# List of MPs elected to the English parliament in 1656

Parliaments of England :
Predecessors   Witenagemot 7th – 11th centuries   Curia regis 1066 – c. 1215 :
Henry III   1st 1237   2nd 1242   3rd 1244   4th 1246   3rd 1247   4th 1248   Unnumbered 1251   5th 1252   6th 1253   7th 1254   8th 1255   9th 1258   10th "Oxford/Mad" 1258   11th "Simon de Montfort" 1265 :
Edward I   "Model" 1295 :
Edward II   "Westminster" 1327 :
Edward III   "Good" 1376   "Bad" 1377 :
Richard II   "Wonderful" 1386   "Merciless" 1388 :
Henry IV   "Convention" 1399   "Unlearned" 1404 :
Henry V   "Fire and Faggot" 1414 :
Henry VI   "Bats" 1426   "Devils" 1459 :
Edward IV :
Richard III :
Henry VII :
Henry VIII   "Reformation" 1529–1536 :
Edward VI :
Mary I   1st 1553   2nd 1554   3rd 1554–1555   4th 1555   5th 1558 :
Elizabeth I   1st 1559   2nd 1563–1567   3rd 1571   4th 1572–1583   5th 1584–1585   6th 1586–1587   7th 1589   8th 1593   9th 1597–1598   10th 1601 :
James I  1st "Blessed" 1604  2nd "Addled" 1614  3rd 1621  4th 1624 :
Charles I  1st "Useless" 1625  2nd 1626  3rd 1628  4th "Short" Apr 1640  5th "Long (1) Nov 1640  Oxford/Mongrel 1644 :
Revolution and Commonwealth  1st "Long (2) 1645  2nd "Rump (1)" 1648  3rd "Barebone's/Little/Nominated Assembly/Saints" 1653 :
Protectorate  1st 1654  2nd 1656  3rd 1659  4th "Rump (2)" 1659 :
Commonwealth  1st "Rump (3)" 1659  2nd "Long (3)" 1660 :
Charles II  1st "Convention (1)" 1660  2nd "Cavalier" 1661  3rd "Habeas Corpus/First Exclusion" 1679  4th "Exclusion Bill/Second Exclusion" 1680  5th "Oxford/Third Exclusion" 1681 :
James II  "Loyal" 1685 :
William III and Mary II  1st "Convention (2)" 1689  2nd 1690  3rd 1695  4th 1698  5th Feb 1701  6th Dec 1701 :
Anne  1st 1702  2nd 1705 :
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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

Bedfordshire :
| Constituency | Members | Notes |
| Bedfordshire | Sir William Boteler John Harvey Richard Wagstaffe Richard Edwards Samuel Bedford | |
| Bedford | Thomas Margets | |
| Berkshire |||
| Constituency | Members | Notes |
| Berkshire | William Trumball Edmund Dunch William Hide John Dunch John Southby | . |
| Abingdon | Thomas Holt | |
| Reading | Daniel Blagrave | |
| Buckinghamshire |||
| 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 | |
| Cambridgeshire |||
| 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 | |
| Cheshire |||
| Constituency | Members | Notes |
| Cheshire | Richard Legh George Booth Peter Brooke Thomas Marbury | |
| City of Chester | Edward Bradshaw | |
| Cornwall |||
| 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 | |
| Cumberland |||
| Constituency | Members | Notes |
| Cumberland | Major General Charles Howard Colonel William Briscoe | |
| Carlisle | George Downing | |
| Derbyshire |||
| Constituency | Members | Notes |
| Derbyshire | Samuel Sleigh Thomas Sanders German Pole John Gell | |
| Derby | Gervase Bennet | |
| Devon |||
| 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 | |
| Dorset |||
| 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 | |
| Durham |||
| Constituency | Members | Notes |
| County Durham | Thomas Lilburne James Clavering | |
| City of Durham | Anthony Smith, Mercer. | |
| Essex |||
| 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 | |
| Gloucestershire |||
| 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 | |
| Hampshire |||
| 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 | . |
| Herefordshire |||
| Constituency | Members | Notes |
| Herefordshire | James Berry (Major-General) Edward Harley Bennet Hoskyns Benjamin Mason | |
| Hereford | Wroth Rogers | |
| Leominster | John Birch | |
