Thetford | |
Parliament: | uk |
Year: | 1529 |
Abolished: | 1868 |
Type: | Borough |
Elects Howmany: | Two |
Region: | England |
County: | Norfolk |
Thetford was a constituency of the British House of Commons. It elected two Members of Parliament (MPs) by the bloc vote system of election. It was disenfranchised under the Representation of the People (Scotland) Act 1868, which had resulted in a net increase of seven seats in Scotland, offset by the disenfranchisement of seven English Boroughs.
Below are those MPs who held the seat from just prior to the Restoration onwards.
Year | First member | Second member | |
---|---|---|---|
1529 | Giles Heron | William Dauntesey (or Daunce) | |
1536 | ? | ||
1539 | ? | ||
1542 | ? | ||
1545 | ? | ||
1547 | John Brende | Richard Heydon | |
1553 (Mar) | Sir John Clere | Henry Northey | |
1553 (Oct) | William Hunston | Robert Drury | |
1554 (Apr) | Robert Drury | Nicholas Rookwood | |
1554 (Nov) | Robert Drury | Nicholas Rookwood | |
1555 | Nicholas Rookwood | Robert Barker | |
1558 | Edward Clere | Walter Haddon | |
1559 | Edmund Gascoigne | Thomas Poley I[1] | |
1562–3 | Sir Richard Fulmerston | Edward Clere | |
1571 | Philip Appleyard | Thomas Hogan | |
1572 | William Humberston, died and repl. Jan 1576 by Sir Valentine Browne | Thomas Colby | |
1584 | Edward Eden | Robert Whitney | |
1586 | Sir Roger Woodhouse | Thomas Poley II | |
1588–9 | William Waad | Philip Gawdy | |
1593 | Charles Chewte | Bassingbourne Gawdy | |
1597 | John Crofts | Philip Gawdy | |
1601 | Henry Warner | Thomas Knyvet, 1st Baron Knyvet | |
1604 | Sir William Paddy | ||
1614 | Sir William Twysden, 1st Baronet | ||
1621 | |||
1624 | Drue Drury | ||
1625 | Framlingham Gawdy | ||
1626 | Framlingham Gawdy | ||
1628 | Sir Henry Spiller sat for Middlesex and repl.by Sir Henry Vane | ||
1629–1640 | No Parliaments summoned | ||
Apr 1640 | Framlingham Gawdy | ||
Nov 1640 | Framlingham Gawdy secluded 1648 | ||
1648 | Sir Thomas Wodehouse, 2nd Baronet | ||
1653–1658 | Thetford not represented in Barebones and Protectorate Parliaments | ||
1659 | Robert Steward | ||
Due to the town's close proximity to Euston Hall (the main residence of the FitzRoy family), the seat for Thetford has been held by various members of the family:
FitzRoy's death caused a by-election.
Due to the triple return, on petition, one vote was knocked off FitzRoy's total and Flower was declared elected in 1842.
Baring was appointed Paymaster General, requiring a by-election.
Baring succeeded to the peerage, becoming 2nd Baron Ashburton and causing a by-election.
Baring resigned, causing a by-election.
FitzRoy succeeded to the peerage, becoming 6th Duke of Grafton and causing a by-election.
Baring resigned, causing a by-election.