Appendix D4: Members who sat for more than one borough
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Members who sat for more than one borough
During the period under review the majority of parliamentary burgesses were returned by only one borough: their home town. However, 116 of our Members were selected at different times in their careers to represent other places as well. For the most part they were selected by another borough in the same county, although 21 were chosen by towns in different shires, and in six instances the places were very far removed from each other. The majority of the boroughs concerned in this survey were situated in the West Country: as many as 35 of the group of 116 were elected by towns in Cornwall, 21 in Devon and 19 in Dorset, while after 1399 the boroughs of Wiltshire (with 14 examples recorded) became increasingly more likely to return non-residents. Certain individuals secured election by several boroughs: Thomas Raymond represented five Devonshire towns all told; John Syreston and Robert Treage five each in Cornwall, and John Giles five in Wiltshire. It is likely that most, if not all, of the 116 would have failed to meet the legal requirements regarding residence as set out by the statute introduced by the Parliament of 1413 (May), and evidently in some areas the new legislation made little difference to customary practice. Those individuals (numbering 44 of the total) who switched constituencies after this legislation came into force, have been marked* in the list below. Of course, a few of the Members may have genuinely moved their places of residence as their personal circumstances changed, and taken the trouble to gain official acceptance as freemen of the towns which then elected them to Parliament, but it is unlikely that the men of law among them, such as Nicholas Aysshton, John Cork, John Ford II, John Fortescue, John Giles, Robert Hillary, John Lawhire, Robert Long, John Ludwell, Thomas Russell II, Walter Tracy, and John Treffridowe, ever did so. In the furtherance of their professional careers such individuals were always ready to offer their services (probably at a reduced rate) to the smaller, less wealthy towns situated at some distance from Westminster.
MEMBERS WHO SAT FOR MORE THAN ONE BOROUGH
| Allet, Richard | Bodmin, Launceston | Cornw. |
| * Alysaundre, John | Melcombe Regis, Lyme Regis | Dorset |
| Aston, John II | Gt. Torrington, Dartmouth, Barnstaple | Devon (3) |
| * Aysshton, Nicholas | Liskeard, Helston, Launceston | Cornw. (3) |
| * Bailey, John | Calne, Cricklade | Wilts. |
| Bant, Stephen | Liskeard, Bodmin, Lostwithiel | Cornw. (3) |
| Beare, Ellis | Barnstaple, Plympton Erle, Totnes | Devon (3) |
| Bloyowe, Walter | Bodmin, Liskeard, Truro | Cornw. (3) |
| Bodilly, John | Launceston, Helston, Liskeard | Cornw. (3) |
| Bodrugan, William I | Helston, Launceston | Cornw. |
| * Borde, William | Taunton, Wallingford | Som./Berks. |
| Bosom, John I | Dartmouth, Totnes | Devon |
| Brasuter, John | Dartmouth, Totnes | Devon |
| Bremeler, Henry | Dartmouth, Totnes | Devon |
| * Brereton, William | Midhurst, ?Chichester | Suss. |
