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This article contains a list of the known knights of the shire who represented Buckinghamshire in the Parliament of England and similar bodies of lesser status between 1290 and 1660. It also includes details of Parliaments from 1265 to which elected knights of the shires were summoned.
Preliminary notes
The parliamentary electoral constituency, representing the historic county of Buckinghamshire, was created in (1265): see Montfort's Parliament for further details and History of Buckinghamshire for maps of the historic county. This county constituency was represented by two knights of the shire until 1832 and three 1832–1885.
Knights of the shire are known to have been summoned to most parliaments from 1290 (19th Parliament of King Edward I of England) and to every one from 1320 (19th Parliament of King Edward II of England).
Although at some periods several Parliaments were held in a year, at others there were considerable gaps between Parliaments. Knights of the shire were also summoned to meetings which have not been classified as Parliaments by modern expert opinion. The names of the members in some Parliaments are not known.
The English civil year started on 25 March until 1752 (Scotland having changed to 1 January in 1600). The years used for parliaments in this article have been converted to the new style where necessary. Old style dates would be a year earlier than the new style for days between 1 January and 24 March, for example the Parliament of 18 March 1313 – 9 May 1313 (new style) would be 18 March 1312 – 9 May 1313 (old style). No attempt has been made to compensate for the eleven days which did not occur in September 1752 in both England and Scotland as well as other British controlled territories (when the day after 2 September was 14 September), so as to bring the British Empire fully in line with the Gregorian calendar.
The names of knights of the shire, taken from the list in The History and Antiquities of Buckinghamshire by George Lipscomb (unless a volume from the History of Parliament Trust on the House of Commons at a particular period is available), are given in alphabetical order for each group of representatives.
There are some minor variations in names from the source used, which unless the contrary is known, are assumed to relate to the same person. It is possible that some entries relate to different persons of the same name. Where such cases have been identified the persons have been distinguished by a Roman number after the name (in order of first election); except where the number used to distinguish different candidates of the same name during the same period, by the authors of the books on the House of Commons mention in the references section, are used.
As the dates of Parliaments came from a twentieth century source and the names of persons elected came from Lipscomb (published between 1831 and 1847) it was sometimes impossible to be certain, from those sources, who served in a Parliament and who attended other meetings accorded lesser status. There is also some uncertainty as to whether Lipscomb did or did not use new style years and if so whether the method used in his list is consistent. An attempt has been made to give the best fit possible and to indicate the year (and if necessary the number within the year) from Lipscomb's list. The places of some Parliaments were indicated in footnotes to Lipscomb's list and are given here as they may assist with further research to confirm the link between specific knights of the shire and a particular Parliament.
Knights of the shire 1265–1660
The lists below commence with Montfort's Parliament in 1265, when for the first time elected representatives from counties (or shires), cities and boroughs were summoned to Parliament.
It is known that the Sheriffs of the English Counties were ordered to send knights of the shire to attend a number of Parliaments before 1265, but they were not required to have them chosen by election. No such summonses are known to have required the attendance of some citizens of cities or burgesses of other boroughs. Records of this sort of summons survive for the Oxford Parliament which was the 7th Parliament of King Henry III (assembled 27 October 1258 and presumed dissolved when writs de expensis were issued on 4 November 1258) and the 16th Parliament of the King (summoned 4 June 1264 and assembled 22 June 1264, although the date of dissolution is unknown).
The lists before 1320 exclude Parliaments to which elected commoners (representing the Commons or communities of England) were not known to have been summoned. All Parliaments are believed to have been held at Westminster, unless otherwise indicated.
Parliament of King Henry III
No. | Summoned | Elected | Assembled | Dissolved | 1st member | 2nd member |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
17th | 14 December 1264 | 1264–65 | 20 January 1265 | 15 February 1265 | unknown | unknown |
Parliaments of King Edward I
No. | Summoned | Elected | Assembled | Dissolved | 1st member | 2nd member |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1st (a) | 16 February 1275 | 1275 | 25 April 1275 | ... | unknown | unknown |
2nd (b) | 1 September 1275 | 1275 | 13 October 1275 | 24 October 1275 | unknown | unknown |
19th (c) | 13 June 1290 | 1290 | 15 July 1290 | ... | John de Pateshulle | William de Turville |
20th | ... | 1290 | 27 October 1290 | ... | unknown | unknown |
21st | ... | 1290–91 | 7 January 1291 | ... | unknown | unknown |
22nd | ... | 1291–92 | 8 January 1292 | ... | unknown | unknown |
25th | ... | ?1293 | > 29 March 1293 | ... | unknown | unknown |
26th | ... | 1293 | 13 October 1293 | ... | unknown | unknown |
27th | ... | 1293 | > 25 December 1293 | ... | unknown | unknown |
29th (d) | 30 September 1295+ | 1295 | 27 November 1295 | 4 December 1295 | Laurence de Bluntesdene | Roger de Tiringham |
30th | 26 August 1296 | 1296 | 3 November 1296 | 29 November 1296 | unknown | unknown |
33rd (e) | 6 October 1297 | 1297 | 15 September 1297 | 14 October 1297 | Robert Barry | Amery de Nowers |
34th (f) | 15 March 1298 | March 1298 | 30 March 1298 | ... | Laurence de Bluntesdene | John de Chetewood |
35th (g) | 10 April 1298 | 1298 | 25 May 1298 | ... | unknown | unknown |
39th (h) | 29 December 1299 | 1299–00 | 6 March 1300 | 20 March 1300 | Hugh de Chastillon | Robert Pogeys |
1300 | Gerard de Braybroke I | |||||
40th (i) | 26 September 1300 | 1300–01 | 20 January 1301 | 30 January 1301 | Gerard de Braybroke I | Hugh de Chastillon |
42nd (j) | 14 July 1302 | 1302 | 14 October 1302 | 21 October 1302 | John de Chetewood | William de Santresdon |
43rd (k) | 12 November 1304 | 1304–05 | 28 February 1305 | 20 March 1305 | Roger de Tyringham | John Neyrunt |
45th (l) | 5 April 1306 | 1306 | 30 May 1306 | 30 May 1306 | William Beauchamp | John Giffard |
46th (m) | 3 November 1306 | 1306–07 | 20 January 1307 | 19 March 1307 | Miles de Beauchamp | Ralph de Wedon |
Notes:-
- (a) 1st: For the first time since 1264–65 the representatives of the communities of the Realm are known to have been summoned to Parliament.
