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Sir Robert Freake(Freke) Robert ESQ. Freke of Thorncombe* Elder Son & Heir Esquire Teller & Auditor of Exchequer to Henry VIII Land 1543–1592 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1543

Birth Location: Thorncombe, Dorset, England

Death Date: 15 Oct 1592

Death Location: Shroton, Dorset, England

Father: Francis Crewkerne

Mother: Mary Banks

Spouse(s): Alice Swayne, Alice Swayne

Children(s): Sir MP, Margaret Meller, Mary Hodges, Robert Freke, Lady Culliford, John Freke, Joane Freke, William Freke, Elizabeth Freke, Susanna Freke

The story of Sir Robert Freake(Freke) Robert ESQ. Freke of Thorncombe* Elder Son & Heir Esquire Teller & Auditor of Exchequer to Henry VIII Land began in 1543 in Thorncombe, Dorset, England. Sir Robert Freake(Freke) Robert ESQ. Freke of Thorncombe* Elder Son & Heir Esquire Teller & Auditor of Exchequer to Henry VIII Land married Alice Swayne, and had children including Elizabeth Freke, Joane Freke, John Freke, Lady Frances Freake Or Freke Of Shroton Culliford, Margaret Freke Meller, Mary Freke Hodges, Robert Freke, Sir Thomas Freke Mp, Susanna Freke, William Freke. Sir Robert Freake(Freke) Robert ESQ. Freke of Thorncombe* Elder Son & Heir Esquire Teller & Auditor of Exchequer to Henry VIII Land passed away in 1592 in Shroton, Dorset, England.

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  • The story of Sir Robert Freake(Freke) Robert ESQ. Freke of Thorncombe* Elder Son & Heir Esquire Teller & Auditor of Exchequer to Henry VIII Land began in 1543 in Thorncombe, Dorset, England.
  • Sir Robert Freake(Freke) Robert ESQ. Freke of Thorncombe* Elder Son & Heir Esquire Teller & Auditor of Exchequer to Henry VIII Land married Alice Swayne, and had children including Elizabeth Freke, Joane Freke, John Freke, Lady Frances Freake Or Freke Of Shroton Culliford, Margaret Freke Meller, Mary Freke Hodges, Robert Freke, Sir Thomas Freke Mp, Susanna Freke, William Freke.
  • Sir Robert Freake(Freke) Robert ESQ. Freke of Thorncombe* Elder Son & Heir Esquire Teller & Auditor of Exchequer to Henry VIII Land passed away in 1592 in Shroton, Dorset, England.

Immediate Family

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Sir Land's Ancestors

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Sir Land
1543–1592
Birth Place: Thorncombe, Dorset, England
Parents
Francis Freke esq. vicar of Crewkerne
1500–1567
Dorset, England
Mary Banks
1513–1551
Ireland
Grandparents
Sir (Francis Frank Freke Esquire Vicar of) Crewkerne
1470–1567
Somerset, England
Frances Freake
1470–1582
Somerset, Englandd
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Sir Land's Descendants

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Sir (Robert Freake(Freke) Robert ESQ. Freke of Thorncombe* Elder Son & Heir Esquire Teller & Auditor of Exchequer to Henry VIII) Land (1543–15 Oct 1592) m. Alice Swayne (1543–29 Apr 1577) m. Alice Swayne (1545–29 Apr 1577)
  1. 1. Sir (Thomas FREKE,) MP 1563–1633 m. Lady (Elizabeth) Taylor 1567–1640
    1. 1. Alice Freke 1594–1634
    2. 2. Thomas Freke 1595–1597
    3. 3. Robert Freke 1592–1650
    4. 4. Raufe (Ralph Esq Freke) Esq 1595–1684
    5. 5. John Freke 1589–1642
    6. 6. Edmund Freke 1600–1625
    7. 7. Jane Freke 1602–1675
    8. 8. Edith Freke 1598–1638
    9. 9. Elizabeth Horsey 1591–1638
    10. 10. William Freake 1577–1647
    11. 11. Elizabeth Freke 1616–1638
  2. 2. Margaret (Freke) Meller 1571–1632
  3. 3. Mary (Freke) Hodges 1563–1605
  4. 4. Robert Freke 1567–1604
  5. 5. Lady (Frances Freake or Freke, of Shroton,) Culliford 1566–1646
  6. 6. John Freke 1569–1647
  7. 7. Joane Freke 1572–1577
  8. 8. William Freke 1577–
  9. 9. Elizabeth Freke 1572–1638
  10. 10. Susanna Freke 1567–1568

Sir Land's Timeline

2 Records

1543
1543
Birth of Sir Robert Freake(Freke) Robert ESQ. Freke of Thorncombe* Elder Son & Heir Esquire Teller & Auditor of Exchequer to Henry VIII Land in Thorncombe, Dorset, England
Thorncombe, Dorset, England
1592
15 Oct 1592
Age 49
Death of Sir Robert Freake(Freke) Robert ESQ. Freke of Thorncombe* Elder Son & Heir Esquire Teller & Auditor of Exchequer to Henry VIII Land in Shroton, Dorset, England
Shroton, Dorset, England

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    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1543
    Event Place: Thorncombe, Dorset, England

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 15 Oct 1592
    Event Place: Shroton, Dorset, England

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