List of members nominated to the English parliament in 1653

This is a list of members of Parliament nominated to the English parliament convened by Oliver Cromwell in 1653.

This Parliament was called the "Little Parliament", as no burgesses (representatives of cities and boroughs) were summoned to it except from the City of London. It did however include a small number of representatives for Scotland and Ireland. Given its skeletal nature, it was nicknamed the Barebone's Parliament after Praise-God Barebone one of the representatives for the City of London. The parliament first met on 5 July 1653 and sat until 12 December 1653.

List of constituencies and members

This list contains details of the members nominated by Oliver Cromwell and the Army Council in 1653. There were no elections.

ConstituencyMembersNotes Bedfordshire Nathaniel Taylor Edward Cater. Berkshire Samuel Dunch Vincent Goddard Thomas Wood. Buckinghamshire George Fleetwood George Baldwin. Cambridgeshire John Sadler Thomas French Robert Castle Samuel Warner. Cheshire Robert Duckenfield Henry Birkenhead. Cornwall Robert BennetFrancis LangdonAnthony RousJohn Bawden. Cumberland Robert Fenwick. listed under "Four Northern Counties" Derbyshire Gervase Bennet Nathaniel Barton. Devon General-at-sea George Monck John Carew Thomas Saunders Christopher Martyn James Erisey Francis RousRous was appointed Speaker monthly . Richard Sweet. Dorset William Sydenham John Bingham. Durham Henry Dawson.Dawson or Davison . Essex Joachim Matthews Henry Barrington John Brewster Christopher Earl Dudley Templer. Gloucestershire John Crofts William Neast Robert Holmes.Hampshire See Southampton (below) Herefordshire Wroth Rogers John Herring. Hertfordshire Henry Lawrence William Reeve. Huntingdonshire Edward Montagu Stephen Pheasant. Kent Viscount Lisle Thomas Blount William Kenrick William Cullen Andrew Broughton. Lancashire William West John Sawry Robert Cunliffe. Leicestershire Henry Danvers Edward Smith John Prat. Lincolnshire Sir William Brownlow Richard Cust Barnaby Bowtel Humphrey Walcot William Thompson. Middlesex Sir William RobertsAugustine WingfieldArthur Squib. City of London Robert TichborneJohn IretonSamuel Moyer John Langley John Stone Henry BartonPraise-God Barebone. Monmouthshire Philip Jones. Norfolk Robert JermyTobias FrereRalph WolmerHenry KingWilliam Burton. Northamptonshire Sir Gilbert PickeringBt Thomas Brooke. Northumberland Henry Ogle. Nottinghamshire John Oddingsels Edward Cludd. Oxfordshire Sir Charles WolseleyWilliam DraperDr Jonathan Goddard. Rutland Edward Horseman. Shropshire William Bottrell Thomas Baker. Somerset General-at-sea Robert Blake John Pine Dennis Hollister Henry Henley. County of Southampton Richard Norton Richard MajorJohn Hildesley. Staffordshire George BellotJohn Chetwood. Suffolk Jacob CaleyFrancis BrewsterRobert Dunken John ClarkeEdward Plumstead. Surrey Samuel HighlandLaurence March. Sussex Anthony StapleyWilliam SpenceNathaniel Studeley. Warwickshire John St NicholasRichard Lucy. Westmoreland Major-General Charles Howard. Wiltshire Sir Anthony Ashley CooperNicholas GreenThomas Eyre. Worcestershire Richard Salwey John James. Yorkshire Lord Eure Walter Strickland Francis Lascelles John Anlaby Thomas Dickenson Thomas St. Nicholas Roger Coats Edward Gill.Wales Bussy Mansell James Philipps John Williams Hugh Courtenay Richard Price John Brown.Scotland Sir James HopeAlexander Brodie (nominated but did not take his seat) Alison G. Muir, ‘Brodie, Alexander, of Brodie, Lord Brodie (1617–1680)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 accessed 16 Aug 2017John SwintonWilliam LockhartAlexander Jaffrays. IrelandSir Robert KingColonel John HewsonColonel Henry CromwellColonel John ClarkDaniel Hutchinson (Alderman)Vincent Gookin. NominatedLord General Oliver Cromwell Major-General Lambert Major-General Harrison Major-General Desborough Colonel Matthew Tomlinson.

Total of 140 (England and Wales 129, Scotland 5, Ireland 6), with an additional six nominated by the assembly.Sources vary slightly: Total 144: made up of 128 members from England and Wales, and for Scotland and Ireland (and additional nominations) 16 Total 144 . "From the names submitted, the Council chose 140 members: 129 for England, 5 for Scotland, and 6 for Ireland" . This number excludes the additional nominated members but includes an additional English MP.

See also

Barebone's Parliament

Notes

References

Further reading