- (b) 2nd: The knights of the shires only were summoned to this Parliament. No summonses were sent to the cities and boroughs, for them to send representatives.
- (c) 19th: Knights only summoned 13–14 June 1290. Assembled 23 April 1290 Lords and 15 July 1290 Commons. This is the 308th Parliament, counting backwards from the Parliament elected in 2005. (Lipscomb-knights of the shire 1290). After this Parliament it became fairly usual for the representatives of the counties, cities and boroughs to be summoned to attend Parliament and from 1320 they were always included.
- (d) 29th: Model Parliament summoned 30 September, 1 and 3 October 1295. (Lipscomb-knights of the shire 1295)
- (e) 33rd: Summoned 30 September 1297 (peers) and 6 October 1297 (knights of the shire). Assembled 9 October 1297 Lords and 15 October 1297 Commons. Met in London. (Lipscomb-knights of the shire 1297)
- (f) 34th: Met in York. (Lipscomb-knights of the shire 1298)
- (g) 35th: Summoned 10, 11 and 13 April 1298.
- (h) 39th: (39th): Resignation of Pogeys, (1300) Gerard de Braybroke elected. (Lipscomb-knights of the shire 1300:1)
- (i) 40th: Met in Lincoln. Dissolved 27–30 January 1301 (when writs de expensis were issued). (Lipscomb-knights of the shire 1300:2)
- (j) 42nd: Summoned 14, 20 and 24 July 1303. Met in London. (Lipscomb-knights of the shire 1302)
- (k) 43rd: (Lipscomb-knights of the shire 1305)
- (l) 45th: Assembled and dissolved 30 May 1306. (Lipscomb-knights of the shire 1306)
- (m) 46th: Met in Carlisle. Dissolved when writs de expensis were issued 20 January 1307 (burgesses only) and 19 March 1307 (knights only). (Lipscomb-knights of the shire 1307)
Parliaments of King Edward II
No. | Summoned | Elected | Assembled | Dissolved | 1st member | 2nd member |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1st | 26 August 1307 | 1307 | 13 October 1307 | 16 October 1307 | unknown | unknown |
2nd | 19 January 1308 | 1308 | 3 March 1308 | ... | unknown | unknown |
5th (a) | 4 March 1309 | 1309 | 27 April 1309 | 13 May 1309 | Gerard de Braybroke II | John Giffard |
8th (b) | 16 June 1311 | 1311 | 8 August 1311 | 18 December 1311 | Ralph de Wedon | Robert Malet |
9th (c) | 3 June 1312 | 1312 | 20 August 1312 | 16 December 1312 | Ralph de Bellofago | Robert Malet |
10th (d) | 8 January 1313 | 1313 | 18 March 1313 | 9 May 1313 | Ralph de Wedon | Robert Malet |
11th (f) | 23 May 1313 | 1313 | 8 July 1313 | 27 July 1313 | Robert de Tothale | Robert Malet |
12th (g) | 26 July 1313 | 1313 | 23 September 1313 | 15 November 1313 | John de Adingrave | Masculin de Chastillon |
13th (h) | 29 July 1314 | 1314 | 9 September 1314 | 27/28 September 1314 | Miles de Beauchamp | Robert Malet |
14th (i) | 24 October 1314 | 1314–15 | 20 January 1315 | 9 March 1315 | unknown | unknown |
15th (j) | 16 October 1315 | 1315–16 | 27 January 1316 | 20 February 1316 | Nicholas de Turville | John Giffard de Boef |
16th | 24–25 August 1318 | 1318 | 20 October 1318 | 9 December 1318 | unknown | unknown |
17th (l) | 20 March 1319 | 1319 | 6 May 1319 | 25 May 1319 | John de la Haye | John de la Penne |
19th | 5 August 1320 | 1320 | 6 October 1320 | 25/26 October 1320 | unknown | unknown |
20th | 15 May 1321 | 1321 | 15 July 1321 | 22 August 1321 | unknown | unknown |
21st (m) | 14 March 1322 | 1322 | 2 May 1322 | 19 May 1322 | Ralph de Wedon | Robert Malet |
22nd (n) | 18 September 1322 | 1322 | 14 November 1322 | 29 November 1322 | Alan de Leaumes | Robert Malet |
23rd (o) | 20 November 1323 | 1323–24 | 23 February 1324 | 18 March 1324 | Philip de Aylesbury | Robert Malet |
24th (p) | 6 May 1325 | 1325 | 25 June 1325 | ... | Thomas de Sakevill | James Freysel |
25th | 10 October 1325 | 1325 | 18 November 1325 | 5 December 1325 | unknown | unknown |
26th (q) | 28 October 1326 | 1326–27 | 7 January 1327 | 20 January 1327 | Andrew de St. Liz | Robert Malet |
Note:-
- (a) 5th: (Lipscomb-knights of the shire 1309)
- (b) 8th: Met at London. (Lipscomb-knights of the shire 1311)
- (c) 9th: (Lipscomb-knights of the shire 1312:1)
- (d) 10th: (Lipscomb-knights of the shire 1312:2)
- (e) Robert Barry, ? (Lipscomb-knight of the shire 1313:1) not associated with a Parliament as far as is known
- (f) 11th: (Lipscomb-knights of the shire 1313:2)
- (g) 12th: (Lipscomb-knights of the shire 1313:3)
- (h) 13th: (Lipscomb-knights of the shire 1314)
- (i) 14th: John Blaket, Robert Malet (Lipscomb-knights of the shire 1315:1) or John Giffard, Nicholas de Turville (at York) (Lipscomb-knights of the shire 1315:2) uncertain which pair were elected to this Parliament and which to a meeting of lesser status
- (j) 15th: Met at Lincoln. (Lipscomb-knights of the shire 1316)
