Newport (Cornwall) (UK Parliament constituency)

Newport
Newport
Former Borough constituency; for the House of Commons
1529–1832
Seats	Two
Created from	Dunheved
Replaced by	Launceston

Newport was a rotten borough situated in Cornwall. It is now the suburb of Newport within the town of Launceston, which was itself also a parliamentary borough at the same period. It is also referred to as Newport Iuxta Launceston,^[1] to distinguish it from other constituencies named Newport.

History

From 1529 until it was abolished by the great reform act of 1832, Newport returned two Members of Parliament. Until the early 18th century, the right to vote was held by all inhabitants paying scot and lot, but subsequently it was converted to a burgage franchise, meaning that the right to vote was tied to ownership of certain properties within the borough, which could be bought and sold at will. This reduced the number of qualified voters: under the scot and lot qualification around 70 people had had the right to vote, but by 1831 the number was only about 12.

The borough had a population of 595 in 1831. The Lord of the Manor, owning extensive property within the borough and with the effective power of choosing both members of parliament, was the Duke of Northumberland.

By the Reform Act, Newport was abolished as a separate borough, but the boundaries of Launceston were extended to include Newport. As Launceston's representation was halved by the same measure, the combined borough was thereafter represented by a single MP whereas previously there had been four members.

Members of Parliament

1529–1629

Constituency created 1529

Parliament	First member	Second member
Parliament of 1529	Simon Mountford	William Harris ^[2]
Parliament of 1536	?
Parliament of 1539	?
Parliament of 1542	?
Parliament of 1545	Richard Grenville	Walter Skinner ^[2]
Parliament of 1547	Reginald Mohun	James Trewynnard ^[2]
First Parliament of 1553	Henry Killigrew	Francis Roscarrock
Second Parliament of 1553	William Smith	John Gayer
Parliament of Apr 1554	Roger Tavernor	Thomas Prideaux
Parliament of Nov 1554	Robert Monson	Robert Browne
Parliament of 1554/5	William Stourton	Robert Monson
Parliament of 1558	Thomas Hungate	Thomas Roper
Parliament of 1559	(Richard) Grenville	Thomas Hickes
Parliament of 1563-1567	George Basset	Ayshton Ayleworth
Parliament of 1571	Edward Holte	Robert Colshill
Parliament of 1572-1581	George Basset	William Marbury
Parliament of 1584-1585	Robert Mordaunt	Walter Covert
Parliament of 1586-1587	John Osborne	Edward Winter
Parliament of 1588-1589	William Cavendish	Daniel Rogers
Parliament of 1593	Richard Stephens	Emanuel Chamond
Parliament of 1597-1598	Morgan Coleman	Edward Lewknor
Parliament of 1601	Tobie Matthew	Sir John Leigh
Parliament of 1604-1611	Sir Robert Killigrew	Sir Edward Seymour
Addled Parliament (1614)	Thomas Trevor	Sir Thomas Cheek
Parliament of 1621-1622	Sir Robert Killigrew	Sir Edward Barrett
Happy Parliament (1624-1625)	Sir John Eliot	Richard Estcourt
Useless Parliament (1625)	Sir John Eliot	Ralph Speccot
Parliament of 1625-1626	Sir Henry Hungate	Thomas Williams, junior
Parliament of 1628-1629	Piers Edgcumbe	Sir William Killigrew^[3] Nicholas Trefusis
No Parliament summoned 1629-1640

