LIST OF REPRESENTATIVES.
The catalogue of successive representatives can be but imperfectly traced, in most of the ancient cities, boroughs, &c. of this kingdom, in consequence of the defective state of the Journals of the House of Commons during some reigns, and in others, of their being entirely lost. With respect to Retford, however, I have been enabled to overcome this difficulty, and to present the reader with a correct list of the returns ever since that privilege we allowed the Borough, in the time of Edward the Second. In collecting the following list, I have had reference to "Prynne’s Brevia Parliamentaria" and "Willis’s Notitia Parliamentaria," and through the kindness of a particular friend in London, I have completed the whole from the Journals of the House of Commons, so that its correctness and authenticity may be fully relied upon.
EDWARD II.
1315—Rogerus Godde, and Jonathan Jurden.
ELIZABETH.
1571—Henry Draycot. Thomas Broxholme, Gent.
1572—Job Throckmorton, Esq. George Delves, Esq.
1586—Denzil Holles, Esq. Thomas Wade, Esq.
1586—Denzil Holles, Esq. John Conyers, Esq.
1588—Geo. Chaworth, Esq. Alexander Radcliffe, Esq.
1592—Roger Poclington, Esq. Anthony Cook, Esq.
1597—Roger Poclington, Esq. John Roose, Esq.
1601—Roger Mannours, jun. Esq. Rt. Redman, Gent.
JAMES I.
1603—Sir John Thornhaugh, Knight Sir Thomas Dayrill, Knight.
1614—Sir Nathan Rich, Kt. Sir Rd. Williamson, Kt.
1620—Sir Nathan Rich, Kt. Edward Worsley, Esq.
1623—John Holles, Esq. Sir Nathan Rich, Kt.
CHARLES I.
1625—John, Lord Haughton. Sir Francis Wortley, Bt.
1626—John, Lord Haughton. Sir Francis Wortley, Bt.
1627—John, Lord Haughton. Sir Francis Wortley, Bt.
1640—Sir Gervase Clifton, Bt. Francis Pierponte, Esq.
1640—Sir Gervase Clifton, St. Charles, Viscount Mansfield.
1645—Sir Win. Lister, Kt. Fras. Thornhaugh, Esq.
THE COMMONWEALTH.
1653, 1654, 1656—The only members returned from Nottinghamshire during
these three Parliaments, were
two for the county, and two for the town of Nottingham.
1659—Clifford Clifton, Esq. Wm. Cartwright, Esq.
CHARLES II.
1660—Wm. Hickman, Esq. Wentworth Fitzgerald, Earl of Kildare.
1661—Wm. Hickman, Esq. Thos. Fitzgerard, Esq.
1679—Sir Edwd. Nevile, Bt. Wm. Hickman, Esq.
1679—Sir Edwd. Nevile, Bt. Wm. Hickman, Esq.
1681—Sir Edwd. Nevile, Bt. Wm. Hickman, Esq.
JAMES II.
1686—Sir Edwd. Neville, Bt. John Millington, Esq.
1688—Evelyn Pierrepoint, Esq. John Thornhaugh, Esq.
WILLIAM AND MARY.
1690—Evelyn Pierrepoint, Esq. John Thornhaugh, Esq.
1695.—John Thornhaugh, Esq. Richard Taylor, Esq.
1698—Sir Willoughby Hickman, Bt. William Levinz, Esq.
1700—Sir Willougby Hickman, Bt. John Thornhaugh, Esq.
1701—Sir Willoughby Hickman, Bt. John Thornhaugh, Esq.
ANNE.
1702—Sir William Hickman, Bt. William Levinz, Esq.
1705—Sir. Hardolph Wasteneys, Bt.. Robert Molesworth, Esq.
1708—Thomas White, Esq. William Levinz, Esq.
1710—Willoughby Hickman, Esq. Brian Cooke, Esq.
1713—Francis Lewis, Esq. John Digby, Esq.
GEORGE I.
1715—.John Digby, Esq. Thomas White, Esq.
1721—Thomas White, Esq. Patrick Chaworth, Esq.
GEORGE II.
1728—Thomas White, Esq. Sir Robert, Clifton, Bt.
1735—John White, Esq. Sir Robert Clifton, Bt.
1741—John White, Esq. William Mellish, Esq.
1747—William Mellish, Esq. John Shelley, Esq.
1754—John White, Esq. John Shelley, Esq.
GEORGE III.
1761—John White, Esq. John Shelley, Esq.
1768—Sir Cecil Wray, Bt. John Offley, Esq.
1774—Sir Cecil Wray, Bt. Hon. William Hanger
1780—Wharton Amcotts, Esq. Right Hon. Lord J. P. Clinton
1784—Wharton Amcotts, Esq. The Earl of Lincoln
1790—Sir John Ingilby, Bart. William Henry Clinton, Esq.
1796—William Petrie, Esq. Sir Wharton Amcotts, Bt.
1802—Robert Crawford, Esq. John Jaffray, Esq.
1806—Robert Crawford, Esq. Thomas Hughan, Esq.
1807—William Ingilby, Esq. General Chas. Crawford
1812—George Osbaldeston, Esq. Charles Marsh, Esq.
1818—William Evans, Esq. Samuel Crompton, Esq.
GEORGE IV.
1820—William Evans, Esq. Samuel Crompton, Esq.
1826—Sir Robert Dundas, Knight. William Battie Wrightson, Esq.
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