Edward Grimeston

Edward Grimeston (died 1640) was an English sergeant-at-arms and one of the most active translators of his day.

Life He was sworn in as sergeant-at-arms to assist the Speaker in the Parliament of England on 17 March 1609/10. He married a daughter of Armiger Strettly. He had a son, Edward, and Sir Harbottle Grimston was his nephew. He was buried in St. Margaret's, Westminster, on 14 December 1640. Grimestone dedicated the book to Richard Hubert, the courtier and groom porter to Charles I of England.

Works/translations A True History of the Memorable Siege of Ostend from anonymous French original (1604) The naturall and morall historie of the East and West Indies by José de Acosta (1604) A General Inventory of the History of France (1607) Admirable and Memorable Histories by Simon Goulart (1607) A General History of the Netherlands by Jean-François le Petit (1608, 1609) The Low-Country Commonwealth by Jean-François le Petit (1609) A General History of France – second edition – (1611) The Heroic Life and Deplorable Death of the Most Christian King Henry the Fourth by Pierre Mathieu (1611) The General History of Spain by Louis de Mayerne Turquet (1612) The History of Louis [Lewis by Pierre Mathieu (1614) The Estates, Empires, and Principalities of the World by Pierre d'Avity (1615) A Table of Humane Passions by Nicolas Coeffeteau (1621) The Imperial History from the First Foundation of the Roman Monarchy to this Present Time by Pedro Mexia (1623) A General History of France – third edition – (1624) A General History of the Netherlands – second edition – (1627) The Honest Man, or The Art to Please in Court by Nicolas Faret (1632) The Counsellor of Estate, containing the Greatest and Most Remarkable Considerations serving for the Managing of Public Affairs by Philippe de Béthume (1634) The History of Polybius the Megalopolitan by Louis Maigret (1634) The History of the Imperial Estate of the Grand Seigneurs by Michel Baudier (1635) The History of the Court of the King of China by Michel Baudier (1635)