Freeth, John [pseud. John Free] (1731–1808), innkeeper and political ballad writer, was born at the Bell Tavern, Philip Street, Birmingham, the second of three sons of Charles Freeth, landlord of the Bell, and his wife, Mary. All three sons were trained for a trade: ...
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Freeth, John [pseud. John Free] (1731–1808), innkeeper and political ballad writer
John Horden
revised by Nicholas Benbow
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Roper, Abel (bap. 1665, d. 1726), bookseller and political writer
G. A. Aitkin
revised by M. E. Clayton
Roper, Abel (bap. 1665, d. 1726), bookseller and political writer, was born at Atherstone, Warwickshire, the son of Isaac Roper, and was baptized at Mancetter on 13 September 1665. In 1677 he was adopted by his uncle, also Abel Roper, who from 1638 had published books at the ...
