William Frankland (c. 1573 – 10 December 1640) was an English politician who sat in the

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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

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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

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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

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for

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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. 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.

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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