Person:John Godolphin (12)

Watchers
Sir John Godolphin, Knight
d.Aug 1679
  • HSir John Godolphin, Knight1636 - 1679
  • WFrances Byne1641 - Bef 1676
m. Sep 1663
  1. Elizabeth Godolphin - Abt 1684
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
  1. 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. 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

  3. Vivian, John L. The Visitations of Cornwall: comprising the Herald's Visitations of 1530, 1573, and 1620. (Exeter: William Pollard & Co., 1887)
    p. 187.