List of MPs elected to the English parliament in 1656

This is a list of members of Parliament (MPs) in the Second Protectorate Parliament under the Commonwealth of England which began at Westminster on 17 September 1656, and was held until 4 February 1658.

This list contains details of the MPs elected in 1656. The preceding First Protectorate Parliament had excluded a number of Rotten Borough and given representation to several towns including Manchester, Leeds and Halifax and to the county and city of Durham. The Second Protectorate Parliament consisted of the same seats as its predecessor

List of constituencies and MPs

Constituency	Members	Notes
Bedfordshire	Sir William Boteler John Harvey Richard Wagstaffe Richard Edwards Samuel Bedford
Bedford	Thomas Margets
Constituency	Members	Notes
Berkshire	William Trumball Edmund Dunch William Hide John Dunch John Southby	.
Abingdon	Thomas Holt
Reading	Daniel Blagrave
Constituency	Members	Notes
Buckinghamshire	Bulstrode Whitelocke Richard Ingoldsby Richard Hampden Sir Richard Pigot Richard Greenville
Buckingham	Francis Ingoldsby .
Wycombe	Major General Tobias Bridge
Aylesbury	Thomas Scot
Constituency	Members	Notes
Cambridgeshire	Robert West Francis Russell Henry Pickering Robert Castle
Cambridge	Richard Timbs (Alderman of Cambridge)
Cambridge University	Richard Cromwell
Isle of Ely	John Thurloe
Constituency	Members	Notes
Cheshire	Richard Legh George Booth Peter Brooke Thomas Marbury
City of Chester	Edward Bradshaw
Constituency	Members	Notes
Cornwall	Thomas Ceely of Trevisham, Richard Carter Anthony Rous, John St Aubyn Walter Moyle Francis Rous Anthony Nicholl William Braddon
Launceston	Thomas Gewen
Truro	Walter Vincent
Penryn	John Fox	Borough
Eastlow and Westlow	John Buller
Constituency	Members	Notes
Cumberland	Major General Charles Howard Colonel William Briscoe
Carlisle	George Downing
Constituency	Members	Notes
Derbyshire	Samuel Sleigh Thomas Sanders German Pole John Gell
Derby	Gervase Bennet
Constituency	Members	Notes
Devon	Thomas Saunders Robert Rolle Arthur Upton Thomas Reynell William Morice John Hale John Dodderidge Sir John Northcote, Bt Henry Hatsell Edmund Fowell Sir John Yonge
Exeter	Thomas Bampfield Thomas Westlake
Plymouth	John Maynard Timothy Alsop
Clifton Dartmouth Hardness	Edward Hopkins
Totnes	Christopher Maynard
Barnstaple	Sir John Coppleston
Tiverton	Robert Shapcote
Honiton	Samuel Serle
Constituency	Members	Notes
Dorset	William Sydenham John Bingham Robert Coker John Fitzjames John Trenchard James Dewey
Dorchester	John Whiteway
Melcombe	Denis Bond
Lyme Regis	Edmund Prideaux
Poole	Edward Boteler
Constituency	Members	Notes
County Durham	Thomas Lilburne James Clavering
City of Durham	Anthony Smith, Mercer.
Constituency	Members	Notes
Essex	Sir Harbottle Grimston, 2nd Baronet Sir Richard Everard, 1st Baronet of Much Waltham Sir Thomas Honywood Sir Thomas Bowes Sir Henry Mildmay, Francis Barrington Carew Mildmay Dionysius Wakering Edward Turnor Dudley Temple Oliver Raymond Hezekiah Haynes John Archer
Maldon	Joachim Matthews
Colchester	Henry Lawrence John Maidstone
Constituency	Members	Notes
Gloucestershire	George Berkeley John Crofts John Howe Baynham Throckmorton William Neast
Gloucester	Thomas Pury Major-General Desborough	Desborough sat for Somerset - replaced by James Stephens
Tewkesbury	Francis White
Cirencester	John Stone
Constituency	Members	Notes
Hampshire	Richard Lord Cromwell William Goffe Robert Wallop Richard Norton Thomas Cole John Bulkeley Edward Hooper Richard Cobb
Winchester	John Hildesley
Southampton	John Lisle
Portsmouth	Thomas Smith
Andover	Thomas Hussey
