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b. 27 Sept. 1563, 1st s. of Robert Freke of Iwerne Courtnay, teller of the Exch. 1571-92, and Alice, da. of John Swayne, butcher, of Blandford Forum, Dorset. m. 21 Feb. 1587, Elizabeth (d. 16 Jan. 1641), da. and h. of John Taylor, Haberdasher, of Coleman Street, London and Burton Bradstock, Dorset, wid. of Francis Smith, Mercer, of London, 7s. (2 d.v.p.) 5da. suc. fa. 1592;Hutchins, Dorset, iv. 86, 99; The Ancestor, x. 198-9; Memorials of St. Margaret’s, Westminster ed. A.M. Burke, 300; Vis. Suff. ed. Metcalfe, 207. Kntd. 23 July 1603. Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 124. d. 5 May 1633. William Whiteway of Dorchester (Dorset Rec. Soc. xii), 131.
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J.p. Dorset by 1593–d., Hatfield House, ms 278; SP16/212. sheriff 1597 – 98, 1611–12, List of Sheriffs comp. A. Hughes (PRO, L. and I. ix), 39. col. militia from 1599, CSP Dom. 1598–1601, p. 284. commr. piracy 1601, 1603, 1605, 1611, 1622, 1631, C181/1, ff. 12v, 62v, 114; 181/2, f. 159; 181/3, f. 72v; 181/4, f. 104. dep. lt. c.1603–d.; Hutchins, iv. 99. freeman, Poole, Dorset 1604; Ibid. i. 31. commr. inquiry, duchy of Cornw. 1607, C181/2, f. 34. subsidy, Dorset 1608, 1621 – 22, 1624, SP14/31/1; C212/22/20–1, 23. collector and commr. aid 1609, E179/273/39; 179/283. collector 1612–13, E403/2732, f. 94v. commr. oyer and terminer, Western circ. 1617–d., C181/2, f. 269v; 181/4, f. 116v. sewers, Dorset 1617, C181/2, f. 294. impressment 1620, 1623, 1625–6, APC, 1619–21, p. 248; 1621–3, p. 436; 1623–5, p. 499; 1626, p. 14. martial law 1626, Ibid. 1626, p. 221. knighthood compositions 1630–2. E178/7154, f. 288C; 178/5251, ff. 3, 10, 61.

Member, Council for Virg. 1607 – at least12, Virg. Co. from 1609. A. Brown, Genesis of US, i. 94, 211; ii. 549.

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FREKE, Sir Thomas (1563-1633), of Iwerne Courtnay (alias Shroton), Dorset
Main residence: Iwerne Courtnay (alias Shroton), Dorset.
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J.P.F.
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Commons 1604-1629
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FREKE, Sir Thomas (1563-1633)

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