EF
was born at Westminster, eldest of five surviving daughters and reputedly her father's favourite.
Historian Margaret George
numbers the surviving daughters as four, but five outlived the mother, according to her memorial stone.
Freke, Elizabeth. “Introduction”. The Remembrances of Elizabeth Freke, 1671-1714, edited by Raymond A. Anselment, Cambridge University Press for the Royal Historical Society, 2001, pp. 1-36.
5
Freke, Elizabeth. “Introduction”. The Remembrances of Elizabeth Freke, 1671-1714, edited by Raymond A. Anselment, Cambridge University Press for the Royal Historical Society, 2001, pp. 1-36.
4, 5
George, Margaret. Women in the First Capitalist Society. University of Illinois Press, 1988.
She worried over whether she was too fond a mother to her eldest son, Ned, later Sir Edward. He turned out an estimable character, and in later years was happy to remember the fondness of...
Friends, Associates
Elizabeth Freke
Scholar Margaret George
writes of EF
, she had no visible friends.
George, Margaret. Women in the First Capitalist Society. University of Illinois Press, 1988.
180
Occupation
Elizabeth Freke
At Bilney EF
set out to control her own financial affairs by turning the estate to profit. She decided to turn her attention To Farmeing and to seek my fortune for my Bread.
qtd. in
George, Margaret. Women in the First Capitalist Society. University of Illinois Press, 1988.
188
Quotations...
Textual Features
Brilliana Lady Harley
Margaret George
calls the style of these letters a mixture of formality and affection.
George, Margaret. Women in the First Capitalist Society. University of Illinois Press, 1988.
195
BLH
wrote about parliamentary business and her husband's new troop of militia as well as about the health and development...
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George, Margaret. Women in the First Capitalist Society. University of Illinois Press, 1988.