List of MPs elected to the English parliament in 1654 explained

This is a list of members of Parliament (MPs) in the First Protectorate Parliament under the Commonwealth of England which began at Westminster on 3 September 1654, and was held to 22 January 1655.

The preceding Barebone's Parliament was made up almost entirely of County seats. In this the First Protectorate Parliament, many boroughs received back their franchise. However anticipating the Reform Act by nearly 200 years, a number of rotten boroughs were excluded and representation was given to several towns including Manchester, Leeds and Halifax and to the county and city of Durham.

This list contains details of the MPs elected in 1654. Normally when a member is elected for more than one seat a choice is made regarding which seat he represents and an alternative member is chosen for the other. In this parliament however this reseating did not take place, and so some individuals are shown for two or even three seats. It was succeeded by the Second Protectorate Parliament

List of constituencies and MPs

Bedfordshire
Constituency	Members	Notes
Bedfordshire	Sir William Boteler John Harvey Edmund Wingate John Neale Samuel Bedford
Bedford	Bulstrode Whitelocke
Berkshire
Constituency	Members	Notes
Berkshire	George Purefoy Edmund Dunch Sir Robert Pye John Dunch John Southby
Abingdon	Thomas Holt
Reading	Robert Hammond
Buckinghamshire
Constituency	Members	Notes
Buckinghamshire	Bulstrode Whitelocke Richard Ingoldsby George Fleetwood Sir Richard Pigot Richard Greenville
Buckingham	Francis Ingoldsby
Wycombe	Thomas Scot
Aylesbury	Henry Phillips
Cambridgeshire
Constituency	Members	Notes
Cambridgeshire	John Delbrow Francis Russell Henry Pickering Robert Castle
Cambridge	Richard Timbs (Alderman of Cambridge)
Cambridge University	Henry Cromwell
Isle of Ely	John Thurloe George Glapthorn
Cheshire
Constituency	Members	Notes
Cheshire	John Bradshaw George Booth Henry Brooke (of Norton) John Crew
City of Chester	Charles Walley
Cornwall
Constituency	Members	Notes
Cornwall	Thomas Gewen Thomas Ceely (of Trevisham) Richard Carter ( Anthony Rous James Launce (of Pennare) Walter Moyle Charles Boscawen Anthony Nichols
Launceston	Robert Bennet
Truro	Francis Rous
Penryn	John Fox
East Looe and West Looe	John Blackmore
Cumberland
Constituency	Members	Notes
Cumberland	Major General Charles Howard Colonel William Briscoe
Carlisle	Colonel Thomas Fitch
Derbyshire
Constituency	Members	Notes
Derbyshire	Nathaniel Barton Thomas Sanders Edward Gell John Gell
Derby	Gervase Bennet
Devon
Constituency	Members	Notes
Devon	Thomas Saunders Robert Rolle Arthur Upton Thomas Reynell William Morice John Hale William Bastard William Fry Sir John Northcote, Bt Henry Hatsell John Quick
Exeter	Thomas Bampfield Thomas Gibbons
Plymouth	Christopher Ceely (Merchant) William Yeo
Clifton Dartmouth Hardness	Thomas Boone
Totnes	Major-General Desborough
Barnstaple	John Dodderidge
Tiverton	Major John Blackmore	Blackmore declared void – replaced by Robert Shapcote
Honiton	Sir John Yonge
Dorset
Constituency	Members	Notes
Dorset	William Sydenham John Bingham Sir Walter Earle John Fitzjames John Trenchard Henry Henley
Dorchester	John Whiteway
Melcombe	Denis Bond
Lyme Regis	Edmund Prideaux
Poole	Sir Anthony Ashley Cooper
Durham
Constituency	Members	Notes
County Durham	Robert Lilburne George Lilburne
City of Durham	Anthony Smith (Mercer)
Essex
Constituency	Members	Notes
Essex	Sir William Masham Bt Sir Richard Everard, 1st Baronet of Much Waltham Sir Thomas Honywood Sir Thomas Bowes Sir Henry Mildmay Thomas Coke Carew Mildmay Dionysius Wakering Edward Turnor Richard Cutts Oliver Raymond Herbert Pelham
Maldon	Joachim Matthews
Colchester	Colonel John Barkstead John Maidstone
Gloucestershire
Constituency	Members	Notes
