List of MPs elected to the English parliament in 1593

This is a list of members of Parliament (MPs) elected to the 8th Parliament of Elizabeth I of England in 1593, the 35th year of her reign. The speaker was Edward Coke, the solicitor-general and member of Parliament (MP) for Norfolk.

Edward Coke, Speaker

The Parliament met on 18 February 1593 and lasted until 10 April 1593 when it was dissolved.

List of constituencies and members

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Bedfordshire

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Constituency Members Notes
Bedfordshire Hon. Oliver St John
George Rotheram
Bedford John Pigott
Humphrey Winch

Berkshire

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Constituency Members Notes
Berkshire Sir Henry Unton
Humphrey Forster
Windsor Henry Neville
Edward Neville
Reading Humphrey Donatt
Charles Wednester
Wallingford Thomas Fortescue
Owen Oglethorpe
Abingdon William Braunche

Buckinghamshire

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Constituency Members Notes
Buckinghamshire Sir John Fortescue
Sir Robert Dormer
Buckingham John Carey, 3rd Baron Hunsdon
Francis Fortescue
Wycombe Thomas Tasburgh
Thomas Fortescue
Aylesbury Sir Thomas West
John Lyly

Cambridgeshire

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Constituency Members Notes
Cambridgeshire Sir John Cotton
John Peyton
Cambridge Thomas Goldsborough
Christopher Hoddesdon

Cheshire

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Constituency Members Notes
Cheshire Sir Thomas Holcroft
John Done
City of Chester Richard Birkheved
Gilbert Gerard

Cornwall

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Constituency Members Notes
Cornwall Peter Edgcumbe
Sir William Bevil
Launceston Roland Watson
George Grenville
Liskeard George Wray
Jonathan Trelawny
Lostwithiel Francis Godolphin
Robert Beale
Truro John Parker
Nicholas Smith
Bodmin Anthony Bennet
Richard Connock
Helston William Gardiner
Ralph Knevitt
Saltash George Carew
Jerome Horsey
Westlow Robert Crosse
Hugh Beeston
Crosse sat for Yarmouth, IoW and was replaced 1593 by John Shelbery
Grampound Richard Edgecumbe
Edward Jones
Eastlow William Hampden
Gregory Downhall
Camelford Humphrey Mitchell
Richard Leech
Penryn John Osborne
Edward Philips
Tregony John Snow
Arnold Oldsworth
St Ives Noel Sotherton
Nicholas Saunders
Mitchel Sir Walter Raleigh
Richard Reynell
Bossiney Thomas Harris
John Hender
Fowey William Killigrew
Samuel Lennard
St Germans Sampson Lennard
John Glanville
St Mawes Nicholas Fuller
Henry Vincent
Newport Richard Stephens
Emanuel Chamond
Callington Robert Carey, 1st Earl of Monmouth
Carew Reynell

Cumberland

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Constituency Members Notes
Cumberland Nicholas Curwen
Wilfred Lawson
Carlisle Henry Scrope
Edward Aglionby

Derbyshire

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Constituency Members Notes
Derbyshire George Manners
Henry Cavendish
Derby Robert Stringer
William Botham

Devon

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Constituency Members Notes
Devon Sir Thomas Denys
Sir Edward Seymour, 1st Baronet
Exeter John Hele
John Peryam
Totnes Richard Sparry
Christopher Savery
Barnstaple George Chittinge
Richard Leye
Plymouth Sir Francis Drake
Robert Basset
Plympton Erle Edwin Sandys
Richard Southcote
Tavistock Hugh Vaughan
Richard Codrington
Bere Alston Charles Blount
Thomas Burgoyne
Clifton Dartmouth Hardness Nicholas Hayman
Hugh Holland

