# List of MPs elected to the English parliament in 1597

Parliaments of England 1558–1601 :
| Parliament | Date |
| 1st Parliament of Elizabeth I | 1558/9 |
| 2nd Parliament of Elizabeth I | 1562/3 |
| 3rd Parliament of Elizabeth I | 1571 |
| 4th Parliament of Elizabeth I | 1572 |
| 5th Parliament of Elizabeth I | 1584 |
| 6th Parliament of Elizabeth I | 1586 |
| 7th Parliament of Elizabeth I | 1589 |
| 8th Parliament of Elizabeth I | 1593 |
| 9th Parliament of Elizabeth I | 1597 |
| 10th Parliament of Elizabeth I | 1601 |
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This is a list of members of Parliament (MPs) elected to the 9th Parliament of Elizabeth I in 1597, the 39th year of her reign: the Parliament met on 24 October 1597 and was held to 9 February 1598 when it was dissolved.

## List of constituencies and members

Bedfordshire :
| Constituency | Members | Notes |
| Bedfordshire | Hon. Oliver St John Sir Edward Radclyffe | |
| Bedford | Humphrey Winche Oliver Luke | |
| Berkshire |||
| Constituency | Members | Notes |
| Berkshire | Sir Henry Norreys Francis Knollys | |
| Windsor | Julius Caesar John Norreys | |
| Reading | Francis Moore Sir Humphrey Forster | |
| Wallingford | Thomas Fortescue Owen Oglethorpe | |
| Abingdon | Francis Little | |
| Buckinghamshire |||
| Constituency | Members | Notes |
| Buckinghamshire | Sir John Fortescue Francis Goodwin | |
| Buckingham | Edward Carey Francis Fortescue | |
| Wycombe | William Fortescue John Tasburgh | |
| Aylesbury | Thomas Tasburgh Thomas Smythe | |
| Cambridgeshire |||
| Constituency | Members | Notes |
| Cambridgeshire | Sir Henry North William Hynde | |
| Cambridge | Robert Wallis John Yaxley | |
| Cheshire |||
| Constituency | Members | Notes |
| Cheshire | Sir William Brereton Thomas Egerton | |
| City of Chester | Peter Warburton William Brock | |
| Cornwall |||
| Constituency | Members | Notes |
| Cornwall | William Killigrew Jonathan Trelawny | |
| Launceston | Herbert Croft ? | |
| Liskeard | Henry Neville Edward Trelawny | |
| Lostwithiel | William Cornwallis John Cooke | |
| Truro | Maurice Berkeley Reade Stafford | |
| Bodmin | Sir Bernard Grenville John Herbert | |
| Helston | William Cooke Nicholas Saunders | |
| Saltash | Gregory Downhall Ellis Wynn | |
| Westlow | Robert Hitcham Sir Henry Lennard | |
| Grampound | John Leigh Robert Newdigate | |
| Eastlow | Ambrose Bellot Robert Gawdy | |
| Camelford | Jerome Horsey Henry Carnesewe | |
| Penryn | James Killegrew Edward Jones | |
| Tregoney | Sir Edward Denny Henry Birde | |
| St Ives | Noel Sotherton Vincent Skinner | |
| Mitchel | John Arundell John Carew | |
| Bossiney | Thomas Harris Sir Edward Denny | |
| Fowey | John Rashleigh Thomas Treffry | |
| St Germans | Robert Hatchman John Chamberlain | |
| St Mawes | Michael Vyvyan Richard Orver | |
| Newport | Morgan Coleman Edward Lewknor | |
| Callington | Henry Ferrers John Egerton | |
| Cumberland |||
| Constituency | Members | Notes |
| Cumberland | Joseph Pennington (MP) Christopher Pickering | |
| Carlisle | Henry Scrope Thomas Sandford | |
| Derbyshire |||
| Constituency | Members | Notes |
| Derbyshire | Thomas Gresley John Harpur | |
| Derby | Henry Duport Robert Stringer | |
| Devon |||
| Constituency | Members | Notes |
| Devon | William Strode Amias Bampfield | |
| Exeter | John Hele William Martin | |
| Totnes | Edward Giles Christopher Buggin | |
| Barnstaple | Thomas Hinson George Peard | |
| Plymouth | Warwick Hele William Stallenger | |
| Plympton Erle | George Southcote Edward Hancock | |
| Tavistock | Edward Montagu Valentine Knightley | |
| Bere Alston | Sir Jocelyn Blount George Crooke | |
| Clifton Dartmouth Hardness | John Osborne William Bastard | |
| Dorset |||
| Constituency | Members | Notes |
| Dorset | Sir Ralph Horsey Sir Walter Raleigh | |
