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341501A list of names of Members for the Cinque Ports compiled in the early 17th century by Sir Edward Dering† from the original returns preserved at Dover castle.  

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1510         2                 -                    -               5                        -              43                 1              -           -            2                    -                     53 
1512 2 - - 62Excluding John Ashburnham I and Robert Sparrow as the evidence may refer to the Parliament of 1515. - 513Excluding John Clere and John Makin as the evidence may refer to the Parliament of 1515. - - 1 2 14Cott. Galba D5, f. 366. 63
1515 2 - 2 -5Excluding John Ashburnham I and Robert Sparrow as the evidence may refer to the previous Parliament. - 506Excluding John Clere and John Makin as the evidence may refer to the previous Parliament. 2 - - 3 - 59  
1523 1 - - 6 - 43 - - - 9 27Hall, Chron. 657; Roper, Life of More (EETS cxcvii), 18. 61
1529 318 - - 2 - 10 - - 1 158Excluding William Ashby as the evidence may refer to the Parliament of 1536. 19Strype, Whitgift, ii. 124-5. 347
1536 - - - -10Excluding Stephen Harry and John Hull I as the list gives no date for the Parliament. - 3211Excluding William Biddlecombe, William Chandler, John Cother and William Fleming as the evidence may refer to the Parliament of 1529. 1 - 9 1912Excluding William Ashby as the evidence may refer to the previous Parliament. - 61
1539 - - 2 - - 40 3 - - 99 213Loseley Pk. Loseley mss box 2, ex inf. Dr. G.H. Glanville; Foxe, Acts and Mons. v. 505. 146
1542 147 4 - 1 - 42 1 - 2 1 214Hatfield 140/13; herald’s tricking bk. in the possession of T.M. Hofmann in 1972. 200
1545 238 - - - - 25 1 - - - - 264
1547 198 16 2 - 198 5 - 6 - - - 425
1553 (Mar.) 260 15 2 5 - 17 - 6 - - 115Lansd. 3, f. 75. 306
1553 (Oct.) 333 - - - 53 - - - - - - 386
1554 (Apr.) 386 - - - 1 - - - - - 116G. Burnet, Hist. Ref. ii. 447-8. 388
1554 (Nov.) 299 1 - - 93 - - - - - - 393
1555 351 6 - - - 5 - 1 - - 817Guildford mus. Loseley 1331/2. 371
1558 391 - - - 3 - - - - - - 394
Volume
Commons 1509-1558
Notes
  • 1. A list of names of Members for the Cinque Ports compiled in the early 17th century by Sir Edward Dering† from the original returns preserved at Dover castle.
  • 2. Excluding John Ashburnham I and Robert Sparrow as the evidence may refer to the Parliament of 1515.
  • 3. Excluding John Clere and John Makin as the evidence may refer to the Parliament of 1515.
  • 4. Cott. Galba D5, f. 366.
  • 5. Excluding John Ashburnham I and Robert Sparrow as the evidence may refer to the previous Parliament.
  • 6. Excluding John Clere and John Makin as the evidence may refer to the previous Parliament.
  • 7. Hall, Chron. 657; Roper, Life of More (EETS cxcvii), 18.
  • 8. Excluding William Ashby as the evidence may refer to the Parliament of 1536.
  • 9. Strype, Whitgift, ii. 124-5.
  • 10. Excluding Stephen Harry and John Hull I as the list gives no date for the Parliament.
  • 11. Excluding William Biddlecombe, William Chandler, John Cother and William Fleming as the evidence may refer to the Parliament of 1529.
  • 12. Excluding William Ashby as the evidence may refer to the previous Parliament.
  • 13. Loseley Pk. Loseley mss box 2, ex inf. Dr. G.H. Glanville; Foxe, Acts and Mons. v. 505.
  • 14. Hatfield 140/13; herald’s tricking bk. in the possession of T.M. Hofmann in 1972.
  • 15. Lansd. 3, f. 75.
  • 16. G. Burnet, Hist. Ref. ii. 447-8.
  • 17. Guildford mus. Loseley 1331/2.