| Breton, John I | Bodmin, Lostwithiel | Cornw. |
| * Brice, John II | Weymouth, Melcombe Regis | Dorset |
| Burgrove, Robert | Rye, Hastings | Cinque Ports |
| Burlestone, William | Totnes, Plympton Erle, Dartmouth | Devon (3) |
| * But, John | Barnstaple, Bodmin, Liskeard, Truro | Devon/Cornw. (3) |
| Calche, Robert | Wareham, Melcombe Regis | Dorset |
| Chamberlain, William | Truro, Southampton | Cornw./Hants |
| Cheverell, John | Wareham, Dorchester | Dorset |
| Clerk, William I | Weymouth, Melcombe Regis | Dorset |
| Clink, John | Liskeard, Lostwithiel, Helston | Cornw. (3) |
| Cobbley, Robert | Barnstaple, Exeter | Devon |
| Cokeworthy, John I | Liskeard, Launceston, Lostwithiel | Cornw. (3) |
| Colet, Walter | Wallingford, Oxford | Berks./Oxon. |
| * Cork, John | Helston, Liskeard, Bodmin | Cornw. (3) |
| * Cricklade, Thomas | Cricklade, Calne | Wilts. |
| * Cullyford, Edward | Lyme Regis, Bridgwater | Dorset/Som. |
| Darcy, Robert | Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Maldon | Northumb./Essex |
| * Edgeley, Adam | Stafford, Hereford | Staffs./Herefs. |
| * Everard, John II | Gt. Bedwyn, Old Sarum | Wilts. |
| Fastolf, Hugh | Gt. Yarmouth, London | Norf./London |
| * Fenningham, William | East Grinstead, ?Midhurst, ?Arundel | Suss. (3) |
| * Ford, John II | Melcombe Regis, Dorchester, Shaftesbury | Dorset (3) |
| * Fortescue, John | Tavistock, Totnes, Plympton Erle | Devon (3) |
| Foxley, John | Dartmouth, Barnstaple | Devon |
| Frye, Robert II | Wilton, Shaftesbury | Wilts./Dorset |
| * Gerard, William | Wareham, Melcombe Regis | Dorset |
| * Giles, John | Old Sarum, Marlborough, Calne, Wilton, Devizes | Wilts. (5) |
| Golde, Richard | Exeter, Plympton Erle | Devon |
| Goldyve, Matthew | Rye, Winchelsea | Cinque Ports |
| Goly, John | Helston, Liskeard, Launceston | Cornw. (3) |
| Grey, John I | Exeter, Barnstaple, Totnes | Devon (3) |
| Hadley, Peter | Exeter, Plympton Erle, Tavistock | Devon (3) |
| Hamely, (Sir) John | Liskeard, Lostwithiel, Truro, Launceston, Helston, Bodmin | Cornw. (6) |
| * Harleston, John | Wilton, Old Sarum | Wilts. (2) |
| Haseley, Thomas | Lyme Regis, Barnstaple | Dorset/Devon |
| Helton, John | Appleby, Carlisle | Westmld./Cumb. |
| * Hillary, Robert | Weymouth, Bridport, Dorchester | Dorset (3) |
| Hurston, Richard | Ashburton, Plympton Erle | Devon |
| * Hussey, Thomas II | Gt. Bedwyn, Old Sarum, Melcombe Regis | Wilts. (2)/Dorset |
| * Jacob, Martin | Bridgwater, Taunton | Som. (2) |
| John, Lewis | Taunton, Wallingford | Som./Berks. |
| * Julkin, John | Tavistock, Plympton Erle | Devon |
| * Lawhire, John | Truro, Bodmin, Lostwithiel | Cornw. (3) |
| Lond, Thomas | Melcombe Regis, Lyme Regis | Dorset |
| * Long, Robert | Old Sarum, Calne, Salisbury | Wilts. (3) |
| Lowys, Simon | Liskeard, Lostwithiel | Cornw. |
| * Ludwell, John | Old Sarum, Chippenham, Cricklade | Wilts. (3) |
| Lunceford, Simon | Rye, New Romney | Cinque Ports |
| Lynde, Hugh de la | Bath, Chippenham | Som./Wilts. |
| * Manningham, Thomas | ?Appleby, Carlisle | Westmld./Cumb. |
| Mason, John | Lewes, East Grinstead | Suss. |