- (k) Nicholas de Turville (3), John de Olney (1) (Council at Lincoln) (Lipscomb-knights of the shire 1317) not associated with a body classified as a Parliament
- (l) 17th: (Lipscomb-knights of the shire 1319)
- (m) 21st: (Lipscomb-knights of the shire 1322)
- (n) 22nd: Met at York. (Lipscomb-knights of the shire 1323)
- (o) 23rd: (Lipscomb-knights of the shire 1324)
- (p) 24th: Met at London. (Lipscomb-knights of the shire 1325)
- (q) 26th: continued into the next reign (Lipscomb-knights of the shire 1326)
Parliaments of King Edward III
No. | Summoned | Elected | Assembled | Dissolved | 1st member | 2nd member |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1st | ... | ... | ... | 9 March 1327 | unknown | unknown |
2nd | 7 August 1327 | 1327 | 15 September 1327 | 23 September 1327 | unknown | unknown |
3rd | 10 December 1327 | 1327–28 | 7 February 1328 | 5 March 1328 | unknown | unknown |
4th | 5 March 1328 | 1328 | 24 April 1328 | 14 May 1328 | unknown | unknown |
5th | 28 August 1328 | 1328 | 16 October 1328 | 22 February 1329 | unknown | unknown |
6th | 25 January 1330 | 1330 | 11 March 1330 | 21 March 1330 | unknown | unknown |
7th | 23 October 1330 | 1330 | 26 November 1330 | 9 December 1330 | unknown | unknown |
8th | 16 July 1331 | 1331 | 30 September 1331 | 9 October 1331 | unknown | unknown |
9th | 27 January 1332 | 1332 | 16 March 1332 | 21 March 1332 | unknown | unknown |
10th | 20 July 1332 | 1332 | 9 September 1332 | 12 September 1332 | unknown | unknown |
11th | 20 October 1332 | 1332 | 4 December 1332 | 27 January 1333 | unknown | unknown |
12th | 2 January 1334 | 1334 | 21 February 1334 | 2 March 1334 | unknown | unknown |
13th | 24 July 1334 | 1334 | 19 September 1334 | 23 September 1334 | unknown | unknown |
14th | 1 April 1335 | 1335 | 26 May 1335 | 3 June 1335 | unknown | unknown |
15th | 22 January 1336 | 1336 | 11 March 1336 | 20 March 1336 | unknown | unknown |
16th | 29 November 1336 | 1336–37 | 3 March 1337 | c.16 March 1337 | unknown | unknown |
17th | 20 December 1337 | 1337–38 | 3 February 1338 | 14 February 1338 | unknown | unknown |
18th | 15 November 1338 | 1338–39 | 3 February 1339 | 17 February 1339 | unknown | unknown |
19th | 25 August 1339 | 1339 | 13 October 1339 | c.3 November 1339 | unknown | unknown |
20th | 16 November 1339 | 1339–40 | 20 January 1340 | 19 February 1340 | unknown | unknown |
21st | 21 February 1340 | 1340 | 29 March 1340 | 10 May 1340 | unknown | unknown |
22nd | 30 May 1340 | 1340 | 12 July 1340 | 26 July 1340 | unknown | unknown |
23rd | 3 March 1341 | 1341 | 23 April 1341 | 27–28 May 1341 | unknown | unknown |
24th | 24 February 1343 | 1343 | 28 April 1343 | 20 May 1343 | unknown | unknown |
25th | 20 April 1344 | 1344 | 7 June 1344 | 28 June 1344 | unknown | unknown |
26th | 30 July 1346 | 1346 | 11 September 1346 | 20 September 1346 | unknown | unknown |
27th | 13 November 1347 | 1348–48 | 14 January 1348 | 12 February 1348 | unknown | unknown |
28th | 14 February 1348 | 1348 | 31 March 1348 | 13 April 1348 | unknown | unknown |
29th | 25 November 1350 | 1350–51 | 9 February 1351 | 1 March 1351 | unknown | unknown |
30th | 15 November 1351 | 1351–52 | 13 January 1352 | 11 February 1352 | unknown | unknown |
31st | 15 March 1354 | 1354 | 28 April 1354 | 20 May 1354 | unknown | unknown |
32nd | 20 September 1355 | 1355 | 23 November 1355 | 30 November 1355 | unknown | Roger de Puttenham |
33rd | 15 February 1357 | 1357 | 17 April 1357 | 8–16 May 1357 | unknown | unknown |
34th | 15 December 1357 | 1357–58 | 5 February 1358 | 27 February 1358 | unknown | |
35th | 3 April 1360 | 1360 | 15 May 1360 | ... | unknown | unknown |
36th | 20 November 1360 | 1360–61 | 24 January 1361 | 18 February 1361 | unknown | unknown |
37th | 14 August 1362 | 1362 | 13 October 1362 | 17 November 1362 | unknown | unknown |
38th | 1 June 1363 | 1363 | 6 October 1363 | 30 October 1363 | unknown | Roger de Puttenham |
39th | 4 December 1364 | 1364–65 | 20 January 1365 | 17 February 1365 | unknown | unknown |
40th | 20 January 1366 | 1366 | 4 May 1366 | 11 May 1366 | unknown | Roger de Puttenham |
41st | 24 February 1368 | 1368 | 1 May 1368 | 21 May 1368 | unknown | Roger de Puttenham |
42nd | 6 April 1369 | 1369 | 3 June 1369 | 11 June 1369 | unknown | Roger de Puttenham |
43rd | 8 January 1371 | 1371 | 24 February 1371 | 29 March 1371 | unknown | unknown |
44th | 1 September 1372 | 1372 | 3 November 1372 | 24 November 1372 | unknown | unknown |
45th | 4 October 1373 | 1373 | 21 November 1373 | 10 December 1373 | unknown | unknown |
46th | 28 December 1375 | 1375–76 | 28 April 1376 | 10 July 1376 | unknown | unknown |
47th | 1 December 1376 | 1376–77 | 27 January 1377 | 2 March 1377 | Sir John Aylesbury | unknown |
- continued from last reign-9 March 1327 (1st): Andrew de St. Liz (1b), Robert Malet (10b) (Westminster) (Lipscomb-knights of the shire 1326)
