Short Parliament

In 1640 Edward Phelips (age 27) was elected MP Ilchester during the Short Parliament.

In 1640 Thomas Salusbury 2nd Baronet (age 27) was elected MP Denbighshire during the Short Parliament.

In 1640 Thomas Lyttelton 1st Baronet (age 47) was elected MP Worcestershire in the Short Parliament.

In 1640 Charles Berkeley 2nd Viscount Fitzhardinge (age 40) was elected MP Bath during the Short Parliament.

In Feb 1640 Francis Newport 1st Earl Bradford (age 19) was elected MP Shrewsbury during the Short Parliament.

On 20 Feb 1640 Henry Berkeley of Bruton (age 61) was elected MP Ilchester

John Glanville (age 54) was elected Speaker of the House of Commons.

In Mar 1640 Sidney Godolphin (age 30) was elected MP Helston during the Short Parliament.

In Apr 1640 Edward Hussey 1st Baronet (age 54) was elected MP Lincolnshire in the Short Parliament.

In Apr 1640 Philip Musgrave 2nd Baronet (age 32) was elected MP Westmoreland in the Short Parliament.

In Apr 1640 Anthony Hungerford (age 32) was elected MP Malmesbury during the Short Parliament.

In Apr 1640 Gervase Holles (age 33) was elected MP Grimsby in the Short Parliament.

In Apr 1640 Dudley North 4th Baron North (age 38) was elected MP Cambridgeshire in the Short Parliament.

In Apr 1640 William Pierrepont of Thoresby (age 32) was elected MP Shropshire during the Short Parliament.

In Apr 1640 Francis Pierrepont (age 27) was elected MP East Retford during the Short Parliament.

In Apr 1640 Edward Rodney (age 49) was elected MP Wells during the Short Parliament.

In Apr 1640 William Glynne was elected MP Caernarfonshire during the Short Parliament.

In Apr 1640 John Melbury Sampford Strangeways (age 54) was elected MP Dorset during the Short Parliament.

In Apr 1640 Giles Strangeways (age 24) was elected MP Weymouth and Melcombe Regis during the Short Parliament.

In Apr 1640 John Wray 2nd Baronet (age 53) was elected MP Lincolnshire during the Short Parliament.

In Apr 1640 Christopher Wray (age 39) was elected MP Grimsby during the Short Parliament.

In Apr 1640 Charles Cecil (age 21) was elected MP Hertford during the Short Parliament.

In Apr 1640 Simon Archer (age 58) was elected MP Tamworth during the Short Parliament.

In Apr 1640 William Fitzwilliam 2nd Baron Fitzwilliam (age 31) was elected MP Peterborough during the Short Parliament.

In Apr 1640 Henry Mildmay (age 47) was elected MP Maldon during the Short Parliament.

In Apr 1640 William Waller (age 43) was elected MP Andover during the Short Parliament.

In Apr 1640 Edmund Waller (age 34) was elected MP Amersham in the Short Parliament.

In Apr 1640 Thomas Tomkins (age 35) was elected MP Weobley in the Short Parliament.

In Apr 1640 Henry Poole (age 48) was elected MP Chichester during the Short Parliament.

In Apr 1640 James Fiennes 2nd Viscount Saye and Sele (age 38) was elected MP Oxfordshire in the Short Parliament.

In Apr 1640 William Heveningham (age 36) was elected MP Stockbridge during the Short Parliament.

In Apr 1640 Philip Sidney 3rd Earl of Leicester (age 21) was elected MP Yarmouth Isle of Wight during the Short Parliament.

In Apr 1640 Thomas Littleton 2nd Baronet (age 19) was elected MP Much Wenlock in the Short Parliament.

In Apr 1640 Roger Twysden 2nd Baronet (age 42) was elected MP Kent in the Short Parliament.

In Apr 1640 Framlingham Gawdy of West Harling (age 50) was elected MP Thetford in the Short Parliament.

In Apr 1640 Thomas Godfrey (age 54) was elected MP New Romney in the Short Parliament.

In Apr 1640 Thomas Liddell 1st Baronet (age 62) was elected MP Newcastle on Tyne in the Short Parliament.

In Apr 1640 Isaac Penington (age 56) was elected MP City of London in the Short Parliament.

                    In Apr 1640 Samuel Sandys (age 24) was elected MP Droitwich.
                
                    Thomas Jermyn (age 67) was elected MP Cambridge University.                

                    Thomas Jermyn (age 23) was elected MP Corfe Castle, Dorset.                

                    Henry Jermyn 1st Earl St Albans (age 35) was elected MP Corfe Castle, Dorset.                

                    John Jennings was elected MP St Albans.
                
                    Ambrose Browne 1st Baronet was elected MP Surrey.                

                    John Curzon 1st Baronet (age 41) was elected MP Derbyshire.
                
                    George Fane of Burston (age 59) was elected MP Maidstone.

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In Apr 1640 Robert Bernard 1st Baronet (age 39) was elected MP Huntingdon in the Short Parliament.

In Apr 1640 Robert Crane 1st Baronet (age 54) was elected MP Sudbury in the Short Parliament.

In Apr 1640 William Jephson (age 32) was elected MP Stockbridge in the Short Parliament.

In Apr 1640 John Borlase 1st Baronet (age 20) was elected MP Great Marlow in the Short Parliament.

In Apr 1640 John Glynne (age 38) was elected MP Westminster during the Short Parliament.

Evelyn's Diary. 11 Apr 1640. I went to London to see the solemnity of his Majesty's (age 39) riding through the city in state to the Short Parliament, which began the 13th following,-a very glorious and magnificent sight, the King (age 39) circled with his royal diadem and the affections of his people: but the day after I returned to Wotton, Surrey [Map] again, where I stayed, my father's (age 53) indisposition suffering great intervals, till April 27th, when I was sent to London to be first resident at the Middle Temple: so as my being at the University, in regard of these avocations, was of very small benefit to me. Upon May the 5th following, was the Parliament unhappily dissolved; and, on the 20th I returned with my brother George to Wotton, Surrey [Map], who, on the 28th of the same month, was married at Albury to Mrs. Caldwell (an heiress of an ancient Leicestershire family, where part of the nuptials were celebrated).

On 05 May 1640 King Charles I of England, Scotland and Ireland (age 39) dissolved the Short Parliament.