| Hertfordshire |||
| 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 | |
| Huntingdonshire |||
| Constituency | Members | Notes |
| Huntingdonshire | General Edward Montague Henry Cromwell Nicholas Pedley | |
| Huntingdon | John Bernard | |
| Kent (see also Cinque Ports) |||
| 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 | |
| Lancashire |||
| 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 | |
| Leicestershire |||
| Constituency | Members | Notes |
| Leicestershire | Thomas Beaumont Francis Hacker of Okeham William Quarks Thomas Pochin | |
| Leicester | Sir Arthur Hesilrige William Stanley | |
| Lincolnshire |||
| 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 | |
| Middlesex |||
| 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 | |
| Monmouthshire |||
| Constituency | Members | Notes |
| Monmouthshire | Major General James Berry John Nicholas Nathaniel Waterhouse | Berry chose for Worcestershire – replaced by Edward Herbert |
| Norfolk |||
| 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 | |
| Northamptonshire |||
| 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 | |
| Northumberland |||
| Constituency | Members | Notes |
| Northumberland | William Fenwick Robert Fenwick of Bedlington Thomas Widdrington | |
| Newcastle | Walter Strickland | |
| Berwick upon Tweed | George Fenwick | |
| Nottinghamshire |||
| Constituency | Members | Notes |
| Nottinghamshire | Edward Cludd Major-General Edward Whalley Colonel Edward Neville Peniston Whalley | |
| Nottingham | James Chadwick William Drury | |
| Oxfordshire |||
| 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 | |
| Rutland |||
| Constituency | Members | Notes |
| Rutland | William Shield Sir Abel Barker, 1st Baronet | |
| Salop |||
| Constituency | Members | Notes |
| Shropshire | Thomas Mackworth Samuel More Andrew Lloyd Philip Young | |
| Shrewsbury | Samuel Jones Humphrey Mackworth | |
| Bridgnorth | Edmund Waring | |
| Ludlow | John Aston | |
| Somerset |||
| 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 | |
| Staffordshire |||
| Constituency | Members | Notes |
| Staffordshire | Sir Charles Wolseley, 2nd Baronet Thomas Crompton Thomas Whitgrave | |
| Lichfield | Thomas Minors | |
| Stafford | Martin Noel | |
| Newcastle-under-Lyme | John Bowyer | |
| Suffolk |||
| 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 | |
| Surrey |||
| 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 | |
| Sussex |||
| 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 | |
| Warwickshire |||
| Constituency | Members | Notes |
| Warwickshire | Richard Lucy Sir Roger Burgoyne Edward Peyto Joseph Hawksworth | |
| Coventry | William Purefoy Robert Beake | |
| Warwick | Clement Throckmorton | |
| Westmorland |||
| Constituency | Members | Notes |
| Westmoreland | Christopher Lister Thomas Burton | |
| Wiltshire |||
| 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 | |
| Worcestershire |||
| Constituency | Members | Notes |
| Worcestershire | Sir Thomas Rouse, 1st Baronet Edward Pytts Nicholas Lechmere John Nanfan James Berry | |
| Worcester | William Collins Edmund Giles | |
| Yorkshire |||
| 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 | |
| Cinque Ports |||
| Dover | Thomas Kelsey | |
| Sandwich | James Thurbarne | |
| Rye | William Hay | |
| Wales |||
| 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 | |
| Scotland |||
| 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 Dornoch, 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 | |
| Ireland |||
| 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 Daniel Abbot | |
| 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 | |