- 15 September 1327 – 23 September 1327 (2nd): John de la Penne (2), Andrew de St. Liz (2) (Lipscomb-knights of the shire 1327:1)
- 7 February 1328 – 5 March 1328 (3rd): John Blaket (1), Masculin de Chastillon (2) (Lincoln) (Lipscomb-knights of the shire 1327:2)
- 24 April 1328 – 14 May 1328 (4th): John Blaket (2), Roger de Tourney (1) (York) (Lipscomb-knights of the shire 1328)
- 16 October 1328 – 22 February 1329 (5th): John de Mareschal (1), James Freysel (2) (New Sarum) (Lipscomb-knights of the shire 1329:1) or John de la Haye (2), Andrew de St. Liz (3) (Parliament at York) (Lipscomb-knights of the shire 1329:2) or Masculin de Chastillon (3), Andrew de St. Liz (4) (Northampton) (Lipscomb-knights of the shire 1329:3) uncertain which pair were elected to this Parliament and which to a meeting of lesser status
- 11 March 1330 – 21 March 1330 (6th): John Blaket (3), Roger de Tyringham (3) (York) (Lipscomb-knights of the shire 1329:4)
- 26 November 1330 – 9 December 1330 (7th): John de Mareschal (2), James Freysel (3) (New Sarum) (Lipscomb-knights of the shire 1330)
- 30 September 1331 – 9 October 1331 (8th): Masculin de Chastillon (4), James Freysel (4) (Westminster) (Lipscomb-knights of the shire 1331:1)
- 16 March 1332 – 21 March 1332 (9th): John Fitz-Ralph de Mareschal (1), Ralph de Wedon (5) (Winchester) (Lipscomb-knights of the shire 1331:2)
- 9 September 1332 – 12 September 1332 (10th): Richard de Chastillon (1), John de Cifrewast (1) (Westminster) (Lipscomb-knights of the shire 1332)
- 4 December 1332 – 27 January 1333 (11th): John de Adingrave (2), Masculin de Chastillon (5) (Lipscomb-knights of the shire 1333:1)
- 21 February 1334 – 2 March 1334 (12th): Masculin de Chastillon (6), John de Stretle (1) (Lipscomb-knights of the shire 1333:2)
- 19 September 1334 – 23 September 1334 (13th): Thomas Blaket (1), Robert Malet (11) (York) (Lipscomb-knights of the shire 1334)
- 26 May 1335 – 3 June 1335 (14th): Thomas Blaket (2), John de Stretle (2) (Westminster) (Lipscomb-knights of the shire 1335:1)
- 11 March 1336 – 20 March 1336 (15th): Thomas Blaket (3), Robert Malet (12) (York) (Lipscomb-knights of the shire 1335:2)
- 3 March 1337–c. 16 March 1337 (16th): Gerard de Braybroke II (2), John de Hamstede (1) (Lipscomb-knights of the shire 1336)
- 3 February 1338 – 14 February 1338 (17th): William de Berkhamstede (1), Thomas de la Haye (1) (Council at Northampton) (Lipscomb-knights of the shire 1337)
- 3 February 1339 – 17 February 1339 (18th): Philip de Aylesbury (2), Walter Poule (1) (Parliament at Westminster) (Lipscomb-knights of the shire 1338)
- 13 October 1339–c. 3 November 1339 (19th): John Bryan (1), Richard le Warde (1) (Council at Northampton) (Lipscomb-knights of the shire 1339:1)
- 20 January 1340 – 19 February 1340 (20th): John Blaket (4), John de Chetyngton (1)(Parliament at Westminster) (Lipscomb-knights of the shire 1339:2)
- 29 March 1340 – 10 May 1340 (21st): Philip de Aylesbury (3), Thomas Reynes (1) (Lipscomb-knights of the shire 1340:1)
- 12 July 1340 – 26 July 1340 (22nd): Philip de Aylesbury (4), Richard Passelewe (1) (Lipscomb-knights of the shire 1340:2)
- 23 April 1341–27/28 May 1341 (23rd): Philip de Aylesbury (5), Roger de Tyringham (4) (Lipscomb-knights of the shire 1341:1) or Alan de Leaumes (2), Robert Malet (12) (Lipscomb-knights of the shire 1341:2) or Gerard de Braybroke II (3), Richard de la Vache (1) (Lipscomb-knights of the shire 1341:3) or Philip de Aylesbury (5), John Giffard (5) (Lipscomb-knights of the shire 1341:4) uncertain which pair of knights of the shire were elected to this Parliament and which to meetings of lesser status
- 28 April 1343 – 20 May 1343 (24th): John de Chastillon (1), Richard de Chastillon (2) (Lipscomb-knights of the shire 1342)
- 7 June 1344 – 28 June 1344 (25th): Philip de Aylesbury (6), Robert Malet (13) (Lipscomb-knights of the shire 1344:1) or John de Chastillon (2), Thomas de Reynes (2) (Lipscomb-knights of the shire 1344:2) or Gerard de Braybroke (x), ? (Lipscomb-knights of the shire 1345)uncertain which pair were elected to this Parliament and which to a meeting of lesser status
- 11 September 1346 – 20 September 1346 (26th): ?
- 14 January 1348 – 12 February 1348 (27th): Thomas de Reynes (3), Alexander de Sanderton (1) (Lipscomb-knights of the shire 1347)
- 31 March 1348 – 13 April 1348 (28th): Henry de Chalfhunte (1), John le Veinour (1) (Lipscomb-knights of the shire 1348)
- Henry Fermband (1), Henry de Chalfhunte (2) (Lipscomb-knights of the shire 1349:1) and Henry de Chalfhunte (3), John le Veinour (2) (Lipscomb-knights of the shire 1349:2) not associated with a body classified as a Parliament
- 9 February 1351 – 1 March 1351 (29th): ?
