The History of Parliament: The House of Commons 1640-1660 [Volume I] Introductory Survey and Committees
Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Foreword
- Foreword
- Contents
- Editor’s Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Contributors
- Abbreviations
- Introductory Survey
- Appendix 1 Dates of Parliaments and sessions, 1640-60
- Appendix 2 By-elections
- Appendix 3 Speakers of the House of Commons
- Appendix 4 Principal Judicial and State Officeholders
- Appendix 5 Officials of the House of Commons or of Parliament
- Appendix 6 Chairmen of Standing Committees
- Appendix 7 Failed Parliamentary Candidates
- Appendix 8 The ‘Straffordians’ of April 1641
- Appendix 9 Members who fled to the New Model army in 1647
- Appendix 10 Members excluded at Pride’s Purge, December 1648
- Appendix 11 Dissenters to the 5 December 1648 Vote to continue negotiations with the King
- Appendix 12 Members excluded in 1654 and 1656
- Appendix 13 The ‘Kinglings’ of 1657
- Appendix 14 Members of the Other House, 1658-9
- Appendix 15 Members who served City of London Apprenticeships
- Appendix 16 Members who served Apprenticeships outside London
- Appendix 17 Legal Practitioners
- Appendix 18 Members with Commercial Interests
- Appendix 19 Military and Naval Members
- Appendix 20 Officers of the Royal or Protectoral Households
- Appendix 21 Attendance at and Reporting from the Committee of Both Kingdoms
- Appendix 22 Attendance at the Derby House Committee
- Appendix 23 Recruitment and Attendance, Naval Committees
- Appendix 24 Activity at the Committee for Revenue
- List of Manuscript Sources Used
- Abbreviated Titles and Other Abbreviations used in the Footnotes
- Index to the Introductory Survey
- Committees
Appendix 5 - Officials of the House of Commons or of Parliament
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 30 May 2023
Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Foreword
- Foreword
- Contents
- Editor’s Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Contributors
- Abbreviations
- Introductory Survey
- Appendix 1 Dates of Parliaments and sessions, 1640-60
- Appendix 2 By-elections
- Appendix 3 Speakers of the House of Commons
- Appendix 4 Principal Judicial and State Officeholders
- Appendix 5 Officials of the House of Commons or of Parliament
- Appendix 6 Chairmen of Standing Committees
- Appendix 7 Failed Parliamentary Candidates
- Appendix 8 The ‘Straffordians’ of April 1641
- Appendix 9 Members who fled to the New Model army in 1647
- Appendix 10 Members excluded at Pride’s Purge, December 1648
- Appendix 11 Dissenters to the 5 December 1648 Vote to continue negotiations with the King
- Appendix 12 Members excluded in 1654 and 1656
- Appendix 13 The ‘Kinglings’ of 1657
- Appendix 14 Members of the Other House, 1658-9
- Appendix 15 Members who served City of London Apprenticeships
- Appendix 16 Members who served Apprenticeships outside London
- Appendix 17 Legal Practitioners
- Appendix 18 Members with Commercial Interests
- Appendix 19 Military and Naval Members
- Appendix 20 Officers of the Royal or Protectoral Households
- Appendix 21 Attendance at and Reporting from the Committee of Both Kingdoms
- Appendix 22 Attendance at the Derby House Committee
- Appendix 23 Recruitment and Attendance, Naval Committees
- Appendix 24 Activity at the Committee for Revenue
- List of Manuscript Sources Used
- Abbreviated Titles and Other Abbreviations used in the Footnotes
- Index to the Introductory Survey
- Committees
Summary
Clerks of the Commons before 1649 styled themselves clerks of the Commons, and in the period of unicameral government as clerks of Parliament. Although most authorities describe Henry Scobell as clerk assistant prior to his assuming the clerkship in 1649, no entirely reliable source has been found to substantiate this assertion.
Clerk
Henry Elsynge, 21 Dec. 1639- 26 Dec. 1648. Clerk of the Commons
John Phelps, (acting) 26 Dec. 1648-6 Jan. 1649. Clerk of the Commons
Henry Scobell, 6 Jan. 1649-?Dec. 1657. Clerk of Parliament
John Smythe, 20 Jan. 1658-?May 1659. Clerk of Parliament
John Phelps, 7-14 May 1659 (acting 13 May). Clerk of Parliament
Thomas St Nicholas*, 13 May-13 Oct. 1659, 26 Dec. 1659-16 Mar. 1660. Clerk of Parliament
Clerk Assistant
John Rushworth*, 25 Apr.-15 May 1640, 3 Nov. 1640-aft. Mar. 1645
?Henry Scobell, bef. Jan. 1649
Robert Robinson, 31 July 1647-?Aug. 1647 (during Speakership of Henry Pelham*)
Ralph Darnall, 16 Feb. 1648-1660
John Phelps, 1 Jan. 1649-?6 Jan. 1649
Clerk of the Other House
Henry Scobell, Jan 1658-Apr. 1659
Serjeant at Arms
Edward Grimston, 17 Mar. 1610-Dec. 1640
John Hunt, 3 Nov. 1640-Jan. 1646
Edward Birkhead, 11 Sept. 1645 (acting), 9 Jan. 1646-16 Mar. 1660
James Norfolk, 1 Aug. 1647-?5 Aug. 1647 (during Speakership of Henry Pelham*), by 13 Feb. 1660 (?assistant)
Henry Middleton, 21 Dec. 1648 (acting), 30 Nov. 1654 (acting), 1 Mar. 1659 (acting), 26 Mar. 1659 (acting)
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