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

Family and Education

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.

Offices Held

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.

Parlimentarian

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

Main residences: Godolphin, Breage, Cornw.; Wighton, Norf.

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Volume

Commons 1604-1629

Web Title

GODOLPHIN, Sidney (1610-1643)

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Oxford 1644

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