Clement Edmonds

, Son of Sir Tho. Edmonds Comptroller of the Kings houshold, was born in Shropshire, (at Shrawardine, as ’tis said,) became either Clerk or Chorister of Allsouls coll. in 1585. aged 19. took one degree in Arts, and then was chosen Fellow of that house 1590. Four years after he proceeded in that Faculty, and then leaving the coll. was mostly, by his Fathers endeavours, made successively Secretary, as ’tis said, for the French tongue to Q. Elizab. about 1601. Remembrancer of the City of London, Master of the Requests, Muster-Master at Brill in Zeland, one of the Clerks of the Council, and in 1617. a Knight. He was a learned person, was generally skill’d in all Arts and Sciences, and famous as well for military, as for politick affairs, and therefore esteemed by all an ornament to his degree and profession. He hath written and published,

Observations upon the five first books of Caesars commentaries, &c. Lond. 1600. fol.

Observat. on the sixth and seventh book of Caesars com. Lond. 1600. fol.

Observat. on Caesars com. of the Civil Wars, in 3 books Lond. 1609. fol. On which, or the former observat. Ben. Johnson (c)(c) In [〈◊〉] first vol. of his works, in his Etigr. p. 34. [〈…〉] hath two Epigrams. All, or most of, these observations, are reprinted with an addition of an eighth commentary on the Wars of Gallia, written by A. Hir [••] us Pa [•] sa, beginning where Caesar left, and deducing the History to the time of the Civil Wars; with our authors short the observ [••] [〈◊〉] upon them.—Printed at the [〈◊〉] in the Strand, [〈◊〉] London, 1677. fol. Before which edition is the life of [〈◊〉] (with an account of his Medals) [〈◊〉] conected, and enlarged. In 1565. Arthur Golding of [〈…〉] published [〈◊〉] English translation of Caesars commentaries, but whether he made any observations or notes on them, [〈…〉] Our learned author Sir Clem. [〈◊〉] died within the Perish of Sr. Martin in the Fields near to London, on the twelfth (d)(d) Lib. certif. in [〈◊〉] Armorum, l. 22. fol. 62. b. day of Odo [•] in sixteen hundred twenty and two, and was buried in the little Chappel belong [•••] to his M [•] nnour of Preston near to the ancient B [•] rough of [〈◊〉] . [〈◊〉] Over his grave is a comely mon. erected, having an English and a Lat. epitaph inscribed thereon. The last of which being already (e)(e) In Hist. [〈…〉] l. niv. Oxon. lib. 2. p. 181. b. printed, you shall therefore have the other, as most proper for this place. Here lyeth Sir Clement Edmonds Knight, one of the Clarks of his Majesties most Honourable Privy Council. His dextrous Pen made him worthily esteemed excellent in his own vocation; and in the art Military, ly Caesars confession, an understanding Souldier. He lived faithfully, industrious in his place, and died religiously constant in the belief of the resurrection, &c. One Sir Tho. Edmonds Knight (a Member of the Privy Council) died in Nov. 1639. and left behind him a Daughter named Muriel, the Wife of Rob. Mildmay Esq Which Sir Thomas, I take to be the same with Tho. Edmonds, (Brother to Sir Clem.) who being made Treasurer of the Kings houshold 19. of Jan. 1617. was about that time sent by his Majesty Embassadour to Bruxells, and elsewhere.