Family and Education
b. 1534, 1st s. of Francis Goodere of Polesworth by Ursula, da. of Ralph Rowlett of London and St. Alban’s, Herts. educ. G. Inn 1555. m. Frances, da. of Hugh Lowther of Lowther, Westmld., 2da. suc. fa. 1546. Kntd. 1586.Vis. Warws. (Harl. Soc. xii), 66; C142/85/73; PCC 45 Alen.
Offices Held
J.p.q. Warws. from c. 1564.
Capt. of guard to Earl of Leicester; capt. yeomen of the guard 1587–92.
Parlimentarian
Main residence: Polesworth, Warws.
Notes
Acknowledgment is made to B. H. Newdigate’s Michael Drayton and his Circle, used extensively in this biography.
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Commons 1558-1603
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GOODERE, Henry (1534-95)
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