List of MPs elected to the English parliament in 1604

This is a list of members of Parliament (MPs) elected to the 1st parliament in the reign of King James I in 1604, known as the Blessed Parliament.

Guy Fawkes discovered guarding barrels of gunpowder in the undercroft beneath the House of Lords shortly after midnight on 5 November 1605.

Sir Edward Phelips - Speaker

The Parliament was summoned on 31 January 1604 and the first session ran from 19 March 1604 to 7 July 1604. The second session began on 5 November 1605 on the day when the Gunpowder Plot was discovered. It ended on 27 May 1606. The third session began on 18 November 1606 and lasted to 5 July 1607. The fourth session began on 9 February 1609 and continued to 23 July 1610. It was prorogued to 16 October 1610 and continued to 21 December 1610. It was then prorogued to 9 February 1611 when it was dissolved.

Prior to 1621 there was no official list of members and the 1614 parliamentary list is incomplete. However Browne Willis was able to state that his record for 1604 "is rendered thus perfect from a List sent me by the late Sir Philip Sydenham Bart".

List of constituencies and members

Oliver St John, Bedfordshire

Sir Henry Neville, Berkshire

Sir William Wade, West Looe

William Noy, Grampound

George Calvert, Bossiney 1609

Sir Richard Hawkins, Plymouth

William Cecil, Weymouth

Sir George Somers, Lyme Regis

Francis Russell, Lyme Regis 1610

Sir Dudley Digges, Tewkesbury

Thomas Fleming, Southampton

Sir Edwin Sandys, Stockbridge

Sir James Scudamore, Herefordshire

Francis Bacon, St Albans

Sir Robert Cotton, Huntingdonshire

Sir Edward Hoby, Rochester

John Sheffield, Lincolnshire

Sir Charles Cornwallis, Norfolk

Henry Hobart, Norwich

Robert Hitcham, King's Lynn

Sir William Paddy, Thetford

Arthur Ingram, Stafford 1609

Edward Cecil, Chichester

John Doddridge, Horsham

Sir Richard Weston, Midhurst

Sir Thomas Edmondes, Wilton

Sir James Ley, Westbury

Sir Francis Clifford, Yorkshire

George Carew, Hasting

Philip Herbert, Glamorgan

Sir Robert Harley, Radnor

Bedfordshire
Constituency	Members	Notes
Bedfordshire	Hon. Oliver St John Sir Edward Radclyffe
Bedford	Humphrey Winche Thomas Hawes	Winche replaced by Sir Christopher Hatton
Berkshire
Constituency	Members	Notes
Berkshire	Sir Henry Neville Sir Francis Knollys
Windsor	Samuel Backhouse Thomas Durdent	Durdent died - replaced by Sir Francis Howard
Reading	Francis Moore Jerome Bowes
Wallingford	Sir William Dunch Griffin Payne
Abingdon	Sir Richard Lovelace
Buckinghamshire
Constituency	Members	Notes
Buckinghamshire	Sir Francis Goodwin William Fleetwood	Goodwin not duly elected and replaced by Christopher Pigott. Pigott expelled, replaced by Sir Anthony Tyringham
Buckingham	Sir Thomas Denton Sir Edward Tyrrell	Tyrrell died - replaced by Sir Francis Goodwin
Wycombe	Sir John Townsend Henry Fleetwood
Aylesbury	Sir William Borlase Sir William Smith
Cambridgeshire
Constituency	Members	Notes
Cambridgeshire	Sir John Peyton, 1st Baronet Sir John Cutts
Cambridge University	Nicholas Steward Henry Mountlow	Steward replaced by Barnaby Gooch