Gloucestershire	George Berkeley Matthew Hale John Howe Christopher Guise Sylvanus Wood
Gloucester	Thomas Pury William Lenthall
Tewkesbury	Sir Anthony Ashley Cooper	Cooper replaced by Francis St John
Cirencester	John Stone
Hampshire
Constituency	Members	Notes
Hampshire	Richard Lord Cromwell Richard Norton Richard Major John St Barbe Robert Wallop Francis Rivett Edward Hooper John Bulkeley
Winchester	John Hildesley
Southampton	John Lisle
Portsmouth	Nathaniel Whetham
Andover	John Duns (of Hurstley)
Isle of Wight	William Sydenham Viscount L'Isle
Herefordshire
Constituency	Members	Notes
Herefordshire	John Scudamore John Pateshal John Flacket Richard Read
Hereford	Bennet Hoskyns
Leominster	John Birch
Hertfordshire
Constituency	Members	Notes
Hertfordshire	Henry Lawrence William Earl of Salisbury Sir John Wittewrong, 1st Baronet Sir Richard Lucy, 1st Baronet Thomas Nicholl
St Albans	Alban Cox
Hertford	Isaac Pulter
Huntingdonshire
Constituency	Members	Notes
Huntingdonshire	Edward Montagu Henry Cromwell (the younger) Stephen Pheasant (of Upwood)
Huntingdon	John Bernard
Kent (see also Cinque Ports)
Constituency	Members	Notes
Kent	Lieutenant Colonel Henry Oxenden William James Colonel John Dixwell John Boys Sir Henry Vane (senior) Lambert Godfrey Colonel Richard Beal Augustine Skinner John Selliard Colonel Ralph Weldon Daniel Shatterden
Canterbury	Thomas Scot Francis Butcher
Rochester	John Parker (Recorder)
Maidstone	Sir John Banks, 1st Baronet
Queensborough	Augustine Garland
Lancashire
Constituency	Members	Notes
Lancashire	Richard Holland Gilbert Ireland Richard Standish William Ashurst
Preston	Richard Shuttleworth
Lancaster	Henry Porter
Liverpool	Thomas Birch sen.
Manchester	Charles Worsley
Leicestershire
Constituency	Members	Notes
Leicestershire	Thomas Beaumont Henry Grey, 1st Earl of Stamford Lord Grey of Groby Thomas Pochin
Leicester	Sir Arthur Hesilrige William Stanley (Alderman)
Lincolnshire
Constituency	Members	Notes
Lincolnshire	Edward Rossiter Thomas Hall Thomas Lister Charles Hall Captain Francis Fiennes (Sir) John Wray Colonel Thomas Hatcher William Woolley William Savile William Welby
Lincoln	William Marshall (Alderman) Original Peart (Alderman)
Boston	William Ellis	.
Grantham	William Bury sen
Stamford	John Weaver
Grimsby	William Wray
Middlesex
Constituency	Members	Notes
Middlesex	Sir James Harrington, Bt Sir William Roberts Josiah Berners Edmund Harvey
Westminster	Thomas Latham Thomas Falconbridge
City of London	Thomas Foote William Steele Thomas Adams John Langham Samuel Avery Andrew Riccard
Monmouthshire
Constituency	Members	Notes
Monmouthshire	Richard Lord Cromwell Philip Jones Henry Herbert	Cromwell chose Hampshire, and Jones chose Glamorgan. Replaced by Thomas Morgan and Thomas Hughes
Norfolk
Constituency	Members	Notes
Norfolk	Sir John Hobart Sir William D'Oyly Sir Ralph Hare, Bt Thomas Weld Robert Wilton Thomas Sotherton Philip Wodehouse Robert Wood (senior) Philip Bedingfield (senior) Tobias Frere
Norwich	Bernard Church John Hobart
King's Lynn	Major-General Philip Skippon Guybon Goddard (Recorder)
Yarmouth	Colonel William Goffe Thomas Dunn
Northamptonshire
Constituency	Members	Notes
Northamptonshire	Sir Gilbert Pickering, Bt John Dryden Bt. John Crew Sir John Norwich, Bt John Claypole, senior Thomas Brooke
Peterborough	Humphrey Orme Alexander Blake
Northampton	Peter Whalley
Northumberland
Constituency	Members	Notes
Northumberland	William Fenwick Robert Fenwick (of Bedlington) Henry Ogle (of Eglingham)
Newcastle	Sir Arthur Hesilrige
Berwick upon Tweed	George Fenwick
Nottinghamshire
Constituency	Members	Notes
Nottinghamshire	Hon. William Pierrepont Major-General Edward Whalley Colonel Edward Neville Charles White
Nottingham	James Chadwick John Mason
Oxfordshire
Constituency	Members	Notes
