Ralph Freke [SEP] noble title
Ralph Freke
Sir Ralph Freke, 1st Baronet (c. 1675 – 1717) of West Bilney, Norfolk, and Rathbarry (afterwards Castle Freke), County Cork, was a baronet in the Baronetage of Great Britain and a Member of Parliament in the Irish House of Commons.
He was the son and heir of Percy Freke, of Rathbarry, by Elizabeth, the daughter of Ralph Freke of Hannington, Wiltshire. Percy Freke was the son of Arthur Freke and his wife Dorothy, and was named after his maternal grandfather
Elizabeth Freke
Elizabeth Freke (1641–1714) was a British memoirist who is best known for her diaries and remembrances, but also for her collection of recipes, such as medical and cooking.
Family and early life.
Elizabeth Freke was born in 1641 in Hannington, Wiltshire into the wealthy household of Ralph Freke and Cicely Culpeper. Her mother died when she was just seven years old, leaving her the eldest woman in the house of her four sisters (including Frances, later Lady Norton). Her father was a