List of MPs elected to the English parliament in 1593 explained

This is a list of members of Parliament (MPs) elected to the 8th Parliament of Elizabeth I of England in 1593, the 35th year of her reign. The speaker was Edward Coke, the solicitor-general and member of Parliament (MP) for Norfolk.

The Parliament met on 18 February 1593 and lasted until 10 April 1593 when it was dissolved.

List of constituencies and members

Bedfordshire

ConstituencyMembersNotes
BedfordshireHon. Oliver St John
George Rotheram
BedfordJohn Pigott
Humphrey Winch

Berkshire

ConstituencyMembersNotes
BerkshireSir Henry Unton
Humphrey Forster
WindsorHenry Neville
Edward Neville
ReadingHumphrey Donatt
Charles Wednester
WallingfordThomas Fortescue
Owen Oglethorpe
AbingdonWilliam Braunche

Buckinghamshire

ConstituencyMembersNotes
BuckinghamshireSir John Fortescue
Sir Robert Dormer
BuckinghamJohn Carey, 3rd Baron Hunsdon
Francis Fortescue
WycombeThomas Tasburgh
Thomas Fortescue
AylesburySir Thomas West
John Lyly

Cambridgeshire

ConstituencyMembersNotes
CambridgeshireSir John Cotton
John Peyton
CambridgeThomas Goldsborough
Christopher Hoddesdon

Cheshire

ConstituencyMembersNotes
CheshireSir Thomas Holcroft
John Done
City of ChesterRichard Birkheved
Gilbert Gerard

Cornwall

ConstituencyMembersNotes
CornwallPeter Edgcumbe
Sir William Bevil
LauncestonRoland Watson
George Grenville
LiskeardGeorge Wray
Jonathan Trelawny
LostwithielFrancis Godolphin
Robert Beale
TruroJohn Parker
Nicholas Smith
BodminAnthony Bennet
Richard Connock
HelstonWilliam Gardiner
Ralph Knevitt
SaltashGeorge Carew
Jerome Horsey
WestlowRobert Crosse
Hugh Beeston
Crosse sat for Yarmouth, IoW and was replaced 1593 by John Shelbery
GrampoundRichard Edgecumbe
Edward Jones
EastlowWilliam Hampden
Gregory Downhall
CamelfordHumphrey Mitchell
Richard Leech
PenrynJohn Osborne
Edward Philips
TregonyJohn Snow
Arnold Oldsworth
St IvesNoel Sotherton
Nicholas Saunders
MitchelSir Walter Raleigh
Richard Reynell
BossineyThomas Harris
John Hender
FoweyWilliam Killigrew
Samuel Lennard
St GermansSampson Lennard
John Glanville
St MawesNicholas Fuller
Henry Vincent
NewportRichard Stephens
Emanuel Chamond
CallingtonRobert Carey, 1st Earl of Monmouth
Carew Reynell

Cumberland

ConstituencyMembersNotes
CumberlandNicholas Curwen
Wilfred Lawson
CarlisleHenry Scrope
Edward Aglionby

Derbyshire

ConstituencyMembersNotes
DerbyshireGeorge Manners
Henry Cavendish
DerbyRobert Stringer
William Botham

Devon

ConstituencyMembersNotes
DevonSir Thomas Denys
Sir Edward Seymour, 1st Baronet
ExeterJohn Hele
John Peryam
TotnesRichard Sparry
Christopher Savery
BarnstapleGeorge Chittinge
Richard Leye
PlymouthSir Francis Drake
Robert Basset
Plympton ErleEdwin Sandys
Richard Southcote
TavistockHugh Vaughan
Richard Codrington
Bere AlstonCharles Blount
Thomas Burgoyne
Clifton Dartmouth HardnessNicholas Hayman
Hugh Holland

