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]
Bedfordshire |
Constituency | Members | Notes |
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Bedfordshire | Hon. Oliver St John Sir Edward Radclyffe |
Bedford | Humphrey Winche Oliver Luke |
Berkshire |
Constituency | Members | Notes |
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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 |
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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 |
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Cambridgeshire | Sir Henry North William Hynde |
Cambridge | Robert Wallis John Yaxley |
Cheshire |
Constituency | Members | Notes |
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Cheshire | Sir William Brereton Thomas Egerton |
City of Chester | Peter Warburton William Brock |
Cornwall |
Constituency | Members | Notes |
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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 |
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Cumberland | Joseph Pennington Christopher Pickering |
Carlisle | Henry Scrope Thomas Sandford |
Derbyshire |
Constituency | Members | Notes |
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Derbyshire | Thomas Gresley John Harpur |
Derby | Henry Duport Robert Stringer |
Devon |
Constituency | Members | Notes |
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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 |
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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 |
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Essex | William Petre John Wentworth |
Colchester | Robert Barker Richard Symnell |
Maldon | Thomas Harris William Wiseman |
Gloucestershire |
Constituency | Members | Notes |
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Gloucestershire | John Tracy Sir John Hungerford |
Gloucester | Luke Garnons William Oldsworth |
Cirencester | Henry Poole James Wroughton |
Hampshire |
Constituency | Members | Notes |
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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 |
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Herefordshire | Sir Thomas Coningsby Sir John Scudamore |
Hereford | Gregory Price Anthony Pembridge |
Leominster | Thomas Crompton John Creswell |
Hertfordshire |
Constituency | Members | Notes |
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Hertfordshire | Sir Robert Cecil Rowland Lytton |
St Albans | Henry Maynard Humphrey Coningsby |
Huntingdonshire |
Constituency | Members | Notes |
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Huntingdonshire | Sir Gervase Clifton Oliver Cromwell |
Huntingdon | Richard Cromwell Robert Cooke |
Kent |
Constituency | Members | Notes |
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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 |
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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 |
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Leicestershire | Sir Edward Hastings Sir Francis Hastings |
Leicester | George Parkins John Stanford |
Lincolnshire |
Constituency | Members | Notes |
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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 |
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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 |
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Monmouthshire | Henry Herbert John Arnold |
Monmouth Boroughs | Sir Robert Johnson |
Norfolk |
Constituency | Members | Notes |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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Nottinghamshire | John Byron Sir Richard Whalley |
Nottingham | Humphrey Bonner Anchor Jackson |
East Retford | Roger Portington John Roos |
Oxfordshire |
Constituency | Members | Notes |
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Oxfordshire | Sir William Knollys Sir Richard Wenman |
Oxford | Anthony Bacon George Calfield |
Woodstock | Lawrence Tanfield John Lee |
Banbury | Anthony Cope |
Rutland |
Constituency | Members | Notes |
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Rutland | William Cecil Sir James Harington |
Salop |
Constituency | Members | Notes |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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Warwickshire | Fulke Greville William Combe |
Coventry | Henry Kervyn Thomas Saunders |
Warwick | John Townsend William Spicer |
Westmorland |
Constituency | Members | Notes |
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Westmoreland | Walter Harcourt Henry Cholmley |
Appleby | James Colbrand John Lyly |
Wiltshire |
Constituency | Members | Notes |
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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 |
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Worcestershire | John Lyttelton Edmund Colles |
Worcester | Rowland Berkeley William Bagnall |
Droitwich | John Acton Thomas Baily |
Yorkshire |
Constituency | Members | Notes |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
1. ^{{Cite Notitia Parliamentaria|converted=1|part=2|pages=137–145}}