The True State of the Secluded Members, List
An exact List of the ſecluded Members names ſtill living and thoſe refuſing to ſit, till their reſtitution, to undeceive the Nation and World.
THe Earl of Ancram
Sir Ralph Aſhton Kt.
Arthur Anneſley Kt.
William Arthington
John Arundel
Mr. Aſcough
Sir John Barrington
Sir Thomas Barnardiſton
Sir Robert Benloes
Sir George Booth Kt.
Sir Humphrey Bridges
Sir Ambroſe Brown Kt.
Sir Roger Burgoin Kt.
Francis Bacon
Nathaniel Bacon
Edward Bainton
John Barker Alderman
Maurice Barroe
William Bell
Alexander Bence
Col. John Birch
Edward Biſh
John Bond Doctor of Law
John Bowyer Kt.
John Boyes Kt.
Major Brooks
Major General Brown
Samuel Brown Serg. at Law
Francis Buller
Iohn Bunckly Kt.
Hugh Buſcoen Kt.
Iohn Button
Sir Henry Cholmley
Sir Iohn Clotworthy
Sir Iohn Corbet Kt.
Sir Iohn Curſon Kt.
Iohn Carew
William Carrent
Colonel Ceely
Robert Clives
Elias Crimes
Lionel Copley
Iohn Crew
Sir Thomas Dacres Kt.
Sir Francis Drake
Sir William Drake
Thomas Dacres
Iohn Doyle
Mr. Francis Drake
Sir Iohn Eveling of Surrey
Sir Iohn Eveling of Wilts
Sir Walter Earl
William Edwards
Robert Elliſon
Richard Eriſy
George Eveling
Mr William Fenwick
William Lord Fitzwilliams
Sir Edmund Fowel
William Foxwiſt
Iohn Francis
Iames Fiennis Kt.
Nathaniel Fiennis
Iohn Fiennes
Sir Gilbert Gerard Kt.
Sir Harbotle Grimston
Samuel Gardiner
Francis Gerard
Thomas Gewen
Iohn Glynne Serg. at Law
Samuel Gott
Thomas Grove
Sir Richard Haughton Kt.
Sir Iohn Holland
Col. Edward Harley Kt.
Major Harley
Thomas Hatcher
Iames Herbert
Peregrine Hobby
Thomas Hodges
Denzil Hollis
Francis Hollis
George Horner Kt.
Edmund Hoskins
Henry Hungerford
Colonel Hunt
Sir Anthony Irby
Richard Jennings
VVilliam Iones
Sir Norton Knatchull
George Keckwich
Richard Knightly
Sir Iohn Leigh
Sir William Lewis
Sir Martin Liſter
Sir William Litton Kt.
Sir. Samuel Luke
Henry Laurence Kt.
Colonel Lee
Mr. Lewis
Col. VValter Long
Col. Iohn Loyd Kt.
Mr. Lucas
Mr. Luckin
Sir. Thomas Middleton Kt.
John Mainard Serj. at Law.
Mr. Christopher Martin
Major General Maſſey
Thomas Middleton
Thomas Moor
William Morris Kt.
George Montague
Col. Edward Montague Kt.
Sir Robert Napper
Sir Robert Nedham
Sir Dudly North Kt.
Sir John Northcot▪
Mr. Naſh
John Nelthrop
John Nixon Alderman
Mr. North
Col. Norton Kt.
Sir Richard Onſlow Kt.
Mr. Onſlow
Arthur Owin Kt.
Henry Oxinden
William Owfield
Sir John Palgrave Kt.
Sir Philip Parker Kt.
Sir Thomas Parker
Sir Edward Partridg…
Sir John Pellam
Sir William Platers
Sir John Potts Kt.
Sir Nevil Poole
Sir Richard Price Kt.
Sir Robert Pye
Robert Packer
Henry Peck
William Pierpoint
Edward Poole
Col. Alexander Popham
Mr. Potter
Thomas Povy
William Prieſtly
William Prynne
Sir Frances Ruſ…l Kt.
Mr. Ravinſcraft
Mr. Ratclifft
Charles Rich
Col. Edward Roſſiter
Sir Beachamp Saint-John
Sir John Seymor Kt.
Sir Thomas Soam
Robert Scawen
Mr. Scut
Col. Robert Shap…ot
Col. Shuttleworth
Mr. Springate
Mr. Simon Snow
Henry Stapleton
Edward Stephens
John Stephens
Nathaniel Stephens Kt.