Cambridge	Robert Wallis John Yaxley
Cheshire
Constituency	Members	Notes
Cheshire	Sir Thomas Holcroft Sir Roger Aston
City of Chester	Thomas Lawton Hugh Glasier
Cornwall
Constituency	Members	Notes
Cornwall	Sir Anthony Rous Sir Jonathan Trelawny	Trelawny died 1604 replaced by Sir William Godolphin
Launceston	Sir Thomas Lake Ambrose Rous
Liskeard	Sir William Killigrew Reginald Nicholas
Lostwithiel	Sir Thomas Chaloner Sir William Lower
Truro	Henry Cossen Sir Thomas Burgess
Bodmin	John Stone Richard Spray
Helston	Sir John Leigh John Bogans	Bogans died (1606); replaced by Robert Naunton
Saltash	Sir Peter Manwood Thomas Wyvill
Westlow	Sir George Harvey Sir Henry Goodyer	Harvey died; replaced by Sir William Wade
Grampound	William Noy Francis Barnham
Eastlow	Sir Robert Phelips Sir John Parker
Camelford	John Good Anthony Turpin
Penryn	Sir Richard Warburton Thomas Prowse	Warburton died; replaced by Sir William Maynard (1609-1611) Prowse died; replaced by Sir Edward Conway (1610-1611)
Tregoney	Henry Pomeroy Richard Garveigh
St Ives	John Tregannon William Brook
Mitchell	William Cary William Hakewill
Bossiney	George Upton Jerome Horsey	Upton died; replaced 1609-1611 by George Calvert
Fowey	Henry Peter Francis Vyvyan
St Germans	George Carew John Trott
St Mawes	Dudley Carleton Sir John Speccot
Newport	Sir Robert Killigrew Sir Edward Seymour, 2nd Baronet
Callington	Sir Roger Wilbraham Sir Wiliam Rolle
Cumberland
Constituency	Members	Notes
Cumberland	Wilfrid Lawson Edward Musgrave
Carlisle	Thomas Blennerhassett William Barwick
Derbyshire
Constituency	Members	Notes
Derbyshire	William Kniveton Sir John Harpur
Derby	John Baxter Edmund Sleighe
Devon
Constituency	Members	Notes
Devon	Edward Seymour Thomas Ridgeway	Ridgway replaced 1607 by Sir John Acland
Exeter	John Prowse George Smith
Totnes	Christopher Brocking Walter Dollings (merchant)
Barnstaple	Thomas Hinson George Pearde
Plymouth	Sir Richard Hawkins James Bagg (merchant)
Plympton Erle	Sir William Strode Sir Henry Beaumont	Beaumont chose for Leicester - replaced by John Hele
Tavistock	Sir George Fleetwood Edward Duncombe
Bere Alston	Sir Arthur Atye Sir Richard Strode	Atye died replaced by Humphrey May from 1605
Clifton Dartmouth Hardness	Thomas Holland Thomas Gurney
Dorset
Constituency	Members	Notes
Dorset	Sir Thomas Freke John Williams
Dorchester	Matthew Chubbe John Spicer
Poole	Edward Man Thomas Robarts
Shaftesbury	Robert Hopton John Budden
Weymouth	Thomas Barfoot (mayor) Sir John Hanham	Barfoot died - replaced by William Cecil, Lord Cranborne
Melcombe Regis	Robert White (alderman) Robert Myddelton (merchant)	White replaced 1610 by Barnard Michell
Lyme Regis	Sir George Somers John Hassard	Somers died 1610 - replaced by Sir Francis Russell Hassard too ill in 1610 - replaced by George Jeffreys
Wareham	Sir Robert Napier Francis James
Bridport	Robert Meller John Pitt
Corfe Castle	Sir John Hobart Edward Duncombe	Duncombe poss Daccombe
Essex
Constituency	Members	Notes
Essex	Sir Edward Denny Sir Francis Barrington Bt	Denny ennobled and replaced 1605 by Sir Gameliel Capell
