FREKE, John (1589-1641), of Westbrooke House, Upwey, Dorset; later of Cerne Abbey, Dorset and Peper Harrow, Surr.

b. 20 June 1589, 1st s. of Sir Thomas Freke* and Elizabeth, da. of John Taylor, Haberdasher, of Coleman Street, London, and wid. of Francis Smith, Mercer, of London.The Ancestor, x. 198-9. educ. M. Temple, entered 1600; Hart Hall, Oxf. 1605. M. Temple Admiss.; Al. Ox. m. (1) c.1611, Arundell (d. 1 June 1623), da. of Sir George Trenchard† of Wolveton, Charminster, Dorset, 1s. d.v.p. 1da.; Add. 29974, f. 26; The Ancestor, x. 198-9; Eg. 784, f. 32. (2) lic. 20 Dec. 1632, Jane (d.1666), da. and coh. of Sir John Shurley* of Isfield, Suss., wid. of Sir Walter Covert* (d. 22 Jan. 1632) of Slaugham, Suss., 2s. 2da. suc. fa. 1633. London Mar. Lics. ed. J. Foster, 513; CP, vi. 546; The Ancestor, x. 198-9. d. 28 Nov. 1641. WARD 5/11/1951.