GOODRICKE, Sir Henry, 2nd Bt. (1642-1705), of Ribston, Yorks.

Family and Education

b. 24 Oct. 1642, 1st s. of Sir John Goodricke, 1st Bt.†, of Ribston Hall by Catherine, da. and coh. of Stephen Northcliffe, counsellor-at-law, of York. educ. travelled abroad (France) 1657–8. m. 1668, Mary (d. 1715), da. of William Legge† of The Minories, London, sis. of George Legge†, 1st Baron Dartmouth, s.p. suc. fa. as 2nd Bt. Nov. 1670. Hist. of the Goodricke Fam. ed. C. A. Goodricke, 25, 32.

Offices Held

?Freeman, Portsmouth 1675; commr. recusants Yorks. 1675, Aire and Calder navigation 1699; gov. York Nov.–Dec. 1688. R. East, Portsmouth Recs. 361; A. Browning, Danby, i. 404; HMC Lords, n.s. iii. 204.

Col. of ft. 1678–9; envoy extraordinary to Spain 1678–82; lt.-gen. of Ordnance 1689–1702; commr. preventing export of wool 1689–99, appeals for prizes 1695–aft. 1697; PC 13 Feb. 1690–d. H. Tomlinson, Guns and Govt. 224; Statutes, iii. 437; iv. 9–13; CSP. Dom. 1695, p. 112; 1697, p. 511; Cal. Treas. Bks. x. 636.

Parlimentarian

GOODRICKE, Sir Henry, 2nd Bt. (1642-1705), of Ribston, Yorks.

Main residence: Ribston, Yorks.

Author

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C.I.M.

Volume

Commons 1690-1715

Web Title

GOODRICKE, Sir Henry, 2nd Bt. (1642-1705)

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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