Appendix D3: Members who sat for more than one shire

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Members who sat for more than one shire

Out of the 929 individuals who sat in the period 1386 to 1421 as knights of the shire, as many as 95 (10%) were returned by more than one county in the course of their parliamentary careers. In many cases the counties involved were connected for purposes of administration, sharing a sheriff or escheator (these have been bracketed together in the list below); and in most others they were adjacent (shown linked together thus =). However, 30 Members represented shires which were far removed from each other. Given the requirements of the statute of 1413 for MPs to be resident in their constituencies on the date of the issue of the writs of summons, it is of interest to note that the practice of representing different counties nevertheless continued after that date much as before. Individuals returned for more than one shire after 1413 are marked *.

*Arundell, John II Devon = Cornw.
Barre, Sir Thomas de la Herefs. Herts.
Berkeley, Sir John I Glos. = Som. = [Wilts. Hants]
Bessels, Sir Peter [Oxon. Berks]
Bettesthorne, John [Wilts. Hants]
*Blaket, John Leics. Glos.
Blenkinsop, Sir Thomas [Cumb. Westmld.]
Bonville, Sir William I Som. = Devon
* Bonville, Sir William II Som. = Devon
* Boys, Sir John Mdx. Hants
Bradshaw, Roger Derbys. = Staffs.
Brantingham, Sir William Northants. Surr.
Braybrooke, Sir Gerard II Beds. Essex
Brocas, Sir Bernard [Hants Wilts.]
Brooke, Thomas [Dorset Som.]
*Burgh, John III Rutland = Leics.
Bussy, Sir John Lincs. = Rutland
*Byron, Sir John Lancs. Lincs.
Calveley, Sir John Rutland = Leics.
*Carent, William [Dorset Som.]
Chaworth, Sir Thomas [Notts. Derbys.]
Cheyne, Sir Hugh Salop = Worcs.
Clifford, Robert Northumb. Kent
Clinton, Sir Thomas Warws. Kent
Cobham, John [Suss. Surr.] = Kent
*Cockayne, Sir John Derbys. Warws.
Corbet, Sir Robert Wilts. Herts. Suff.
Curwen, Sir William [Cumb. Westmld.]
Derby, Sir Stephen [Dorset Som.]
Derwentwater, Sir John [Westmld. Cumb.]
Drayton, Sir John Oxon. = Glos.
Durant, Thomas [Bucks. Beds.]
*Erdeswyk, Hugh Staffs. = Derbys.
Euer, Sir Ralph Northumb. Yorks.
Fitzherbert, Sir Edmund Dorset Suss.
Fitzwaryn, Sir Ivo [Dorset Som.] = Devon
Francis, Sir Robert Derbys. = Staffs.
Frome, John Bucks. Dorset
Golafre, John [Oxon. Berks.]
Green, Sir Henry Hunts. = Northants. Wilts.
*Gresley, Sir Thomas Derbys. = Staffs.
Hakluyt, Leonard Herefs. Som.
Hamely, Sir John Cornw. Dorset
Harrington, Sir Robert Rutland = Leics.
Harrowden, John Oxon. = Northants.
Hastings, Sir Edmund Northumb. Yorks.
*Hilton, Sir Robert Lincs. = Yorks.
*Hody, John [Dorset Som.]
*Hore, John I [Cambs. Hunts.]
Howard, Sir John Essex = Cambs. = Suff.
Hungerford, Sir Thomas Wilts. = Som.
Hungerford, Sir Walter Wilts. = Som.
* Hunt, Roger Hunts. = Beds.
Ingoldisthorpe, Sir John [Suff. Norf.]
James, Robert Berks. = Bucks.
*John, Lewis Hants Essex
Kentwood, Sir John Berks. Cornw.
*Lancaster, John I [Westmld. Cumb.]
Lancaster, John II [Suff. Norf.]
Lee, Sir Walter [Herts. Essex]
Lilling, Sir Nicholas Northants. Worcs.
Luttrell, Sir Hugh Som. = Devon
Mawarden, Richard Wilts. = Glos. = Herefs.
Moresby, Christopher [Cumb. Westmld.]
Papworth, Sir William [Cambs. Hunts]
*Paynell, Geoffrey Rutland = Lincs.
Peckbridge, Sir John Mdx. Hunts.
Perwych, Sir Roger Leics. = Northants.
Peshale, Sir Adam [Salop, Staffs.]
Pickering, Sir James [Westmld. Cumb.] = Yorks.
*Plumpton, Sir Robert Yorks. = Notts.
Pole, Sir Edmund de la Bucks. Cambs.
Quecche, Hugh [Surr. Suss.]
* Restwold, Richard II Cumb. [Berks. Oxon.]
Rochford, John Lincs. = Cambs.
*Scott, Robert Hunts. = Beds.
Skelton, Sir Thomas Cambs. Hants
Spernore, William Warws. = Worcs.
Stafford, Sir Humphrey I Warws. Wilts. = [Dorset Som.]
Stafford, Sir Humphrey II Staffs. Dorset
Stafford, Ralph Worcs. = Staffs.
*Stourton, John II Wilts. = Dorset
Stourton, William [Som. Dorset] = Wilts.
Strange, Sir John [Norf. Suff.]
Sturmy, Sir William [Hants Wilts.] Devon
Sutton, Henry Warws. Notts.
Threlkeld, Sir William [Westmld. Cumb.]
Tyndale, John Northants. Cambs.
*Tyrell, John [Essex Herts.]
*Vernon, Sir Richard Staffs. = Derbys.
*Waweton, Thomas Hunts. = Beds.
*Wilcotes, John Oxon. Kent
*Wodehouse, John [Norf. Suff.]
Wroth, John Mdx. Wilts.
*Wyot, Richard Bucks. = Mdx.