Great Bedwyn (UK Parliament constituency)
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| Great Bedwyn | |
|---|---|
| Former Borough constituency | |
| for the House of Commons | |
| 1295–1832 | |
| Number of members | Two |
Great Bedwyn was a parliamentary borough in Wiltshire, which elected two Members of Parliament (MPs) to the House of Commons from 1295 until 1832, when the borough was abolished by the Great Reform Act.
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[edit] Members of Parliament
[edit] 1295–1640
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| Parliament | First member | Second member |
|---|---|---|
| 1295 | Sir William Russell (d.1311), Lord of Yaverland[1] | |
| 1386 | John Combe | William Bailiff [2] |
| 1388 (Feb) | ||
| 1388 (Sep) | ||
| 1390 (Jan) | John Combe | William Plomer [2] |
| 1399 | Thomas Smith | Geoffrey Mauncell [2] |
| 1420 | John Benger | John Everard [2] |
| 1421 (May) | ||
| 1421 (Dec) | Thomas Hussey | Maurice Hommedieux [2] |
| 1449 | Sir Thomas Malory | |
| 1510–1523 | No names known[3] | |
| 1529 | William Newdigate died and replaced 1532/3 by ?Thomas Polsted |
John Berwick [3] |
| 1536 | ? | |
| 1539 | ? | |
| 1542 | ? | |
| 1545 | John Winchcombe alias Smallwood | John Seymour [3] |
| 1547 | Anthony Browne | Robert Pagman [3] |
| 1553 (Mar) | ? | |
| 1553 (Oct) | Richard Fulmerston | John Hungerford [3] |
| 1554 (Apr) | Richard Fulmerston | Sir Edmund Rous [3] |
| 1554 (Nov) | Richard Fulmerston | Edward Hungerford [3] |
| 1555 | Henry Clifford | David Seymour [3] |
| 1558 | John Temple | George Hidden [3] |
| 1559 | Francis Newdigate | Henry Clifford[4] |
| 1562/3 | John Thynne | Stephen Hales [4] |
| 1571 | Nicholas St John | Thomas Blagrave [4] |
| 1572 | Simon Bowyer | George Ireland [4] |
| 1584 | Richard Wheler | Roger Puleston [4] |
| 1586 | Richard Wheler | Roger Puleston [4] |
| 1588 | John Seymour | Henry Ughtred [4] |
| 1593 | Thomas Hungerford | James Kirton [4] |
| 1597 | Sir Anthony Hungerford | Francis Castilian |
| 1601 | Sir Anthony Hungerford | Levinus Munck |
| 1604–1611 | John Rodney | Sir Anthony Hungerford |
| 1614 | Robert Hyde | Sir Giles Mompesson |
| 1621–1622 | Sir Francis Popham | Sir Giles Mompesson |
| 1624 | Hugh Crompton | William Cholmley |
| 1625 | Sir John Brooke | William Cholmley |
| 1626-? | John Selden | Sir Maurice Berkeley |
| 1628 | Edward Kyrton | Sir John Trevor |
| 1629–1640 | No Parliaments summoned | |
[edit] 1640–1832
Notes
- ^ Wiffen, J.H. Historical Memoirs of the House of Russell, 1884, vol.1, pp.127–131. The Russell family, of Kingston Russell, Dorset, held the manor of Little Bedwyn
- ^ a b c d e "History of Parliament". History of Parliament Trust. http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1386-1421/constituencies/great-bedwyn. Retrieved 2011-10-23.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i "History of Parliament". History of Parliament Trust. http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1509-1558/constituencies/great-bedwyn. Retrieved 2011-10-23.
- ^ a b c d e f g h "History of Parliament". History of Parliament Trust. http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1558-1603/constituencies/great-bedwyn. Retrieved 2011-10-23.
- ^ Byng was also elected for Plymouth, which he chose to represent, and never sat for Great Bedwyn
- ^ Bruce was re-elected in 1710, but had also been elected for Marlborough, which he chose to represent, and did not sit again for Great Bedwyn
- ^ On petition, Pauncefort was found not to have been duly elected and was taken into custody by order of the House of Commons for bribery and corruption at his election
- ^ On petition (in a dispute over the franchise), Lewisham was declared not to have been duly elected
- ^ Brudenell was also elected for Marlborough, which he chose to represent, and did not sit in this Parliament for Great Bedwyn
- ^ Styled The Hon. John Wodehouse from October 1797
[edit] References
- Robert Beatson, A Chronological Register of Both Houses of Parliament (London: Longman, Hurst, Res & Orme, 1807) [1]
- D Brunton & D H Pennington, Members of the Long Parliament (London: George Allen & Unwin, 1954)
- Cobbett's Parliamentary history of England, from the Norman Conquest in 1066 to the year 1803 (London: Thomas Hansard, 1808) [2]
- J Holladay Philbin, Parliamentary Representation 1832 – England and Wales (New Haven: Yale University Press, 1965)
- Henry Stooks Smith, The Parliaments of England from 1715 to 1847 (2nd edition, edited by FWS Craig – Chichester: Parliamentary Reference Publications, 1973)
- Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "G" (part 2)[self-published source?][better source needed]
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