List of MPs elected to the English parliament in 1624 explained

This is a list of members of Parliament (MPs) elected to the last parliament in the reign of King James I in 1624, which was known as the Happy Parliament.

The parliament began on 19 February 1624 and was held to 24 May 1624. It then sat from 2 November 1624 to 16 February 1625 and was dissolved on the death of the King on 14 March 1625.

List of constituencies and members

In 1624 the constituencies of Amersham, Great Marlow, Wendover and Hertford were re-enfranchised after the Committee of Privileges investigated abuses where the right of boroughs to return burgesses had fallen into disuse.^[1]

Bedfordshire
Constituency	Members	Notes
Bedfordshire	Oliver St John Sir Oliver Luke
Bedford	Sir Alexander St John Richard Taylor
Berkshire
Constituency	Members	Notes
Berkshire	Edmund Dunch Sir Richard Harrison
Windsor	Sir Edmund Sawyer Thomas Woodward	Woodward replaced by Sir William Hewett
Reading	Francis Knollys junior John Saunders
Wallingford	Sir Edward Howard Sir George Simeon	Howard sat for Calne - replaced by Sir Anthony Forrest
Abingdon	Robert Knollys
Buckinghamshire
Constituency	Members	Notes
Buckinghamshire	Sir William Fleetwood Sir Thomas Denton
Buckingham	Sir Edmund Verney Richard Oliver
Wycombe	Henry Coke Arthur Goodwin
Aylesbury	Sir John Pakington, 1st Baronet Thomas Crewe	Pakington died - replaced by Sir Robert Carr Crewe was Speaker
Amersham	John Crew William Hakewill	Restored constituency - in BW corrigenda
Wendover	John Hampden Sir Alexander Denton	Restored constituency - in BW corrigenda
Marlow	Henry Borlase Thomas Cotton	Restored constituency - in BW corrigenda
Cambridgeshire
Constituency	Members	Notes
Cambridgeshire	Sir Simon Steward Sir John Cutts	Steward replaced by Sir Edward Peyton, 2nd Baronet
Cambridge University	Sir Robert Naunton Barnaby Gough
Cambridge	Francis Brakyn Robert Luckyn
Cheshire
Constituency	Members	Notes
Cheshire	William Booth William Brereton
City of Chester	Edward Whitby John Savage
Cornwall
Constituency	Members	Notes
Cornwall	William Coryton Bevil Grenville
Launceston	Sir Francis Crane Sir Miles Fleetwood	BW corrigenda adds Sir to Fleetwood
Liskeard	William Wrey Nicholas Hele
Lostwithiel	Sir John Hobart Sir John Chichester
Truro	Richard Daniel Thomas Burgess
Bodmin	Thomas Stafford Charles Berkeley
Helston	Francis Carew Thomas Carey
Saltash	Francis Buller Sir Thomas Trevor
Camelford	Edward Hare Sir Francis Cottington Bt
Grampound	John Mohun Richard Edgecumbe
Eastlow	Sir John Walter Bartholemew Specot
Westlow	George Mynn James Bagg
Penryn	Edward Roberts Sir Robert Killigrew
Tregoney	Peter Specot Ambrose Manaton
Bossiney	Sir Richard Weston Thomas Bevans
St Ives	William Lake Sir Francis Godolphin
Fowey	William Noy Sir Robert Coke
St Germans	Sir John Stradling, 1st Baronet John Coke
Mitchel	John Holles John Sawle	John Holles replaced by Denzil Holles
Newport	Sir John Eliot Richard Estcourt
St Mawes	John Arundell William Hockmere
Callington	Sir Edward Seymour, 2nd Baronet Henry Rolle
Cumberland
Constituency	Members	Notes
