Ralph Freeman d.1667

Sir Ralph FREEMAN d.1667

Biographical Note

Of Betchworth, Surrey, son of Martin Freeman. Admitted to the Middle Temple in 1606. MP for Winchelsea in 1625 and again in 1628. Commissioner for revenues of Henrietta Maria in 1627 and gentlemen of the bedchamber in 1628. Made joint master of the Mint with Sir Thomas Aylesbury in 1635; He forfeited this post during the Civil War but was re-appointed at the Restoration. He authored two translations into English from Seneca, the Booke of Consolation to Marcia (1635) and the Booke of the Shortnesse of Life (1636), and was author of the tragedy Imperiale (1639).

'"`UNIQ--h-2--QINU`"'Books

Books with his monogram stamp survive; at least some of his books descended to [[subsequent owner::Ralph Freeman, Fellow of All Souls College, Oxford (d.1774), who left them to the College.

Sources

• British Armorial Bindings.
• Challis, C. E. "Freeman, Sir Ralph (d. 1667), government official and author." Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.