| Dorchester | Robert Ashley Richard Wright | |
| Poole | Roger Mawdeley Edward Man | |
| Shaftesbury | John Budden John Davies | |
| Weymouth | Richard Swayne Francis Leigh | |
| Melcombe Regis | John Mockett John Brooke | |
| Lyme Regis | Richard Tichborne Christopher Ellesdon | |
| Wareham | John Frankland Sampson Hussey | |
| Bridport | Lewison Fitzjames Adrian Gilbert | |
| Corfe Castle | ? ? | |
| Essex |||
| Constituency | Members | Notes |
| Essex | William Petre John Wentworth | |
| Colchester | Robert Barker Richard Symnell | |
| Maldon | Thomas Harris William Wiseman | |
| Gloucestershire |||
| Constituency | Members | Notes |
| Gloucestershire | John Tracy Sir John Hungerford | |
| Gloucester | Luke Garnons William Oldsworth | |
| Cirencester | Henry Poole James Wroughton | |
| Hampshire |||
| Constituency | Members | Notes |
| Hampshire | Thomas Fleming Richard Mill | |
| Winchester | William Badger John Moore | |
| Southampton | William Wallop Francis Bacon | Bacon sat for Ipswich, replaced by Sir Oliver Lambert |
| Portsmouth | William Greene Thomas Thorney | |
| Petersfield | Wiliam Kingswell Thomas Hanbury | |
| Yarmouth | Benedict Barnham John Snow | |
| Newport | Richard James William Cotton | |
| Newtown | Sylvanus Scory Thomas Crompton | |
| Lymington | Thomas West Henry Wallop | |
| Christchurch | Simon Willis Andrew Rogers | |
| Stockbridge | Miles Sandys Mark Steward | |
| Whitchurch | Thomas Henshaw Richard Carey | |
| Andover | Edward Reynolds Edward Phelips | |
| Herefordshire |||
| Constituency | Members | Notes |
| Herefordshire | Sir Thomas Coningsby Sir John Scudamore | |
| Hereford | Gregory Price Anthony Pembridge | |
| Leominster | Thomas Crompton John Creswell | |
| Hertfordshire |||
| Constituency | Members | Notes |
| Hertfordshire | Sir Robert Cecil Rowland Lytton | |
| St Albans | Henry Maynard Humphrey Coningsby | |
| Huntingdonshire |||
| Constituency | Members | Notes |
| Huntingdonshire | Sir Gervase Clifton Oliver Cromwell | |
| Huntingdon | Richard Cromwell Robert Cooke | |
| Kent |||
| Constituency | Members | Notes |
| Kent | Sir Robert Sidney Sir William Brooke | Brooke killed in duel, 1597 and replaced in 1598 by Percival Hart |
| Canterbury | John Boys Sir Henry Finch | |
| Rochester | Sir Edward Hoby (Sir) Thomas Walsingham (elder) | |
| Queenborough | Sir George Carew Michael Sondes | |
| Maidstone | Sir Thomas Fludde Sir John Leveson | |
| Lancashire |||
| Constituency | Members | Notes |
| Lancashire | Thomas Gerard Robert Hesketh | |
| Preston | John Brograve Sir John Stanhope | |
| Lancaster | Sir Thomas Hesketh Edward Hubberd | |
| Newton | William Cope Geoffrey Osbaldeston | |
| Wigan | Edward Legh Nicholas Smyth | |
| Clitheroe | William Holte George Rotheram | |
| Liverpool | Thomas Gerard Peter Probie | |
| Leicestershire |||
| Constituency | Members | Notes |
| Leicestershire | Sir Edward Hastings Sir Francis Hastings | |
| Leicester | George Parkins John Stanford | |
| Lincolnshire |||
| Constituency | Members | Notes |
| Lincolnshire | Thomas Monson William Pelham | |
| Lincoln | Thomas Grantham George Anton | |
| Boston | Anthony Irby Richard Stevenson | |
| Grimsby | Thomas Hatcliffe Thomas Ellis | |
| Stamford | Sir Robert Wingfield Thomas Balgaye | |
| Grantham | Thomas Horsman Francis Neale | |
| Middlesex |||
| Constituency | Members | Notes |
| Middlesex | Sir Robert Wroth John Peyton | |
| Westminster | Thomas Knyvet Thomas Cole | Cole died - replaced by Anthony Mildmay |
| City of London | Sir John Hart John Croke Thomas Fettiplace George Southerton | |
| Monmouthshire |||
| Constituency | Members | Notes |
| Monmouthshire | Henry Herbert John Arnold | |
| Monmouth Boroughs | Sir Robert Johnson | |
| Norfolk |||
| Constituency | Members | Notes |
