Edward Fraunceys was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons

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 at various times between 1597 and 1626.

Fraunceys may be the Edward Francis who was at Shrewsbury School

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 in 1577 and at St John's College, Cambridge

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 in 1582. He was steward to Henry Percy, 9th Earl of Northumberland

Henry Percy, 9th Earl of Northumberland

Henry Percy, 9th Earl of Northumberland KG was an English aristocrat. He was a grandee and one of the wealthiest peers of the court of Elizabeth I. Under James I, Henry was a long-term prisoner in the Tower of London. He is known for the circles he moved in as well as for his own achievements...

 by 1594 and was of Petworth Sussex. In 1597, he was elected Member of Parliament

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 for Beverley

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 and re-elected for the same constituency in 1601. He was paymaster to the gentlemen pensioners in 1603 and was knighted around 1603. In 1604 he was elected MP for Haslemere

Haslemere (UK Parliament constituency)

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. In 1614 he was elected MP for Steyning

Steyning (UK Parliament constituency)

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, and was re-elected for Steyning in 1621, 1624, 1625 and 1626.

Fraunceys married Elizabeth and had one daughter.