Colchester	Robert Barker Edward Alford
Maldon	Sir Edward Lewknor William Wiseman	Lewknor died - replaced by Sir Theophilus Howard Wiseman died - replaced by Sir John Sammes
Harwich	Richard Browne Thomas Trevor	Not recorded by BW
Gloucestershire
Constituency	Members	Notes
Gloucestershire	Sir Thomas Berkeley Sir Richard Berkeley	Richard Berkeley died - replaced by John Throckmorton
Gloucester	Nicholas Overbury John Jones	BW gives Christopher Caple
Cirencester	Richard Martin Arnold Oldsworth	Martin chose for Christchurch - replaced by Edward Jones Jones died - replaced by Sir Anthony Manie
Tewkesbury		Not enfranchised until 1610 when Sir Dudley Diggs and Edward Ferrers returned
Hampshire
Constituency	Members	Notes
Hampshire	Sir Robert Oxenbridge William Jephson
Winchester	John Moore Edward Cole
Southampton	Thomas Fleming Sir John Jeffrys	Thomas Fleming made Baron of the Exchequer in 1604. Replaced by son Thomas Fleming
Portsmouth	Oliver St John Sir Richard Jenvoy
Petersfield	Sir William Hervey Sir William Kingswell
Yarmouth, Isle of Wight	Thomas Cheeke Arthur Bromfield
Newport, Isle of Wight	Richard James John Ashdell
Newtown, Isle of Wight	Sir John Stanhope William Meux	Stanhope made Baron in 1605 and replaced by Thomas Wilson
Lymington	Thomas Marshal Thomas South
Christchurch	Richard Martin Nicholas Hyde
Stockbridge	Sir William Fortescue Edwin Sandys
Whitchurch	Sir Richard Pawlett Thomas Brookes
Andover	Sir Thomas Jermyn Thomas Antrobus
Herefordshire
Constituency	Members	Notes
Herefordshire	Sir James Scudamore Sir Herbert Croft
Hereford	Walter Hardman John Hoskins
Leominster	Thomas Coningsby John Powle
Hertfordshire
Constituency	Members	Notes
Hertfordshire	Henry Cary, 1st Viscount Falkland Sir Rowland Lytton
St Albans	Francis Bacon Adolph Carey	Bacon chosen for Ipswich replaced by Tobie Matthew Carey died - replaced by Sir Thomas Parry
Hertford		Not enfranchised
Huntingdonshire
Constituency	Members	Notes
Huntingdonshire	Sir Robert Cotton, 1st Baronet, of Connington Sir Oliver Cromwell
Huntingdon	Henry Cromwell Thomas Harley
Kent
Constituency	Members	Notes
Kent	Sir John Scott Sir John Leveson
Canterbury	John Boys Matthew Hadde
Rochester	Sir Edward Hoby (Sir) Thomas Walsingham (elder)
Queenborough	Sir Edward Stafford Michael Sondes
Maidstone	Sir Francis Fane Lawrence Washington
Lancashire
Constituency	Members	Notes
Lancashire	Sir Richard Molyneux Sir Richard Hoghton
Preston	Sir Vincent Skinner William Holte (or Hall)
Lancaster	Sir Thomas Hesketh Sir Thomas Fanshawe	Hesketh replaced 1605 by Thomas Howard
Newton	Sir John Luke Richard Ashton
Wigan	Sir William Cooke Sir John Pulteney
Clitheroe	Sir John Dormer Martin Lister
Liverpool	Giles Brook (alderman) Thomas Remchinge
Leicestershire
Constituency	Members	Notes
Leicestershire	Sir George Villiers Sir Thomas Beaumont
Leicester	William Skipwith Henry Beaumont	Skipwith died 1610 and replaced by Henry Rich
Lincolnshire
Constituency	Members	Notes
Lincolnshire	Lord Clinton and Saye John Sheffield
Lincoln	Sir Thomas Grantham Sir Edward Tyrwhit
Boston	Anthony Irby Francis Bullingham
