London and the Kingdom - Volume 3 / A History Derived Mainly from the Archives at Guildhall in the Custody of the Corporation of the City of London.

by Reginald R. Sharpe

One "livery" a session was the usual allowance, provided that there was not more than one session within the year; but when, as in 1532, Parliament continued to sit for a number of years, an allowance in cash was made to the members in lieu of another livery for themselves and their servants. This cash payment amounted to £6 13s. 4d.[870]

In addition to wages and allowances already mentioned, the City members were allowed a certain amount of travelling (and other) expenses. From the ancient treatise already referred to we gather that in this respect (if in no other) they were customarily placed on an equality with the knights of shires.[871] When Parliament sat at Westminster, these travelling expenses amounted to little more than a shilling a day—the sum allowed them for boat-hire;[872] when, on the other hand, Parliament sat in some remote town, as it frequently did, they were greater. Thus in 1296, when Parliament was to meet at Bury St. Edmunds, the citizens voted their representatives 20 shillings a day for travelling expenses.[873] The two aldermen who represented the City in the Parliament held at York in 1298 were each allowed 100 shillings and no more.[874] On the other hand when nearly a century later (1388), Parliament sat at Cambridge, the City members were not only allowed their travelling expenses, but the cost of their board and lodging, and even their washing bills were discharged by the Corporation, the whole amounting to upwards of £100, a large sum in those days.[875]

In the middle of the 15th century, viz., in Thomas Chalton's mayoralty (1449-1450), the Common Council resolved that thenceforth the allowance for expenses should not exceed 40 shillings a day, but ten years later, when Parliament was to meet at Coventry, it showed a more liberal spirit and undertook to repay any further disbursements that the members might make for the honour and benefit of the City.[876] It did the same in 1464, when Parliament was to have sat at York.[877]

How long the City continued to make payments and allowances to its members is not clear. No doubt, as wealth increased and a seat in the House was looked upon less as a burden, men were found ready to undertake the duties on their own responsibility and without any extraneous assistance, and the custom of payment of members by the City became gradually obsolete. Take, for instance, the case of two of the City's representatives in the Parliament of 1661. Whilst, on the one hand, we find the Court of Aldermen authorising the Chamberlain to pay to John Jones, a burgess, a daily allowance of four shillings—a sum usually allowed knights of the shire—and this amount is recorded in the City's Chamber Accounts as having been duly paid;[878] on the other hand, we find alderman Sir John Frederick (elected member for the City loco alderman Fowke deceased) returning the fees and allowances paid to him by the Chamberlain "for his full allowance for diett and boate hire ... and for his Robes alsoe."[879]

Lastly, it is to be noted that on the occasion of the opening of a new Parliament, the members for the City claim, and generally exercise, the privilege of sitting on the Treasury or Privy Councillor's bench; but on what grounds such privilege is claimed and allowed is not clear.[880]

Members of Parliament for the City of London,

1284—1895.