Isle of Wight	William Sydenham Thomas Bowreman	.
Constituency	Members	Notes
Herefordshire	James Berry (Major-General) Edward Harley Bennet Hoskyns Benjamin Mason
Hereford	Wroth Rogers
Leominster	John Birch
Constituency	Members	Notes
Hertfordshire	Sir John Gore William Earl of Salisbury Sir John Wittewrong, 1st Baronet Sir Richard Lucy, 1st Baronet Rowland Lytton
St Albans	Alban Cox
Hertford	Isaac Pulter James Cowper
Constituency	Members	Notes
Huntingdonshire	General Edward Montague Henry Cromwell Nicholas Pedley
Huntingdon	John Bernard
Constituency	Members	Notes
Kent	Lieutenant Colonel Henry Oxenden Richard Meredith Sir Thomas Style, 2nd Baronet William James Colonel John Dixwell John Boys Lambert Godfrey Colonel Richard Beal John Selliard Colonel Ralph Weldon Daniel Shatterden
Canterbury	Thomas St Nicholas Vincent Denne
Rochester	John Parker Recorder
Maidstone	Sir John Banks, 1st Baronet
Queenborough	Gabriel Livesey
Constituency	Members	Notes
Lancashire	Richard Holland Gilbert Ireland Richard Standish Sir Richard Hoghton, 3rd Baronet
Preston	Richard Shuttleworth
Lancaster	Henry Porter
Liverpool	Thomas Birch sen.
Manchester	Richard Radcliffe
Constituency	Members	Notes
Leicestershire	Thomas Beaumont Francis Hacker of Okeham William Quarks Thomas Pochin
Leicester	Sir Arthur Hesilrige William Stanley
Constituency	Members	Notes
Lincolnshire	Edward Rossiter Thomas Hall Thomas Lister Charles Hall Captain Francis Fiennes Sir Charles Hussey, 1st Baronet Colonel Thomas Hatcher William Woolley William Savile William Welby
Lincoln	Humphrey Walcot Original Peart
Boston	Sir Anthony Irby	.
Grantham	William Ellis
Stamford	John Weaver
Grimsby	William Wray
Constituency	Members	Notes
Middlesex	Colonel John Barkstead Sir William Roberts Chaloner Chute William Kiffen
Westminster	Colonel Edward Grosvenor Edward Cary
City of London	Thomas Foote Theophilus Biddulph Thomas Adams Richard Browne John Jones Sir Christopher Pack
Constituency	Members	Notes
Monmouthshire	Major General James Berry John Nicholas Nathaniel Waterhouse	Berry chose for Worcestershire – replaced by Edward Herbert
Constituency	Members	Notes
Norfolk	Sir John Hobart Charles Fleetwood Sir William D'Oyly Sir Ralph Hare, Bt Sir Horatio Townshend Robert Wilton Philip Wodehouse Robert Wood John Buxton Thomas Sotherton
Norwich	Bernard Church John Hobart
King's Lynn	Major-General Philip Skippon Major-General Desborough
Yarmouth	Charles George Cook William Burton
Constituency	Members	Notes
Northamptonshire	Sir Gilbert Pickering, Bt John Claypole William Boteler Sir James Langham, 2nd Baronet Thomas Crew, 2nd Baron Crew Alexander Blake
Peterborough	Francis St John Alexander Blake
Northampton	Francis Harvey
Constituency	Members	Notes
Northumberland	William Fenwick Robert Fenwick of Bedlington Thomas Widdrington
Newcastle	Walter Strickland
Berwick upon Tweed	George Fenwick
Constituency	Members	Notes
Nottinghamshire	Edward Cludd Major-General Edward Whalley Colonel Edward Neville Peniston Whalley
Nottingham	James Chadwick William Drury
Constituency	Members	Notes
Oxfordshire	Sir Robert Jenkinson, 1st Baronet Charles Fleetwood Sir Francis Norreys William Lenthall Miles Fleetwood
Oxford	Richard Croke
Oxford University	Nathaniel Fiennes
Woodstock	William Packer
Constituency	Members	Notes
Rutland	William Shield Sir Abel Barker, 1st Baronet
Constituency	Members	Notes
Shropshire	Thomas Mackworth Samuel More Andrew Lloyd Philip Young
Shrewsbury	Samuel Jones Humphrey Mackworth
Bridgnorth	Edmund Waring
Ludlow	John Aston
Constituency	Members	Notes
Somerset	John Buckland General John Desborough John Harrington John Ashe Robert Long Alexander Popham John Gorges Francis Luttrell Lislebone Long William Wyndham Francis Rolle