Grimsby	Sir William Wray Sir George St Paul
Stamford	Sir Robert Wingfield Henry Hall	Wingfield died 1609 - replaced by Edward Cecil
Grantham	Sir George Manners Sir Thomas Horsman
Middlesex
Constituency	Members	Notes
Middlesex	Sir Robert Wroth Sir William Fleetwood	Julius Caesar served part term.
Westminster	Sir Thomas Knyvet Sir Walter Cope
City of London	Sir Henry Billingsley Sir Henry Montague Nicholas Fuller Richard Gore	Billingsley died 1606 - replaced by Sir Thomas Lowe
Monmouthshire
Constituency	Members	Notes
Monmouthshire	Thomas Somerset Sir John Herbert
Monmouth Boroughs	(Sir) Robert Johnson
Norfolk
Constituency	Members	Notes
Norfolk	Nicholas Bacon Sir Charles Cornwallis
Norwich	Henry Hobart John Pettus
King's Lynn	Thomas Oxborough (recorder) Robert Hitcham
Yarmouth	Thomas Damet John Wheeler
Thetford	Bassingbourne Gawdy Sir William Paddy	Gawdy died in 1606 - replaced by Sir William Twysden
Castle Rising	Sir Thomas Monson Sir Robert Townsend
Northamptonshire
Constituency	Members	Notes
Northamptonshire	Sir Edward Montagu Sir Valentine Knightley
Peterborough	Richard Cecil Edward Wymarke
Northampton	Henry Yelverton Edward Mercer
Brackley	Richard Spencer William Lisle
Higham Ferrers	Goddard Pemberton
Northumberland
Constituency	Members	Notes
Northumberland	Sir Ralph Grey Sir Henry Widdrington
Newcastle	George Selby Henry Chapman
Morpeth	Christopher Perkins John Hare
Berwick upon Tweed	Sir William Selby Christopher Parkinson
Nottinghamshire
Constituency	Members	Notes
Nottinghamshire	Sir John Holles Sir Percival Willoughby
Nottingham	Richard Hunt Anchor Jackson
East Retford	Sir John Thornhagh Sir Thomas Darrel
Oxfordshire
Constituency	Members	Notes
Oxfordshire	Lawrence Tanfield John Doyley
Oxford University	Sir Daniel Donne Sir Thomas Crompton
Oxford	Sir Francis Leigh Thomas Wentworth
Woodstock	Sir Richard Lee Thomas Spencer
Banbury	William Cope
Rutland
Constituency	Members	Notes
Rutland	Sir James Harrington Sir William Bulstrode
Salop
Constituency	Members	Notes
Shropshire	Sir Richard Leveson Sir Robert Needham
Shrewsbury	Richard Barker Francis Tate
Bridgnorth	Sir Lewis Lewknor Edward Bromley	Bromley replaced by Francis Lacon
Ludlow	Robert Berry Richard Benson
Wenlock	Robert Lawley George Lawley
Bishops Castle	William Twyneho Samuel Lewknor
Somerset
Constituency	Members	Notes
Somerset	Sir Francis Hastings (Sir) Edward Phelips	Phelips was speaker. Hastings died 1610 - replaced by John Poulett
Bristol	George Snigge Thomas James	Snigge replaced in 1605 by John Whitson
Bath	William Sharestone Christopher Stone
Wells	Sir Robert Stapleton James Kirton	Stapleton died 1606 - replaced by Edward Forsett
Taunton	Edward Hexte John Bond
Bridgwater	Sir Nicholas Halswell John Povey
Minehead	Sir Ambrose Turville Sir Maurice Berkeley
Staffordshire
Constituency	Members	Notes
Staffordshire	Sir Edward Littleton Sir Robert Stanford	Littleton replaced 1610 by Francis Trentham Stanford replaced 1607 by Sir John Egerton
Lichfield	Anthony Dyott Thomas Crew
Stafford	Hugh Beeston George Cradock	Beeston replaced by Arthur Ingram in 1609
