Appendix III: Seats available

Published in The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1509-1558, ed. S.T. Bindoff, 1982
Available from Boydell and Brewer

Seats available

Parliament English Welsh French Total
15102961--296
1512300-2302
15153002-2302
15233023--302
1529310--310
15363104-2312
15393105-2312
15423136232338
15453237242349
1547353242379
1553 (Mar.)3538242379
1553 (Oct.)363242389
1554 (Apr.)366242392
1554 (Nov.)368242394
15553669242392
155837424-1398

Ref Volumes: 1509-1558

Author: S. T. Bindoff

End Notes

  • 1. Excluding Berwick-upon-Tweed (2) and Orford (2).
  • 2. Excluding Lancaster (2), Newport iuxta Launceston (2) and Preston (2).
  • 3. Excluding Buckingham (2), Newport iuxta Launceston (2) and Preston (2).
  • 4. Excluding Liverpool (2) and Wigan (2).
  • 5. Excluding Liverpool (2) and Wigan (2).
  • 6. Excluding Cheshire (2), Chester (2), Liverpool (2), Peterborough (2), Westminster (2) and Wigan (2).
  • 7. Excluding Boston (2) and Peterborough (2).
  • 8. Excluding Morpeth (2) and New Woodstock (2).
  • 9. New Woodstock which had made returns to the three previous Parliaments did not do so again until 1571.