Robert Frye (died 1435), from

Wiltshire Wiltshire (; abbreviated to Wilts) is a ceremonial county in South West England. It borders Gloucestershire to the north, Oxfordshire to the north-east, Berkshire to the east, Hampshire to the south-east, Dorset to the south, and Somerset to ...

, was an English Member of Parliament and civil servant.

Family

Frye was the son of Agnes Frye and an unknown father. Her second marriage was to Thomas Raleigh of Farnborough, Warwickshire, who died in 1397. In 1399, she married Thomas Wanklyn. Frye was the stepbrother of Thomas Raleigh, who was a Member of Parliament for

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Career

He was a Member (MP) of the

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for

Shaftesbury Shaftesbury () is a town and civil parish in Dorset, England. It is on the A30 road, west of Salisbury, Wiltshire, Salisbury and north-northeast of Dorchester, Dorset, Dorchester, near the border with Wiltshire. It is the only significant hi ...

in 1406 and 1417 and for Wilton in 1406, 1407, 1410, 1411 and May 1413.

References

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