Newcastle under Lyme	Walter Chetwynd John Bowyer	Bowyer died 1605 replaced in by-election by Rowland Cotton
Tamworth	Percival Willoughby John Ferrers	Percival replaced in by-election in 1604 by Sir Thomas Beaumont
Suffolk
Constituency	Members	Notes
Suffolk	Sir John Heigham Sir Robert Drury
Ipswich	Sir Henry Glemham Sir Francis Bacon
Dunwich	Sir Valentine Knightley Philip Gawdy	Knightley chose to sit for Northamptonshire;replaced by Thomas Smythe
Orford	Sir Michael Stanhope Sir William Cornwallis
Eye	Edward Honing Sir Henry Bockenham	Honing died and replaced 1610 by Sir John Kay
Aldeburgh	Sir William Woodhouse Thomas Revett
Sudbury	Sir Thomas Beckingham Thomas Eden	BW corregenda changes Eden from Henry to Thomas
Surrey
Constituency	Members	Notes
Surrey	Sir Robert More Sir Edmund Bowyer
Southwark	George Rivers William Counden
Bletchingly	Sir John Trevor Richard Bellingham	Bellingham died, replaced by Sir Charles Howard
Reigate	Sir Edward Howard Herbert Pelham
Gatton	Sir Thomas Gresham Sir Nicholas Saunders
Guildford	Sir George More George Austen
Haslemere	Edward Fraunceys William Jackson
Sussex
Constituency	Members	Notes
Sussex	Robert Sackville Charles Howard
Chichester	Adrian Stoughton Sir John Morley
Horsham	John Dodderidge Michael Hicks	.
Midhurst	Francis Neville Sir Richard Weston	Weston may have replaced William Twinehoe
Lewes	John Shirley Sir Henry Nevill
New Shoreham	Sir Bernard Whetston Sir Hugh Beeston
Steyning	Sir Thomas Shirley Sir Thomas Bishopp, 1st Baronet
Bramber	Sir John Shurley Henry Shelley
East Grinstead	Sir Henry Compton Sir John Swynnerton
Arundel	Thomas Preston John Tye
Warwickshire
Constituency	Members	Notes
Warwickshire	Sir Edward Greville Sir Richard Verney
Coventry	Henry Breres John Rogerson	Rogerson ill and replaced by Sir John Harington
Warwick	John Townsend William Spicer
Westmorland
Constituency	Members	Notes
Westmoreland	Sir Thomas Strickland Sir Richard Musgrave
Appleby	Sir John Morice Sir William Bowyer
Wiltshire
Constituency	Members	Notes
Wiltshire	Sir Francis Popham Sir John Thynne
Salisbury	Giles Tooker Richard Godfrey
Wilton	Sir Thomas Edmondes Hugh Sandford
Downton	Sir Carew Raleigh William Stockman
Hindon	Sir Edmund Ludlow Thomas Thynne
Heytesbury	Sir William Eyre Walter Gawen
Chippenham	John Hungerford General John Roberts
Calne	William Swaddon John Noyes	Swaddon vacated seat - replaced by Sir Edmund Carey
Devizes	Sir Henry Baynton Robert Drew
Ludgershall	James Kirton Henry Ludlow
Great Bedwyn	John Rodney (Sir) Anthony Hungerford
Cricklade	Sir John Hungerford Sir Henry Poole
Malmesbury	Sir Roger Dalyson Sir Thomas Dalyson
Westbury	Sir James Ley Matthew Ley	James Ley made justice - replaced by Alexander Chocke
Old Sarum	William Ravenscroft Edward Leache
Wootton Bassett	Henry Martin Alexander Tutt
Marlborough	Lawrence Hyde Richard Digges
Worcestershire
Constituency	Members	Notes
Worcestershire	Sir Henry Bromley Sir William Lygon	Lygon died 1609 - replaced by Sir Samuel Sandys
Worcester	John Coucher Christopher Deighton	Deighton died - replaced by Rowland Berkeley
Droitwich	George Wylde I John Brace
