FREEMAN, Edward (1607-84), of Gray’s Inn, Mdx.; Presteigne, Rad. and Norton, Bromyard, Herefs.

Family and Education

bap. 19 July 1607, 2nd. s. of William Freeman of Blockley, Worcs. and ?Mary, da. of William Greenwich of ‘Tedstone’, Herefs.Vis. Worcs 1634 (Harl. Soc. xc), 35; Blockley par. reg. educ. G. Inn, 22 Jan. 1635.GI Admiss. i. 207. m. (1) ?Elizabeth, da. of John Syms of Poundisford, Mells, Som. 1s. ?2da;Vis. Worcs. 1634, 35; Vis. Som. 1672 (Harl. Soc. n.s. xi), 124; Blockley par. reg.; GI Admiss. i. 255; Worcs. RO, 705:24/BA 1061; Familiae Minorum Gentium, iii. (Harl. Soc. xxxix), 1141. (2) Anne (d. 1686), wid. of one Millichamp, s.p. bur. 9 Aug. 1684.Herefs. RO, admon. 86/2/34; will 94/1/21; CSP Dom. 1684-5, p. 232; Presteigne par. reg.

Offices Held

Legal: called, G. Inn 23 June 1640; ancient, 21 May 1658; reader, Barnard’s Inn 2 Nov. 1660. 27 July 1649 – 18 June 1653PBG Inn, 339, 423, 435. Att.-gen. Brec., Card., Carm., Pemb., Rad., Sept. 1660–d.Justices of the Peace ed. Phillips, 170; CSP Dom. 1652–3, p. 423; 1660–1, p. 281; 1684–5, p. 232. Master in chancery, extraordinary, 4 June 1658.C202/42/1.

Military: capt. of dragoons (parlian.), regt. of Henry Grey*, 1st earl of Stamford, army of 3rd earl of Essex by Nov. 1642-June 1643;LJ v. 426a; SP28/5/296; SP28/7/465. lt.-col. army of Sir William Waller* by Oct. 1643;PA, Main Pprs. 18 Oct. 1643. col. Herefs. regt. by Jan. 1646.CSP Dom. 1645–7, p. 323. Gov. Tenby, Pemb. 10 June 1660.Mercurius Publicus no. 25 (14–21 June 1660), 400 (E.186.6).

Civic: member, Leathersellers’ Co. 21 Jan. 1646. 1650 – d.Gent. Mag. 1833, ii. 304. Dep. steward, Hereford 15 Feb. 1647. 1650 – d.Add. 70109, misc. 63; HMC Portland, iii. 161. Recorder, Leominster; New Radnor by Aug 1682–d.G.F. Townsend, Town and Borough of Leominster (Leominster, n.d.), 292; J. Price, Historical and Topographical Acct. of Leominster, (Ludlow, 1795), 66; NLW, E. Williams collection, 92.

Local: commr. assessment, Herefs. 17 Mar. 1648, 26 Jan. 1660, 1661, 1664, 1672, 1677, 1679; ?Glos. 10 Dec. 1652; Rad. 1677, 1679. 27 July 1649 – 18 June 1653A. and O.; SR. J.p. Brec., Carm.; Card., Glam., Pemb. 27 Ju1y 1649 – 18 June 1653, 7 July 1662 – d.; Rad. 27 July 1649 – 18 June 1653, 1674–d.;Justices of the Peace ed. Phillips, 170, 172, 197, 199, 201, 202, 219, 222, 229, 272–3, 302, 304, 334, 339. Herefs. by Oct. 1660–d. Steward, sequestered estates, Herefs., Worcs. 27 June 1651–?53.CCC 454. Commr. militia, Glam., Herefs. 12 Mar. 1660;A. and O.; SR. poll tax, Pemb. 1660.SR.

Parlimentarian

FREEMAN, Edward (1607-84), of Gray’s Inn, Mdx.; Presteigne, Rad. and Norton, Bromyard, Herefs.

: Mdx.; Presteigne, Rad. and Herefs., Norton.

Volume

Commons 1640-1660

Web Title

FREEMAN, Edward (1607-84), of Gray’s Inn, Mdx.; Presteigne, Rad. and Norton, Bromyard, Herefs.

Will

admon. 9 Sept. 1684.Herefs. RO, 86/2/34.

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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