Frances, Lady Norton

Frances, Lady Norton (née Freke; 1644 – 20 February 1731)[1] was an English religious poet and prose writer who primarily wrote about grief and particularly the loss of her daughter, Grace Gethin.[2] She was a sister of the memoirist Elizabeth Freke.

  1. ^ Westminster Abbey: Memorial to the Freke sisters
  2. ^ Ross, Sarah. "Frances Norton, Lady Norton" in Matthew, H.C.G. and Brian Harrison, eds. The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. vol. 41, p 169. London: OUP, 2004