Text this colour is a link for Members only. Support us by becoming a Member for only £3 a month by joining our 'Buy Me A Coffee page'; Membership gives you access to all content and removes ads.
Text this colour links to Pages. Text this colour links to Family Trees. Place the mouse over images to see a larger image. Click on paintings to see the painter's Biography Page. Mouse over links for a preview. Move the mouse off the painting or link to close the popup.
Around 1591 John Freke was born to Thomas Freke (age 27) and Elizabeth Taylor.
Around 1611 John Freke (age 20) and Arundell Trenchard were married. They had a son, who predeceased him and a daughter.
In 1614 John Freke (age 23) was elected MP Wareham.
In 1621 John Freke (age 30) was elected MP Weymouth and Melcombe Regis. He was re-elected in 1624.
In 1625 John Freke (age 34) purchased Cerne Abbas, Dorset from the Crown.
In or before 1628 [his father] Thomas Freke (age 64) and [his mother] Elizabeth Taylor were married.
On 20th December 1632 John Freke (age 41) and Jane Shirley Baroness Holles were married.
On 5th May 1633 [his father] Thomas Freke (age 69) died.
In January 1636 John Freke (age 45) was appointed High Sheriff of Dorset which office he held until Oct 1636.
In 1640 [his mother] Elizabeth Taylor died.
All About History Books
The Chronicle of Geoffrey le Baker of Swinbroke. Baker was a secular clerk from Swinbroke, now Swinbrook, an Oxfordshire village two miles east of Burford. His Chronicle describes the events of the period 1303-1356: Gaveston, Bannockburn, Boroughbridge, the murder of King Edward II, the Scottish Wars, Sluys, Crécy, the Black Death, Winchelsea and Poitiers. To quote Herbert Bruce 'it possesses a vigorous and characteristic style, and its value for particular events between 1303 and 1356 has been recognised by its editor and by subsequent writers'. The book provides remarkable detail about the events it describes. Baker's text has been augmented with hundreds of notes, including extracts from other contemporary chronicles, such as the Annales Londonienses, Annales Paulini, Murimuth, Lanercost, Avesbury, Guisborough and Froissart to enrich the reader's understanding. The translation takes as its source the 'Chronicon Galfridi le Baker de Swynebroke' published in 1889, edited by Edward Maunde Thompson. Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback.
On 28th November 1641 John Freke (age 50) died.
In 1642 Denzil Holles 1st Baron Holles (age 42) and [his former wife] Jane Shirley Baroness Holles were married. He the son of John Holles 1st Earl de Clare and Anne Stanhope Countess de Clare (age 66). They were sixth cousins.
On 25th April 1666 [his former wife] Jane Shirley Baroness Holles died.
[his daughter] Jane Freke was born to John Freke and Jane Shirley Baroness Holles.
[his son] George Freke of Sherbourne in Dorset was born to John Freke and Jane Shirley Baroness Holles.
GrandFather: Robert Freke of Iwerne Courtney
Father: Thomas Freke
Great x 1 Grandfather: Robert Swayne of Blandford
GrandMother: Alice Swayne
GrandFather: John Taylor of Burton Bradstock
Mother: Elizabeth Taylor