Bristol	Robert Aldworth John Dodderidge	Dodderidge sat for Devon. Replaced by Miles Jackson
Bath	James Ashe, Recorder
Wells	John Jenkyn
Taunton	Thomas Gorges Robert Blake
Bridgwater	Sir Thomas Wroth
Constituency	Members	Notes
Staffordshire	Sir Charles Wolseley, 2nd Baronet Thomas Crompton Thomas Whitgrave
Lichfield	Thomas Minors
Stafford	Martin Noel
Newcastle-under-Lyme	John Bowyer
Constituency	Members	Notes
Suffolk	Sir William Spring Sir Thomas Barnardiston Sir Henry Felton Henry North Edmund Harvey Edward Le Neve John Sicklemore William Bloys William Gibbes Robert Brewster Daniel Wall
Ipswich	Nathaniel Bacon Francis Bacon
Bury St Edmunds	Samuel Moody John Clarke
Dunwich	Francis Brewster
Sudbury	John Fothergill
Constituency	Members	Notes
Surrey	Sir Richard Onslow Arthur Onslow Francis Drake Lewis Audley George Duncombe John Blackwell
Southwark	Samuel Highland Peter De La Noy
Guildford	Colonel John Hewson
Reigate	Jerome Sankey
Constituency	Members	Notes
Sussex	Herbert Morley John Pelham John Fagg John Stapley Anthony Shirley George Courthope Sir Thomas Rivers, 2nd Baronet Sir Thomas Parker Samuel Gott
Chichester	Henry Peckham
Lewes	Anthony Stapley
East Grinstead	John Goodwin
Arundel	Sir John Trevor
Constituency	Members	Notes
Warwickshire	Richard Lucy Sir Roger Burgoyne Edward Peyto Joseph Hawksworth
Coventry	William Purefoy Robert Beake
Warwick	Clement Throckmorton
Constituency	Members	Notes
Westmoreland	Christopher Lister Thomas Burton
Constituency	Members	Notes
Wiltshire	Sir Anthony Ashley Cooper Alexander Popham Thomas Grove Alexander Thistlethwaite Sir Richard Howe, 2nd Baronet Sir Walter St John, 3rd Baronet John Bulkeley William Ludlow Henry Hungerford Gabriel Martin
Salisbury	William Stone Mayor of the City of New Sarum James Heeley of the said City Edward Tooker
Marlborough	Jeremy Sankey
Devizes	Edward Scotten
Constituency	Members	Notes
Worcestershire	Sir Thomas Rouse, 1st Baronet Edward Pytts Nicholas Lechmere John Nanfan James Berry
Worcester	William Collins Edmund Giles
Constituency	Members	Notes
Yorkshire	Sir William Strickland, 1st Baronet Hugh Bethell
West Riding	Henry Tempest John Lambert Edward Gill Henry Arthington Francis Thorpe John Stanhope
East Riding	Richard Darley Henry Darley
North Riding	Lord Eure Francis Lascelles Robert Lilburne Luke Robinson
York	Geldart Thomas Dickenson (Alderman)
Kingston upon Hull	William Lister
Beverley	Francis Thorpe Baron of the Exchequer	.
Scarborough	Edward Salmon
Richmond	John Bathurst
Leeds	Francis Alanson Adam Baynes
Halifax	Jeremy Bentley
Dover	Thomas Kelsey
Sandwich	James Thurbarne
Rye	William Hay
Constituency	Members	Notes
Anglesey	George Twisleton Griffith Bodwrda
Brecknockshire	Philip Jones Evan Lewis
Cardiganshire	James Philipps John Clark
Carmarthenshire	John Claypole Rowland Dawkins	Claypole chose for Northamptonshire – replaced by Robert Atkyns
Carnarvonshire	Henry Lawrence Robert Williams
Denbighshire	Col. John Jones Col. John Carter	Jones replaced by Lumley Thelwall
Flintshire	John Trevor John Glynne
Glamorgan	Edmund Thomas
Cardiff	John Price
Merioneth	Col. John Jones
Montgomeryshire	Hugh Pryce of Guernogo Charles Lloyd
Pembrokeshire	James Philipps Col. John Clark
Haverford West	John Upton
Radnorshire	George Gwynne Henry Williams
Constituency	Members	Notes
Sheriffdoms of Ross, Sutherland, and Cromarty.	Doctor Thomas Clarges
Sheriffdom of Inverness	Col. Thomas Fitch.
Sheriffdom of Bamff	Master Alexander Douglas
Sheriffdom of Aberdeen	Col. William Mitchel
Sheriffdoms of Forfar and Kinkardine	Col. David Barclay of Urre.