- 13 January 1352 – 11 February 1352 (30th): Gerard de Braybroke III (1), Hugh de Kymbell (1) (Lipscomb-knights of the shire 1352)
- Gerard de Braybroke III (2), John de Hampden (1) (Lipscomb-knights of the shire 1353:1) and Geffrey de Lacy (1), ? (Council at Westminster) (Lipscomb-knights of the shire 1353:2) not associated with a body classified as a Parliament
- 28 April 1354 – 20 May 1354 (31st): Geffrey de Lucy (2), ? (Lipscomb-knights of the shire 1354)
- 23 November 1355 – 30 November 1355 (32nd): Geffrey de Lucy (3), Roger de Puttenham (1) (Parliament at Westminster) (Lipscomb-knights of the shire 1355)
- 17 April 1357-8/16 May 1357 (33rd): John de Chastillon (3), Geffrey de Lucy (3)
- 5 February 1358 – 27 February 1358 (34th): John de Hagmondesham (1), Roger de Puttenham (2)
- 15 May 1360 (35th): ?
- 24 January 1361 – 18 February 1361 (36th): Geffrey de Lucy (4), J. Hunt (1)
- 13 October 1362 – 17 November 1362 (37th): Robert Barry (1), Nicholas Trimenel {1)
- 6 October 1363 – 30 October 1363 (38th): Thomas de Arderne (1), Roger de Puttenham (3)
- 20 January 1365 – 17 February 1365 (39th): John de Hampden (1), ?
- 4 May 1366 – 11 May 1366 (40th): Thomas de Missynden (1), Roger de Puttenham (4)
- 1 May 1368 – 21 May 1368 (41st): John de Arderne (1), Roger de Puttenham (5)
- 3 June 1369 – 11 June 1369 (42nd): John de Arderne (2), Roger de Puttenham (6)
- 24 February 1371 – 29 March 1371 (43rd): Fulk de Bermyngeham (1), Thomas de Reynes (4)
- 3 November 1372 – 24 November 1372 (44th): Fulk de Bermyngeham (2), ?
- 21 November 1373 – 10 December 1373 (45th): John de Arderne (3), Geffrey de Lucy (5)
- 28 April 1376 – 10 July 1376 (46th): ? (The Good Parliament).
- 27 January 1377 – 2 March 1377 (47th): ? (The Bad Parliament).
Parliaments of King Richard II
No. | Summoned | Elected | Assembled | Dissolved | 1st member | 2nd member |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1st | 4 August 1377 | 1377 | 13 October 1377 | 5 December 1377 | Sir Edmund atte Pole | Sir John de Aylesbury |
2nd | 3 September 1378 | 1378 | 20 October 1378 | 16 November 1378 | Sir John de Aylesbury | Sir Thomas Sakevill |
3rd | 16 February 1379 | 1379 | 24 April 1379 | 27 May 1379 | Sir William de Molins | Sir Thomas Sakevill |
4th | 20 October 1379 | 1379–80 | 16 January 1380 | 3 March 1380 | Sir John de Aylesbury | Sir Thomas Sakevill |
5th | 26 August 1380 | 1380 | 5 November 1380 | 6 December 1380 | Sir John de Bermyngeham | Robert de Luton |
6th | 16 July 1381 | 1381 | 3 November 1381 | 25 February 1382 | Sir John de Aylesbury | Sir Thomas Sakevill |
7th | 24 March 1382 | 1382 | 7 May 1382 | 22 May 1382 | Sir John de Aylesbury | John de Cheyne |
8th | 9 August 1382 | 1382 | 6 October 1382 | 24 October 1382 | unknown (a) | unknown (a) |
9th | 7 January 1383 | 1383 | 23 February 1383 | 10 March 1383 | John Broughton | Sir Thomas Sakevill |
10th | 20 August 1383 | 1383 | 26 October 1383 | 26 November 1383 | Sir Edmund atte Pole | Sir Thomas Sakevill |
11th | 3 March 1384 | 1384 | 29 April 1384 | 27 May 1384 | unknown | unknown |
12th | 28 September 1384 | 1384 | 12 November 1384 | 14 December 1384 | unknown | unknown |
13th | 3 September 1385 | 1385 | 20 October 1385 | 6 December 1385 | unknown | unknown |
14th | 8 August 1386 | 1386 | 1 October 1386 | 28 November 1386 | Sir John Chetwode | Sir Thomas Sackville |
15th | 17 December 1387 | 1387–88 | 3 February 1388 | 4 June 1388 | Sir Robert Luton | Sir Philip de la Vache |
16th | 28 July 1388 | 1388 | 9 September 1388 | 17 October 1388 | Roger Dayrell | Sir Thomas Sackville |
17th | 6 December 1389 | 1389–90 | 17 January 1390 | 2 March 1390 | Sir John Aylesbury | Sir Robert Luton |
18th | 12 September 1390 | 1390 | 12 November 1390 | 3 December 1390 | Roger Dayrell | Edward Durdent |
19th | 7 September 1391 | 1391 | 3 November 1391 | 2 December 1391 | Sir Thomas Aylesbury | John Broughton |
20th | 23 November 1392 | 1392–93 | 20 January 1393 | 10 February 1393 | Sir Edward Missenden | Alan Ayot |
21st | 13 November 1393 | 1393–94 | 27 January 1394 | 6 March 1394 | Roger Dayrell | Sir Thomas Sackville |
22nd | 20 November 1394 | 1394–95 | 27 January 1395 | 15 February 1395 | Sir John Chetwode | Edward Durdent |
23rd | 30 November 1396 | 1396–97 | 22 January 1397 | 12 February 1397 | John Barton | Thomas Shelley |
24th | 18 July 1397 | 1397 | 17 September 1397 | 31 January 1398 | Sir Thomas Aylesbury | Thomas Shelley |
25th | 19 August 1399 | 1389 | 30 September 1399 | 30 September 1399 | Roger Dayrell | Edmund Hampden |
Note:-
- (a) 8th: John de Braybroke or Sir Thomas Sakevill, John Marche or John Tyringham uncertain which pair were elected to this Parliament and which to a meeting of lesser status.
