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

Family and Education

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.

Offices Held

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.

Parlimentarian

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

Main residence: Godolphin, Breage, Cornw.

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Volume

Commons 1604-1629

Web Title

GODOLPHIN, Francis (1605-1667)

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Oxford 1644

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