1284.[881]
Henry le Waleys.
Gregory de Rokesle.
Philip Cissor.
Ralf Crepyn.
Joce le Acatour.
John de Gisors.
1296.[882]
Stephen Eswy.
William de Hereford.
1298.
Walter de Fynchyngfeld.
Adam de Foleham.
1300.[883] (March)
Geoffrey de Norton.
William de Betoyne.
John le Bancker.
William de Red.
[the first two returned.]
1305.
William de Combemartin.
Walter de Fynchyngfeld.
1307.
William de Combemartin.
Henry de Durham.
1309.
Henry de Durham.
William Servat.
1312.[884]
Nicholas de Farndon.
John de Wengrave.
Robert de Kelseye.
John de Sellyng or David de Cotesbrok.
1312.[885]
Nicholas de Farndon.
John de Wengrave.
Robert de Kelseye.
1313.
Nicholas de Farndon.
William de Leyre.
William Servat.
Stephen de Abyndone.
1314.[886]
John de Gisors.
William de Leyre.
Robert de Kelseye.
Richer de Refham.
[or two of them.]
1315.
William de Leyre.
Henry de Durham.
1316.[887]
William de Combemartin.
John de Burford.
Ralph de Walcote.
William de Flete.
Simon de Abyndon.
1318.
John de Cherleton.
William de Flete.
Roger le Palmere.
1319.[888]
Hugh de Waltham.
William de Flete.
William de Hacford.
Michael Mynot.
John Waldeshef.
[or three of them.]
1320.
Nicholas de Farndon.
Anketin de Gisors.
Henry Monquoi.
Roger Hosebonde.
1321.[889]
Nicholas de Farndon.
Hamo Godchep.
John Sterre.
Thomas Prentiz.
[three or two of them.]
1322. (May)
Robert de Swalclyve.
Reginald de Conduit.
William de Hacford.
Gregory de Norton.
[three or two of them.]
1322. (Nov.)
Walter Crepyn.
Thomas de Chetyngdon.
1324.
Anketin de Gisors.
Henry de Seccheford.
1325.
Anketin de Gisors.
Henry de Seccheford.
1327. (Jan.)
Anketin de Gisors.
Henry de Seccheford.
Reginald de Conduit.
Thomas de Leyre.
Edmund Cosyn.
John Steere [Sterre?].
[two to attend.]
1327. (Sept.)
Benedict de Fulsham.
Robert de Kelseye.
1328. (Feb.)
Richard de Betoyne.
Robert de Kelseye.
John de Grantham.
John Priour, jun.
1328. (April)
Richard de Betoyne.
Robert de Kelseye.
1328. (Oct.)
Stephen de Abyndone.
Robert de Kelseye.
1330. (Mar.)
Stephen de Abyndone.
John de Caustone.
1330. (Nov.)
John de Grantham.
Reginald de Conduit.
Stephen de Abyndone.
[or two of them.]
1332. (Mar.)
Anketin de Gisors.
John de Caustone.
John Priour, jun.
Thomas de Chetyngdon.
[three or two of them.]
1332. (Sept.)
Reginald de Conduit.
John de Caustone.
Anketin de Gisors.
Thomas de Chetyngdon.
[three or two of them.]
1332.[890] (Dec.)
Richard de la Pole.
Thomas de Chetyngdon.
Henry Monquoi.
[or two of them.]
1334.
Reginald de Conduit.
John de Caustone.
Roger de Depham.
1335.
Richard de Rothingge.
Richard le Lacer.
Roger de Forsham.
[or two of them.]
1336.[891] (Mar.)
Henry de Seccheford.
Thomas de Chetyngdon.
1336. (Sept.)
John de Caustone.
Richard de Hakenaye.
1337. (Jan.)
Reginald de Conduit.
John de Caustone.
1337. (Sept.)
Reginald de Conduit.
Benedict de Fulsham.
1338. (Feb.)
John de Grantham.
Andrew Aubrey.
Ralph de Upton.
Richard de Rothingge.
1338. (July)
Ralph de Upton.
Bartholomew Deumars.
1339. (Jan.)
Simon Fraunceys.
John de Northalle.
1339. (Oct.)
Simon (Fraunceys).
