savile, 3rd Baronet
York	Sir Edward Osborne, 1st Baronet Sir Roger Jaques
Kingston upon Hull	Sir John Lister Sir Henry Vane, junior
Knaresborough	Sir Henry Slingsby Henry Benson
Scarborough	Sir Hugh Cholmeley John Hotham
Ripon	William Mallory Sir Paul Neille
Richmond	Sir William Pennyman, 1st Baronet Maulger Norton
Hedon	Sir Philip Stapleton John Alured
Boroughbridge	Ferdinando, Lord Fairfax Francis Neville
Thirsk	John Belasyse William Frankland
Aldborough	Richard Aldborough Brian Palmes
Beverley	Sir John Hotham Bt Michael Warton
Pontefract	Sir John Ramsden Sir George Wentworth of Woolley
Cinque Ports
Constituency	Members	Notes
Hastings	Sir John Baker Robert Reed
Romney	Thomas Godfrey William Steele
Hythe	Henry Heyman John Wandesford
Dover	Sir Edward Boys Sir Peter Heyman
Sandwich	Sir John Manwood Nathaniel Finch
Rye	Sir John Colepepper John White
Winchelsea	Nicholas Crisp John Finch
Wales
Constituency	Members	Notes
Anglesey	John Bodvel
Beaumaris	Charles Jones
Brecknockshire	William Morgan
Brecknock	Herbert Price
Cardiganshire	James Lewis
Cardigan	John Vaughan
Carmarthenshire	Henry Vaughan
Carmarthen	Francis Lloyd
Carnarvonshire	Thomas Glynn
Carnarvon	John Glynn
Denbighshire	Sir Thomas Salusbury, 2nd Baronet
Denbigh Boroughs	John Salusbury
Flintshire	John Mostyn
Flint	Sir Thomas Hanmer, 2nd Baronet	Browne Willis gives Sir John Hanmer.[8]
Glamorgan	Sir Edward Stradling
Cardiff	William Herbert
Merioneth	Henry Wynn
Montgomeryshire	Richard Herbert
Montgomery	Sir Edward Lloyd	Browne Willis gives Henry.[8]
Pembrokeshire	John Wogan
Pembroke	Sir John Stepney, 3rd Baronet
Haverford West	Hugh Owen
Radnorshire	Charles Price
Radnor	Richard Jones

See also

• List of Parliaments of the United Kingdom
• Short Parliament

Notes

1. Willis 1750, p. 230.
2. Willis 1750, p. 235.
3. Beaven 1908, pp. 229–239.
4. Willis 1750, p. 236.
5. Impartial Collection, & v. 1, p. 297. sfn error: no target: CITEREFImpartial_Collection,v._1,_p._297 (help)
6. National Archives – The Glynde Place Archives
7. Willis 1750, p. 237.
8. Willis 1750, p. 239.

References

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