Parliaments of King Henry IV
No. | Summoned | Elected | Assembled | Dissolved | 1st member | 2nd member |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1st | 30 September 1399 | 1399 | 6 October 1399 | 19 November 1399 | unknown | unknown |
2nd | 9 September 1400 | 1400–01 | 20 January 1401 | 10 March 1401 | John Barton | Thomas Durant |
3rd | 19 June 1402 | 1402 | 30 September 1402 | 25 November 1402 | Sir Richard Arches | Edmund Hampden |
4th | 20 October 1403 | 1403–04 | 14 January 1404 | 20 March 1404 | John Barton | Edmund Brudenell |
5th | 25 August 1404 | 1404 | 6 October 1404 | 13 November 1404 | Roger Cheyne | Robert James |
6th | 21 December 1405 | 1405–06 | 1 March 1406 | 22 December 1406 | Edmund Brudenell | John Giffard |
7th | 26 August 1407 | 1407 | 20 October 1407 | 2 December 1407 | John Barton | Richard Wyot |
8th | 26 October 1409 | 1409–10 | 27 January 1410 | 9 May 1410 | unknown | unknown |
9th | 21 September 1411 | 1411 | 3 November 1411 | 19 December 1411 | unknown | unknown |
10th | 1 December 1412 | 1412–13 | 3 February 1413 | 20 March 1413 | unknown | unknown |
Parliaments of King Henry V
No. | Summoned | Elected | Assembled | Dissolved | 1st member | 2nd member |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1st | 22 March 1413 | 1413 | 14 May 1413 | 9 June 1413 | John Cheyne | John Giffard |
2nd | 1 December 1413 | 1413–14 | 30 April 1414 | 29 May 1414 | John Barton II | Richard Wyot |
3rd | 26 September 1414 | 1414 | 19 November 1414 | ... | John Barton | |
4th | 12 August 1415 | 1415 | 4 November 1415 | 12 November 1415 | John Cheyne | |
5th | 21 January 1416 | 1416 | 16 March 1416 | May 1416 | unknown | unknown |
6th | 3 September 1416 | 1416 | 19 October 1416 | 18 November 1416 | unknown | unknown |
7th | 5 October 1417 | 1417 | 16 November 1417 | 17 December 1417 | John Barton II | John Giffard |
8th | 24 August 1419 | 1419 | 16 October 1419 | 13 November 1419 | John Barton II | Richard Wyot |
9th | 21 October 1420 | 1420 | 2 December 1420 | ... | John Hampden | William Whaplode |
10th | 26 February 1421 | 1421 | 2 May 1421 | ... | Robert James | George Longville |
11th | 20 October 1421 | 1421 | 1 December 1421 | ... | Sir John Cheyne II | Richard Wyot |
Parliaments of King Henry VI
No. | Summoned | Elected | Assembled | Dissolved | 1st member | 2nd member |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1st | 29 September 1422 | 1422 | 9 November 1422 | 18 December 1422 | John Barton jnr | Robert James |
2nd | 1 September 1423 | 1423 | 20 October 1423 | 28 February 1424 | John Giffard | unknown |
3rd | 24 February 1425 | 1425 | 30 April 1425 | 14 July 1425 | John Cheyne | Sir John Cheyne II |
4th | 7 January 1426 | 1426 | 18 February 1426 | 1 June 1426 | Sir John Cheyne II | unknown |
5th | 15 July 1427 | 1427 | 13 October 1427 | 25 March 1428 | John Cheyne | unknown |
6th | 12 July 1429 | 1429 | 22 September 1429 | 23 February 1430 | unknown | unknown |
7th | 27 November 1430 | 1430–31 | 12 January 1431 | 20 March 1431 | unknown | unknown |
8th | 25 February 1432 | 1432 | 12 May 1432 | 17 July 1432 | Sir John Cheyne II | unknown |
9th | 24 May 1433 | 1433 | 8 July 1433 | >c.18 December 1433 | William Whaplode | unknown |
10th | 5 July 1435 | 1435 | 10 October 1435 | 23 December 1435 | Sir John Cheyne II | unknown |
11th | 29 October 1436 | 1436–37 | 21 January 1437 | 27 March 1437 | John Hampden | unknown |
12th | 26 September 1439 | 1439 | 12 November 1439 | c.15–24 February 1440 | unknown | unknown |
13th | 3 December 1441 | 1441–42 | 25 January 1442 | 27 March 1442 | unknown | unknown |
14th | 13 January 1445 | 1445 | 25 February 1445 | 9 April 1445 | Sir John Cheyne II | unknown |
15th | 14 December 1446 | 1446–47 | 10 February 1447 | 3 March 1447 | Thomas Tresham | unknown |
16th | 2 January 1449 | 1449 | 12 February 1449 | 16 July 1449 | unknown | unknown |
17th | 23 September 1449 | 1449 | 6 November 1449 | c.5–8 June 1450 | unknown | unknown |
18th | 5 September 1450 | 1450 | 6 November 1450 | c.24–31 May 1451 | unknown | unknown |
19th | 20 January 1453 | 1453 | 6 March 1453 | c.16–21 April 1454 | unknown | unknown |
20th | 26 May 1455 | 1455 | 9 July 1455 | 12 March 1456 | unknown | unknown |
21st | 9 October 1459 | 1459 | 20 November 1459 | 20 December 1459 | unknown | unknown |
22nd | 30 July 1460 | 1460 | 7 October 1460 | c.4 March 1461 | unknown | unknown |
23rd | 15 October 1470 | 1470 | 26 November 1470 | c. 11 April 1471 | unknown | unknown |
Parliaments of King Edward IV
No. | Summoned | Elected | Assembled | Dissolved | 1st member | 2nd member |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1st | 23 May 1461 | 1461 | 4 November 1461 | 6 May 1462 | unknown | unknown |
2nd | 22 December 1462 | 1462–63 | 29 April 1463 | 28 March 1465 | unknown | unknown |
3rd | 28 February 1467 | 1467 | 3 June 1467 | 7 June 1468 | unknown | unknown |
4th | 19 August 1472 | 1472 | 6 October 1472 | 14 March 1475 | unknown | unknown |
5th | 20 November 1477 | 1477–78 | 16 January 1478 | 26 February 1478 | unknown | unknown |
6th | 15 November 1482 | 1482–83 | 20 January 1483 | 18 February 1483 | unknown | unknown |
