Shropshire (UK Parliament constituency)

Shropshire / Salop
Former County constituency
for the House of Commons
1290–1832
Number of members two
Replaced by North Shropshire and South Shropshire

Shropshire (a.k.a. Salop) is a former United Kingdom Parliamentary constituency. It was a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of England, then of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1707 to 1800, and of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1801 to 1832. It was represented by two Knights of the Shire. It was divided between the constituencies of North Shropshire and South Shropshire in 1832.

Members of Parliament

  • Constituency created (1290)

MPs 1290–1653

ParliamentFirst memberSecond member
1298Sir Peter de Eyton
1298William de Hodnet
1301Sir Peter de Eyton
1305Sir Richard de Harley
1307? Ludlow
1309Roger Corbet of Caus
1312–1318Robert de Leighton
1320Sir William de Sondford, Kt
1328? Ludlow
1337? Hopton
1361? Ludlow
1364? Hopton
1369–1383Brian Cornwall (6 times)
1371–1382Sir Robert Kendale (5 times)
1373? Ludlow
1377? Ludlow
1377Sir William Chetwynd
1378Edward Acton
1380Sir Peter Carswell
1382Sir Peter Carswell
1382 (Oct)Edward Acton|
1384 (Apr)Edward Acton
1384 (Nov)Edward Acton
1385Thomas Lee of South Bache in DiddleburySir William Hugford
1386Edward ActonHamon Peshale[1]
1388 (Feb)Sir William HugfordSir Richard Ludlow[1]
1388 (Sep)Edward ActonSir Hugh Cheyne[1]
1390 (Jan)Thomas Lee of South Bache in DiddleburySir Richard Ludlow[1]
1390 (Nov)Thomas WhittonSir Richard Ludlow[1]
1391Sir Hugh CheyneSir Roger Corbet[1]
1393John DarrasSir William Hugford[1]
1394Sir Adam PeshaleSir William Hugford[1]
1395John LongfordThomas Young[1]
1397 (Jan)William Lee IFulk Sprenghose[1]
1397 (Sep)Richard ChelmswickSir Fulk Pembridge[1]
1399John BurleyThomas Young[1]
1401John BurleySir Hugh Cheyne[1]
1402Sir John CornwallSir Adam Peshale[1]
1404 (Jan)John BurleyGeorge Hawkstone[1]
1404 (Oct)John BurleyJohn Darras[1]
1406David HolbacheThomas Whitton[1]
1407Sir John CornwallDavid Holbache[1]
1410John BurleyDavid Holbache[1]
1411John BurleySir Adam Peshale[1]
1413 (Feb)
1413 (May)Robert CorbetRichard Lacon[1]
1414 (Apr)David HolbacheJohn Wele[1]
1414 (Nov)David HolbacheRichard Lacon[1]
1415Hugh BurghGeorge Hawkstone[1]
1416 (Mar)Hugh BurghEdward Sprenghose[1]
1416 (Oct)
1417William BurleyRichard Fox[1]
1419William BurleyRobert Corbet[1]
1420William BurleyJohn Wynnesbury[1]
1421 (May)William BurleyHugh Burgh[1]
1421 (Dec)Sir Richard LaconJohn Stapleton[1]
1422William BurleyHugh Burgh
1423Sir Richard Lacon
1425William BurleyHugh Burgh
1427William Burley
1429William BurleyRoger Corbet (died 1430)[2]
1431William BurleySir Richard Lacon
1432William BurleyJohn Wynnesbury
1433William BurleySir Richard Lacon
1437William Burley
1439William Burley
1442William Burley
1445William Burley
1449 (Nov)William Burley
1450William Burley
1455William Burley
1485Sir Thomas Leighton
1491Sir Gilbert TalbotSir Richard Corbet[3]
1510–1523No names known[4]
1529Sir Thomas CornwallJohn Blount[4]
1536Richard Trentham?[4]
1539Richard MyttonJohn Corbet[4]
1542
1545Sir George BlountRichard Mytton[4]
1547Sir George BlountRichard Newport[4]
1553 (Mar)Richard MyttonThomas Vernon[4]
1553 (Oct)Richard MyttonEdward Leighton[4]
1554 (Apr)William CharltonFrancis Kynaston[4]
1554 (Nov)Richard MyttonWilliam Gatacre[4]
1555Sir Andrew CorbetSir Henry Stafford[4]
1558Richard CorbetThomas Fermor[4]
1559 (Jan)Sir Andrew CorbetSir Arthur Mainwaring[5]
1562–1563Richard Corbet, died
and replaced 1566 by
Robert Corbet
Sir Edward Leighton[5]
1571Sir George BlountGeorge Bromley[5]
1572 (Apr)George BromleyGeorge Mainwaring[5]
1584 (Nov)Walter LevesonFrancis Bromley[5]
1586 (Oct)Richard Corbet IIWalter Leveson[5]
1588 (Nov)(Sir) Walter LevesonRichard Leveson[5]
1593Francis Newport IISir Robert Needham[5]
1597 (Sep)Sir Henry BromleyThomas Leighton[5]
1601 (Sep)John EgertonRoger Owen[5]
1604Sir Richard LevesonSir Robert Needham
1606Sir Roger OwenSir Robert Needham
1614Sir Roger OwenSir Richard Newport
1621Sir Robert VernonSir Francis Kynaston [6]
1624Sir Richard NewportSir Andrew Corbet
1625Sir Richard NewportSir Andrew Corbet
1626Sir Rowland CottonSir Richard Leveson
1628Sir Richard NewportSir Andrew Corbet
1629–1640No Parliaments convened
1640 (Apr)William PierrepontSir Vincent Corbet, 1st Baronet
1640 (Nov)Sir Richard Lee, 2nd Baronet, disabled Sep 1642Sir Richard Newport. ennobled 1642
1645Sir John Corbet, 1st Baronet, of Stoke upon TernHumphrey Edwards
1648Humphrey Edwardsone member only
1653William BottrellThomas Baker