Dorset

ConstituencyMembersNotes
DorsetThomas Hussey
Arthur Gorges
DorchesterFrancis James
Thomas Dabridgecourt
PooleJames Orrenge
Edward Man
ShaftesburyArthur Atye
Michael Hicks
Weymouth and Melcombe RegisWilliam Weston
Thomas Stafford
Arthur Messenger
Thomas Stevens
Lyme RegisZachariah Bethel
Robert Hassard
WarehamThomas Rogers
George Strode
BridportChristopher Lambert
John Fortescue
Corfe CastleWilliam Tate
Francis Flower

Essex

ConstituencyMembersNotes
EssexSir Thomas Heneage
Richard Warren (MP)
ColchesterJames Morice
Martin Bessell
MaldonSir Thomas Mildmay, Bt
Edward Lewknor (died 1605)

Gloucestershire

ConstituencyMembersNotes
GloucestershireHenry Poole
John Pointz
GloucesterThomas Atkins
Richard Birde
CirencesterOliver St John
Henry Ferrers

Hampshire

ConstituencyMembersNotes
HampshireSir George Carey
Benjamin Tichborne
WinchesterEdward Stafford
Thomas Fleming
SouthamptonSir Thomas Wilkes
Thomas Heton
PortsmouthEdward Radclyffe, 6th Earl of Sussex
Thomas Thorney
PetersfieldSir Walter Covert
Richard Weston
YarmouthRobert Dillington
Robert Crosse
NewportWilliam Cotton
Richard Huyshe
NewtownThomas Dudley
Richard Browne
LymingtonRichard Blount
John Knight
ChristchurchJohn Herbert
John Agmondesham
StockbridgeJohn Awdeley
Henry St John
WhitchurchRobert West
Richard Theakston
AndoverMiles Sandys
Edward Barker

Herefordshire

ConstituencyMembersNotes
HerefordshireThomas Coningsby
Herbert Croft
HerefordGregory Price
Thomas Mallard
LeominsterFrancis Vere
Richard Coningsby

Hertfordshire

ConstituencyMembersNotes
HertfordshireSir Robert Cecil
Sir Henry Cocke
St AlbansHenry Maynard
Humphrey Coningsby

Huntingdonshire

ConstituencyMembersNotes
HuntingdonshireEdward Wingfield
Oliver Cromwell
HuntingdonRobert Lee
Robert Cromwell

Kent

ConstituencyMembersNotes
KentSir Edward Hoby
Moyle Finch
CanterburyRichard Lee
Henry Finch
RochesterWilliam Lewin
George Chowne
QueenboroughJohn Brooke alias Cobham
John Baynham
MaidstoneSir Thomas Fludd
Lewen Buffkyn

Lancashire

ConstituencyMembersNotes
LancashireSir Richard Molyneux
Thomas Gerard, 1st Baron Gerard
PrestonJames Dalton
Thomas Bulbeck
LancasterJohn Preston
John Awdeley
NewtonEdmund Trafford
Robert Langton
WiganWilliam Gerard
Michael Heneage
ClitheroeWilliam Twysden
John Chamberlain
LiverpoolMichael Doughty
John Wroth

Leicestershire

ConstituencyMembersNotes
LeicestershireFrancis Hastings
Thomas Skeffington
LeicesterJohn Stanford I
James Clarke

Lincolnshire

ConstituencyMembersNotes
LincolnshireSir Edward Dymoke
George St Paul
LincolnGeorge Anton
Charles Dymoke
BostonAnthony Irby
Richard Stevenson
GrimsbyWilliam Barne
Nicholas Saunderson
StamfordSir Robert Wingfield
Richard Shute
GranthamThomas Horsman
Francis Neale

Middlesex

ConstituencyMembersNotes
MiddlesexSir Robert Wroth
Francis Bacon
WestminsterRichard Cecil
Thomas Cole
City of LondonSir John Hart
Edward Drew
Andrew Palmer
George Southerton

Monmouthshire

ConstituencyMembersNotes
MonmouthshireWilliam Herbert
Edward Kemeys
Monmouth BoroughsEdward Hubberd