Dorset

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Constituency Members Notes
Dorset Thomas Hussey
Arthur Gorges
Dorchester Francis James
Thomas Dabridgecourt
Poole James Orrenge
Edward Man
Shaftesbury Arthur Atye
Michael Hicks
Weymouth and Melcombe Regis William Weston
Thomas Stafford
Arthur Messenger
Thomas Stevens
Lyme Regis Zachariah Bethel
Robert Hassard
Wareham Thomas Rogers
|George Strode
Bridport Christopher Lambert
John Fortescue
Corfe Castle William Tate
Francis Flower

Essex

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Constituency Members Notes
Essex Sir Thomas Heneage
Richard Warren (MP)
Colchester James Morice
Martin Bessell
Maldon Sir Thomas Mildmay, Bt
Edward Lewknor (died 1605)

Gloucestershire

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Constituency Members Notes
Gloucestershire Henry Poole
John Pointz
Gloucester Thomas Atkins
Richard Birde
Cirencester Oliver St John
Henry Ferrers

Hampshire

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Constituency Members Notes
Hampshire Sir George Carey
Benjamin Tichborne
Winchester Edward Stafford
Thomas Fleming
Southampton Sir Thomas Wilkes
Thomas Heton
Portsmouth Edward Radclyffe, 6th Earl of Sussex
Thomas Thorney
Petersfield Sir Walter Covert
Richard Weston
Yarmouth Robert Dillington
Robert Crosse
Newport William Cotton
Richard Huyshe
Newtown Thomas Dudley
Richard Browne
Lymington Richard Blount
John Knight
Christchurch John Herbert
John Agmondesham
Stockbridge John Awdeley
Henry St John
Whitchurch Robert West
Richard Theakston
Andover Miles Sandys
Edward Barker

Herefordshire

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Constituency Members Notes
Herefordshire Thomas Coningsby
Herbert Croft
Hereford Gregory Price
Thomas Mallard
Leominster Francis Vere
Richard Coningsby

Hertfordshire

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Constituency Members Notes
Hertfordshire Sir Robert Cecil
Sir Henry Cocke
St Albans Henry Maynard
Humphrey Coningsby

Huntingdonshire

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Constituency Members Notes
Huntingdonshire Edward Wingfield
Oliver Cromwell
Huntingdon Robert Lee
Robert Cromwell

Kent

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Constituency Members Notes
Kent Sir Edward Hoby
Moyle Finch
Canterbury Richard Lee
Henry Finch
Rochester William Lewin
George Chowne
Queenborough John Brooke alias Cobham
John Baynham
Maidstone Sir Thomas Fludd
Lewen Buffkyn

Lancashire

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Constituency Members Notes
Lancashire Sir Richard Molyneux
Thomas Gerard, 1st Baron Gerard
Preston James Dalton
Thomas Bulbeck
Lancaster John Preston
John Awdeley
Newton Edmund Trafford
Robert Langton
Wigan William Gerard
Michael Heneage
Clitheroe William Twysden
John Chamberlain
Liverpool Michael Doughty
John Wroth

Leicestershire

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Constituency Members Notes
Leicestershire Francis Hastings
Thomas Skeffington
Leicester John Stanford I
James Clarke

Lincolnshire

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Constituency Members Notes
Lincolnshire Sir Edward Dymoke
George St Paul
Lincoln George Anton
Charles Dymoke
Boston Anthony Irby
Richard Stevenson
Grimsby William Barne
Nicholas Saunderson
Stamford Sir Robert Wingfield
Richard Shute
Grantham Thomas Horsman
Francis Neale

Middlesex

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Constituency Members Notes
Middlesex Sir Robert Wroth
Francis Bacon
Westminster Richard Cecil
Thomas Cole
City of London Sir John Hart
Edward Drew
Andrew Palmer
George Southerton

Monmouthshire

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Constituency Members Notes
Monmouthshire William Herbert
Edward Kemeys
Monmouth Boroughs Edward Hubberd

