Representatives in Parliament for High Wycombe

Representatives in Parliament for High Wycombe

In 1847 George Lipscomb in his "The History and Antiquities of the County of Buckingham" listed the following Representatives in Parliament for High Wycombe:

Edward I 1295 Stephen Ayott; Thomas le Tayleur 1298 Adam de Guldeford; Roger Allitarius 1300 Roger Allitarius; John le Pistor 1306 Peter le Cotiler; John le Bake 1307 Peter le Cotiler; Andrew Batyn

Edward II 1307 Peter le Cotiler; Roger de Sandwell 1308 Peter le Cotiler; Edmond de Haveringdoun 1312 Thomas Gerveys; Matthew le Fuller 1312 Robert Paer; William le Cassiere 1318 Robert Smith; William le Fote 1322 Richard le Haslere; Bennet le Cassiere 1325 John le Taylor; John de Sandwell 1326 Roger Sandwell; Matthew le Fuller
Edward III 1327 Richard atte Walle; John atte Donne 1328 John atte Donne; Henry de Mussenden 1330 John le Harriere; Richard Perre 1332 Matthew Fuller; Richard Tottering 1333 Jordan de Wycombe; Richard Bennet 1334 Jordan de Wycombe; Richard Bennet 1335 John Ayot; Richard Perkyn 1336 John le Harriere; Thomas Gerveys 1336 John Ayot; Richard Abyndon 1337 John le Clerk; John Pool 1338 Stephen Ayot; John le Taverner 1338 Thomas Gerveys; Jordan de Preston 1338 Thomas Gerveys; Jordan de Preston 1339 Thomas Gerveys; Jordan de Preston 1340 Jordan de Preston; Thomas Gerveys 1341 Robert Stenstoole; Robert Harleyford 1346 Robert Harleyford; Ralph Barber 1347 John Martyn; Robert Cattingham 1348 Walter atte Leech; William Cassiere 1355 Thomas Gerveys; Ralph Harleyford 1357 Thomas Gerveys; Robert Harleyford 1357 John Mepertshale; Thomas Gerveys 1360 Thomas Gerveys; Robert le Weeler 1360 Thomas Gerveys; Richard Spigurnell 1362 Thomas Gerveys; William Frere 1365 Thomas Cornwaile; Richard Barbour 1368 William atte Dene; Thomas Cornwaile 1369 Thomas Gerveys; William atte Dene 1371 William atte Dene 1372 William atte Dene; John Bledlowe 1373 William atte Dene; Thomas Ballard 1376 William atte Dene; Thomas Ballard
Richard II 1377 William atte Dene; Richard Sandwell 1378 William atte Dene; Richard Jordaine 1379 William atte Dene; Richard Sandwell 1381 Thomas Ravell; Walter Frere 1382 William Kele; William atte Dene 1383 Stephen Watford; John Petymin 1384 William atte Dene; Richard Kele 1385 Stephen Watford; Richard Kele 1386 Walter Frere; Richard Holyman 1387 Walter Frere; Richard Holyman 1388 Stephen Watford; William atte Dene 1391 William atte Dene; William Depham 1392 William Depham; Walter Waltham 1394 Walter atte Dene; Nicholas Depham 1396 Richard Sandwell; Walter Waltham
Henry IV 1399 John Cottingham; William Clerke 1401 Nicholas Sperling; John Sandwell
Henry V 1413 Henry Sperling; Roger More 1414 William Hall; John Coventry 1415 William Clerke; Andrew Sperling 1417 Andrew Sperling; Roger More 1419 William Merchant; John Cottingham 1420 Roger More; Thomas Merston 1421 John Harewood; Thomas Pusey 1421 Roger More; Richard Merston