John (de Nort) halle.
1340.[892] (Jan.)
William de Brikelesworth.
John de Mockyng.
Adam Lucas.
1340. (Mar.)
William de Brikelesworth.
Richard de Rothingge.
Richard de Berkyngge.
[or two of them.]
1341.
Simon Fraunceys.
William de Brikelesworth.
1344.
John de Northalle.
John Lovekyn.
1346.
Geoffrey de Wychyngham.
Thomas Leggy.
John Lovekyn.
Thomas de Waldene.
[four, three or two of them.]
1348. (Jan.)
John Lovekyn.
Richard de Berkyngge.
William de Iford.
Richard de Wycombe.
[three or two of them.]
1348. (Mar.)
John Lovekyn.
Richard de Berkyngge.
William de Iford.
Richard de Wycombe.
[three or two of them.]
1351.
Thomas Leggy.
William de Iford.
1352.[893] (Jan.)
Simon Fraunceys.
Simon de Bedyngton.
1352.[894] (Aug.)
Adam Fraunceys.
John Lytle.
1353.
Thomas Leggy.
Thomas Dolsely.
1354.[895]
John de Stodeye.
Thomas Dolsely.
1355.[896]
Adam Fraunceys.
John de Stodeye.
Simon de Bedyngton.
Adam de Acres.
1357.[897]
Adam Fraunceys.
John de Stodeye.
Simon de Bedyngton.
William de Essex.
1358.
Thomas Dolsely.
William de Welde.
William de Essex.
Richard Toky.
1360.
Bartholomew Frestlyng.
Stephen Cavendyssh.
Walter de Berneye.
Richard Toky.
1361.
Adam Fraunceys.
John Pecche.
Simon de Benyngton.
John Pyel.
1362.[898] (Oct.)
Adam de Bury.
John Lytle.
John Hiltoft.
John Tornegold.
1363.[899]
William Holbech.
John de St. Alban.
Simon de Benyngton.
John Tornegold.
1365. (Jan.)
Adam Fraunceys.
John Lovekyn.
Simon de Benyngton.
Richard de Preston.
1365.[900] (May)
Adam Fraunceys.
John Wroth.
Simon de Benyngton.
John de Worstede.
1368.
John Wroth.
Bartholomew Frestlyng.
John Aubrey.
John Organ.
1369. (June)
John Pecche.
John Tornegold.
Nicholas de Exton.
John Hadele.
1369.[901]
Adam Fraunceys.
John Stodeye.
John Aubrey.
John Philipot.
1370.[902]
John Pecche.
William Walworth.
Fulk Horewode.
John Fyfhide.
1370.[903]
John Tornegold.
Bartholomew Frestlyng.
John Philipot.
William Essex.
1371.
Bartholomew Frestlyng.
John Philipot.
1372.
John Wroth.
John Pecche.
William Venour.
William Kelshull.
1373.
Adam Stable.
John Warde.
John Birlyngham.
Adam Carlile.
1376.[904]
John Pyel.
William Walworth.
William Essex.
Adam Carlile.
1377. (Jan.)
John Hadle.
John Organ.
William Tonge.
William Venour.
1377. (Oct.)
Adam Carlile.
Walter Sibill.
William Walworth.
John Philipot.
1378.
John Hadle.
Geoffrey Neuton.
John de Northampton.
William Venour.
1379.[905]
Adam Carlile.
Walter Sibill.
John Hadle.
William More.
1380.[906] (Jan.)
John Philipot.
Robert Launde.
John Boseham.
Thomas Cornwaleys.
1380.[907] (Nov.)
John Organ.
John Rote.
Thomas Welford.
William Tonge.
1381.
Sir John Philipot.
John Hadle.
William Baret.
Hugh Fastolf.
1382. (Oct.)
John More.
Thomas Carleton.
William Essex.
Richard Norbury.
1383. (Feb.)
Sir Nicholas Brembre.
John More.
Richard Norbury.
William Essex.
1383. (Oct.)
William Walworth.
Sir John Philipot.
William Baret.
Henry Vanner.
1384. (Apr.)
John Hadle.
John Organ.
John Rote.
Henry Herbury.
1384. (Nov.)
John Hadle.
John Organ.
Thomas Rolf.
Henry Herbury.
1385.
John Hadle.