Oxfordshire	Robert Jenkinson Charles Fleetwood Colonel James Whitelocke Nathaniel Fiennes William Lenthall	Whitelocke replaced by Richard Croke
Oxford	Bulstrode Whitelocke
Oxford University	John Owen D. D.
Woodstock	Lieutenant-General Charles Fleetwood
Rutland
Constituency	Members	Notes
Rutland	William Shield Edward Horseman
Salop
Constituency	Members	Notes
Shropshire	Humphrey Mackworth sen. Thomas Mytton Robert Corbet Philip Young
Shrewsbury	Richard Cheshire Humphrey Mackworth jun.
Bridgnorth	William Crown
Ludlow	John Aston
Somerset
Constituency	Members	Notes
Somerset	Sir John Honner John Buckland General John Desborough John Preston John Harrington John Ashe Charles Steynings Robert Long Richard Jones Thomas Hippisley Samuel Perry
Bristol	Richard Aldworth Miles Jackson
Bath	Alexander Popham
Wells	Lislebone Long
Taunton	Thomas Gorges John Gorges
Bridgwater	Robert Blake
Staffordshire
Constituency	Members	Notes
Staffordshire	Sir Charles Wolseley, 2nd Baronet Thomas Crompton Thomas Whitgrave
Lichfield	Thomas Minors
Stafford	John Bradshaw
Newcastle under Lyme	Edward Keeling
Suffolk
Constituency	Members	Notes
Suffolk	Sir William Spring Sir Thomas Barnardiston Sir Thomas Bedingfield William Bloys John Gurdon William Gibbes John Brandling Alexander Bence John Sicklemore Thomas Bacon
Ipswich	Nathaniel Bacon Francis Bacon
Bury St Edmunds	Samuel Moody John Clarke
Dunwich	Gen. Robert Brewster
Sudbury	John Fothergill
Surrey
Constituency	Members	Notes
Surrey	Sir Richard Onslow Major-General Lambert Arthur Onslow Francis Drake Robert Holman Robert Wood
Southwark	Samuel Highland Robert Warcup
Guildford	Richard Hiller (of Guilford)
Reigate	Edward Bysshe
Sussex
Constituency	Members	Notes
Sussex	Herbert Morley Sir Thomas Pelham, 2nd Baronet Anthony Stapley John Stapley John Fagg William Hay John Pelham Francis Lord Dacres Herbert Springet
Chichester	Henry Peckham
Lewes	Henry Shelley
East Grinstead	John Goodwin
Arundel	Anthony Shirley
Warwickshire
Constituency	Members	Notes
Warwickshire	Richard Lucy Thomas Willoughby Sir Richard Temple William Purefoy
Coventry	William Purefoy Robert Beake
Warwick	Richard Lucy
Westmorland
Constituency	Members	Notes
Westmoreland	Christopher Lister Jeremy Baynes
Wiltshire
Constituency	Members	Notes
Wiltshire	Sir Anthony Ashley Cooper Alexander Popham Thomas Grove Alexander Thistlethwaite Francis Holles John Ernle William Yorke John Norden James Ash Gabriel Martin
Salisbury	Edward Tooker William Stevens (Recorder)
Marlborough	Charles Fleetwood
Devizes	Sir Edward Bayntun
Worcestershire
Constituency	Members	Notes
Worcestershire	Sir Thomas Rouse, 1st Baronet Edward Pytts Nicholas Lechmere John Bridges Talbot Badger
Worcester	William Collins Edward Elvines (Alderman)
Yorkshire
Constituency	Members	Notes
Yorkshire
West Riding	Sir Thomas Fairfax John Lambert Henry Tempest John Bright Edward Gill Martin Lister
East Riding	Sir William Strickland Hugh Bethell Richard Robinson Walter Strickland
North Riding	Lord Eure Francis Lascelles Thomas Harrison George Smithson
York	Sir Thomas Widdrington Thomas Dickenson, (Alderman)
Kingston upon Hull	William Lister
Beverley	Francis Thorpe (Baron of the Exchequer)
Scarborough	John Wildman
Richmond	John Wastal (of Scornton)
Leeds	Adam Bayns (of Knowstrop)
Halifax	Jeremy Bentley
Cinque Ports
Dover	William Cullen
Sandwich	Thomas Kelsey
Rye	Herbert Morley
Wales
Constituency	Members	Notes
Anglesey	George Twisleton William Foxwist
Brecknockshire	Lord Herbert Edmund Jones
Cardiganshire	James Philipps Jenkin Lloyd
Carmarthenshire	John Claypole Rowland Dawkins
Carnarvonshire	John Glynne Thomas Madryn
Denbighshire	Col. Simon Thelwall Col. John Carter
Flintshire	John Trevor Andrew Ellice
Glamorgan	Philip Jones Edmund Thomas
Cardiff	John Price
Merioneth	John Vaughan
