Constituency Dates
Andover Nov. 1621, 1624
Hampshire 1625, 1626
Andover 1628, 1640 (Apr.), 1640 (Nov.)
Hampshire 1654, 1656, 1659
Whitchurch 1660 – 11 June 1660
Family and Education
b. 20 July 1601, o.s. of Sir Henry Wallop* of Farleigh Wallop, and Elizabeth, da. and coh. of Robert Corbet† of Moreton Corbet, Salop.1R. Warner, Colls. Hist. Hants, iv. 130. educ. Hart Hall, Oxf. 1615.2 Al. Ox. m. (1) by 1635, Anne (d.1662), da. of Henry, 3rd earl of Southampton, 1s. 1da. d.v.p.;3 Berry, Hants Gen. 42. (2) lic. 16 Feb. 1663, Mary, da. of John Lambert† of Craven, Yorks., s.p.4 London Mar. Lics. ed. J. Foster, 1045. (3) 16 May 1666, Elizabeth Thompson, s.p.5 V.J. Watney, Wallop Fam. i. p. liii. suc. fa. 1642.6 Warner, iv. 130. d. 16 Nov. 1667.7 J. Stevens, St. Mary Bourne, 175.
Offices Held

J.p. Hants 1625 – 42, ?1649 – 60, Salop ?1649 – 53, Mdx., Surr. and Wilts. 1650–2;8 C231/4, p. 190, C231/5, p. 528; Names of JPs (1650), pp. 35, 47, 50, 55, 61. commr. disarming recusants, Hants 1625;9 Add. 21922, f. 38. col. militia ft. Hants 1626–60;10 Add. 21922, f. 59v, passim.; Add. 26781, ff. 17, 21v, 25, 35, 51. commr. billeting Hants 1626, martial law 1626–8,11 APC, 1626, pp. 221, 22; CSP Dom. 1625–6, p. 419; 1627–8, p. 440. oyer and terminer, 1628, 1642, Surr. 1644,12 APC, 1627–8, p. 318; C181/3, f. 241; 181/5, ff. 221v, 239. swans, Hants, Wilts., Dorset, Som., Devon, Cornw. and I.o.W. 1629,13 C181/4, f. 3. sewers, Hants and Wilts. 1629 – 30, Berks and Hants 1633,14 C181/4, ff. 17v, 49v, 147v. piracy Hants and I.o.W. 1635–6;15 C181/5, ff. 24, 58v. freeman, Porstmouth, Hants 1643,16 Portsmouth Recs. ed. R. East, 353. Winchester, Hants by 1645;17 Hants RO, W/B1/4, f. 157. commr. assessment, Hants 1643 – 52, 1657 – 60, Salop 1647 – 52, 1659 – 60, Som. 1648 – 50, Northants. 1649 – 50, Mdx. 1649 – 52, sequestration, Hants 1643, levying money 1643, defence 1643, execution of ordinances, Salop 1644, Hants 1644–5,18 A. and O. i. 91, 113, 148, 230, 335, 447, 450, 540, 696, 973, 974, 1090, 1242; ii. 38, 39, 41, 42, 307, 471, 472, 475, 668, 670, 673, 674, 1080, 1331, 1332, 1377, 1378, 1442. gaol delivery, Surr. 1644;19 C181/5, f. 239v. high steward, Winchester 1645–60;20 Hants RO, W/B1/4, f. 157; W/F2/4, f. 198; W/B1/5, f. 145v. gov. of Covent Garden precinct, Mdx. 1646;21 A. and O. i. 815. commr. militia, Hants 1648 – 50, Hants and Salop 1659–60;22 CSP Dom. 1650, p. 471. custos rot. Hants by 1650–60;23 C193/13/5, 6. commr. sewers, River Kennett 1654,24 C181/6, f. 44. oyer and terminer, Western circ. 1654–d.25 CSP Dom. 1655, p. 114; Thurloe State Pprs. iii. 296; C181/6, ff. 8, 374.

Commr. defence of Ireland 1642;26 Harl. 1332, f. 1. member, cttee. of Both Kingdoms 1644–8;27 CSP Dom. 1644, p. 21; A. and O. i. 382. commr. exclusion from sacrament 1646, scandalous offences 1648;28 A. and O. i. 853, 1209. member High Ct. of Justice 1649;29 Ibid. 1254. cllr. of state 1649 – 52, 1659–60.30 Ibid. ii. 2, 335, 1273; CSP Dom. 1649–50, p. 512.