Parliament of King Richard III
No. | Summoned | Elected | Assembled | Dissolved | 1st member | 2nd member |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1st | 9 December 1483 | 1483–84 | 23 January 1484 | 20 February 1484 | unknown | unknown |
Parliaments of King Henry VII
No. | Summoned | Elected | Assembled | Dissolved | 1st member | 2nd member |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1st | 15 September 1485 | 1485 | 7 November 1485 | c. 4 March 1486 | unknown | unknown |
2nd | ... | 1487 | 9 November 1487 | c. 18 December 1487 | unknown | unknown |
3rd | ... | ?1488–89 | 13 January 1489 | 27 February 1490 | unknown | unknown |
4th | 12 August 1491 | 1491 | 17 October 1491 | 5 March 1492 | unknown | unknown |
5th | 15 September 1495 | 1495 | 14 October 1495 | 21–22 December 1495 | unknown | unknown |
6th | 20 November 1496 | 1496–97 | 16 January 1497 | 13 March 1497 | unknown | unknown |
7th | ... | ?1503–04 | 25 January 1504 | c. 1 April 1504 | unknown | unknown |
Parliaments of King Henry VIII
No. | Summoned | Elected | Assembled | Dissolved | 1st member | 2nd member |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1st | 17 October 1509 | 1509–10 | 21 January 1510 | 23 February 1510 | unknown | unknown |
2nd | 28 November 1511 | 1511–12 | 4 February 1512 | 4 March 1514 | unknown | unknown |
3rd | 23 November 1514 | 1514–15 | 5 February 1515 | 22 December 1515 | unknown | unknown |
4th | ... | 1523 | 15 April 1523 | 13 August 1523 | unknown | unknown |
5th | 9 August 1529 | 1529 | 3 November 1529 | 14 April 1536 | Sir Andrew Windsor (a) | Sir John Russell |
after 1532 | Sir Francis Bryan | |||||
6th | 27 April 1536 | 1536 | 8 June 1536 | 18 July 1536 | unknown | unknown |
7th | 1 March 1539 | 1539 | 28 April 1539 | 24 July 1540 | Sir John Dauntesey | Sir Francis Bryan |
8th | 23 November 1541 | 1541–42 | 16 January 1542 | 28 March 1544 | Sir Francis Bryan | Sir Anthony Lee |
9th | 1 December 1544 | 1544–45 | 23 November 1545 | 31 January 1547 | Sir Francis Bryan | Francis Russell |
Note:-
- (a) Windsor was created 1st Baron Windsor 3 November 1529.
Parliaments of King Edward VI
No. | Summoned | Elected | Assembled | Dissolved | 1st member | 2nd member |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1st | 2 August 1547 | 1547 | 4 November 1547 | 15 April 1552 | Sir Francis Russell | Sir Anthony Lee (a) |
8 January 1550 | Sir Thomas Windsor | |||||
2nd | 5 January 1553 | 1553 | 1 March 1553 | 31 March 1553 | Edmund Verney | William Dormer |
Note:-
- (a) Lee died in office.
Parliaments of Queen Mary I
No. | Summoned | Elected | Assembled | Dissolved | 1st member | 2nd member |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1st | 14 August 1553 | 1553 | 5 October 1553 | 5 December 1553 | Sir Edmund Peckham | Sir Robert Drury |
2nd | 17 February 1554 | 1554 | 2 April 1554 | 3 May 1554 | Sir Robert Peckham | Sir George Gifford |
3rd | 3 October 1554 | 1554 | 12 November 1554 | 16 January 1555 | Sir Edmund Peckham | Thomas Denton |
4th | 3 September 1555 | 1555 | 21 October 1555 | 9 December 1555 | Edmund Verney | Francis Verney |
5th | 6 December 1557 | 1557–58 | 20 January 1558 | 17 November 1558 | Sir William Dormer | Sir Henry Lee |
Parliaments of Queen Elizabeth I
No. | Summoned | Elected | Assembled | Dissolved | 1st member | 2nd member |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1st | 5 December 1558 | 28 December 1558 | 23 January 1559 | 8 May 1559 | Sir Henry Lee | Paul Darrell |
2nd | 10 November 1562 | 1562–63 | 11 January 1563 | 2 January 1567 | Thomas Fleetwood | William Hawtrey |
3rd | ... | 1571 | 2 April 1571 | 29 May 1571 | Sir Henry Lee | Sir William Dormer |
4th | 28 March 1572 | 1572 | 8 May 1572 | 19 April 1583 | Sir Henry Lee | John Croke |
5th | 12 October 1584 | 1584 | 23 November 1584 | 14 September 1585 | Miles Sandys | Griffith Hampden |
6th | 15 September 1586 | 1586 | 15 October 1586 | 23 March 1587 | Francis Goodwin | John Borlase |
7th | 18 September 1588 | 1588–89 | 4 February 1589 | 29 March 1589 | John Fortescue | Thomas Tasburgh |
8th | 4 January 1593 | 1593 | 18 February 1593 | 10 April 1593 | Sir John Fortescue | Sir Robert Dormer |
9th | 23 August 1597 | 1597 | 24 October 1597 | 9 February 1598 | Sir John Fortescue | Francis Goodwin |
10th | 11 September 1601 | 7 October 1601 | 27 October 1601 | 19 December 1601 | Francis Fortescue | Alexander Hampden |
Parliaments of King James I
No. | Summoned | Elected | Assembled | Dissolved | 1st member | 2nd member |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1st | 31 January 1604 | 1604 | 19 March 1604 | 9 February 1611 | William Fleetwood | Francis Goodwin (a) |
160x | Christopher Pigott (b) | |||||
160x | Anthony Tyringham | |||||
2nd | ... | ?1614 | 5 April 1614 | 7 June 1614 | Sir Francis Goodwin | Sir William Borlase |
3rd | 13 November 1620 | 1620–21 | 16 January 1621 | 8 February 1622 | Sir Francis Goodwin | Sir William Fleetwood |
4th | 20 December 1623 | 1623–24 | 12 February 1624 | 27 March 1625 | Sir Francis Goodwin | Sir Thomas Denton |
Notes:-
- (a) Goodwin was declared not duly elected.