MPs 1654–1660

ParliamentFirst memberSecond memberThird memberFourth member
1654Humphrey Mackworth snr.Thomas MyttonRobert CorbetPhilip Young
1658Thomas MackworthSamuel MoreAndrew LloydPhilip Young
1659Thomas MackworthPhilip Youngtwo members only

MPS 1660–1832

YearFirst memberFirst partySecond memberSecond party
1660 Sir William Whitmore, 2nd Baronet Henry Vernon
1661 Sir Francis Lawley Sir Richard Ottley
1670 Hon. Richard NewportWhig
1679 Sir Vincent Corbet, 2nd Baronet
1681 William Leveson-Gower
1685 Edward Kynaston John Walcot
1689 Hon. Richard NewportWhig
1698 Sir Edward Leighton
1699 Robert Lloyd
Jan. 1701 Sir Humphrey Briggs
Dec. 1701 Richard Corbet
1702 Roger Owen
1705 Sir Robert Corbet Robert Lloyd
1708 Lord Newport
1710 John Kynaston Robert Lloyd
1713 Lord Newport
1715 Sir Robert Corbet
1722 John Kynaston Robert Lloyd
1727 John Walcot William Lacon Childe
1734 Sir John Astley Corbet Kynaston
1740 Richard Lyster
1766 Charles Baldwyn
1772 Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn
1774 Noel Hill
1780 Sir Richard Hill
1784 John Kynaston[7]
1806 John Cotes
1821 Rowland Hill[8]
1822 John Cressett-Pelham
  • Constituency abolished (1832)

Elections

See also

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 Woodger, L. S. (1993). "Shropshire". In Clark, Linda; Rawcliffe, Carole; Roskell, J. S. The House of Commons 1386-1421. The History of Parliament Trust.
  2. Woodger, L. S. (1993). "Corbet, Roger (d. 1430)". In Clark, Linda; Rawcliffe, Carole; Roskell, J. S. The House of Commons 1386-1421. The History of Parliament Trust.
  3. Cavill, P. R. (2009). The English Parliaments of Henry VII 1485-1504. Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780191610264.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Fuidge, N. M. (1982). "Shropshire". In Bindoff, S. T. The House of Commons 1509-1558. The History of Parliament Trust.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Hasler, P. W. (1981). "Shropshire". In Hasler, P. W. The House of Commons 1558-1603. The History of Parliament Trust.
  6.  Bradley, Emily Tennyson (1892). "Kynaston, Francis". In Lee, Sidney. Dictionary of National Biography. 31. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
  7. Assumed surname of Powell in 1797. Created a Baronet in 1818.
  8. Styled Sir Rowland Hill, Bt, from 1824.

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