Nicholas Exton.
Henry Herbury.
William Ancroft.
1386.
John Hadle.
John Organ.
Adam Carlile.
Thomas Girdelere.
1388. (Feb.)
William More.
John Shadworth.
William Baret.
John Walcote.
1388. (Sept.)
Adam Bamme.
Henry Vanner.
William Tonge.
John Clenhand.
1390. (Jan.)
William More.
John Shadworth.
Adam Carlile.
William Brampton.
1390.[908] (Nov.)
John Hadle.
John Loveye.
Thomas Newenton.
John Botesham.
1391.
William Shiringham.
William Brampton.
William Staundon.
John Walcote.
1394.[909]
William Staundon.
John Fresh.
Thomas Exton.
John Wade.
1395.
Adam Carlile.
Drew Barantyn.
Geoffrey Walderne.
William Askham.
1397. (Jan.)
William Staundon.
William Brampton.
William Hyde.
Hugh Short.
1397. (Sept.)
Andrew Neuport.
Drew Barantyne.
Robert Asshecombe.
William Chychely.
1399. (Oct.)
John Shadworth.
William Brampton.
Richard Merlawe.
William Sonnyngwell.
1402.[910] (Sept.)
John Hadle.
William Parker.
John Prophete.
William Norton.
1403.[911]
William Staundon.
Drew Barantyn.
William Marcheford.
John Prophete.
1406.
William Staundon.
Nicholas Wotton.
John Sudbury.
Hugh Ryebrede.
1407.
William Askham.
William Crowemer.
William Marcheford.
John Bryan.
1410.[912] (Jan.)
Drew Barantyn.
Henry Halton.
John Reynewell.
Walter Gawtron.
1410.[913] (Nov.)
Richard Merlawe.
Thomas Fauconer.
John Sutton.
John Michell.
1413.[914] (Feb.)
Drew Barantyn.
William Askham.
William Marcheford.
Walter Gawtron.
1413. (May)
Drew Barantyn.
William Askham.
William Marcheford.
Walter Gawtron.
1414.[915] (Jan.)
Richard Merlawe.
Robert Chichele.
William Burton.
Alan Everard.
1414. (Nov.)
William Waldern.
Nicholas Wotton.
William Olyver.
John Gedney.
1415.
Robert Chichele.
William Waldern.
John Reynewell.
William Michell.
1416.[916] (Mar.)
Richard Merlawe.
Thomas Fauconer.
William Weston.
Nicholas Jamys [James]
1416.[917] (Oct.)
Richard Whitington.
Thomas Knolles.
John Perneys.
Robert Whityngham.
1417.
William Crowemer.
William Sevenoke.
John Welles.
John Boteler, jun.
1419.
Nicholas Wotton.
Henry Barton.
Richard Meryvale.
Simon Sewale.
1420.
Thomas Fauconer.
John Michell.
Salamon Oxneye.
John Hi[g]ham.
1421. (May)
William Waldern.
William Crowemer.
William Burton.
Richard Gosselyn.
1421. (Dec.)
Thomas Fauconer.
Nicholas Wotton.
John Whateley.
John Brokley.
1422.
Thomas Fauconer.
John Michell.
Henry Frowyk.
Thomas Mayneld.
1423.[918]
Thomas Fauconer.
John Welles.
Henry Frowyk.
Thomas Boteler.
1425.
Nicholas Wotton.
John Welles.
"Eborardus" Flete.
Thomas Bernewell.
1426.
John Michell.
John Welles.
"Eborardus" Flete.
John Higham.
1427.
John Michell.
John Welles.
William Melreth.
Walter Gawtron.
1429.
Nicholas Wotton.
Nicholas James.
William Melreth.
Walter Gawtron.
1431.
William Estfeld.
Nicholas James.
John Higham.
John Abbot.
1432.
John Gedney.
William Melreth.
John Levyng.
Philip Malpas.
1433.
John Reynewell.
John Welles.
John Hatherle.
Thomas Catteworth.
1435.
John Michell.
Robert Large.
John Bederenden.
Stephen Forster.
1437.
Henry Frowyk.
Thomas Catteworth.
John Carpenter, jun.
Nicholas Yeo.

