Thomas Freke
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Thomas Freke (1563 - 1633)

Sir Thomas Freke
Born in Blandford Forum, Dorset, Englandmap
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Husband of — married [date unknown] [location unknown]
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Died at age 69 in Warnford, Dorset, Englandmap
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Biography

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Thomas Freke is Notable.

Sir Thomas Freke was MP for Dorchester in 1584, Dorset in 1604 and 1602 [1]

Thomas was born in 1563. Thomas Ffreke ...

He died on the 5th May 1633 [2][3] After his death, his sons erected a magnificent memorial. The text extolling their father's achievments is inscribed in gold lettering (see illustration and text in sidebar


Sources

  1. http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1604-1629/member/freke-sir-thomas-1563-1633
  2. William Whiteway, His Diary 1618 to 1635 Dorset Records Society vol 12, 1991 p 131
    1633, Deaths of severall persons... Sir Thomas Freke going to london 5 May
  3. History of Parliament entry says he was 'at Warnford'

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Acknowledgements

  • Tony Woodcock, firsthand knowledge. Click the Changes tab for the details of edits by Tony and others.




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Is there any evidence that their name was spelled Ffreke with 2 F's?
posted on Ffreke-2 (merged) by Mark Burch
You'll find plenty of ffs in the register because that was the normal script denoting a capital letter F. It's normally transcribed as F rather than ff .

Heres a couple of examples http://rycote.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/Palaeography-Guide-alphabet#F scroll down to compare with single f for a non capital letter.

Ah realise I haven't changed LNAB since adoption, have done so but siblings now differ

posted on Ffreke-2 (merged) by Helen (Coleman) Ford
edited by Helen (Coleman) Ford
I think the spelling should be change to Freke, as that's what the sources have.
posted by Mark Burch
Hi Russell, I also think he had several children that died young.The find a grave info contains no photo .I took photos of the Freke memorials at Iwerne Courtney; they are in a side aisle not the churchyard. I will try to find them.

I haven't got round to this profile since I adopted it. Ah I have put a list derived from the family written pedigree on his wifes profile.

posted on Ffreke-2 (merged) by Helen (Coleman) Ford
The family memorial in the churchyard at Iwerne Courtney suggests that there are two or three additional children who could be added: Thomas (1595-97), Robert (1592-1650) - who could be the Robert Freke who married Katherine Ewens in 1628 - and Alice (1594-1634), who married ? Hastings. See https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/170470306
posted on Ffreke-2 (merged) by Russell Gerrard

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