- (b) Pigott was expelled from the House of Commons.
Parliaments of King Charles I
No. | Summoned | Elected | Assembled | Dissolved | 1st member | 2nd member |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1st | 2 April 1625 | 1625 | 17 May 1625 | 12 August 1625 | Sir Francis Goodwin | Henry Bulstrode |
2nd | 20 December 1625 | 1626 | 6 February 1626 | 15 June 1626 | Sir Francis Goodwin | Sir Thomas Denton |
3rd | 31 January 1628 | 1628 | 17 March 1628 | 10 March 1629 | Sir Edward Coke | Sir William Fleetwood |
No parliament held | ||||||
4th | 20 February 1640 | 1640 | 13 April 1640 | 5 May 1640 | John Hampden | Arthur Goodwin |
5th | 24 September 1640 | 1640 | 3 November 1640 | 16 March 1660 | John Hampden | Arthur Goodwin |
?1643 | George Fleetwood | Edmund West |
Parliaments of the Commonwealth
The Long Parliament or the selection of members from it known as the Rump Parliament functioned de facto during part of the Commonwealth of England period. It existed (in a sense) de jure 1640–1660, as under a pre-English Civil War law, the Long Parliament could not be lawfully dissolved without its own consent which it did not give until 1660. As it was a Parliament originally summoned by King Charles I, the overall dates of the Long Parliament are given in the previous section.
The Barebones Parliament was an appointed body, so the county was not as such represented in it. That body was summoned on 20 June 1653, first met on 4 July 1653 and was dissolved on 12 December 1653.
Parliaments of the Protectorate
During the Protectorate the county was allocated five representatives in the First and the Second Protectorate Parliaments (summoned 1 June 1654 and 10 July 1656 respectively), before reverting to two for the Third Protectorate Parliament (summoned 9 December 1658).
The boroughs of Aylesbury, Buckingham Town and Wycombe retained one seat each in the first two Parliaments, but the traditional pattern of constituencies and of seats was reintroduced for the third.
No. | Assembled | Dissolved | 1st member | 2nd member | 3rd member | 4th member | 5th member |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1st | 3 September 1654 | 22 January 1655 | Bulstrode Whitelocke | Richard Ingoldsby | George Fleetwood | Sir Richard Pigot | Richard Greenville |
2nd | 17 September 1656 | 4 February 1658 | Bulstrode Whitelocke | Richard Ingoldsby | Richard Hampden | Sir Richard Pigot | Richard Greenville |
3rd | 27 January 1659 | 22 April 1659 | Richard Greenville | William Bowyer |
Index
- John de Adingrave 1313:3 1333:1
- Philip de Aylesbury 1324 1338 1340:1 1340:2 1341:1 1341:4 1344:1
- Robert Barry 1297 1313:1
- Miles de Beauchamp 1307 1314
- William Beauchamp 1306
- Ralph de Bellofago 1312:1
- William de Berkhamstede 1337
- John Blaket 1315:1 1327:2 1328 1329:4 1339:2
- Thomas Blaket 1334 1335:1 1335:2
- Laurence de Bluntesdene 1295 1298
- Gerard de Braybroke I 1300:1 1300:2
- Gerard de Braybroke II 1309 1336 1341:3
- Gerard de Braybroke ? 1345
- Gerard de Braybroke III 1352 1353:1
- John Bryan 1339:1
- Henry de Chalfhunte 1348 1349:1 1349:2
- Hugh de Chastillon 1300:1 1300:2
- John de Chastillon 1342 1344:2
- Masculin de Chastillon 1313:3 1327:2 1329:3 1331:1 1333:1 1333:2
- Richard de Chastillon 1332 1342
- John de Chetewood 1298 1302
- John de Chetyngton 1339:2
- John de Cifrewast 1332
- Henry Fermband 1349:1
- James Freysel 1325 1329:1 1330 1331:1
- John Giffard 1306 1309 1315:2 (de Boef) 1316 1341:4
- John de Hampden 1353:1
- John de Hamstede 1336
- John de la Haye 1319 1329:2
- Thomas de la Haye 1337
- Hugh de Kymbell 1352
- Geffrey de Lacy 1353:2 1354 1355
- Alan de Leaumes 1323 1341:2
- Robert Malet 1311 1312:1 1312:2 1313:2 1314 1315:1 1322 1323 1324 1326 1334 1335:2 1341:2 1344:1
- John de Mareschal (1) 1329:1 1330
- John Fitz-Ralph de Mareschal 1331:2
- John Neyrunt 1305
- Amery de Nowers 1297
- John de Olney 1317
- Richard Passelewe 1340:2
- John de Pateshulle 1290
- John de la Penne 1319 1327:1
- Robert Pogeys 1300:1
- Walter Poule 1338
- Roger de Puttenham 1355
- Thomas de Reynes 1340:1 1344:2 1347
- Andrew de St. Liz 1326 1327:1 1329:2 1329:3
- Thomas de Sakevill 1325
- Alexander de Sanderton 1347
- William de Santresdon 1302
- John de Stretle 1333:2 1335:1
- Robert de Tothale 1313:2
- Roger de Tourney 1328
- Nicholas de Turville 1315:2 1316 1317
- William de Turville 1290
- Roger de Tyringham 1295 1305 1329:4 1341:1
- Richard de la Vache 1341:3
- John le Veinour 1348 1349:2
- Richard le Warde 1339:1
- Ralph de Wedon 1307 1311 1312:2 1322 1331:2
See also
- List of MPs for Buckinghamshire- MPs from 1660 onwards.
- List of former United Kingdom Parliament constituencies
- Unreformed House of Commons
- List of parliaments of England
- Duration of English parliaments before 1660
References
- The History and Antiquities of Buckinghamshire, Vol. 1, by George Lipscomb (1847)
- The House of Commons 1509–1558, by S.T. Bindoff (Secker & Warburg 1982)
- The House of Commons 1558–1603, by P.W. Hasler (HMSO 1981)