Norfolk

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Constituency Members Notes
Norfolk Edward Coke
Nathaniel Bacon
Norwich Robert Houghton
Robert Yarham
King's Lynn Sir John Peyton
William Lewis
Yarmouth Thomas Damet
John Felton
Thetford Charles Chewte
Bassingbourne Gawdy
Castle Rising John Townshend
Henry Spelman

Northamptonshire

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Constituency Members Notes
Northamptonshire Thomas Cecil, 1st Earl of Exeter
Christopher Yelverton
Peterborough Sir Thomas Reede
William Hacke
Northampton Valentine Knightley
Peter Wentworth
Brackley Richard Bowle
Sidney Montagu
Higham Ferrers Henry Montagu

Northumberland

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Constituency Members Notes
Northumberland Sir William Reade alias Kynnerd
Robert Widdrington
Newcastle Henry Anderson
Henry Mitford
Morpeth Robert Carey, 1st Earl of Monmouth
Francis Tyndale
Carey sat for Callington, replaced by Edmund Bowyer
Berwick upon Tweed William Morton
William Selby

Nottinghamshire

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Constituency Members Notes
Nottinghamshire Sir Charles Cavendish
Philip Strelley
Nottingham Richard Parkins
Humphrey Bonner
East Retford Roger Portington
Anthony Cooke

Oxfordshire

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Constituency Members Notes
Oxfordshire Sir Francis Knollys
Sir William Knollys
Oxford Sir Edmund Carey
George Calfield
Woodstock Lawrence Tanfield
John Lee
Banbury Anthony Cope

Rutland

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Constituency Members Notes
Rutland Sir John Harington
(Sir) Andrew Noel

Salop

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Constituency Members Notes
Shropshire Francis Newport
Sir Robert Needham
Shrewsbury Reginald Scriven
Robert Wright
Bridgnorth Edward Bromley
John Lutwich
Ludlow Robert Berry
Thomas Canland
Wenlock William Baynham
Sir John Poole
Bishops Castle Francis Beavans
Alexander King

Somerset

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Constituency Members Notes
Somerset Francis Hastings
Edward Dyer
Bristol Thomas Hanham
Richard Cole
Bath William Sharestone
William Price
Wells Richard Godwyn
James Godwyn
Taunton William Aubrey
John Davidge
Bridgwater Robert Bocking
William Thomas
Minehead Richard Hanbury
James Quirke

Staffordshire

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Constituency Members Notes
Staffordshire Walter Harcourt
Christopher Blount
Lichfield Sir John Wingfield
Richard Broughton
Stafford Henry Bourchier
Francis Cradock
Newcastle under Lyme John James
Thomas Fitzherbert
Tamworth John Ferrers
Thomas Smith

Suffolk

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Constituency Members Notes
Suffolk Edward Bacon
Sir Clement Heigham
Ipswich Robert Barker
Zachariah Lok
Dunwich Henry Savile
Thomas Corbet
Orford Edward Grimston
John North
Eye Edward Honing
Philip Gawdy
Aldeburgh Thomas Knyvet
William Bence
Sudbury William Fortescue
Dudley Fortescue

Surrey

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Constituency Members Notes
Surrey (Sir) George More
John Wolley
Southwark Hugh Browker
Richard Hutton
Bletchingly Julius Caesar
Stephen Riddlesden
Reigate Sir Edward Howard
Sir John Trevor
Gatton William Lane
George Buck
Guildford George More
Laurence Stoughton
Haslemere Adrian Stoughton
Nicholas Saunders

Sussex

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Constituency Members Notes
Sussex Robert Sackville, 2nd Earl of Dorset
Thomas Shirley
Chichester Richard Lewnor
William Ashby
Horsham John Hare
Richard Franke
Midhurst John Boys
Thomas Churcher
Lewes Henry Glenham
George Goring
New Shoreham William Necton
Herbert Morley
Steyning Sir Walter Waller
Thomas Shirley
Bramber Samuel Thornhill
Edward Mitchelborne
East Grinstead Reade Stafford
John Shurley
Arundel Thomas Fanshawe
Richard Baker

