Appendix XIII: Government opponents in 1555
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Government opponents in 1555
Guildford mus. Loseley 1331/2
A list of some 106 opponents of a bill survives among the papers of William More II of Loseley in Surrey, More himself being one of those named. According to a note at the end of the list ‘All these in Queen Mary’s time were in the Parliament first holden against the general repeal of all treasons etc. whereby the Statute of the Supremacy was repealed’. This note is almost certainly in a lighter ink and a different hand from the list itself: neither the note nor the list is in the hand of More. An addition made at some time after the original compilation of the list would account for the inaccuracies over the Parliament and the measure concerned. Less than half of the men listed were Members of Mary’s first Parliament, but the names on the list correlate with those of the Members of the Queen’s fourth Parliament, for which nearly all the returns survive. Some of the names are not known from the returns or from any other source: thus the list is in itself evidence of Membership for the Parliament of 1555. During this Parliament two bills introduced by the government caused controversy: the bill for first fruits and tenths passed the Commons only after a division of 193 to 126 votes on 3 Dec. but that to penalize exiles was rejected on a division forced by (Sir) Anthony Kingston and others three days later. Although it is tempting to identify the list of opponents with the Members who aligned themselves with Kingston on the 6th rather than with the ‘noes’ of the 3rd, the evidence is too slim, and also too confused, to warrant certainty in the matter.
spelling not modernized | Identity of Members |
Sir Anthony Kyngston | (Sir) Anthony Kingston |
Sir John Sentloo | Sir John St. Loe |
Sir Thomas Diere | (Sir) Thomas Dyer |
Sir Ralph Hopton | Sir Ralph Hopton |
Sir John Rogers | Sir John Rogers |
Sir Nicholas Poyns | Sir Nicholas Poyntz |
Sir George Hawood | Sir George Howard |
Sir Thomas Gargrave | (Sir)Thomas Gargrave |
Sir John Parret | (Sir) John Perrot |
Sir William Courtney | Sir William Courtenay |
Sir John Pollarde | Sir John Pollard |
Sir John Chammon | Richard Chamond |
Sir Arthur Chamburne | Sir Arthur Champernon |
Sir Giles Strangwyshe | Sir Giles Strangways II |
Sir Nicholas Arnolde | (Sir) Nicholas Arnold |
Sir William Cobham | (Sir) William Brooke alias Cobham |
Sir George Blunt | Sir George Blount |
Sir Thomas Throckmerton | (Sir) Thomas Throckmorton I |
Sir Nicholas Strange | Sir Nicholas Lestrange |
Sir Humfrey Ratclife | Sir Humphrey Radcliffe |
Sir Roger Northe | (Sir) Roger North |
Sir Geams Stumpe | Sir James Stumpe |
Sir Lawrens Smythe | Sir Lawrence Smith |
Sir Andro Corbet | Sir Andrew Corbet |
Mr Coks | John Cock II |
Mr Rastwolde | Anthony Restwold |
Mr Mone | Reginald Mohun |
Mr Smythyke | William Smethwick |
Mr Mathew Arrundel | Matthew Arundell |
Mr Bynge | Robert Byng |
Mr Marshe | John Marshe |
Mr Younge | John Young |
Mr Bullar | John Buller |
Mr Morgayne | William Morgan |
Mr Jones | Richard Jones |
Mr Jones1 | — |
Mr Wyllyams | Thomas Williams II |
Mr Raphe Skynner | Ralph Skinner |
Mr Clyfforde | Henry Clifford |
Mr Portor of Greys In | William Porter |
Mr Portor of Glositer | Arthur Porter |
Mr Messenger | William Massinger |
Mr Baseley | William Baseley |
Mr Erbye | Leonard Irby |
Mr Bolde | Philip Bold |
Mr Chune | Nicholas Chowne |
Mr More | William More II |
Mr Vaghan | John Vaughan II |
Mr John Chaliner | John Chaloner II |
Mr Cavel | Humphrey Cavell |
Mr Varney | Edmund Verney |
Mr Varney | Francis Verney |
Mr John Asheley | John Astley |
Mr Bowyere | Robert Bowyer II |
Mr Knyght | Richard Knight |
Mr Nowel | Robert Nowell |
Mr Sakforde | Thomas Seckford |
Mr Carye | Henry Carey |
Mr Holmes | John Holmes I |
Mr Drurye | Robert Drury I |
Mr Thomas Huggon | Thomas Hogan |
Mr Perne | Christopher Perne |
Mr Dennys | Robert Denys |
Mr Robothim | Robert Robotham |
Mr Appleyearde | John Appleyard |
Mr T dloo2 | George Tadlowe |
Mr Fowlar | John Fowler |
Mr B dnam3 | Henry Bodenham |
Mr Peyton | John Peyton |
Mr Pleydall | Gabriel Pleydell |
Mr Rande | Nicholas Rand |
Mr Smythe | Thomas Smith II |
Mr Huntley | George Huntley |
Mr Devenishe | William Devenish |
Mr Randoll | Nicholas Randall |
Mr Lyght | Edmund Lyte |
Mr Fillips | John Phelips |
Mr Hodgskyns | Henry Hodgkins |
Mr Pekham | Henry Peckham |
Mr Cheverton | Henry Chiverton |
Mr Crouche | William Crowche |
Mr Fludkyn | Morris Llewellyn |
Mr Rydley | Thomas Ridley |
Mr Acton | William Acton |
Mr David Seymer | David Seymour |
Mr Thornnef | Francis Thorneff |
Mr Bolton | John Bolton |
The baron of Birport | Richard Cornwall |
Mr Thomas Fillips | Thomas Phelips |
Mr Fulks | Robert Fowke |
Mr Clement Hiet | Clement Hyett |
Mr George Williams | George Williams |
Mr Farrar | Robert Farrar |
Mr Semar4 | — |
Mr Fissher | Henry Fisher |
Mr Malery | William Mallory |
Thomas Maria Wynkfild | Thomas Maria Wingfield |
Mr Jobson of Hayle | Walter Jobson |
Mr Spiser | Thomas Spicer |
Mr Fenne | Nicholas Fen |
Mr Balgye | John Balgye |
Mr Sturton | Arthur or William Stourton |
Mr Corbyt | Reginald Corbet |
Mr Kemptorne | John Ley alias Kempthorn |
Mr Tyrrell | Maurice Tyrrell |
Mr George Cobham | George Brooke alias Cobham |
Ref Volumes: 1509-1558
Author: S. T. Bindoff
End Notes
- 1. Unless a copyist’s error in repeating the preceding name, this entry refers either to a knight of some two years’ standing, (Sir) Henry Jones I, or more likely to an otherwise unknown Member named Jones.
- 2. Ms punctured.
- 3. Ms punctured.
- 4. Thought to be a repetition of David Seymour’s name which comes not long before it on the list: otherwise a namesake who eludes identification.