FRANKLAND, William (c.1573-1640), of Great Thirkleby, nr. Thirsk, Yorks.; formerly of Rye, Stanstead Abbots, Herts.

Family and Education

b. c. 1573, 1st s. of Ralph Frankland of Fewston, Yorks. and Margaret, da. of ?Dugdale’s Vis. Yorks. ii. 244. educ. Barnard’s Inn; G. Inn 18 May 1596.G. Inn Admiss. m. lic. 22 May 1606, Lucy (d. 17 May 1639), da. of Sir Henry Boteler of Hatfield Woodhall, Hatfield, Herts. 7s. (3 d.v.p.) 2da. (1 d.v.p.).Leeds Univ. Lib. YAS/DD94, Payne Gallwey of Thirkleby mss, box 5 (William Frankland’s notebk.), p. 3; Thirkleby par. reg.; Dugdale’s Vis. Yorks. ii. 244; VCH Herts. iii. 107. suc. uncle Hugh 1606, fa. Feb. 1631.Dugdale’s Vis. Yorks. ii. 244. bur. 30 Nov. 1640 30 Nov. 1640.Thirkleby par. reg.

Offices Held

Local: commr. swans, Herts. 6 July 1612.C181/2, f. 173. Sheriff, Herts. 1613–4.List of Sheriffs (L. and I. ix), 64. Collector (jt.), 15ths, Yorks. (N. Riding) 1625.E179/283/12. J.p. liberties of Ripon 25 June 1627–d.;C181/3, ff. 221v, 265; C181/4, ff. 7v, 177v; C181/5, ff. 18v, 217. N. Riding 23 Feb. 1628–d.C231/4, f. 240. Commr. gaol delivery, liberties of Ripon 25 June 1627–d.;C181/3, ff. 222, 265v; C181/4, ff. 8, 178; C181/5, ff. 20, 217. accts. Yorks. 6 June 1630;SP17/17A/12. charitable uses, N. Riding 19 June 1630, 16 Mar. 1633;C192/1, unfol. sewers, 28 Apr. 1632;C181/4, f. 114v. repair of St Paul’s Cathedral by Nov. 1634.LMA, CLC/313/I/B/004/MS25474/002, p. 71. Capt. militia ft. by c.1635–?d.Add. 28082, f. 80v.

: of Great Thirkleby, Yorks.; formerly of Rye, Herts., nr. Thirsk.

Volume

Commons 1640-1660

Web Title

FRANKLAND, William (c.1573-1640), of Great Thirkleby, nr. Thirsk, Yorks.; formerly of Rye, Stanstead Abbots, Herts.

Will

undated, pr. 20 May 1641.Borthwick, Wills in York Registry, Bulmer deanery, May 1641 bdle.

Estates

in 1619, sold the manor and capital messuage of Rye, Herts. to Sir Edward Baeshe*.VCH Herts. iii. 371. In 1621, purchased lease of parsonage and ‘mansion place’ of Great Thirkleby and Little Thirkleby, paying £6 13s p.a. in rent.Eg. 925, f. 58; Leeds Univ. Lib. YAS/DD94, box 25, parcel 2. In 1623, sold manor of Thele, Herts. and purchased the manor of Newsham, near Thirsk, for £2,160, where he built a ‘pretty, convenient house’ in the 1630s.C54/2547/4; Bodl. Fairfax 31, f. 49; VCH Herts. iii. 474; VCH N. Riding, i. 179-80. In the early 1630s, he was fined £25 for distraint of knighthood.‘Compositions for not taking knighthood at the coronation of Charles I’ ed. W.P. Baildon, in Misc. 1 (Yorks. Arch. Soc. rec. ser. lxi), 102. Estate reckoned to be worth about £800 p.a. in 1632.Bodl. Fairfax 31, f. 21. In 1636, purchased advowson of Kirby Knowle, near Thirsk.Leeds Univ. Lib. YAS/DD94, box 30, parcel 2. In 1637, estate consisted of manors of Blubberhouses, Great Thirkleby, Islebeck and Newsham, rectory of Thirkleby, lands in Bagby and the moiety of a lease of tithes of Preston and Lelly, Yorks. – in all, reckoned to be worth at least £650 p.a.N. Yorks. RO, ZPN 3/3, Frankland of Thirkleby mss (Indenture 13 May 1637). In 1639, purchased lands in Sowerby, near Thirsk.Leeds Univ. Lib. YAS/DD94, box 18. Estate at his d. inc. manors of Blubberhouses, Great Thirkleby and Newsham and capital messuage of and lands in Islebeck, Yorks.C142/609/81.

Oxford 1644

Addresses

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