Cumberland	Sir George Dalston Ferdinando Huddleston
Carlisle	Sir Henry Vane the Elder Edward Aglionby
Derbyshire
Constituency	Members	Notes
Derbyshire	William Lord Cavendish John Stanhope
Derby	Sir Edward Leech Timothy Leeving (Recorder)
Devon
Constituency	Members	Notes
Devon	Sir William Strode John Drake
Exeter	John Prowse Nicholas Duck
Totnes	Arthur Champernoun Sir Edward Giles
Plymouth	John Glanville Thomas Sherville (merchant)
Barnstaple	Pentecost Dodderidge John Delbridge
Plympton Erle	Sir Francis Drake, 1st Baronet John Garret
Tavistock	John Pym Sampson Hele
Clifton Dartmouth Hardness	William Plumley Roger Matthew (Merchant)
Bere Alston	Thomas Jermyn jun. Sir Thomas Cheek	Cheek chose to sit for Essex, replaced by William Strode
Tiverton	Sir George Chudleigh, 1st Baronet Humphrey Were
Dorset
Constituency	Members	Notes
Dorset	Sir John Strangways Sir George Hussey
Poole	Sir Walter Erle Edward Pitt
Dorchester	Richard Bushrode William Whiteway
Lyme Regis	Sir John Drake William Wynn
Weymouth and Melcombe Regis	John Freke Arthur Pyne Thomas Myddelton (younger) Henry Waltham (merchant)
Bridport	Robert Browne William Muschamp
Shaftesbury	John Thoroughgood William Whitaker
Wareham	Sir William Pitt John Trenchard
Corfe Castle	Sir Peter Osborne Sir Francis Nethersale
Essex
Constituency	Members	Notes
Essex	Sir Francis Barrington Bt Sir Thomas Cheek
Colchester	William Towse Edward Alford
Maldon	Sir William Masham, 1st Baronet Sir Arthur Harris
Harwich	Sir Nathaniel Rich Christopher Harris
Gloucestershire
Constituency	Members	Notes
Gloucestershire	Thomas Estcourt John Dutton	Estcourt died - replaced by Sir Maurice Berkeley
Gloucester	Anthony Robinson John Browne
Cirencester	Sir William Master Henry Poole
Tewkesbury	Sir Dudley Digges Sir Baptist Hicks
Hampshire
Constituency	Members	Notes
Hampshire	Sir Daniel Norton Sir Robert Oxenbridge
Winchester	Richard Tichborne James Lord Wriothesley
Southampton	Sir John Mill, 1st Baronet Henry Sherfield	Sherfield chose to sit for Salisbury - replaced by John Bonde
Portsmouth	Sir William Uvedale Sir Benjamin Rudyerd
Yarmouth	Thomas Risley William Beeston
Petersfield	Sir John Jephson Sir John Hippisley
Newport	Philip Fleming Christopher Brooke
Stockbridge	Sir Richard Gifford Sir Henry Holcroft
Newtown		Sir Gilbert Gerard chose to sit for Middlesex - replaced by Sir Thomas Barrington, 2nd Baronet
Lymington	Nicholas Ferrar John More
Christchurch	Nathaniel Tomkins Sir George Astmyll
Whitchurch	Sir Henry Wallop Thomas Jervoise
Andover	Robert Wallop John Shuter
Herefordshire
Constituency	Members	Notes
Herefordshire	Sir John Scudamore Sir Robert Harley
Hereford	Sir James Clerke Richard Weaver
Leominster	James Tomkins Sir William Beecher
Hertfordshire
Constituency	Members	Notes
Hertfordshire	Sir Charles Morrison, 1st Baronet William Lytton
St Albans	Robert Kirkham Sir John Jennings
Hertford	William Ashton Thomas Fanshawe
Huntingdonshire
Constituency	Members	Notes
Huntingdonshire	Edward Montagu Sir Oliver Cromwell
Huntingdon	Sir Arthur Mainwaring Sir Henry St John
Kent
