Northamptonshire (UK Parliament constituency)

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Northamptonshire
Former County constituency
for the House of Commons
1290–1832
Number of memberstwo

The county constituency of Northamptonshire, in the East Midlands of England was a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of England, then of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1707 to 1800 and of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1801 to 1832 and was represented in Parliament by two MPs, traditionally known as Knights of the Shire.

Contents

After 1832 the county was split into two new constituencies, North Northamptonshire and South Northamptonshire.

Boundaries

The constituency consisted of the historic county of Northamptonshire. Although the county contained a number of parliamentary boroughs, each of which elected one or two MPs in its own right for parts of the period when Northamptonshire was a constituency, these areas were not excluded from the county constituency. Owning freehold property of the required value, within such boroughs, could confer a vote at the county election. (After 1832, only non-resident owners of forty shilling freeholds situated in borough seats could qualify for a county vote on the basis of that property.)

Members of Parliament

1290–1640

Constituency created (1290)

ParliamentFirst memberSecond member
1305 (Feb) Oliver la Zouch [1] John de Seyton [1]
1319 John de Longeville [1] William Trussell [1]
1324 Henry de Trailly
1330 (Nov) Robert de Daventry [1] Edmund Trussell [1]
1337 John de Seyton
1343 Sir William Brabazon [1]
1351 Sir Peter Mallore
1369 John de Verdon William de Quenton
1380 (Jan) John Tyndale
1382 (Oct) John Wydeville John Tyndale
1383 (Feb) John Wydeville John Tyndale
1383 (Oct) John Wydeville
1384 (Apr) Roger de la Chamber John Tyndale
1384 (Nov) Roger de la Chamber John Tyndale
1385 Sir Giles Mallore
1386 Roger de la Chamber John Tyndale [2]
1388 (Feb) Sir Giles Mallore John Wydeville [2]
1388 (Sep) John Harrowden John Mulsho [2]
1390 (Jan) Roger de la Chamber John Mulsho [2]
1390 (Nov) John Wydeville John Mulsho [2]
1391 Roger de la Chamber Sir Nicholas Lilling [2]
1393 Sir Giles Mallore John Tyndale [2]
1394 Sir Henry Green Sir Giles Mallor4 [2]
1395 Roger de la Chamber Robert Chiselden [2]
1397 (Jan) Sir Henry Green John Cope [2]
1397 (Sep) Hugh Northborough John Mulsho [2]
1399 John Cope Robert Chiselden [2]
1401 Sir Giles Mallore John Warwick [2]
1402 Sir Giles Mallore John Cope [2]
1404 (Jan) Sir John Trussell Ralph Parles [2]
1404 (Oct) Ralph Green John Cope [2]
1406 Ralph Parles / John Cope John Warwick [2]
1407 John Tyndale Thomas Wake [2]
1410 Sir John St. John Ralph Green [2]
1411 Sir John St. John William Huddlestone [2]
1413 (Feb)
1413 (May) Nicholas Merbury Thomas Wake [2]
1414 (Apr) Thomas Wydeville Nicholas Merbury [2]
1414 (Nov) Sir John Trussell John Mortimer [2]
1415
1416 (Mar) Sir John St. John William Huddlestone [2]
1416 (Oct)
1417 Thomas Mulsho Thomas Wake [2]
1419 Thomas Strange John Boseno [2]
1420 Sir John Beaufo Richard Knightley [2]
1421 (May) Sir John St. John Thomas Strange [2]
1421 (Dec) Sir John Knyvet Simon Kynnesman [2]
1423 William Tresham Richard Knightley
1425 John Catesby
1427 William Tresham
1429 William Tresham John Catesby
1431 ?
1432 William Tresham
1433 William Tresham
1435 William Tresham
1437 ?
1439 William Tresham Richard Knightley
1442 William Tresham
1445 William Tresham
1447 William Tresham Henry Green
1449 (Feb) William Tresham William Catesby
1449 (Oct) William Tresham Thomas Thorpe
1450 (Nov) Thomas Mulsho
1453 Sir Thomas Tresham William Catesby
1459 Sir Thomas Tresham
1484 William Catesby
1486Sir Thomas Lovell
1491 Richard Empson Davy Philip
1510–1512No names known [3]
1515 ?Sir Nicholas Vaux  ? [3]
1523
1529 Sir William Parr Richard Knightley [3]
1536
1539 Sir William Parr Sir Thomas Tresham [3]
1542 Sir Thomas Tresham Sir William Newenham [3]
1545
1547 Henry Williams Sir John Cope [3]
1553 (Mar) Sir Nicholas Throckmorton Robert Lane [3]
1553 (Oct) Sir John Fermor William Chauncy [3]
1554 (Apr) Sir Thomas Tresham Sir John Spencer [3]
1554 (Nov) Sir Thomas Tresham William Chauncy [3]
1555 Sir John Fermor William Chauncy [3]

As there were sometimes significant gaps between Parliaments, the dates of first assembly and dissolution are given for those up to 1640. Where the name of the member has not yet been ascertained or is not recorded in a surviving document, the entry unknown is entered in the table.

