In the 17th century a solicitor named
William Hakewill, of Lincoln's Inn, rediscovered ancient writs confirming that Amersham, Great Marlow, and Wendover had all sent members to Parliament in the past, and succeeded in re-establishing their privileges (despite the opposition of James I), so that they resumed electing members from the Parliament of 1624. Hakewill himself was elected for Amersham in 1624.
Members of Parliament
MPs 1624–1640
Year
First member
Second member
Constituency re-enfranchised by Parliament in 1624
^The election of Borlase and Hippesley to the Long Parliament were declared void.[citation needed]
^Expelled from the House of Commons for "indirect and fraudulent Practices in the Affairs of the
Charitable Corporation, and for having never attended the Service of the House, although required to do so".
^
abAt the
1841 general election(Sir) William Clayton, who succeeded as baronet in January 1834, was initially declared re-elected by 1 vote in 1841, but on petition and after scrutiny his election was declared void and his opponent,
Hampden, was declared elected instead.