Leicester (UK Parliament constituency)

Leicester was a parliamentary borough in Leicestershire, which elected two members of parliament to the House of Commons from 1295 until 1918, when it was split into three single-member divisions.

History

Leicester sent burgesses to Parliament for the first time in 1295.

Members of Parliament

1295–1640

Parliament	First member	Second member
1294	Ralph Norman	Robert de Scarnford
1299	Robert Knythtecote	Roger de Glenne
?1299	Richard Donnington	Roger de Glenne
1301	Ralph Tewe	-
1304	Richard Soning	Nicholas de Glenne
1306	Ralph Norman	Henry de Carleton
1307	William Lyndrych	William le Palmer
1308	Henry Erdington	Richard Eggbaston
1310	William Lyndrych	Peter de Kent
1311	William Lyndrych	Robert de Leicester
1312	William Clowne	Richard Leverych
?1312	Robert Hereward	Nicholas Mercer
1313	Roger de Glenne	John Stocton
1314	William de Benham	Simon de Lyndrych
?1314	Roger Pickering	William le Palmer
1318	Thomas Fox	William le Palmer, jnr
?1318	Henry Palmer	John Derby
1321	Geoffrey de Staunton	John Derby
1322	Ralph Burton	Walter Busseby
1326	William Reddington	William Jolly
1327	John FitzHenry of Leicester	John Geryn
1328	Richard Claver	John Leverich
1328	Richard Claver	John Geryn
1328	Rad de Seccheville	Robert de Waltham
1329	John de Glenne	Willim Petlyng
1330	Richard de Bonyngton	Robert de Gryndon or William Wareyn
1330	John de Leverych	Thomas Dawbenny
1332	Henry Merlins	Richard de Donnington
1332	William de Cloune	Richard Leverich
1333	John Leverych	John FitzHenry or John de Garthorp
1334	Richard Foxton	Richard Clerk
1334	John Leverich	Robert de Foston
1336	John Leverych	John Querndon
?1336	William Rodington	William le Palmer
1337	Richard de Donnington	Richard Leycester
1337	Richard de Donnington	John Martyn
1338	Richard de Donnington	John Querndon
1338	Richard de Donnington	John Turvey
?1338	William Palmer	Thomas Fox
?1338	John Harding	Robert Bonyng
1339	William Warryn	Thomas Fitz Robert
1339	William Leverich	Richard de Walcote
1340	Nicholas Radding	William Fitz Richard
?1340	Richard Walcote	William Brad
?1340	Ralph Burton	John Blake
1341	John le Clerk	William Donnington
1343	Walter Busseby	William Reddington
1346	Richard Walcot	William Dunstable
1347	Richard Beby	Allan Sutton
1348	John Recenour	William Wakefield
1350	William Dunstable	Thomas Beby
1351	William Dunstable	Thomas Beby
1354	John Martin	John de Hodynges
1355	Thomas Beby	-
1357	John de Petlyng	Thomas de Crom.
1360	Thomas Beby	Roger Belgrave
?1360	Roger Knyghton	Thomas Beby
1362	Richard Knyghton	William Burton
1363	John Peterburgh	Roger Kilby
1365	William Tabb	John Stafford
1368	Walter Lynd	Roger de Belgrave
1369	William Burton	William atte Greene
1371	William Taillard	Richard de Knyghton
1372	William atte Greene	Roger Beby
1373	John Stafford	John Peterburgh
1375	Henry de Petlyng	Henry de Clipstone
1377	William Huntedon	John Stafford
?1377	William Humberstone	William de Thornton
1378	John Chapman	Andrew Glasewright
1379	John de Stafford	William Ferrour
1380	John Sherote	Richard Boyes
1381	Stephen Chambre	Robert Norton
1382	John Stafford	Thomas Wakefield
?1382	Roger Belgrave	Richard Braunston
1383	Geoffrey Clerk	John Fode
1386	Geoffrey Clerk	William Morton
1388	Geoffrey Clerk	William Morton
1388	Geoffrey Clerk	John Cook
1390	?Geoffrey Clerk	-
1390		-
1391	Geoffrey Clerk	Henry Beeby
1393	Thomas Wakefield	John Houghton
1394	?Geoffrey Clerk	Henry Beeby
1395	Robert Skillington	Henry Beeby
1397	Thomas Wakefield	Roger Humberston
1397	Thomas Bailly	Richard Falconer
1399	William Bispham	John Church
1401	John London	Peter Clerk
1402		-
1404		-
1404		-
1406	John Donyngton	Roger Goldsmith
1407	Thomas Denton	John Tonge
1410	Robert Evington	John Church
1411	Robert Evington	Ralph Brasier
1413		-
1413	John Hewet	John Church
1414	Ralph Brasier	Thomas Denton
1414	Henry Forster	Robert Evington
1415		-
1416		-
1416		-
1417		-
1419	Henry Forster	Ralph Brasier
1420	John Pykwell	John Church
1421	Ralph Brasier	John Church
1421	Henry Forster	John Nightingale
1423	Ralph Brasier
1426	Ralph Brasier
1432	Ralph Brasier
1455–1456	Thomas Dalton	-
1510–1515	No names known	-
1523	William Bolt	Roger Wigston
1529	Thomas Brokesby	Robert Harward
1536	?	-
1539	John Beaumont	William Wigston
1542	Robert Burdett	?John Beaumont
1545	Edward Hastings	John Throckmorton
1547	George Swillington	Ralph Skinner
1553	George Swillington	Robert Cotton
1553	William Faunt	Thomas Farnham
1554	Francis Farnham	Thomas Jenkinson
1554	Francis Farnham	Hugh Aston
1555	Francis Farnham	?
1558	Robert Breham	Maurice Tyttell
1559	John Hastings	Robert Breham
1562–1563	Robert Breham	Rubert Brokesby
1571	Thomas Cave	Stephen Hales
1572	Robert Breham	John Stanford I
1584	Henry Skipwith	Thomas Johnson
1586	Henry Skipwith	Thomas Johnson
1588	John Chippendale	Robert Heyrick
1593	John Stanford I	James Clarke
1597	George Parkins	John Stanford II
1601	Henry Beaumont
1614	Henry Rich	Sir Francis Leigh
1621–1622	Sir Richard Moryson	Sir William Herrick
1624	Sir Humphrey May	William Ive
1625	Thomas Jermyn	Sir Humphrey May, sat for Lancaster and repl. by Sir George Hastings)
1626	Sir Humphrey May	Sir George Hastings
1628	Sir Humphrey May	Sir John Stanhope
1629–1640	No parliaments summoned	No parliaments summoned