# Edward Fraunceys
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'''Edward Fraunceys''' (c. 1566–1626) was an English politician who sat in the [House of Commons](/source/House_of_Commons_of_England) at various times between 1597 and 1626. His career was hampered by his marriage into an openly recusant family.
He came from a long-established [Derbyshire](/source/Derbyshire) family. He was the son of William Fraunceys of [Ticknall](/source/Ticknall) and his wife Elizabeth Cotton, daughter of Sir George Cotton of [Combermere Abbey](/source/Combermere_Abbey), [Cheshire](/source/Cheshire), whose family later acquired the title [Viscount Combermere](/source/Viscount_Combermere). He had at least one brother Richard, who was apparently the elder of the two, and inherited the family estate in Derbyshire. Fraunceys may be the Edward Francis who was at [Shrewsbury School](/source/Shrewsbury_School) in 1577 and at [St John's College, Cambridge](/source/St_John's_College%2C_Cambridge) in 1582.[Venn has no biographical details for this student, however. {{acad|id=FRNS582E|name=Frances, Edward}}]
thumb|150px|Combermere Abbey, the family home of Franceys's moyher Elizabeth Cotton
He was steward to [Henry Percy, 9th Earl of Northumberland](/source/Henry_Percy%2C_9th_Earl_of_Northumberland) by 1594 and lived at the Earl's principal estate, [Petworth](/source/Petworth), [Sussex](/source/Sussex). In 1597, he was elected [Member of Parliament](/source/Member_of_Parliament) for [Beverley](/source/Beverley_(UK_Parliament_constituency)) and re-elected for the same constituency in 1601. He was appointed, through Northumberland's influence, a [Justice of the Peace](/source/Justice_of_the_Peace) for Sussex, and [paymaster](/source/paymaster) to the [Honourable Band of Gentlemen Pensioners](/source/Honourable_Band_of_Gentlemen_Pensioners) in 1603. He was [knighted](/source/knighted) in 1605. In 1604 he was elected MP for [Haslemere](/source/Haslemere_(UK_Parliament_constituency)).
His promising political career was ruined by the [Gunpowder Plot](/source/Gunpowder_Plot) in 1605: his great patron Lord Northumberland was arrested on suspicion of complicity in the Plot and spent many years in the [Tower of London](/source/Tower_of_London) as a result. Fraunceys, who was generally respected by his colleagues, was not personally suspected of involvement in the Plot, but the Crown could scarcely overlook the fact that his wife Elizabeth Astlowe and her father were both open [Roman Catholics](/source/Roman_Catholics), and that his wife had recently been charged with [recusancy](/source/recusancy), while her father's loyalty to the Crown was deeply suspect. For the rest of his life, he was forced to deny accusations that he practised the Catholic faith, or permitted his household to do so.
In 1614 he was elected MP for [Steyning](/source/Steyning_(UK_Parliament_constituency)), and was re-elected for Steyning in 1621, 1624, 1625 and 1626, although he was troubled to the end by accusations of Roman Catholic sympathies. In his last years, he was described as being too "deathly sick" to attend Parliament.[[http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1558-1603/member/fraunceys-edward-1628 History of Parliament Online - Edward Fraunceys]]
Fraunceys married Elizabeth Astlowe, daughter of Edward Astlowe, a member of the [Royal College of Physicians](/source/Royal_College_of_Physicians); their Catholic beliefs caused him a good deal of trouble in his career. He and Elizabeth had one daughter Bridget, who married [Sir William Goring, 1st Baronet](/source/Sir_William_Goring%2C_1st_Baronet), by whom she had six children.[
He died in May 1626 and was buried at [St. Margaret's, Westminster](/source/St._Margaret's%2C_Westminster).
==References==
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| title=[Member of Parliament](/source/Member_of_Parliament) for [Beverley](/source/Beverley_(UK_Parliament_constituency))
| before= John Mansfield
| before2= [Edward Alford](/source/Edward_Alford_(MP_for_Colchester))
| with= Thomas Crompton 1597
| with2= [Ralph Ewens](/source/Ralph_Ewens)
| years=1597–1601
| after= [William Gee](/source/William_Gee)
| after2= [Allan Percy](/source/Allan_Percy)
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| title=[Member of Parliament](/source/Member_of_Parliament) for [Haslemere](/source/Haslemere_(UK_Parliament_constituency))
| before= [Francis Wolley](/source/Francis_Wolley)
| before2= John Clarke
| with= [William Jackson](/source/William_Jackson_(fl._1601%E2%80%931604))
| years=1604–1611
| after= [Sir Thomas Grimes](/source/Thomas_Grimes)
| after2= [Sir William Browne](/source/William_Browne_(MP_for_Haslemere))
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| title=[Member of Parliament](/source/Member_of_Parliament) for [Steyning](/source/Steyning_(UK_Parliament_constituency))
| before=[Sir Thomas Bishopp](/source/Sir_Thomas_Bishopp%2C_1st_Baronet)
| before2= [Sir Thomas Shirley](/source/Thomas_Shirley_(died_1612))
| with= [Sir Thomas Shirley](/source/Thomas_Shirley_(died_1612)) 1614–1622
| with2= [Sir Thomas Farnefold](/source/Thomas_Farnefold) 1624–1625
| with3= [Sir Edward Bishopp](/source/Sir_Edward_Bishopp%2C_2nd_Baronet) 1626
| years=1614–1626
| after= [Edward Alford](/source/Edward_Alford_(MP_for_Colchester))
| after2= [Sir Thomas Farnefold](/source/Thomas_Farnefold)
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Category:People from Ticknall
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Category:English MPs 1597–1598
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