William Frankland (c. 1573 – 10 December 1640) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1628 to 1629 and in 1640. Frankland was the son of Ralph Frankland of Carlton, near Thirsk, and his wife Margaret William Betham ''The baronetage of England: or The History of the English baronets Volume 2''"> William Betham ''The baronetage of England: or The History of the English baronets Volume 2''
/ref> and educated at Barnard's Inn and Gray's Inn (1596). He inherited the manor of Great Thirkleby from his uncle Hugh Frankland in 1606. 'Parishes: Thirkleby', A History of the County of York North Riding: Volume 2 (1923), pp. 55-58. Date accessed: 10 May 2011
/ref> Frankland was appointed High Sheriff of Hertfordshire for 1613–14. Between 1619 and 1623 he sold his properties in Hertfordshire and built a house on the Great Thirkleby estate he had inherited. In 1628 he was elected Member of Parliament for Thirsk and sat until 1629 when King Charles decided to rule without parliament for eleven years. In April 1640, he was re-elected MP for Thirsk in the

Short Parliament The Short Parliament was a Parliament of England that was summoned by King Charles I of England on the 20th of February 1640 and sat from 13th of April to the 5th of May 1640. It was so called because of its short life of only three weeks. Aft ...

. Frankland died in 1640. He had married Lucy Boteler, daughter of Sir Henry Boteler, of Hatfield-Woodhall, Hertfordshire, by whom he had seven sons. He was succeeded by his son Henry, who was the father of

Sir William Frankland, 1st Baronet Sir William Frankland, 1st Baronet (c. 1640 – 2 August 1697) was an English landowner and politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1671 to 1685. Frankland was the eldest son of Sir Henry Frankland of Thirkelby, Yorkshire. On 24 Decembe ...

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Frankland, William 1570s births 1640 deaths Members of Gray's Inn English MPs 1628–1629 English MPs 1640 (April) High Sheriffs of Hertfordshire