Henry VI 1422 Nicholas Stepton, Esq.; John Coventry, Esq. 1423 John Coventry, Esq.; Roger More, Esq. 1424 William Whapelade, Esq.; John Cottingham, Esq. 1425 Thomas Muston, Esq.; William Stocton, Esq. 1427 John Coventry, Esq.; John Justice, Esq. 1429 John Wellesbourn, Esq.; John Bishop, Esq. 1430 Roger More, Esq.; William Fowler, Esq. 1432 John Martyn, Esq.; John Blackpoll, Esq. 1434 John Durein, Esq.; John Cottingham, Esq. 1435 John Durein, Esq.; John Cottingham, Esq. 1436 John Hill, Esq.; Bartholomew Halling, Esq. 1441 John Radeshill, Esq.; John Martyn, Esq. 1446 John Wellesbourn, Esq.; John Martyn, Esq. 1448 John Wellesbourn, Esq.; John Haynes, Esq. 1449 William Stocton, Esq.; Nicholas Fayrewell, Esq. 1450 William Stocton, Esq.; Thomas More, Esq. 1452 William Collard, Esq.; David Thomasyn, Esq.
Edward IV 1461 Thomas Mansell, Esq.; Thomas Catsbury, Esq. 1469 Thomas Fowler, Esq.; Thomas Fayrewell, Esq. 1478 Thomas Gate, Esq.; Thomas Wellesbourn, Esq.
Henry VIII 1542 John Gates, Esq.; William Dormer, Esq.
Edward VI 1547 Thomas Fisher, Esq.; Armigyll Wade, Esq. 1550 Henry Peckham, Esq.; John Cheyne, Esq.
Mary 1553 Henry Peckham, Esq.; Robert Drury, Esq. 1554 Henry Peckham, Esq.; Thomas Pymme, Esq.
Philip and Mary 1555 John - - - - - - -; Robert Drury, Esq. 1556 Henry Peckham, Esq.; Robert Drury, Esq. 1557 Thomas Pymme, Esq.; Robert Woodleafe, Esq.
Elizabeth 1558 Thomas Pymme, Esq. 1562 Thomas Fermore, Esq.; Thomas Neale, Esq. 1570 John Russell, Esq.; Robert Christmas, Esq. 1571 Thomas Neale, Esq.; Rowland Goules, Esq. 1584 John Morley, Esq.; George Cawfield, Esq. 1585 Thomas Ridley, LL.D.; George Fleetwood, Esq. 1588 Owen Oglethorp, Esq.; Francis Goodwin, Esq. 1592 Thomas Tasburgh, Esq.; Thomas Fortescue, Esq. 1596 William Fortescue, Esq.; John Tasburgh, Esq. 1600 Richard Blunt, Esq.; Henry Fleetwood, Esq.
James I 1603 Sir John Townsend, Knt.; Henry Fleetwood, Esq. 1610 William Borlase, Esq. 1618 Richard Lovelace, Esq.; Arthur Goodwin, Esq. 1623 Henry Cooke, Esq.; Arthur Goodwin, Esq.
Charles I 1625 Henry Cooke, Esq.; Thomas Lane, Esq. 1626 Henry Cooke, Esq.; Edmund Waller, Esq. 1628 Sir William Borlase, Knt.; Thomas Lane, Esq. 1640 Sir Edmund Verney, Knt.-Marshal; T. Lane, Esq. 1641 Sir Edmund Verney, Knt.-Marshal; T. Lane, Esq.; Richard Browne, Esq. vice Verney, deceased
Interregnum 1649 Thomas Scott, Major General; Tobias Bridge, Esq. 1650 Thomas Scott, Major General; Tobias Bridge, Esq.
Charles II 1660 {Edmund Petty, Esq.; Richard Browne, Esq.} double {Edmund Petty, Esq.; Thomas Scott, Esq. } return 1661 Sir Edmund Pye, Knt. and Bart.; Sir J. Borlase, Bart.; Robert Sawyer, Esq. vice Pye, deceased 1679 Sir John Borlase, Bart.; Thomas Lewis, Esq. 1680 Sir John Borlase, Bart.; Thomas Lewis, Esq.
James II 1685 Sir Dennis Hampson, Bart.; Edward Baldwin, Esq. (Recorder}
William and Mary 1689 Thomas Lewis, Esq.; William Jephson, Esq. 1690 William Jephson, Esq.; Thomas Lewis, Esq.; Charles Godfrey, Esq. vice Jephson deceased
