Broderip, second daughter of Thomas Hood, the poet, who died in 1845, by his wife, Jane Reynolds, who died in 1846, was born at Winchmore Hill, Middlesex, in 1830. She was named after her father"s friend, Sir Francis Freeling, the secretary to the general post office. On 10 September 1849 she was married to the Review
John Somerville Broderip, son of Edward Broderip of Cossington Manor, who died in 1847, by his wife Grace Dory, daughter of Benjamin Greenhill.
He was born at Wells, Somersetshire, in 1814, educated at Eton, and at Balliol College, Oxford, where he took his Bachelor of Arts 1837, Master of Arts 1839, became rector of Cossington, Somersetshire, 1844, and died at Cossington on 10 April 1866. Her other books appeared in the following order:
Chrysal, or a Story with an End 1861
Fairyland, or Recreations for the Rising Generation. Tiny Tadpole, and other Tales 1862
My Grandmother"s Budget of Stories 1863
Merry Songs for Little Voices.
By F. F. Broderip and T. Hood 1865
Crosspatch, the Cricket, and the Counterpane 1865
Mamma"s Morning Gossips 1866
Wild Roses: Simple Stories of Country Life 1867
The Daisy and her Friends: Tales and Stories for Children 1869
Tales of the Toys told by Themselves 1869
Excursions into Puzzledom.
By T. Hood the Younger, and F. F. Broderip 1879
She died at Clevedon on 3 November 1878, in her forty-ninth year, and was buried in Saint Mary"s churchyard, Walton by Clevedon, on 9 November, leaving issue four daughters.