John Swinfen
Col. William Stroud
Mr. Shuttleworth
John Spilman
Sir John Temple
Sir Thomas Treavor
Mr. Temple
Mr. Thiſtlethwait
Samuel Terri…k
Edward Thomas
Eſaia Thomas
John Thinne
Richard Tolſon Kt.
John Treavor Kt.
Tho. Twiſden Serj. at Law.
Samuel Vaſſal
Edward Vaughan Kt.
Edward Vaughan
Sir William Waller
Tho. Viſcount Wenman Kt.
Sir Henry Worſly
Thomas Waller Eſq
William Wheeler
Col. Whitehead Kt.
Henry Willes
Capt. Wingate
Mr. Winwood
William Wray
Richard Wynne Kt.
Sir John Young.
In all 194. beſides above 40. ſecluded Members, now dead ſince 1648. whereof many were Knights of Counties, and of theſe yet living, 37. are Knights of Shiers, with Kt. added againſt their names.
Upon an exact view of the Members now ſitting, or which are permitted to ſit, if they were all preſent, being about 89 in number, there are not above 16. Knights of Shires, 7 Citizens, and the reſt Burgeſſes, whereof ſeldom 50. appear at once together: the excluded and deceaſed Members being alſo conſidered, it will appear, that the Houſe of Commons conſiſting by right of 508 Members: whereof there are 78 Knights of Shires for England, and 12. for Wales: There are no Knights of the ſhires ſitting in the Houſe for theſe 26 Engliſh and 11 Welſh Counties following, Beſ…es there are no Citizens ſitting for 14▪ cities following, viz.
BEdford ſhire
Cornwall
Cambridgſhire
Derbyſhire
Devonſhire
Dorſe…ſhire
Eſſex
Gloſterſhire
Har…fordſhire
Heref…rdſhire
Lincolnſhire
Lancaſhire
Middleſ…x
Munmothſhire
Norfolk
Nor…humberland
Oxfor…ſhire
Surrey
Shropſhire
Southampton
Suffolk
Somerſetſhire
Suſſex
Weſtmorland
Warwickſhire
Yorkſhire
Angl…ſey
B…eckn…ck
Cardiganſhire
Carmarthenſhire.
Carnarvonſhire
Denbighſhire
Fli…ſhire
Glamorganſhire
Pembrockſhire
M…gomeryſhire
Rad…ſhire
And but 1 Knight of the Shire in each of the nine following Counties.
Berkſhire
Ch…ſhire
Hunting …nſhire
Kent
Leiceſterſhire
Northamptonſhire
Staffordſhire
Wil…ſhire
Worceſterſhire
And only the full number, of Knights of the Shire in Buckinghamſhi…e Nottinghamſhire, Rutlandſhire, Merionethſhire.
York
Weſtminſter
Briſtol
Canterbury
Cheſter
Exceter
Oxford
Lincoln
Worceste…
C…ichester
Carliſle
Rocheſter
Coventry
Wells
Have no Citizens in the Houſe.
And but one of the 4 for London, 1 for Norwich, 1 for Bath, Glocester and Salisbury alone of all the Cities in Engl. having their full number. And there will alſo appear now wanting & excluded about 313 Burgeſſes and many of them of the principal Burroughs in Engl. So that the whole number now permitted to ſit is about 89 and the whole number excluded or wanting 420 beſides the Lords So tha… upon an indifferent calculation and ſurvey, there will ſcarce the 10th part of the Commons be found at this time to have Members repreſenting them in Parliament, and yet theſe take upon them to act, enact and impoſe, *And that not only on the Laity, but Clergy too: who cannot legally, and were not formerly Taxed, but only by their own …ee grant and con…ent in convocation.Taxe… not only as a whole Commons Houſe, but as as an abſolute, full and compleat Parl. of England, yea of Ireland and Scotland beſides▪ whoſe Parliaments they have quite ſwallowed up, and monopolized to themſelves▪ impoſing Taxes on them, which no Engliſh Parliament ever did.
C. Plinii Pan Trajano dictus Melius omnibus quam ſingulis creditur: ſinguli enim dec…pere & decipi poſſunt …nemo omnes, neminem o…nes fe…ellerunt.
FINIS.
Printed January 30. 1659.
End of the text · William Prynne, The True State of the Secluded Members (1660)