Norfolk

ConstituencyMembersNotes
NorfolkEdward Coke
Nathaniel Bacon
NorwichRobert Houghton
Robert Yarham
King's LynnSir John Peyton
William Lewis
YarmouthThomas Damet
John Felton
ThetfordCharles Chewte
Bassingbourne Gawdy
Castle RisingJohn Townshend
Henry Spelman

Northamptonshire

ConstituencyMembersNotes
NorthamptonshireThomas Cecil, 1st Earl of Exeter
Christopher Yelverton
PeterboroughSir Thomas Reede
William Hacke
NorthamptonValentine Knightley
Peter Wentworth
BrackleyRichard Bowle
Sidney Montagu
Higham FerrersHenry Montagu

Northumberland

ConstituencyMembersNotes
NorthumberlandSir William Reade alias Kynnerd
Robert Widdrington
NewcastleHenry Anderson
Henry Mitford
MorpethRobert Carey, 1st Earl of Monmouth
Francis Tyndale
Carey sat for Callington, replaced by Edmund Bowyer
Berwick upon TweedWilliam Morton
William Selby

Nottinghamshire

ConstituencyMembersNotes
NottinghamshireSir Charles Cavendish
Philip Strelley
NottinghamRichard Parkins
Humphrey Bonner
East RetfordRoger Portington
Anthony Cooke

Oxfordshire

ConstituencyMembersNotes
Oxfordshire
OxfordSir Edmund Carey
George Calfield
WoodstockLawrence Tanfield
John Lee
BanburyAnthony Cope

Rutland

ConstituencyMembersNotes
RutlandSir John Harington
(Sir) Andrew Noel

Salop

ConstituencyMembersNotes
ShropshireFrancis Newport
Sir Robert Needham
ShrewsburyReginald Scriven
Robert Wright
BridgnorthEdward Bromley
John Lutwich
LudlowRobert Berry
Thomas Canland
WenlockWilliam Baynham
Sir John Poole
Bishops CastleFrancis Beavans
Alexander King

Somerset

ConstituencyMembersNotes
SomersetFrancis Hastings
Edward Dyer
BristolThomas Hanham
Richard Cole
BathWilliam Sharestone
William Price
WellsRichard Godwyn
James Godwyn
TauntonWilliam Aubrey
John Davidge
BridgwaterRobert Bocking
William Thomas
MineheadRichard Hanbury
James Quirke

Staffordshire

ConstituencyMembersNotes
StaffordshireWalter Harcourt
Christopher Blount
LichfieldSir John Wingfield
Richard Broughton
StaffordHenry Bourchier
Francis Cradock
Newcastle under LymeJohn James
Thomas Fitzherbert
TamworthJohn Ferrers
Thomas Smith

Suffolk

ConstituencyMembersNotes
SuffolkEdward Bacon
Sir Clement Heigham
IpswichRobert Barker
Zachariah Lok
DunwichHenry Savile
Thomas Corbet
OrfordEdward Grimston
John North
EyeEdward Honing
Philip Gawdy
AldeburghThomas Knyvet
William Bence
SudburyWilliam Fortescue
Dudley Fortescue

Surrey

ConstituencyMembersNotes
Surrey(Sir) George More
John Wolley
SouthwarkHugh Browker
Richard Hutton
BletchinglyJulius Caesar
Stephen Riddlesden
ReigateSir Edward Howard
Sir John Trevor
GattonWilliam Lane
George Buck
GuildfordGeorge More
Laurence Stoughton
HaslemereAdrian Stoughton
Nicholas Saunders

Sussex

ConstituencyMembersNotes
SussexRobert Sackville, 2nd Earl of Dorset
Thomas Shirley
ChichesterRichard Lewnor
William Ashby
HorshamJohn Hare
Richard Franke
MidhurstJohn Boys
Thomas Churcher
LewesHenry Glenham
George Goring
New ShorehamWilliam Necton
Herbert Morley
SteyningSir Walter Waller
Thomas Shirley
BramberSamuel Thornhill
Edward Mitchelborne
East GrinsteadReade Stafford
John Shurley
ArundelThomas Fanshawe
Richard Baker