Evesham	Sir Thomas Biggs Sir Philip Knightley	Knightley died 1605 - replaced by Robert Bowyer Bowyer replaced 1610 by Edward Salter
Bewdley		Enfranchised 1605 Richard Young
Yorkshire
Constituency	Members	Notes
Yorkshire	Sir Francis Clifford Sir John Savile	BW gives Thomas Clifford
York	Roger Askwith (Alderman) Christopher Brooke
Kingston upon Hull	Anthony Cole (Alderman) John Edmonds (Alderman)	BW gives Edwards
Scarborough	Francis Eure Sir Thomas Posthumous Hoby
Knaresborough	Sir Henry Slingsby Sir William Slingsby
Richmond	Sir Talbot Bowes Richard Perceval
Beverley	Allan Percy William Gee
Aldborough	Sir Henry Savile Sir Edmund Sheffield
Thirsk	Sir Edward Swift Timothy Whittingham
Hedon	Sir Henry Constable Sir Christopher Hilliard	Constable replaced 1610 by John Digby
Ripon	Sir John Mallory Sir John Bennet
Boroughbridge	John Ferne Sir Henry Jenkins	BW gives Fane for Ferne Ferne died replaced by Sir Richard Gargrave Gargrave then replaced by Sir Thomas Vavasour
Cinque Ports
Constituency	Members	Notes
Hastings	Richard Lyffe Sir George Carew	Lyffe died and was replaced 1605 by James Lasher Carew created Baron Carew of Clopton on 4 June 1605 and replaced by Sir Edward Hales
Sandwich	Sir George Fane Edward Peake	Peake died 1607 replaced by John Griffith
Dover	Sir Thomas Waller George Bing
Romney	Sir Robert Remington John Plommer
Hythe	Sir John Smith Christopher Toldervey	Smith died and replaced (1609) by Norton Knatchbull
Rye	Thomas Hamon John Young	Hamon (or Hammond) died 1607, probably replaced by Heneage Finch
Winchelsea	Adam White Thomas Unton
Wales
Constituency	Members	Notes
Anglesey	Sir Richard Bulkeley
Beaumaris	William Jones
Brecknockshire	Sir Robert Knollys
Brecknock	Sir Henry Williams
Cardiganshire	John Lewis
Cardigan	William Bradshaw
Carmarthenshire	Sir Robert Mansell
Carmarthen	Sir Walter Rice
Carnarvonshire	Sir William Maurice
Carnarvon	John Griffith	Griffith died 1609 - replaced by Clement Edmondes
Denbighshire	Peter Mutton
Denbigh Boroughs	Hugh Myddelton
Flintshire	Roger Puleston
Flint	Roger Brereton
Glamorgan	Philip Herbert	Herbert ennobled - replaced by Sir Thomas Mansell
Cardiff	Matthew Davies
Merioneth	Sir Edward Herbert
Montgomeryshire	William Herbert
Montgomery	Edward Whittingham
Pembrokeshire	Alban Stepney
Pembroke	Richard Cuney
Haverfordwest	James Perrot
Radnorshire	James Price	BW gives (of Pilleth)
Radnor	Sir Robert Harley

See also

• List of parliaments of England

References

• Brunton, D.; Pennington, D. H. (1954). Members of the Long Parliament. London: George Allen & Unwin.
• Cobbett, William, ed. (1808). Comprising the period from the Battle of Edge-Hill, in October 1642, to the restoration of Charles the Second, in April 1660. Cobbett's Parliamentary history of England, from the Norman Conquest in 1066 to the year 1803. Vol. 3. London: R. Bagshaw. pp. 1535, 1536.
• Willis, Browne (1750). "First Parliament, at Westminster, Anno 1 James I. 1603.". Notitia Parliamentaria, Part II: A Series or Lists of the Representatives in the several Parliaments held from the Reformation 1541, to the Restoration 1660 ... London. pp. 156-166.