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|colspan="7" align="center"|''Somerset had eleven members in the [[First Protectorate Parliament|First]] |
|colspan="7" align="center"|''Somerset had eleven members in the [[First Protectorate Parliament|First]] and [[Second Protectorate Parliament|Second]] Parliaments of the Protectorate'' |
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== References == |
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== Sources == |
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Revision as of 09:55, 5 September 2021
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| Somerset | |
|---|---|
| Former county constituency for the House of Commons | |
| County | Somerset |
| 1290–1832 | |
| Seats | Two |
| Replaced by | East Somerset and West Somerset |
Somerset was a parliamentary constituency in Somerset, which returned two Members of Parliament (MPs), known traditionally as knights of the shire, to the House of Commons of England until 1707, the House of Commons of Great Britain from 1707 to 1800, and the House of Commons of the United Kingdom from 1801 to 1832.
Elections were held by the bloc vote system.
Members of Parliament
MPs 1290–1629
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- Constituency created (1290)
MPs 1640–1832
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l John Collinson, Edmund Rack, 'The History and Antiquities of the County of Somerset: Collected from Authentic Records, and an Actual Survey Made by the Late Mr. Edmund Rack. Adorned with a Map of the County, and Engravings of Roman and Other Reliques, Town-seals, Baths, Churches, and Gentlemen's Seats, Volume 1, R. Cutwell, 1791, p. xxx online
- ^ a b c S. E. Rigold, Nunney Castle, Somerset (HMSO, 1967), p. 4 (online
- ^ "BURGHERSH, Sir John (1343-91), of Ewelme, Oxon. | History of Parliament Online".
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an ao ap aq ar as at au av aw ax ay az ba bb bc bd be bf "History of Parliament". Retrieved 12 September 2011.
- ^ a b "South Petherton, Somerset" (PDF). Hamline University. Retrieved 21 October 2009.[permanent dead link]
- ^ a b c Roskell, John Smith (1954). The Commons in the Parliament of 1422. Retrieved 19 August 2011.
Sources
- D Brunton & D H Pennington, Members of the Long Parliament (London: George Allen & Unwin, 1954)
- Cobbett's Parliamentary history of England, from the Norman Conquest in 1066 to the year 1803 (London: Thomas Hansard, 1808) [1]
- Willis, Browne (1750). Notitia Parliamentaria, Part II: A Series or Lists of the Representatives in the several Parliaments held from the Reformation 1541, to the Restoration 1660 ... London. p. 1.
- Henry Stooks Smith, The Parliaments of England from 1715 to 1847, Volume 2 (London: Simpkin, Marshall & Co, 1845) [2]