William III 1695 Thomas Lewis, Esq.; Charles Godfrey, Esq.; Fleetwood Dormer, Esq. vice Lewis, deceased 1698 Charles Godfrey, Esq.; John Archdale, Esq.; Thomas Archdale, Esq. vice John Archdale (he was the first member of the Society of Friends who ever sate in Parliament) 1700 Charles Godfrey, Esq.; Fleetwood Dormer, Esq. 1701 Charles Godfrey, Esq.; Fleetwood Dormer, Esq.
Anne 1702 Charles Godfrey, Esq.; Fleetwood Dormer, Esq. 1705 Charles Godfrey, Esq.; Fleetwood Dormer, Esq. 1708 Charles Godfrey, Esq.; Fleetwood Dormer, Esq. 1710 Sir Thomas Lee, Bart.; Charles Godfrey, Esq. 1713 Sir Thomas Lee, Bart.; Sir John Wittewrong, Bart.
George I 1714 Sir Thomas Lee, Bart.; Sir John Wittewrong, Bart. 1721 The Honourable Charles Egerton; The Right Honourable the Earl of Shelburne; and, in the place of the former {deceased} Charles Colyear, Esq.
George II 1727 Harry Waller, Esq.; William Lee, Esq.; The Honourable Sir Charles Vernon, Knt. vice Lee, made one of the Judges of the King's Bench 1734 Harry Waller, Esq.; Edmund Waller, Esq.; Sir Charles Vernon, Knt. vice Edmund Waller, who made his election for Marlow 1741 Edmund Waller, Esq.; Harry Waller, Esq.; Edmund Waller, Esq. re-elected, having been Cofferer to his Majesty's Household 1747 Edmund Waller, Esq.; Edmund Waller, Esq. junr. 1754 John Waller, Esq.; The Right Honourable the Earl of Shelburne
George III 1761 Robert Waller, Esq.; Lord Viscount Fitzmaurice. Isaac Barre, Esq. vice Viscount Fitzmaurice, called to the House of Peers 1768 Robert Waller, Esq.; The Right Honourable Isaac Barre. 1775 Robert Waller, Esq.; Honourable Thomas Fitzmaurice 1780 Robert Waller, Esq.; Lord Viscount Mahon. The Right Honourable The Earl of Wycombe, vice Viscount Mahon, called to the House of Peers 1784 The Right Honourable the Earl of Wycombe; Admiral Sir John Jervis, K.B.; and, on the resignation of the latter, Sir Francis Baring, Bart. 1790 The Right Honourable the Earl of Wycombe; Sir John Dashwood King, Bart. 1796 Lord Viscount Fitzmaurice; Robert Waller, Esq. 1802 Sir John D. King, Bart.; Sir Francis Baring, Bart. 1806 Sir John D. King, Bart.; Thomas Baring, Esq. 1807 Sir John Dashwood King, Bart.; Thomas Baring, Esq. 1812 Sir John Dashwood King, Bart.; Thomas Baring, Esq. (afterwards Sir Thomas Baring, Bart.) 1818 Sir John Dashwood King, Bart.; Sir Thomas Baring, Bart.
George IV 1820 Sir Thomas Baring, Bart.; Sir John Dashwood King, Bart. 1826 Sir John Dashwood King, Bart.; Sir Thomas Baring, Bart.
George III 1831 Honourable Robert John Smith; Sir Thomas Baring, Bart. 1832 Honourable Charles Grey, vice Sir Thomas Baring, Bart. resigned 1835 Honourable Robert John Smith; Honourable Charles Grey
Victoria 1837 George Robert Smith, Esq.; George Henry Dashwood, Esq. 1841 George Henry Dashwood, Esq.; R. Bernal, junr. Esq.

[Last updated: 20th January 2001 - Kevin Quick]