Montgomeryshire	Sir John Price Bt Charles Lloyd
Pembrokeshire	Sir Erasmus Philipps, 3rd Baronet Arthur Owen
Haverford West	John Upton
Radnorshire	George Gwynne Henry Williams
Scotland
Constituency	Members	Notes
Sheriffdom of Inverness	Lieut. Col. William Michel
Sheriffdoms of Forfar and Kinkardine	Col. David Barclay of Urie
Sheriffdoms of Fife and Kinross	Col. James Hay
Sheriffdom of Perth	George Livingston, 3rd Earl of Linlithgow
Sheriffdoms of Linlithgow, Sterling, and Clackmannan	Col. Thomas Read (Governor of Stirling)
Sheriffdoms of Dunbarton, Argyll, and Bute	Sir James Hamilton (of Orbiston)
Sheriffdom of Lannerick	Col. William Lockhart
Sheriffdom of Midlothian	George Smith (one of the Judges of Scotland)
Sheriffdom of Merse	John Swinton (of Swinton)
Sheriffdoms of Selkirk and Peebles	John Thompson (Auditor-General of the Revenues of Scotland)
Sheriffdom of Dumfries	James Johnstone, 2nd Earl of Hartfell
Sheriffdom of Wigton	Sir James MacDowel (of Garthland)
Sheriffdom of East-Lothian	Benjamin Bridie (of Dolphinton)
Boroughs of Forfar, Dundee, Arbroth, Montross, Buchan	Sir Alexander Wedderburn (of Blackness, Clerk of Dundee)
Boroughs of Lithgow, Queens Ferry, Perth, Culross, and Stirling	Col. John Okey
Boroughs of St. Andrews, Dysart, Kirkaldy, Anstruther-East, Pittenween, Creel, Dumfermline Kinghorn, Anstruther-West, Innerleithing, Kilkenny, and Burnt-Iand	James Snord (Burgess of Saint Andrews)
City of Edinburgh	Samuel Desborrow (Commissioner for the Revenues) George Downing (Scout-Master-General)
Boroughs of Lannerick, Glasgow, Rutherglen, Rothsay, Renfrew, Ayre, Irwynn, and Dunbarton	John Wilk (of Bromhouse)
Boroughs of Dumfreize, Sanclare, Lochmaben, Annand, Wigton, Kirkudbright, Whithorn, and Galloway	Major Jeremiah Tolhurst (Burgess of Dumfries)
Boroughs of Peebles, Selkirk, Jedburgh, Lander, North Berwick, Dunbar, and Haddington	William Thompson (Burgess of Haddington)
Ireland
Constituency	Members	Notes
Counties of Meath and Louth	Col. John Fowk (Governor of Drogheda) Major William Cadogan.
Counties of Kildare and Wicklow	Maj. Anthony Morgan Maj. William Meredith.
County Dublin	Colonel John Hewson (of Lutterels Town)
City of Dublin	Daniel Hutchinson (Alderman)
Counties of Catberlougb, Wexford, Kilkenny, and Queen's County	Thomas Sadler Daniel Axtell
Counties of Westmeath, Longford, and King's County	Theophilus Jones Thomas Scot.
Counties of Down, Antrim, and Armagh	Col. Robert Venables Col. Arthur Hill^[1]
Towns of Carrickfergus and Belfast	Major Daniel Redmond.
Counties of Londonderry, Donegal, and Tyrone	Col. John Clark Thomas Newburgh (of Lifford in County Donegal)
Towns of Derry and Coleraine	Ralph King
Counties of Cavan, Fermanagh, and Monaghan	Col. John Cole
Counties of Kerry, Limerick, and Clare	Major Gen. Sir Hardress Waller Col. Henry Ingoldsby
City and County of the City of Limerick and Kilmallock	William Purefoy
County of Cork	Roger Boyle, Lord Baron of Broghill
Towns of Cork and Youghal	Col. William Jephson
Towns of Bandon and Kinsale	Vincent Gookin
Counties of Tipperary and Waterford	John Reynolds(Commissary-General) Jerome Sankey
Cities of Waterford and Clonmel	William Halsey
Counties of Sligo, Roscommon, and Leitrim	Sir Robert King Sir John Temple
Counties of Galway and Mayo	Sir Charles Coote (Commissary-General) John Reynolds

See also

• List of MPs elected to the English parliament in 1656 (Second Protectorate Parliament)
• List of MPs elected to the English parliament in 1659 (Third Protectorate Parliament)
• List of parliaments of England
• First Protectorate Parliament

References

• • • Parliament at Westminster, Anno 1654 . II . 259–271 . cs2.

Notes and References

1. Book: Maguire, W.A. . 1974 . Letters of a great Irish landlord . Belfast . Her Majesty's Stationery Office . 10 .