Certain qualifications must be noted with regard to this analysis. "Re-election" is to be understood in the broader sense, not according to the more strict meaning of election to an immediately succeeding parliament; for justification of this usage, see J.G. Edwards, "Re-election and the medieval parliament," History, II (1926), 204-05.

By "high office" is meant the executive (including Ipswich coroners and Maldon constables), financial officers, and town clerks. For Yarmouth, the figure of 17 in column T, for 1295-1349, ought perhaps to be reduced to 15, as Godfrey de Colneye and William de Gaysele may have briefly served as town clerks.

Maldon is not known to have been represented in parliament before 1332. Due to the paucity of borough records before 1383, the analysis in columns O-T for Maldon, 1350-99, is based on incomplete evidence; and the figures in columns O and P might be more accurate if reversed.

Evidence regarding the identity of administrative personnel in Colchester is unsatisfactory prior to the reign of Edward III; so statistics in columns O-U for the period 1295-1349 should be viewed with caution. Again, for most of the medieval period the membership of Ipswich's portmen council is uncertain; figures for all periods in columns Q, R, and U are therefore likely to be too low, and those in column T too high.

Figures in columns A-K for London, Bristol, and York are given for the sake of comparison; they are taken from McKisack, Parliamentary Representation of English Boroughs, 40-42, 64.

borough	period	A	B	C	D	E	F	G	H	I	J	K	L	M	N	O	P	Q	R	S	T	U
Colchester	1295-1349 1350-1399 1400-1460	48 35 31	95 68 61	25 25 30	12 16 17	5 2 8	0 1 1	4 0 1	0 3 2	0 1 0	2 2 1	2 0 0	52‰ 36‰ 43‰	32‰ 24‰ 13‰	0 4 1	10 19 17	4 3 11	0 1 9	17 44 35	17 30 12	11 2 1	40‰ 80‰ 87‰
Ipswich	1295-1349 1350-1399 1400-1460	48 36 30	92 70 60	33 34 34	16 22 21	7 6 8	3 1 0	3 2 4	1 0 0	1 3 1	2 0 0	0 0 0	52‰ 36‰ 38‰	21‰ 15‰ 15‰	1 2 3	11 18 18	8 7 6	? ? 1	33 31 29	21 27 11	17 14 11	33‰+ 53‰+ 56‰
Lynn	1295-1349 1350-1399 1400-1460	46 45 44	88 88 90	35 40 45	18 19 25	10 10 6	3 5 6	0 3 6	1 1 1	2 1 1	0 1 0	1 0 0	49‰ 53‰ 42‰	11‰ 15‰ 18‰	3 6 4	19 35 28	5 4 5	? 0 6	37 74 53	5 1 0	10 0 7	54‰ 88‰ 76‰
Maldon	1332-1349 1350-1399 1400-1460	19 30 30	35 58 60	12 26 31	6 12 18	1 6 8	3 5 3	0 0 0	1 0 0	0 3 2	1 0 0	0 0 0	50‰ 56‰ 44‰	17‰ 12‰ 6‰	0 1 0	? 5 18	? 13 3	? 1 3	? 3 20	? 0 9	? 0 7	? ? 68‰
Norwich	1295-1349 1350-1399 1400-1460	53 43 40	107 83 79	46 32 36	26 17 19	9 2 7	4 7 3	2 1 2	1 3 2	3 1 3	1 1 0	0 0 0	43‰ 47‰ 47‰	15‰ 19‰ 19‰	2 3 2	17 26 30	7 4 2	? ? ?	7 10 5	6 9 2	25 2 4	37‰+ 81‰+ 83‰+
Yarmouth	1295-1349 1350-1399 1400-1460	53 37 30	107 71 58	40 26 39	18 11 26	14 4 11	2 3 0	3 3 1	0 1 0	1 4 0	1 0 1	1 0 0	55‰ 58‰ 34‰	15‰ 31‰ 5‰	3 0 2	19 15 22	4 6 5	? ? ?	23 24 13	13 24 13	17 6 14	48‰+ 58‰+ 58‰+
London Bristol York	1354-1399 1400-1500 1307-1399 1400-1500 1307-1399 1400-1500	38 -- -- -- -- --	152 235 138 76 141 80	76 126 74 35 66 54	47 72 45 17 42 41	10 25 12 9 7 7	9 16 9 5 7 3	3 5 1 1 4 4	2 4 4 1 3 0	4 4 3 2 1 0	1 0 0 0 2 0	0 0 0 0 0 0	38‰ 43‰ 39‰ 51‰ 36‰ 26‰	13‰ 10‰ 11‰ 11‰ 18‰ 7‰

Key:

A	Number of parliaments to which representatives were elected.
B	Number of elections in which the names of the elected are identifiable.
C	Number of individuals elected.
D	Number of individuals who held office once.
E	Number of individuals who held office twice.
F	Number of individuals who held office three times.
G	Number of individuals who held office four times.
H	Number of individuals who held office five times.
I	Number of individuals who held office six to ten times.
J	Number of individuals who held office eleven to fifteen times.
K	Number of individuals who held office more than fifteen times.
L	Percentage of individuals re-elected one or more times.
M	Percentage of 'veterans' (individuals elected four or more times).
N	Number of individuals who were also M.P.s in the subsequent period.
O	Number of individuals who held high office in borough administration previous to their first election as M.P.
P	Number of individuals who held high office only after their first election as M.P.
Q	Number of individuals who were members of the town council, but did not hold high office, prior to their first election as M.P.
R	Number of elections in which the individual elected was at that time a councillor or holder of high office.
S	Number of elections in which the individual elected was the returning officer.
T	Number of individuals not known to have been councillor or holder of high office prior to and during the course of their parliamentary careers.
U	Percentage of individuals associated with borough government (as councillors or holders of high office) prior to their election as M.P.s.
?	Evidence inadequate for analysis.