b. 4 Dec. 1606, o.s. of Sir Peter Frecheville‡ (1575-1634) of Staveley, Derbys. and 1st w. Joyce (d. Apr. 1619), da. of Thomas Fleetwood‡ of Chalfont St Giles, Bucks., wid. of Sir Hewett Osborne of Dagenham, Essex. educ. Magdalen Hall, Oxf. 1621; M. Temple 1624. m. (1) Bruce (d. 10 Apr. 1629), da. of Francis Nichols‡ of Ampthill, Beds. s.p.; (2) by 27 Apr. 1630, Sarah (d. 22 June 1666), da. and h. of Sir John Harrington of Bagworth, Leics., 3da. (1 d.v.p.); (3) Dec. 1666 Anna Charlotte (d. 12 Nov. 1717), da. of Sir Henry de Vic, bt. chanc. of the Order of the Garter, of Windsor Castle, Berks. s.p. suc. fa 1634. d. 31 Mar. 1682; will 10 Jan. – 28 Mar. 1682, pr. 10 Apr. 1682. TNA, PROB 11/371.
Dep. lt., Derbys. by 1630–42,HMC 9th Rep. pt. 2, 389; HMC Cowper, ii. 259; Three Centuries of Derbys. Annals ed. J. Cox, i. 156–7, 169. 1660–d.; TNA, SP 29/11/156; SP 44/35A, f. 5; Three Centuries of Derbys. Annals, i. 172–3; Add. 3430. commr. array, Derbys. 1642, Northants. RO, FH 133. corporations, Chesterfield 1662–3,Recs. of the Borough of Chesterfield ed. Pym Yeatman, 138. loyal and indigent officers, Derbys. 1662;SR, v. 381. gov., Welbeck, Notts. 1645, Newman, Royalist Officers, 145. York 1665 (1663?)-d.CSP Dom. 1663–4, p. 226; 1664–5, pp. 73, 527; 1666–7, p. 398; 1667, p. 209; 1668–9, p. 642; 1670, p. 204; 1682, p. 159.; forester, Langton Arbour, Sherwood Forest, Notts. 1677–d. Eg. 3331, ff. 3–4; Eg. 3338, ff. 159–62, 165–6.
Cornet, king’s gds. 1639;CSP Dom. 1625–49 Add. p. 607. capt. tp. of horse (roy.) 1642, col. 1643–5;CSP Dom. 1644, p. 191; HMC Hastings, iv. 93. capt. vol. horse, Derbys. 1660–1;HMC 15th Rep. VII, 162; Add. 34306, f. 10. capt. tp. of horse, Roy. Horse Gds. (The Blues) 1661–79,CSP Dom. 1680, p. 440. indep. coy. of ft. York 1678. Ibid. 1678, p. 28.