Person:John Godolphin (12)

Sir John Godolphin, Knight

d.Aug 1679

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m. Sep 1663

Facts and Events

Name	Sir John Godolphin, Knight
Gender	Male
Christening^[3]	24 Apr 1636	St. Kew, Cornwall, England
Residence^[1]	1663	Westminster St. Martin in the Fields, Middlesex, England
Marriage License	1 Sep 1663	to Frances Byne
Marriage	Sep 1663	to Frances Byne
Will^[2]	1 Aug 1679
Death^[2]	Aug 1679
Probate^[2]	12 Aug 1679

References

↑ Church of England. Westminster Abbey; Province of Canterbury. Registry of the Vicar-General of the Archbishop of Canterbury; Joseph Lemuel Chester; and George John Armytage (ed.). Allegations for marriage licences issued by the Dean and Chapter of Westminster, 1558 to 1699: also, for those issued by the Vicar-General of the Archbishop of Canterbury, 1660 to 1679. (London: Harleian Society, 1886)
p. 94.

aged about 25 in 1663 (marriage licence)
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 Church of England. Province of Canterbury. Prerogative Court. Prerogative Court of Canterbury, Probate Records, 1384-1858
PROB 11/360/441.

Sir John Godolphin, knight of the parish of St Margaret's, Westminster.
The will mentions:
-his uncle, Francis Bluet (100 pounds)
-"my honoured Lady Killigrew" (20 pounds)
-the parish of St Kewe in Cornwal ("where I was born")
-a bequest to the poor of the parish of Washington in Sussex [which makes it clear that he was the John Godolphin who married Frances Byne of Washington]
-"my man" John Cooper (5 pounds above his wages_
-daughter Elizabeth Godolphin, maid of honour to the Queen (executrix)
-goddaughter Maria Hensloe (5 pounds)
-witnesses: Thomas Henslow, Mary Henslow, Margaret Mayle
↑ Vivian, John L. The Visitations of Cornwall: comprising the Herald's Visitations of 1530, 1573, and 1620. (Exeter: William Pollard & Co., 1887)
p. 187.