| Norfolk | Henry Gawdy Sir John Townshend | |
| Norwich | Christopher Layer Thomas Sotherton | |
| King's Lynn | Thomas Oxborough Nathaniel Bacon | |
| Yarmouth | Henry Hobart John Felton | |
| Thetford | John Crofts Philip Gawdy | |
| Castle Rising | Thomas Guybon Henry Spelman | |
| Northamptonshire |||
| Constituency | Members | Notes |
| Northamptonshire | Sir Thomas Cecil Sir Richard Knightley | |
| Peterborough | John Wingfield Alexander Neville | |
| Northampton | Christopher Yelverton Henry Yelverton | Christopher Yelverton was Speaker |
| Brackley | Robert Spencer Ranulph Crewe | |
| Higham Ferrers | Henry Montagu | |
| Northumberland |||
| Constituency | Members | Notes |
| Northumberland | Sir Robert Carey William Selby | |
| Newcastle | Henry Chapman Henry Lindley | |
| Morpeth | Robert Printis Thomas Carleton | |
| Berwick upon Tweed | William Selby Thomas Parkinson | |
| Nottinghamshire |||
| Constituency | Members | Notes |
| Nottinghamshire | John Byron Sir Richard Whalley | |
| Nottingham | Humphrey Bonner Anchor Jackson | |
| East Retford | Roger Portington John Roos | |
| Oxfordshire |||
| Constituency | Members | Notes |
| Oxfordshire | Sir William Knollys Sir Richard Wenman | |
| Oxford | Anthony Bacon George Calfield | |
| Woodstock | Lawrence Tanfield John Lee | |
| Banbury | Anthony Cope | |
| Rutland |||
| Constituency | Members | Notes |
| Rutland | William Cecil Sir James Harington | |
| Salop |||
| Constituency | Members | Notes |
| Shropshire | Sir Henry Bromley Thomas Leighton | |
| Shrewsbury | Reginald Scriven Roger Owen | |
| Bridgnorth | Edward Bromley John Lutwich | |
| Ludlow | Hugh Sanford Thomas Canland | Sanford's election declared void - replaced by Robert Berry |
| Wenlock | William Baynham William Lacon | Baynham died - replaced by Thomas Fanshawe |
| Bishops Castle | Hayward Townsend Edmund Baynham | |
| Somerset |||
| Constituency | Members | Notes |
| Somerset | Sir Francis Popham Sir Hugh Portman | |
| Bristol | George Snigge Thomas James | |
| Bath | William Sharestone William Heath | |
| Wells | Leonard Crosse William Watkins | |
| Taunton | Edward Barker Edward Hexte | |
| Bridgwater | Alexander Jones Alexander Popham | |
| Minehead | Amias Bampfield Conrad Prowse | Bampfield chose to sit for Devon - replaced by ? |
| Staffordshire |||
| Constituency | Members | Notes |
| Staffordshire | Hon. John Dudley Sir Christopher Blount | |
| Lichfield | Joseph Oldsworth William Fowkes | |
| Stafford | Sir Edward Stafford Henry Bourchier | |
| Newcastle under Lyme | Sir Walter Leveson John Bowyer | |
| Tamworth | William Temple George Hyde | |
| Suffolk |||
| Constituency | Members | Notes |
| Suffolk | Sir Thomas Waldegrave Henry Warner | |
| Ipswich | Sir Michael Stanhope Francis Bacon | |
| Dunwich | Arthur Atye Clipsby Gawdy | |
| Orford | Thomas Rivett William Forthe | |
| Eye | Edward Honing Anthony Gawdy | |
| Aldeburgh | Francis Harvey Francis Johnson | |
| Sudbury | George Waldegrave John Clapham | |
| Surrey |||
| Constituency | Members | Notes |
| Surrey | Lord Howard of Effingham George More | Howard replaced 1598 by Hon. Charles Howard as the former may have mistakenly supposed that in acquiring the courtesy title Lord Howard of Effingham he was disqualified |
| Southwark | Edmund Bowyer Richard Hutton | |
| Bletchingly | Hon. Charles Howard Sir John Trevor | Howard sat for Surrey and was replaced by Sir Richard Trevor |
| Reigate | Sir William Howard Sir Edward Howard | |
| Gatton | George Buc Michael Hicks | |
| Guildford | Sir William More Sir Robert Southwell | |
| Haslemere | Francis Aungier George Austen | |
| Sussex |||
| Constituency | Members | Notes |
| Sussex | Robert Sackville Nicholas Parker | |
| Chichester | Richard Lewknor Adrian Stoughton | |
| Horsham | John Hare James Booth | |