Constituency	Members	Notes
Kent		Sir Nicholas Tufton Sir Edwin Sandys
Canterbury	Thomas Scot Thomas Denn
Rochester	Sir Maximilian Dalyson (Sir) Thomas Walsingham (elder)
Maidstone	Sir George Fane Thomas Stanley
Queenborough	Roger Palmer Sir Robert Pooley
Lancashire
Constituency	Members	Notes
Lancashire	Sir John Ratcliffe Sir Thomas Walmisley
Lancaster	John Selden Sir Humphrey May	May sat for Leicester, replaced by Sir Thomas Fanshawe
Preston	Sir Edward Mosley Sir William Pooley	Pooley sat for Sudbury, replaced by Sir William Hervey
Newton	Thomas Charnock Edmund Breres
Wigan	Sir Anthony St John Francis Downes
Clitheroe	William Fanshawe Ralph Whitfield
Liverpool	Sir Thomas Gerard, 2nd Baronet George Ireland
Leicestershire
Constituency	Members	Notes
Leicestershire	Sir Thomas Hesilrige, 1st Baronet Sir Henry Hastings
Leicester	Sir Humphrey May William Ive
Lincolnshire
Constituency	Members	Notes
Lincolnshire	Montagu Bertie Sir Thomas Grantham
Lincoln	Sir Lewis Watson, Bt Thomas Hatcher
Boston	Sir William Airmine Sir Clement Cotterel	Cotterel chosen for Grantham replaced by William Boswell
Grimsby	Henry Pelham Sir Christopher Wray
Stamford	John St Amand Sir George Goring	Sir George Goring, chosen for Lewes replaced by Edward Ayscough
Grantham	Sir George Manners Sir Clement Cotterell
Middlesex
Constituency	Members	Notes
Middlesex	Sir John Suckling Sir Gilbert Gerard, Bt
Westminster	Sir Edward Villiers William Mann
City of London	Sir Thomas Middleton Heneage Finch Robert Bateman Martin Bond
Monmouthshire
Constituency	Members	Notes
Monmouthshire	Robert Viscount Lisle Sir William Morgan
Monmouth Boroughs	Walter Stewart
Norfolk
Constituency	Members	Notes
Norfolk	Sir Thomas Holland Sir John Corbet
Norwich	William Denny Sir Thomas Hyrne
King's Lynn	John Wallis (Alderman) William Doughty (Alderman)
Yarmouth	George Hardware (Alderman) Benjamin Cooper
Thetford	Framlingham Gawdy Drue Drury
Castle Rising	Sir Robert Spiller Sir Thomas Bancroft
Northamptonshire
Constituency	Members	Notes
Northamptonshire	Sir William Spencer Richard Knightley
Peterborough	Laurence Whitacre Christopher Hatton
Northampton	Richard Spencer Christopher Sherland (Recorder)
Brackley	Sir Thomas Wenman Edward Spencer
Higham Ferrers	Sir Charles Montagu
Northumberland
Constituency	Members	Notes
Northumberland	Sir John Fenwick Sir Francis Brandling
Newcastle	Sir Peter Riddel Sir Henry Anderson
Morpeth	Sir Thomas Reynell Sir William Carnaby
Berwick upon Tweed	Sir Robert Jackson Edward Lively
Nottinghamshire
Constituency	Members	Notes
Nottinghamshire	Sir Gervase Clifton Robert Sutton
Nottingham	John Byron Sir Charles Cavendish	BW corrigenda changes Byrom to Byron
East Retford	John Hollis Sir Nathaniel Rich	Rich chosen at Harwich - replaced by John Darcy
Oxfordshire
Constituency	Members	Notes
Oxfordshire	Sir William Cope, 2nd Baronet Sir Henry Poole
Oxford University	Sir George Calvert Sir Isaac Wake
Oxford	John Whistler Thomas Wentworth
Woodstock	Philip Cary William Lenthall
Banbury	Sir Erasmus Dryden, 1st Baronet
Rutland
Constituency	Members	Notes
Rutland	William Bulstrode Sir Guy Palmes
