Drogheda (Parliament of Ireland constituency)
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| Drogheda | |
|---|---|
| Former borough constituency for the Irish House of Commons | |
| County | County Louth |
| Borough | Drogheda |
| 1359 (1359)–1801 (1801) | |
| Seats | 2 |
| Replaced by | Drogheda (UKHC) |
Drogheda was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons to 1801.
There were originally two boroughs named Drogheda, lying on opposite sides of the River Boyne that forms the boundary between County Meath to the south and County Louth (or Uriel) to the north.[1] Sometimes a writ of election was made to the two boroughs separately (Drogheda versus Uriel and Drogheda versus Midiam)[2] and sometimes to the two jointly (Drogheda ex utraque parte aquae, "on both sides of the water").[3] Records of the constituency exist from 1359; it may have existed earlier.[3] In 1412, the two boroughs were united and, together with their liberties, formed into the "county of the town of Drogheda" separate from Meath and Louth.[1] The county of the town formed a single county borough constituency.
In the Patriot Parliament of 1689 summoned by James II, Drogheda was represented with two members.[4]
Members of Parliament
| Date | Met at | Members | Representing | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1369 | Dublin | Walter Miles | versus Uriel | [5] |
| 1370 | Dublin | John Fulpot and Walter Milys | versus Uriel | [2] |
| John Asshewell and John Stamen | versus Meath | [6] | ||
| January 1371 | Kilkenny | Simon Tyrry and Richard Spes | versus Meath | [7] |
| June 1371 | Ballydoyle | Adam FitzSymond and others | [8] | |
| 1376 | William White and Nicholas Starkey were elected to come to England to consult with the king and council about the government of Ireland and about an aid for the king. | ex utraque parte aquae | [9] | |
| 1560 | John Weston and Robert Burnell | [10] | ||
| 1585 | Dublin | John Barnewall and Peter Nugent | County of the town | [11] |
| 1613 | Dublin | John Blakeney and Roger Bealinge | [12] | |
| 1635 | Thomas Pippard and Richard Brice | [12] | ||
| 1639 | Dublin | Thomas Pippard (died and replaced 1640 by John Stanley. Stanley expelled 1642) and Richard Brice (expelled 1642 for non-attendance) | County of the town | [11] |
| 1642 | Sir Thomas Lucas and Worseley Batten | [11] | ||
| 1661 | Dublin | Moyses Hill and William Toxteth | County of the town | [11] |
1689–1801
| Election | First MP | Second MP | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1689 | Henry Dowdall | Christopher Peppard FitzGeorge | ||||
| 1692 | Charles Moore, Lord Moore | Edward Singleton | ||||
| 1710 | John Graham | |||||
| 1713 | Henry Singleton | |||||
| August 1717 | John Leigh[note 1] | |||||
| 1717 | Edward Singleton | |||||
| 1727 | William Graham | |||||
| 1741 | Francis Leigh | |||||
| 1749 | John Graham | |||||
| 1768 | William Meade[note 2] | |||||
| 1776 | Sydenham Singleton | |||||
| 1783 | Henry Meade-Ogle | John Forbes | ||||
| 1790 | William Meade-Ogle | |||||
| 1796 | John Ball | |||||
| 1798 | Edward Hardman | |||||
| 1801 | Succeeded by the Westminster constituency Drogheda | |||||
Notes
References
Citations
- 1 2 Commissioners Appointed to Inquire into the Municipal Corporations in Ireland (1835). "The County of the Town of Drogheda". Appendix to the First Report, Part II. pp. 801–888 : §§ 2, 5.
- 1 2 Clarke 1926, p.117 IV.2 'John Fulpot and Walter Milys were electi milites pro communitate ville de Drogheda ex parte Uriel to attend the parliament at Dublin (15 April 1370)'
- 1 2 "Close Roll 33 Edward III No.27". CIRCLE. Trinity College Dublin. 18 March 1359. Retrieved 25 May 2017.
- ↑ O'Hart 2007, p. 502.
- ↑ Clarke 1926, p.116 IV.1
- ↑ Clarke 1926, p.119 V.4
- ↑ Clarke 1926, p.119 V.6
- ↑ Clarke 1926, p.117 IV.5
- ↑ (Clarke 1932–34, p. 126)
- ↑ McGrath, Brid (24 October 1998). "A biographical dictionary of the membership of the Irish House of Commons 1640–1641".
- 1 2 3 4 Parliamentary Papers, Volume 62, Part 2. p. 607.
- 1 2 Major-General Stubbs (1919). "County Louth Representatives in the Irish Parliament, 1613–1758". Journal of the County Louth Archaeological Society. 4 (4): 311–317. doi:10.2307/27729225. JSTOR 27729225.
Sources
- Clarke, Maude V. (1932–34). "William of Windsor in Ireland, 1369–1376". Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy: Archaeology, Culture, History, Literature. 41: 55–130. JSTOR 25515963.
- O'Hart, John (2007). The Irish and Anglo-Irish Landed Gentry: When Cromwell came to Ireland. Vol. II. Heritage Books. ISBN 978-0-7884-1927-0.
- Leigh Rayment's historical List of Members of the Irish House of Commons. Cites: Johnston-Liik, Edith Mary (2002). The History of the Irish Parliament 1692-1800 (6 volumes). Ulster Historical Foundation.
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