1640–1832

Year	1st Member		1st Party	2nd Member		2nd Party
April 1640	rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:Roundhead/meta/color" \|	Nicholas Trefusis	Parliamentarian	style="background-color: Template:Roundhead/meta/color" \|	John Maynard ^[4]	Parliamentarian
1640	style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" \|	Nicholas Trefusis	Parliamentarian	Paul Speccot
November 1640	rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:Cavalier/meta/color" \|	Richard Edgcumbe	Royalist	style="background-color: Template:Roundhead/meta/color" \|	John Maynard ^[4]	Parliamentarian
December 1640	Seat left vacant after Maynard chose to sit for Totnes
January 1644	Seat left vacant after Maynard chose to sit for Totnes			Edgcumbe disabled from sitting - seat vacant
1647	style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" \|	Sir Philip Perceval (died November 1647)		style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" \|	Nicholas Leach (died May 1647)
1648	style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" \|	William Prynne		style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" \|	Alexander Pym
December 1648	Prynne excluded in Pride's Purge - seat vacant			Pym not recorded as sitting after Pride's Purge
1653	Newport was unrepresented in the Barebones Parliament and the First and Second Parliaments of the Protectorate
January 1659	style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" \|	Sir John Glanville		style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" \|	William Morice
May 1659	Not represented in the restored Rump
April 1660	rowspan="3" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" \|	Sir Francis Drake		style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" \|	William Morice^[5]
August 1660	style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" \|			Hon. Laurence Hyde
1661	rowspan="3" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" \|			John Speccot
1662	style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" \|	Piers Edgcumbe
1667	rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" \|	Nicholas Morice
1678	rowspan="4" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" \|	Nicholas Morice		Ambrose Manaton
February 1679	style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" \|	John Coryton
September 1679	style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" \|	William Coryton
1681	rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" \|	William Morice
1685	rowspan="4" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" \|	William Morice		John Speccot
1689	style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" \|	Sir William Morice
February 1690	style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" \|	The Viscount Newhaven
December 1690	rowspan="3" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" \|	John Morice
1695	style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" \|			The Viscount Newhaven
1698	rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" \|			John Granville
1699	rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" \|	Francis Stratford		John Granville
January 1701	style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" \|	Francis Stratford		John Prideaux
December 1701	style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" \|	William Pole		rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" \|	John Spark
1702	rowspan="7" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" \|	Sir Nicholas Morice			John Spark
1707	style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" \|			Sir John Pole
1708	style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" \|			Sir William Pole
1710	style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" \|			George Courtenay
1713	style="background-color: Template:Whigs (British political party)/meta/color" \|			Humphry Morice	Whig
April 1722	style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" \|			Sir William Pole^[6]
December 1722	rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" \|			John Morice
1726	rowspan="3" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" \|	Thomas Herbert		John Morice
1727	style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" \|			Sir William Morice
1734	rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" \|			Sir John Molesworth
1740	rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" \|	Nicholas Herbert		Sir John Molesworth
1741	style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" \|	Nicholas Herbert		Thomas Bury
1754	rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" \|	John Lee		style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" \|	Edward Bacon
1756	rowspan="5" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" \|	John Lee		Richard Bull
1761	style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" \|	William de Grey
1770	style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" \|	Richard Henry Alexander Bennet
October 1774	style="background-color: Template:Whigs (British political party)/meta/color" \|	Humphry Morice^[7]	Whig
December 1774	style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" \|	John Frederick
1780	style="background-color: Template:Whigs (British political party)/meta/color" \|	Viscount Maitland	Whig	rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" \|	John Coghill^[8]
1784	rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" \|	Sir John Riggs-Miller			John Coghill^[8]
1785	style="background-color: Template:Tories (British political party)/meta/color" \|	Sir John Riggs-Miller		William Mitford	Tory
1790	style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" \|	Viscount Feilding		style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" \|	Charles Rainsford
1796	rowspan="3" style="background-color: Template:Tories (British political party)/meta/color" \|	William Northey	Tory	style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" \|	Joseph Richardson
1803	style="background-color: Template:Whigs (British political party)/meta/color" \|			Edward Morris	Whig
1812	rowspan="5" style="background-color: Template:Tories (British political party)/meta/color" \|			Jonathan Raine	Tory
1826	style="background-color: Template:Tories (British political party)/meta/color" \|	Lord Charles Greatheed Bertie Percy	Tory
1829	style="background-color: Template:Tories (British political party)/meta/color" \|	William Vesey-Fitzgerald	Tory
July 1830	style="background-color: Template:Tories (British political party)/meta/color" \|	John Doherty^[9]	Tory
December 1830	rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:Tories (British political party)/meta/color" \|	Sir Henry Hardinge	Tory
1831	style="background-color: Template:Tories (British political party)/meta/color" \|	Sir Henry Hardinge	Tory	Viscount Grimston	Tory
1832	constituency abolished

Notes

^ Hasler 1981.
^ ^a ^b ^c "History of Parliament". Retrieved 2 November 2011.
^ Killigrew was also elected for Penryn, which he chose to represent, and never sat for Newport
^ ^a ^b Maynard was also elected for Totnes, which he chose to represent, and never sat for Newport
^ Morice was also elected for Plymouth, which he chose to represent, and did not sit again for Newport
^ Pole was also elected for Honiton, which he chose to represent, and never sat for Newport
^ Morice was also elected for Launceston, which he chose to represent, and never sat for Newport
^ Created a baronet as Sir John Coghill in March 1781
^ Appointed judge and resigned, December 1830. Replaced by Sir Henry Hardinge

References

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J. E. Neale, The Elizabethan House of Commons (London: Jonathan Cape, 1949)
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 F. W. S. Craig - Chichester: Parliamentary Reference Publications, 1973)
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. p. 1.
Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "N" (part 1)