Salop
Constituency	Members	Notes
Shropshire	Sir Richard Newport Sir Andrew Corbet
Shrewsbury	Francis Berkeley Thomas Owen
Bridgnorth	Sir William Whitmore George Smith
Ludlow	Richard Tomlins Ralph Goodwin
Wenlock	Henry Mytton Sir Thomas Wolryche, 1st Baronet
Bishops Castle	Sir Robert Howard Richard Oakeley
Somerset
Constituency	Members	Notes
Somerset	John Sims Sir Robert Phelips
Bristol	John Barker John Guy
Bath	Sir Robert Pye John Malet
Wells	Thomas Southwood Sir Edward Rodney
Taunton	Thomas Brereton Roger Prowse
Bridgwater	Edward Popham Roger Warre
Minehead	Sir Arthur Lake Arthur Duck
Ilchester	Sir Richard Alleyn Nathaniel Tomkins	Nathaniel Topkins, chosen for Christchurch replaced by Edmund Waller
Staffordshire
Constituency	Members	Notes
Staffordshire	Sir William Bowyer Sir Edward Lyttelton
Lichfield	Sir Simon Weston Sir John Suckling	Suckling chosen for Middlesex replaced by William Wingfield
Stafford	Matthew Cradock Sir Richard Dyott
Newcastle under Lyme	Sir Edward Vere Richard Leveson	Sir Edward Vere disabled and replaced 1624 by Charles Glemham
Tamworth	Sir Thomas Puckering Bt John Ferrers
Suffolk
Constituency	Members	Notes
Suffolk	Sir William Spring Sir Roger North
Ipswich	Sir Robert Snelling William Cage
Dunwich	Sir John Rous Sir Robert Brooke
Eye	Henry Crofts Francis Finch
Orford	Sir Robert Hitcham William Glover
Aldeburgh	Nicholas Ryvett John Bence
Sudbury	Sir Robert Crane, 1st Baronet Sir William Pooley
Bury St Edmunds	Sir Thomas Jermyn Anthony Crofts
Surrey
Constituency	Members	Notes
Surrey	Sir Robert More Sir Thomas Grimes
Southwark	Richard Yarward Robert Bromfield
Bletchingley	Edward Bysshe Miles Fleetwood	Fleetwood sat for Launceston, replaced by John Hayward
Reigate	Sir Thomas Bludder Robert Lewis
Guildford	Sir George More Nicholas Stoughton
Gatton	Sir Edmund Bowyer Samuel Owfield
Haslemere	Francis Carew Poynings More
Sussex
Constituency	Members	Notes
Sussex	Algernon Lord Peircy Thomas Pelham
Chichester	Sir Thomas Edmondes Thomas Whatman
Horsham	John Borough John Middleton
Midhurst	Sir Anthony Manie Richard Lewknor
Lewes	Sir George Goring Christopher Newell
New Shoreham	Anthony Stapley William Marlott
Bramber	Robert Morley Thomas Bowyer
Steyning	Edward Fraunceys Sir Thomas Farneford
East Grinstead	Robert Heath Thomas Caldicot
Arundel	Sir Henry Spiller Sir George Chaworth	Chaworth unseated on petition in 1624 and replaced by William Mill
Warwickshire
Constituency	Members	Notes
Warwickshire	Sir Thomas Lucy Sir Clement Throckmorton
Coventry	Henry Harwell Sir Edward Coke (Recorder)
Warwick	Sir Edward Conway Francis Lucy
Westmorland
Constituency	Members	Notes
Westmoreland	Sir John Lowther Robert Strickland
Appleby	Sir Arthur Ingram Thomas Hughes
Wiltshire
Constituency	Members	Notes
Wiltshire	Edward Hungerford Sir John St John, 1st Baronet
Salisbury	Henry Sherfield (Recorder) Roger Gauntlett
Wilton	Sir Thomas Morgan Sir Percy Hobart
Downton	Sir William Dodington Sir Clipsby Crew
Hindon	Lawrence Hyde Matthew Davies
Heytesbury	Sir Thomas Thynne Henry Ludlow
Westbury	Sir John Saye Sir Henry Mildmay