1442.
Sir William Estfeld.
John Bowys.
Philip Malpas.
William Cottesbroke.
1447.
Henry Frowyk.
William Combys.
Hugh Wyche.
William Marowe.
1449. (Feb.)
Thomas Catteworth.
John Norman.
Geoffrey Boleyn.
Thomas Billyng.
1449. (Nov.)
Stephen Broun.
John Norman.
John Nedham.
John Har[e]we.
1450.
Henry Frowyk.
William Marowe.
John Harewe.
Richard Lee.
1453.
Stephen Broun.
William Cantelowe.
John....
... ...
1455.
Geoffrey Feldyng.
William Cantelowe.
John Harewe.
John Yonge.
1463.[919]
William Marowe.
Thomas Urswyk, Recorder.
Thomas Wynselowe.
John Bromer.
1467.
Sir Ralph Josselyn.
Thomas Urswyk.
John Warde.
John Crosseby.
1469.[920]
Ralph Verney.
George Irlond.
Stephen Fabyan.
Thomas Stoughton.
1472.
Sir Ralph Verney.
George Irlond.
John Brampton.
Stephen Fabyan.
1478.
Sir William Hampton.
Richard Gardyner.
William Bracebrigge.
John Warde.
1483.[921]
Sir William Heriot.
Robert Tate.
John Marchall.
William Bracebrigge.
1485.[922]
John Warde, Mayor.
Thomas Fitz-William, Recorder.
John Pekeryng.
William Spark.
1487.[923]
Sir Henry Colet, Mayor.
Thomas Fitz-William, Recorder.
Hugh Pemberton.
John Pekeryng.
William White loco Thomas Fitz-William.[924]
1491.[925]
Robert Tate.
William Capel.
Nicholas Alwyn.
Thomas Bullesdon.
1497.[926]
[Richard] Chawry.
Sir Robert Sheffeld, Recorder.
...
...
1504.[927]
Sir John Shaa.
Sir Robert Sheffeld, Recorder.
Thomas Cremour.
John Paynter.
Sir John Tate[928] loco Sir John Shaa deceased.
1510.[929]
John Tate.
John Chaloner, Recorder.
James Yarford.
John Brugys.
Thomas More loco James Yarford, elected alderman.
1512.[930]
Sir William Capel.
Richard Broke, Recorder.
William Calley.
John Kyme.
1515.[931]
Sir William Capel.
Richard Broke, Recorder.
William Calley.
John Kyme.
1523.[932]
George Monoux.
William Shelley, Recorder.
John Hewster.
William Roche.
1529.[933]
Sir Thomas Seymer.
John Baker, Recorder.
John Petyte.
Paul Wythypol.
1542.
Sir William Roche.
Sir Roger Cholmeley, Recorder.
John Sturgeon.
Nicholas Wylford.
1545.
Sir William Roche.
Sir Roger Cholmeley, Recorder.
John Sturgeon.
Paul Wythypol.
Sir William Forman loco William Roche.[934]
Sir Richard Gresham[935] loco Sir William Forman.
Robert Broke, Recorder.[936]
1547.
Sir Martin Bowes,.
Robert Broke, Recorder.
Thomas Curteis.
Thomas Bacon.
1553.
Sir Martin Bowes.
Robert Broke, Recorder.
John Marsh.
John Blundell.
1553.[937] (Sept.)
Sir Rowland Hill.
Robert Broke, Recorder.
John Marsh.
John Blundell.
1553.[938] (Oct.)
Sir Rowland Hill.
Robert Broke, Recorder.
John Marsh.
John Blundell.
1554.
Sir Martin Bowes.
Robert Broke, Recorder.
John Marsh.
John Blundell.
1554. (Nov.)
Sir Martin Bowes.
Ralph Cholmeley, Recorder.
Richard Grafton.
Richard Burnell.
1555.
Sir Martin Bowes.
Ralph Cholmeley, Recorder.
Philip Bold.
Nicholas Choyne
[Chune].
1558.
William Garrard.
Ralph Cholmeley, Recorder.
John Marsh.
Richard Grafton.
1559.[939]
Sir Martin Bowes.
Ralph Cholmeley, Recorder.
John Marsh.
Richard Hills.[940]
1563.
Sir William Chester.
Ralph Cholmeley, Recorder.
Laurence Withers.
John Marsh.
1571.[941]
Sir John White.
Thomas Wilbraham, Recorder.
John Marsh.
Thomas Norton.
1572.
Sir Roland Heywood.
William Fletewood, Recorder.
John Marsh.[942]
Thomas Norton.
1584.[943]
Sir Nicholas Woodrooff.
William Fletewood, Recorder.
Walter Fisshe.
Thomas Aldersey.
Henry Billingsley,[944] loco Walter Fisshe, dec^d.
1586.
Sir Edward Osborne.
William Fletewood, Recorder.
Thomas Aldersey.
Robert Saltinstall.
1589.
Sir George Barnes.
William Fletewood, Recorder.
Thomas Aldersey.
Andrew Palmer.
1593.
Sir John Harte.
Edward Drewe, Recorder.
Andrew Palmer.
George Sotherton.
1597.
Sir John Harte.
John Croke, Recorder.
George Sotherton.
Thomas Fettiplace.
1601.
Sir Stephen Soame.
John Croke, Recorder.
Thomas Fettiplace.
John Pynder.
1604.[945]
Sir Henry Billingsley.
Sir Henry Montague, Recorder.
Nicholas Fuller.
Richard Gore.
Sir Thomas Lowe, loco Sir Henry Billingsley.[946]
1614.
Sir Thomas Lowe.
Sir Henry Montague Recorder.
Nicholas Fuller.
Robert Middleton.
1621.
Sir Thomas Lowe.
Robert Heath, Recorder.
Robert Bateman.
William Towerson.
1624.
Sir Thomas Middleton.
Sir Heneage Finch, Recorder.
Robert Bateman.
Martin Bond.
1625.
Sir Thomas Middleton.
Sir Heneage Finch, Recorder.
Robert Bateman.
Martin Bond.
1626.
Sir Thomas Middleton.
Sir Heneage Finch, Recorder.
Sir Maurice Abbott.
Robert Bateman.
1628.
Thomas Moulson.
Christopher Clitherowe.
Henry Waller.
James Bunce.
1640. (April)
Thomas Soame.
Isaac Pennington.
Matthew Cradock.
Samuel Vassall.
1640. (Nov.)
Thomas Soame.
Isaac Pennington.
Matthew Cradock.
Samuel Vassall.
John Venn, loco Matthew Cradock.[947]