GODFREY, Richard II (1592-1642), of New Romney, Kent

Family and Education

bap. 23 Nov. 1592, 3rd s. of Thomas Godfrey (d.1624), jurat of Lydd, Kent being o.s. with 3rd w. Elizabeth, da. of Richard Allard of Biddenden, Kent; half-bro. of Thomas*. educ. St. John’s, Camb.; M. Temple 1610; travelled abroad (France, Utd. Provinces, Spanish Neths.) 1616. m. c.1615, Mary, da. of John Moyle of Buckwell, nr. Wye, Kent, 8s. (5 d.v.p.) 8da.Soc. Gen. Lydd par. reg.; Vis. Kent (Harl. Soc. xlii), 192; PROB 11/123, f. 399; Top. and Gen. ii. 453, 455-7. d. 15 Mar. 1642. W. Morris, Wye, 81.

Offices Held

Freeman and jurat, New Romney 1624; E. Kent Archives Cent. NR/AC2, p. 28. dep. to the Guestling of the Cinque Ports 1624, 1626 – 27, auditor 1624, 1627; Cal. of White and Black Bks. of Cinque Ports ed. F. Hull (Kent Recs. xix), 431, 434, 437. commr. sewers, Walland Marsh, Kent 1625, sale of Camber Castle, Suss. 1626. C181/3, f. 89; T. Rymer, Foedera, viii. pt. 2, p. 115.

Parlimentarian

GODFREY, Richard II (1592-1642), of New Romney, Kent

Main residence: New Romney, Kent.

Author

P.J.L.

A.D.T.

Volume

Commons 1604-1629

Web Title

GODFREY, Richard II (1592-1642)

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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