Warwickshire

ConstituencyMembersNotes
WarwickshireFulke Greville
Edward Greville
CoventryThomas Saunders
John Myles
WarwickJohn Hugford
William Combe

Westmorland

ConstituencyMembersNotes
WestmorelandSir William Bowes
Edward Denny
ApplebyThomas Posthumous Hoby
Cuthbert Reynolds

Wiltshire

ConstituencyMembersNotes
WiltshireSir Walter Long
Sir William Brounker
SalisburyGiles Hutchens
Robert Bower
WiltonThomas Morgan
Robert Penruddock
DowntonJohn Goldwell
Thomas Willoughby
HindonFrancis Zouche
Abraham Hartwell
HeytesburySir John Thynne
Thomas Thynne
ChippenhamEdward Maria Wingfield
Francis Harvey
CalneHenry Jackman
Thomas Edwards
DevizesHenry Baynton
Richard Mompesson
LudgershallEdward Thornborough
Chidiock Wardour
Great BedwynThomas Hungerford
James Kirton
CrickladeHenry Noel
John Pleydell
MalmesburySir Henry Knyvet
Thomas Lake
WestburyWilliam Jordyn
Henry Fanshawe
Old SarumSir Anthony Ashley
Edmund Fortescue
Wootton BassettJohn Hungerford
William Meredith
MarlboroughRichard Wheler
Anthony Hungerford

Worcestershire

ConstituencyMembersNotes
WorcestershireSir Henry Bromley
William Walsh
WorcesterWalter Jones
Rowland Berkeley
DroitwichRobert Walter
George Wylde I

Yorkshire

ConstituencyMembersNotes
YorkshireSir George Savile
John Aske
YorkAndrew Trewe
James Birkby
Kingston upon HullLeonard Willan
Peter Proby
ScarboroughEdward Gates
Roger Dalton
KnaresboroughSamuel Foxe
Simon Willis
RichmondSir Talbot Bowes
John Pepper
BeverleyJohn Mansfield
Edward Alford
AldboroughAndrew Fisher
Edward Hancock
ThirskSir John Dawney
Sir Henry Belasyse, 1st Baronet
HedonHenry Brooke alias Cobham II
Christopher Hilliard
RiponAnthony Wingfield
William Bennet
BoroughbridgeJohn Brograve
Vincent Skinner

Cinque Ports

ConstituencyMembersNotes
HastingsRichard Lyffe
Henry Apsley
SandwichPeter Manwood
Edward Peake
DoverThomas Fane
Thomas Elwood
RomneyJohn Mynge
Robert Bawle
HytheHenry Fane
John Collins
RyeHenry Gaymer
Robert Carpenter
WinchelseaAdam Ashburnham
Ashburnham Pecke

Wales

ConstituencyMembersNotes
AngleseyWilliam Glynne
BeaumarisThomas BulkeleyBulkeley died 1593. Possibly the MP was his relative Thomas Bulkeley.
BrecknockshireSir Robert Knollys
BrecknockSir Matthew Morgan
CarnarvonRobert Griffith
CarnarvonshireWilliam Maurice
CardiganshireRichard Pryse
Cardigan
CarmarthenshireWalter Vaughan
CarmarthenThomas Baskerville
DenbighshireRoger Puleston
Denbigh BoroughsSimon Thelwall
FlintshireThomas Hanmer
FlintThomas Griffith
GlamorganSir Robert Sidney
CardiffDavid Roberts
MerionethGriffith Nanney
MontgomeryshireReginald Williams
MontgomeryRichard Morgan
PembrokeshireSir Thomas Perrot
PembrokeSir Conyers Clifford
Haverford WestSir Nicholas Clifford
RadnorshireJames Price
RadnorThomas Crompton

See also