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GODOLPHIN, Sir Francis (d.1640), of Godolphin, Breage, Cornw.

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3rd s. of Sir Francis Godolphin† (d.1608) of Godolphin and his 1st w. Margaret, da. of John Killigrew of Arwennack, Cornw.; bro. of Sir William*. unm. Vivian, Vis. Cornw. 184. Claims that Godolphin was bap. in 1578 at Breage, and married Katherine Trevanion in 1622 are unproven: F.G. Marsh, The Godolphins, 7. Kntd. 31 Dec. 1621. Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 178. bur. 18 Mar. 1640 18 Mar. 1640. Marsh, 7 (errata). sig. Fra[ncis] Godolphin.
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Cupbearer, Prince Henry’s Household c.1604–12; LC2/4/5, p. 87; SP14/67/147. gent. of Privy Chamber, Prince Charles’s Household by 1625; LC2/6, f. 69v. gent. of Privy Chamber, extraordinary c.1625–d. LC3/1, f. 24.

Gov. Scilly Isles 1613–d. C54/1796; PROB 11/122, f. 429; CSP Dom. 1639–40, p. 557.

Recvr. Crown revenues, Devon and Cornw. 1613–d.; C66/2008/23. j.p. Cornw. 1618–34; C231/4, f. 76; 231/5, p. 123. commr. inquiry, exacted fees, Cornw. 1623, Add. 34601, f. 147. piracy 1624-at least 1637, C181/3, ff. 113, 195v; 181/5, f. 83; HCA 30/820/18. Mines Royal, Card. 1625; T. Rymer, Foedera, viii. pt. 1, p. 49. collector, Privy Seal loan, Cornw. 1625–6, E401/2586, p. 81. commr. Forced Loan 1627, Rymer, viii. pt. 2, p. 144. treas. of Loan 1627; APC, 1627, p. 260. commr. martial law, Devon and Cornw. 1627, CSP Dom. 1627–8, p. 440. Crown debts 1628, HMC Rutland, i. 485. knighthood compositions, Cornw. 1631; SP16/187/18. stannator, Penwith and Kerrier, Cornw. 1636. Add. 6713, f. 100.

Prothonotary (jt.), Chancery 1614–19. C66/1988/2.

Recorder, Helston, Cornw. by 1620. Vis. Cornw. (Harl. Soc. ix), 282.

Member, Fishery Soc. 1633. CSP Dom. 1633–4, p. 42.

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GODOLPHIN, Sidney (1610-1643), of Godolphin, Breage, Cornw.; later of Wighton, Norf.

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bap. 14 Jan. 1610,Cornw. RO, FP18/1/1, p. 7. 2nd s. of Sir William Godolphin* (d.1613) and Thomasine, da. and h. of Thomas Sidney of Wighton, Norf.; bro. of Francis*. Vivian, Vis. Cornw. 184. educ. Exeter Coll. Oxf. 1624; Al. Ox. travelled abroad (France, Low Countries) inc. academy, Angers, France 1630; Clarendon, Life, i. 52; ‘Les Gentilshommes Étrangers ... à l’Academie d’Équitation d’Angers’, Revue d’Anjou, xxvi. 20. embassy, Denmark 1632. Clarendon, 52; Handlist of British Diplomatic Representatives comp. G.M. Bell, 34. unm. d. 8 Feb. 1643. E.A. Andriette, Devon and Exeter in the Civil War, 80. sig. Sidney Godolphin.
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Gent. of the Privy Chamber extraordinary 1635–d. LC5/134, p. 45; LC3/1.

Trooper, 1st Bps.’ War 1639, SP16/427/38 ii and v. (roy.) 1642–d. R. Hopton, Bellum Civile ed. C.E.H. Chadwyck Healey (Som. Rec. Soc. xviii), 18, 31.

?Commr. array, Cornw. 1642. Buller Pprs. ed. R.N. Worth, 84.

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GODOLPHIN, Francis (1605-1667), of Godolphin, Breage, Cornw.

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b. 25 Dec. 1605, C142/346/172. 1st s. of Sir William Godolphin* of Godolphin and Thomasine, da. and h. of Thomas Sidney of Wighton, Norf.; bro. of Sidney*. Vivian, Vis. Cornw. 184. educ. Exeter Coll., Oxf. 1624. Al. Ox. Godolphin seems to have spent time in Oxford prior to his matriculation , since in 1623 an Exeter College member of the same name contributed verses to a book celebrating Prince Charles’s return from Spain: G.C. Boase and W.P. Courtney, Bibliotheca Cornubiensis, i. 177. m. by 1635, Dorothy (d.1668), da. of Sir Henry Berkeley* of Yarlington, Som., 6s. at least 8da. (1 d.v.p.). suc. fa. 1613; Vivian, 184-5; Cornw. RO, FP18/1/1, pp. 19-20, 31. cr. KB 23 Apr. 1661. Shaw, Knights of Eng. i. 165. d. 22 Mar. 1667. CSP Dom. 1667, p. 17. sig. Fra[ncis] Godolphin.
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Commr. piracy, Cornw. 1626-at least 1641, C181/3, f. 196; 181/5, ff. 83v, 187v. subsidy 1629, E179/89/320b. swans, W. Country 1629; C181/4, f. 3. v.-adm. Scilly Isles by 1630-at least 1638; HCA 30/820 no. 18; CSP Dom. 1637–8, pp. 362–3. rcvr. to 2nd earl of Salisbury (William Cecil*), Cornw. from 1630; HMC Hatfield, xxii. 259–60. stannator, Penwith and Kerrier, Cornw. 1636, 1662; Bodl. Add. C.85, p. 19; HEHL, HM 30664 unfol. sheriff, Cornw. 1637–8, List of Sheriffs comp. A. Hughes (PRO, L. and I. ix), 23. commr. hard soap, W. Country 1638; C181/5, f. 92. rcvr. Crown revenues, Devon and Cornw. 1640 – at least44, by 1663–d.; T. Rymer, Foedera, ix. pt. 3, p. 38; CSP Dom. 1644, pp. 107–8; 1663–4, p. 81; C66/3093/10. dep. lt. Cornw. from c. 1640, from 1662, CSP Dom. 1640–1, p. 69; SP29/60/66. commr. assessment 1641, 1661, 1663–d., SR, v. 82, 329, 455, 529, 572, 619. The Francis Godolphin appointed in 1660 was probably not the MP: SR, v. 210. array 1642, Northants. RO, FH133. j.p. from 1642, 1660-at least 1666; C231/5, p. 529; C220/9/4, f. 11v; C66/3074. commr. oyer and terminer, Western circ. 1665–d. C181/7, pp. 313, 382. HP Commons, 1660–90, ii. 404 fails to distinguish the MP from another Francis Godolphin who served 1660-at least 1665.

Gov. Scilly Isles 1640 – 46, 1660–d. CTB, 1660–7, p. 231; CSP Dom. 1660–1, p. 140; HMC Le Fleming, 46.

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