Edward Grimeston

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

He was sworn in as sergeant-at-arms to assist the Speaker in the Parliament of England on 17 March 1609/10.

Grimestone's histories were used for source material by several well-known seventeenth-century playwrights.

The General History of Spain (1612) was likely the source for Philip Massinger's Believe as You List, and A General Inventory of the History of France (1607) was the primary source for George Chapman's Bussy D'Ambois, The Revenge of Bussy D'Ambois, and The Conspiracy and Tragedy of Charles, Duke of Byron.

[3] Grimestone dedicated the book to Richard Hubert, the courtier and groom porter to Charles I of England.

Titlepage of Edward Grimeston's The Generall Historie of Spaine , 1612.
Titlepage of Edward Grimeston's A Generall Historie of France , 1624.