Background
Franklyn was the son of Sir John Franklyn of Willesden Middlesex and his wife Elizabeth Purefoy, daughter of George Purefoy of Wadley Buckinghamshire.
Franklyn was the son of Sir John Franklyn of Willesden Middlesex and his wife Elizabeth Purefoy, daughter of George Purefoy of Wadley Buckinghamshire.
Balliol College.
He was baptised at Willesden on 20 July 1630. He was admitted to Gray"s Inn on 23 June 1648 and matriculated at Balliol College, Oxford on 19 March 1649. In May 1652 he purchased the Moore Park estate, which he sold again in the 1660s.
He was knighted at Whitehall on 14 July 1660 and was created a baronet on 16 October 1660.
Franklyn died at Street Martin"s in the Fields at the age of 55 and was buried at Willesden on 16 September 1685. Franklyn married firstly in or before 1655 Elizabeth Cheeke, daughter of Sir Thomas Cheek of Pirgo Essex.
They had at least one son, also named Richard, born about 1660, who inherited his father"s title in 1685. Elizabeth died in 1660 and was buried at Willesden on 21 November 1660.
Their marriage record states: 20 April 1661 Sir Richard Francklyn, Knight
& Baronet., of Moor Park, Hertfordshire, Widr, about 25, & Elianora Tryon, Spr, about 18. Consent of father Sir Samuel Tryon, of Halstead, Essex, Baronet. At Street James, Clerkenwell, or Marylebone, Middx.
They had at least five daughters.
Baptised in Richmansworth, Hertfordshire were Elizabeth Isabella (1662) and Eleanor (1664). Three other daughters (c 1665 – 1670) were Essex, Maria and Ellen.
The information was taken from the will of Essex Franklyn, who died unmarried in 1739.
Cavalier Parliament]
In 1661, he was elected Member of Parliament for Hertfordshire in the Cavalier Parliament.