Norton, Frances (1640–1731)
Norton, Frances (1640–1731)
British devotional poet. Name variations: Lady Frances Norton. Born Frances Freke, 1640, in Hannington, Wiltshire, England; died Feb 20, 1731, in Somerset, England; buried in Westminster Abbey; dau. of Ralph Freke and Cecili (Colepepper or Culpepper) Freke; m. Sir George Norton (knight of Abbots Leigh, Somerset), c. 1672 (died 1715); m. Colonel Ambrose Norton, 1718(died 1723); m. William Jones, 1724; children: 3.
Wrote The Applause of Virtue. In four parts. Consisting of several divine and moral essays towards the obtaining of true virtue (1705), Memento Mori, or Meditations on Death (1705), and Miscellany of Poems (1714).
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