Address
Main residences: Farleigh Wallop, Hants.; Covent Garden, Westminster.
biography text

The son of the richest commoner in Hampshire, Wallop was first returned at a by-election for Andover in 1621 while still under age, and was re-elected to every subsequent Parliament until the Restoration, either for the borough or the county. Nevertheless, so far as is known, he was totally inactive in Parliament throughout the period before 1640.

Although his father was prepared to give him a free choice, Wallop made a very advantageous marriage to the daughter of Hampshire’s lord lieutenant.31 HMC Portland, iii. 15. He refused to compound for knighthood in 1630, claiming that he had not received an individual summons to the Coronation and had not held lands worth £40 p.a. at the time. He was subsequently ordered to appear before the Privy Council, but his excuse seems to have been accepted.32 Add. 21922, ff. 178, 183. He was a staunch supporter of Parliament during the Civil War, and was a member of the republican Council of State.33 M. Keeler, Long Parl. 378; Warner, iv. 130. Although he did not sign Charles I’s death warrant, at the Restoration he was condemned as a regicide and imprisoned for life. He died intestate in the Tower on 16 Nov. 1667, and was buried at Farley.34 J. Stevens, St. Mary Bourne, 175. He was succeeded by his only son Henry Wallop, MP for Whitchurch 1660-74.

Author
V.C.D.M.
R.C.L.S.
Volume
Commons 1604-1629
Notes
  • 1. R. Warner, Colls. Hist. Hants, iv. 130.
  • 2. Al. Ox.
  • 3. Berry, Hants Gen. 42.
  • 4. London Mar. Lics. ed. J. Foster, 1045.
  • 5. V.J. Watney, Wallop Fam. i. p. liii.
  • 6. Warner, iv. 130.
  • 7. J. Stevens, St. Mary Bourne, 175.
  • 8. C231/4, p. 190, C231/5, p. 528; Names of JPs (1650), pp. 35, 47, 50, 55, 61.
  • 9. Add. 21922, f. 38.
  • 10. Add. 21922, f. 59v, passim.; Add. 26781, ff. 17, 21v, 25, 35, 51.
  • 11. APC, 1626, pp. 221, 22; CSP Dom. 1625–6, p. 419; 1627–8, p. 440.
  • 12. APC, 1627–8, p. 318; C181/3, f. 241; 181/5, ff. 221v, 239.
  • 13. C181/4, f. 3.
  • 14. C181/4, ff. 17v, 49v, 147v.
  • 15. C181/5, ff. 24, 58v.
  • 16. Portsmouth Recs. ed. R. East, 353.
  • 17. Hants RO, W/B1/4, f. 157.
  • 18. A. and O. i. 91, 113, 148, 230, 335, 447, 450, 540, 696, 973, 974, 1090, 1242; ii. 38, 39, 41, 42, 307, 471, 472, 475, 668, 670, 673, 674, 1080, 1331, 1332, 1377, 1378, 1442.
  • 19. C181/5, f. 239v.
  • 20. Hants RO, W/B1/4, f. 157; W/F2/4, f. 198; W/B1/5, f. 145v.
  • 21. A. and O. i. 815.
  • 22. CSP Dom. 1650, p. 471.
  • 23. C193/13/5, 6.
  • 24. C181/6, f. 44.
  • 25. CSP Dom. 1655, p. 114; Thurloe State Pprs. iii. 296; C181/6, ff. 8, 374.
  • 26. Harl. 1332, f. 1.
  • 27. CSP Dom. 1644, p. 21; A. and O. i. 382.
  • 28. A. and O. i. 853, 1209.
  • 29. Ibid. 1254.
  • 30. Ibid. ii. 2, 335, 1273; CSP Dom. 1649–50, p. 512.
  • 31. HMC Portland, iii. 15.
  • 32. Add. 21922, ff. 178, 183.
  • 33. M. Keeler, Long Parl. 378; Warner, iv. 130.
  • 34. J. Stevens, St. Mary Bourne, 175.