| Midhurst | Lewis Lewknor James Smyth | |
| Lewes | Sir Henry Glemham John Shirley | |
| New Shoreham | William Nector John Young | |
| Steyning | John Shurley Thomas Shirley | |
| Bramber | Nicholas Trott William Comber | |
| East Grinstead | George Rivers Richard Baker | |
| Arundel | William Essex James Smith | |
| Warwickshire |||
| Constituency | Members | Notes |
| Warwickshire | Fulke Greville William Combe | |
| Coventry | Henry Kervyn Thomas Saunders | |
| Warwick | John Townsend William Spicer | |
| Westmorland |||
| Constituency | Members | Notes |
| Westmoreland | Walter Harcourt Henry Cholmley | |
| Appleby | James Colbrand John Lyly | |
| Wiltshire |||
| Constituency | Members | Notes |
| Wiltshire | Sir William Eyre Henry Baynton | |
| Salisbury | Thomas Eyre Giles Hutchens | |
| Wilton | Thomas Muffet Robert Penruddock | |
| Downton | Robert Turner George Powell | |
| Hindon | Sir James Marvyn Henry Jackman | |
| Heytesbury | Sir John Thynne Lawrence Hyde | |
| Chippenham | Thomas Edmondes Sharington Talbot | Edmondes replaced by Edward Wymarke |
| Calne | Thomas Edwards Richard Lowe | |
| Devizes | John Kent Robert Drew | |
| Ludgershall | Edmund Ludlow Richard Leake | |
| Great Bedwyn | Sir Anthony Hungerford Francis Castilian | |
| Cricklade | Sir George Gifford Grey Brydges, 5th Baron Chandos | |
| Malmesbury | Sir Henry Knyvet Thomas Estcourt | |
| Westbury | Matthew Ley James Ley | |
| Old Sarum | William Blaker Nicholas Hyde | |
| Wootton Bassett | Henry Dacre John Lowe | |
| Marlborough | Richard Digges Richard Wheler | |
| Worcestershire |||
| Constituency | Members | Notes |
| Worcestershire | John Lyttelton Edmund Colles | |
| Worcester | Rowland Berkeley William Bagnall | |
| Droitwich | John Acton Thomas Baily | |
| Yorkshire |||
| Constituency | Members | Notes |
| Yorkshire | Sir John Stanhope Sir Thomas Posthumous Hoby | Both replaced by John Savile, 1st Baron Savile of Pontefract and Sir William Fairfax |
| York | James Birkby Thomas Moseley | |
| Kingston upon Hull | Leonard Willan Anthony Cole | |
| Scarborough | Sir Thomas Posthumous Hoby Walter Pye | |
| Knaresborough | Hugh Beeston Sir William Slingsby | |
| Richmond | Marmaduke Wyvill Cuthbert Pepper | |
| Beverley | Thomas Crompton Edward Fraunceys | |
| Aldborough | Henry Bellasis Richard Gargrave | |
| Thirsk | George Leycester Thomas Belasyse | |
| Hedon | Thomas Salveyn Sir Christopher Hilliard | |
| Ripon | Sir John Bennet Christopher Perkins | |
| Boroughbridge | Henry Fanshawe Thomas Crompton | |
| Cinque Ports |||
| Constituency | Members | Notes |
| Hastings | Edmund Pelham Richard Liffe | |
| Sandwich | Peter Manwood Edward Peake | |
| Dover | Thomas Fane William Leonard | |
| Romney | George Coppyn James Thurbarne | |
| Hythe | Christopher Honywood Christopher Toldervey | |
| Rye | Sampson Lennard Thomas Hamon | |
| Winchelsea | Ralph Ewens Thomas Colepeper | |
| Wales |||
| Constituency | Members | Notes |
| Anglesey | Hugh Hughs | |
| Beaumaris | William Jones | |
| Brecknockshire | Sir Robert Knollys | |
| Brecknock | David Williams | |
| Cardiganshire | Thomas Pryse | |
| Cardigan | Thomas Rawlins | |
| Carmarthenshire | Walter Vaughan | |
| Carmarthen | Henry Vaughan | |
| Carnarvonshire | William Griffith | |
| Carnarvon | John Owen | |
| Denbighshire | John Lloyd | |
| Denbigh Boroughs | John Panton | |
| Flintshire | William Ravenscroft | |
| Flint | Edward Morgan | |
| Glamorgan | Sir Thomas Mansell | |
| Cardiff | Nicholas Hawkins | |
| Merioneth | Thomas Myddelton | |
| Montgomeryshire | William Herbert | |
| Montgomery | Thomas Jukes | |
| Pembrokeshire | Sir Gelly Meyrick | |
| Pembroke | Edward Burton | |
| Haverford West | Sir James Perrot | |
| Radnorshire | James Price | |
| Radnor | Edward Lewis | |