| * Mayne, Richard II | Bridgwater, Wells | Som. |
| * Motty, Philip | Liskeard, Bodmin | Cornw. |
| Newman, Robert | Malmesbury, Cricklade | Wilts. |
| Nicoll, John | Bodmin, Helston | Cornw. |
| Norris, Thomas II | Barnstaple, Totnes, Plympton Erle | Devon (3) |
| Palmer, John I | Bridgwater, Bath, Wells | Som. (3) |
| Pasford, John | Dartmouth, Totnes | Devon |
| Pengersick, John | Helston, Launceston | Cornw. |
| Penne, Robert | Weymouth, Melcombe Regis | Dorset |
| * Pety, Thomas | Appleby, Carlisle | Westmld./Cumb. |
| Polruddon, Pascoe | Lostwithiel, Truro | Cornw. |
| Prescott, John | Exeter, Totnes | Devon |
| Rauf, Henry | ?Wareham, Bridport | Dorset |
| Raymond, Thomas | Barnstaple, Tavistock, Dartmouth, Plympton Erle, Exeter | Devon (5) |
| * Reson, Walter | Melcombe Regis, Wareham | Dorset |
| Respryn, Richard | Lostwithiel, Truro | Cornw. |
| * Richard, William | Helston, Truro | Cornw. |
| * Russell, Thomas II | Chichester, Midhurst, East Grinstead | Suss. (3) |
| Salerne, John I | Rye, Hastings | Cinque Ports |
| Salerne, John II | New Romney, Winchelsea | Cinque Ports |
| Salman, Robert | Malmesbury, Calne | Wilts. |
| Sambourn, Nicholas II | Chippenham, Malmesbury | Wilts. |
| * Shelley, John | Rye, Sandwich | Cinque Ports |
| Sherare, John | Chichester, Lewes | Suss. |
| Sowerby, John | Appleby, Carlisle | Westmld./Cumb. |
| Stanford, Hugh | Bridgnorth, Newcastle-under-Lyme | Salop/Staffs. |
| * Studley, Walter | Calne, Malmesbury | Wilts. |
| Syreston, John | Liskeard, Truro, Lostwithiel, Bodmin, Launceston | Cornw. (5) |
| * Tamworth, John | Winchelsea, Hastings | Cinque Ports |
| * Tracy, Walter | Dorchester, Bridport, Melcombe Regis | Dorset (3) |
| * Treage, Robert | Bodmin, Helston, Liskeard, Lostwithiel, Truro | Cornw. (5) |
| * Treffridowe, John | Liskeard, Helston, Launceston | Cornw. (3) |
| Tregoose, John | Helston, Truro, Bodmin, Liskeard | Cornw. (4) |
| * Trelawny, John III | Liskeard, Lostwithiel | Cornw. |
| Trenerth, Robert | Truro, Liskeard | Cornw. |
| Trenewith, Nicholas | Bodmin, Truro | Cornw. |
| Trereise, John | Helston, Truro | Cornw. |
| * Trethake, William II | Helston, Truro | Cornw. |
| * Trewint, John | Truro, Lostwithiel, Liskeard | Cornw. (3) |
| * Trewoofe, John | Liskeard, Bodmin | Cornw. |
| * Urban, David | Bodmin, Helston | Cornw. |
| Urban, John | Helston, Truro | Cornw. |
| * Urry, Walter | Horsham, Reigate | Suss./Surr. |
| Veel, Robert | Melcombe Regis, Dorchester | Dorset |
| Vincent, John | Midhurst, Chichester | Suss. |
| Walsingham, Thomas | Wareham, Lyme Regis | Dorset |
| Weston, John | Warwick, Worcester | Warws./Worcs. |
| Whitelegh, Richard | Totnes, Dartmouth | Devon |
| Wigan, Hugh | Shrewsbury, Hereford | Salop/Herefs. |
| Wonston, Alfred | Totnes, Barnstaple, Tavistock | Devon (3) |
| Breakdown of the above by county: | ||
| Berks. 3 | Northumb. 1 | |
| Cinque Ports 7 | Oxon. 1 | |
| Cornw. 35 | Salop 2 | |
| Cumb. 4 | Som. 7 | |
| Devon 21 | Staffs. 2 | |
| Dorset 19 | Surr. 1 | |
| Essex 1 | Suss. 6 | |
| Hants 1 | Warws. 1 | |
| Herefs. 1 | Westmld. 4 | |
| London 1 | Wilts. 14 | |
| Norf. 1 | Worcs. 1 |