Calne	Sir Edward Howard John Duckett
Chippenham	John Maynard Sir Francis Popham
Devizes	Edward Bayntun John Kent
Malmesbury	Sir Edward Wardour Sir Thomas Hatton, 1st Baronet
Cricklade	Sir William Howard Sir Neville Poole
Ludgershall	Edward Kyrton William Sotwell
Great Bedwyn	Hugh Crompton William Cholmeley
Old Sarum	Sir Robert Cotton, 1st Baronet, of Connington Sir Arthur Ingram	Ingram chose to sit for York and replaced by Michael Oldisworth
Wootton Bassett	Sir Roland Egerton, 1st Baronet John Bankes
Marlborough	Sir Francis Seymour Richard Digges
Worcestershire
Constituency	Members	Notes
Worcestershire	Sir Walter Devereux Sir Thomas Lyttelton, 1st Baronet
Worcester	Robert Berkeley John Coucher
Droitwich	Walter Blount John Wilde
Evesham	Sir Edward Conway Richard Cresheld
Bewdley	Ralph Clare
Yorkshire
Constituency	Members	Notes
Yorkshire	Sir John Savile Sir Thomas Savile
York	Sir Arthur Ingram Christopher Brooke
Kingston upon Hull	John Lister Sir John Suckling	Sir John Suckling chosen for Middlesex replaced by Maurice Abbot
Knaresborough	Sir Richard Hutton Sir Henry Slingsby
Scarborough	Hugh Cholmeley William Conyers
Ripon	William Mallory Sir Thomas Posthumous Hoby
Richmond	John Wandesford Christopher Pepper
Hedon	Sir Thomas Fairfax of Walton Sir Christopher Hilliard
Boroughbridge	Sir Ferdinando Fairfax Christopher Mainwaring
Thirsk	Thomas Belasyse Sir William Sheffield
Aldborough	Christopher Wandesford John Carvile
Beverley	Sir Henry Vane the Elder Edmund Scott	Vane chose to sit for Carlisle, replaced by Sir Henry Carey
Pontefract	Sir John Jackson Sir Thomas Wentworth
Cinque Ports
Constituency	Members	Notes
Hastings	Nicholas Eversfield Samuel Moore
Romney	Francis Fetherston Richard Godfrey
Hythe	Peter Heyman Richard Zouche
Dover	Sir Edward Cecil Sir Richard Young
Sandwich	Sir Robert Hatton Francis Drake
Rye	Thomas Conway Sir Edward Conway	Sir Edward Conway — chosen for Warwick replaced by John Angell
Winchelsea	John Finch Edward Nicholas
Wales
Constituency	Members	Notes
Anglesey	John Mostyn
Beaumaris	Charles Jones
Brecknockshire	Sir Henry Williams
Brecknock	Walter Pye
Cardiganshire	James Lewis
Cardigan	Rowland Pugh
Carmarthenshire	(Sir) Richard Vaughan
Carmarthen	Henry Vaughan
Carnarvonshire	Thomas Glynn
Carnarvon	Peter Mutton
Denbighshire	Sir Eubule Thelwall
Denbigh Boroughs	Sir Hugh Myddelton, 1st Baronet
Flintshire	Sir John Hanmer, 1st Baronet	Hanmer died — replaced by Sir John Trevor
Flint	William Ravenscroft
Glamorgan	Sir Robert Mansell
Cardiff	William Price
Merioneth	Henry Wynn
Montgomeryshire	William Herbert
Montgomery	George Herbert
Pembrokeshire	James Perrot
Pembroke	Sir Walter Devereux
Haverford West	Lewis Powell
Radnorshire	James Price
Radnor	Charles Price

See also

• List of parliaments of England
• 4th Parliament of King James I

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)
• 2 . 187–197.

Notes and References

1. https://www.jstor.org/pss/555222 The English Historical Review Vol. 67, No. 263, April 1952 Parliamentary Boroughs restored by the House of Commons 1621-1641