ElectedAssembledDissolvedFirst MemberSecond Member
155820 January 155817 November 1558 Sir Walter Mildmay Sir John Spencer
155923 January 15598 May 1559 Edward Montagu
156311 January 15632 January 1567 Sir William Cecil
15712 April 157129 May 1571 Sir Robert Lane
15728 May 157219 April 1583 (Sir) Christopher Hatton
158423 November 158414 September 1585
158615 October 158623 March 1587
15884 February 158929 March 1589 Sir Richard Knightley
159318 February 159310 April 1593 Sir Thomas Cecil Christopher Yelverton
159724 October 15979 February 1598 Sir Richard Knightley
160127 October 160119 December 1601 Sir John Stanhope Sir William Lane
160419 March 16049 February 1611 Sir Valentine Knightley Sir Edward Montagu
16145 April 16147 June 1614 Sir William Tate [4]
162016 January 16218 February 1622 Sir William Spencer
(1621) Richard Knightley [5]
162412 February 162427 March 1625
162517 May 162512 August 1625
16266 February 162615 June 1626 Sir John Pickering
162817 March 162810 March 1629 Francis Nicolls Richard Knightley
1629–1640No Parliaments convened

1640–1832

ElectionFirst memberFirst partySecond memberSecond party
Northamptonshire was represented by 2 elected Knights of the Shire
1640, April John Crew Sir Gilbert Pickering, Bt
1640, November Sir Gilbert Pickering, Bt Parliamentarian Sir John Dryden, Bt Parliamentarian
Northamptonshire was represented by 2 nominated MPs in Barebones Parliament
1653 [6] Sir Gilbert Pickering, Bt Thomas Brooke
Northamptonshire's representation was increased to 6 elected MPs in the First and Second Parliaments of the Protectorate
1654 (1) Sir Gilbert Pickering, Bt (2) John Crew [7]
(3) Sir John Norwich, Bt (4) John Claypole, senior
(5) Sir John Dryden, Bt (6) Thomas Brooke
1656 (1) Sir Gilbert Pickering, Bt (2) John Claypole [8]
(3) William Boteler (4) James Langham
(5) Thomas Crew (6) Alexander Blake
Northamptonshire's representation was decreased to 2 MPs in the Third Parliament of the Protectorate and thereafter
1659, January Richard Knightley Philip Holman
1659, May Sir Gilbert Pickering, Bt vacant
1660, April 22 John Crew Sir Henry Yelverton, Bt
21 March 1661 Sir Justinian Isham, 2nd Bt George Clerke
29 April 1675 Lord Burghley
28 February 1678 Miles Fleetwood
6 February 1679 Sir Roger Norwich, Bt John Parkhurst
21 August 1679 Miles Fleetwood
12 May 1685 Sir Roger Norwich, Bt Edward Montagu Tory
14 January 1689 Edward Harby Whig
13 June 1689 Sir Thomas Samwell, Bt
20 February 1690 Sir St Andrew St John, Bt Whig John Parkhurst Whig
14 November 1695 Thomas Cartwright Tory
21 July 1698 Sir Justinian Isham, 4th Bt Tory John Parkhurst Whig
4 December 1701 Thomas Cartwright Tory
21 May 1730 Sir Justinian Isham, 5th Bt
31 March 1737 Sir Edmund Isham, Bt
14 April 1748 Valentine Knightley
26 December 1754 William Cartwright
31 March 1768 Sir William Dolben, Bt
14 January 1773 Lucy Knightley
18 October 1774 Thomas Powys
15 April 1784 Sir James Langham, Bt
23 June 1790 Francis Dickins
2 August 1797 William Ralph Cartwright Tory
12 November 1806 Viscount Althorp Whig
23 May 1831 Viscount Milton Whig
Constituency abolished 1832: see North Northamptonshire and South Northamptonshire.

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Members of Parliament 1213-1702. London: House of Commons. 1878.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 "History of Parliament" . Retrieved 8 September 2011.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 "History of Parliament" . Retrieved 8 September 2011.
  4. ↑ "TATE, Sir William (1559/60-1617), of Delapré Abbey, Northants". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 11 April 2013.
  5. ↑ Elected following the elevation of Sir Edward Montagu to the peerage in 1621
  6. ↑ From: 'List of members nominated for Parliament of 1653', Diary of Thomas Burton esq, volume 4: March - April 1659 (1828), pp. 499-500. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=36965. Date accessed: 27 January 2008.
  7. ↑ Appointed to Cromwell's Upper House, which first sat on 20 January 1658.
  8. ↑ Claypole was also elected for Carmarthenshire and chose Northamptonshire.

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