Warwickshire

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Constituency Members Notes
Warwickshire Fulke Greville
Edward Greville
Coventry Thomas Saunders
John Myles
Warwick John Hugford
William Combe

Westmorland

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Constituency Members Notes
Westmoreland Sir William Bowes
Edward Denny
Appleby Thomas Posthumous Hoby
Cuthbert Reynolds

Wiltshire

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Constituency Members Notes
Wiltshire Sir Walter Long
Sir William Brounker
Salisbury Giles Hutchens
Robert Bower
Wilton Thomas Morgan
Robert Penruddock
Downton John Goldwell
Thomas Willoughby
Hindon Francis Zouche
Abraham Hartwell
Heytesbury Sir John Thynne
Thomas Thynne
Chippenham Edward Maria Wingfield
Francis Harvey
Calne Henry Jackman
Thomas Edwards
Devizes Henry Baynton
Richard Mompesson
Ludgershall Edward Thornborough
Chidiock Wardour
Great Bedwyn Thomas Hungerford
James Kirton
Cricklade Henry Noel
John Pleydell
Malmesbury Sir Henry Knyvet
Thomas Lake
Westbury William Jordyn
Henry Fanshawe
Old Sarum Sir Anthony Ashley
Edmund Fortescue
Wootton Bassett John Hungerford
William Meredith
Marlborough Richard Wheler
Anthony Hungerford

Worcestershire

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Constituency Members Notes
Worcestershire Sir Henry Bromley
William Walsh
Worcester Walter Jones
Rowland Berkeley
Droitwich Robert Walter
George Wylde I

Yorkshire

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Constituency Members Notes
Yorkshire Sir George Savile
John Aske
York Andrew Trewe
James Birkby
Kingston upon Hull Leonard Willan
Peter Proby
Scarborough Edward Gates
Roger Dalton
Knaresborough Samuel Foxe
Simon Willis
Richmond Sir Talbot Bowes
John Pepper
Beverley John Mansfield
Edward Alford
Aldborough Andrew Fisher
Edward Hancock
Thirsk Sir John Dawney
Sir Henry Belasyse, 1st Baronet
Hedon Henry Brooke alias Cobham II
Christopher Hilliard
Ripon Anthony Wingfield
William Bennet
Boroughbridge John Brograve
Vincent Skinner

Cinque Ports

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Constituency Members Notes
Hastings Richard Lyffe
Henry Apsley
Sandwich Peter Manwood
Edward Peake
Dover Thomas Fane
Thomas Elwood
Romney John Mynge
Robert Bawle
Hythe Henry Fane
John Collins
Rye Henry Gaymer
Robert Carpenter
Winchelsea Adam Ashburnham
Ashburnham Pecke

Wales

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Constituency Members Notes
Anglesey William Glynne
Beaumaris Thomas Bulkeley Bulkeley died 1593. Possibly the MP was his relative Thomas Bulkeley.
Brecknockshire Sir Robert Knollys
Brecknock Sir Matthew Morgan
Carnarvon Robert Griffith
Carnarvonshire William Maurice
Cardiganshire Richard Pryse
Cardigan Sir Ferdinando Gorges
Carmarthenshire Walter Vaughan
Carmarthen Thomas Baskerville
Denbighshire Roger Puleston
Denbigh Boroughs Simon Thelwall
Flintshire Thomas Hanmer
Flint Thomas Griffith
Glamorgan Sir Robert Sidney
Cardiff David Roberts
Merioneth Griffith Nanney
Montgomeryshire Reginald Williams
Montgomery Richard Morgan
Pembrokeshire Sir Thomas Perrot
Pembroke Sir Conyers Clifford
Haverford West Sir Nicholas Clifford
Radnorshire James Price
Radnor Thomas Crompton

See also

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