Sheriffdoms of Fife and Kinross	Sir John Wemys of Bongie
Sheriffdom of Perth	Sir Edward Rhodes, one of his Highness's Council
Sheriffdoms of Linlithgow, Stirling and Clackmannan	Master Godfrey Rhodes
Sheriffdoms of Dunbarton, Argyll, and Bute	Master John Lockhart, Brother-German to Col. Lockhart.
Sheriffdoms of Aire and Renfrew	William Lord Cochrane of Dundonald.
Sheriffdom of Lannerick	Col. William Lockhart.
Sheriffdom of Midlothian	Samuel Desborow
Sheriffdom of Merse	John Swinton of Swinton
Sheriffdom of Roxborough	Master Ker of Newton
Sheriffdoms of Selkirk and Peebles	Henry Whalley
Sheriffdom of Dumfries	George Smith
Sheriffdom of Wigton	Sir James Mac Dowel of Garthland.
Sheriffdom of East-Lothian	John, Earl of Tweeddale
Boroughs of Donnobb, Tayn, Inverness, Dingwell, Nairn, Elgin, and Farras,	Master Robert Wooseley, Commissary of Ayrshire.
Boroughs of Banff and Aberdeen,	Col. Stephen Winththrope
Boroughs of Forfar, Dundee, Arbroath, Montross, Brechin	Sir Alexander Wedderburn of Blackness, Clerk of Dundee.
Boroughs of Lithgow, Queens Ferry, Perth, Culross, and Stirling	Col. Henry Markham
Boroughs of St. Andrews, Dysart, Kirkaldy, Anstruther-East, Pittenween, Creel, Dumfermline Kinghorn, Anstruther-West, Innerleithing, Kilkenny, and Burnt-Island	Col. Nathaniel Whetham
City of Edinburgh	Lord Broghill Andrew Ramsay
Boroughs of Lannerick, Glasgow, Rutherglen, Rothsay, Renfrew, Ayre, Irwynn, and Dunbarton	George Terbrax
Boroughs of Dumfreize, Sanclare, Lochmaben, Annand, Wigton, Kirkudbright, Whithorn, and Galloway	Col. Salmon
Boroughs of Peebles, Selkirk, Jedburgh, Lauder, North Berwick, Dunbar, and Haddington	George Downing
Constituency	Members	Notes
Counties of Meath and Louth	Col. John Fowk, Governor of Drogheda William Aston
Counties of Kildare and Wicklow	Sir Hardress Waller Anthony Morgan
County of Dublin	John Bysse
City of Dublin	Richard Tighe
Counties of Catberlougb, Wexford, Kilkenny, and Queen's County	Thomas Sadler Daniel Redman
Counties of Westmeath, Longford, and King's County	Theophilus Jones Maj. Henry Owen
Counties of Down, Antrim, and Armagh	Col. Thomas Cooper Lt-Col James Trayle
Towns of Carrickfergus and Belfast	John Davis
Counties of Londonderry, Donegal, and Tyrone	Tristram Beresford Thomas Newburgh of Lifford in County Donegal
Towns of Derry and Coleraine	Ralph King
Counties of Cavan, Fermanagh, and Monaghan	Richard Blaney
Counties of Kerry, Limerick, and Clare	Major Gen. Sir Hardress Waller Col. Henry Ingoldsby
City and County of the City of Limerick and Kilmallock	Walter Waller
County of Cork	Roger Boyle Lord Baron of Broghill	Sat for Edinburgh
Towns of Cork and Youghal	Col. William Jephson
Towns of Bandon and Kinsale	Vincent Gookin
Counties of Tipperary and Waterford	John Reynolds Commissary-General [1] Daniel Abbot [1]
Cities of Waterford and Clonmel	William Halsey
Counties of Sligo, Roscommon, and Leitrim	Sir Robert King John Bridges
Counties of Galway and Mayo	Sir Charles Coote, Commissary-General Lt Col John Brett

See also

• List of MPs elected to the English parliament in 1654 (First Protectorate Parliament)
• List of MPs elected to the English parliament in 1659 (Third Protectorate Parliament)
• Second Protectorate Parliament

Notes

1. Willis 1750, p. 284.

References

• Brunton, D.; Pennington, D. H. (1954), Members of the Long Parliament, London: George Allen & Unwin
• Cobbett's Parliamentary history of England, from the Norman Conquest in 1066 to the year 1803, London: Thomas Hansard, 1808, archived from the original on 4 September 2015
• Willis, Browne (1750), 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.  272–284