GOODWIN, Sir Francis (1564-1634), of Upper Winchendon, Bucks. and Westminster, Mdx.

Family and Education

bap. 13 Oct. 1564,C.O. Moreton, Hist. Waddesdon and Over Winchendon, 131. 2nd but o. surv. s. of Sir John Goodwin of Upper Winchendon and his 2nd w. Anne, da. of Sir William Spencer† of Yarnton, Oxon. Vis. Bucks. (Harl. Soc. lviii), 64; PROB 11/166, f. 55. m. settlement 14 Mar. 1592, Elizabeth (d. by 1634), da. of Arthur, 14th Lord Grey of Wilton, 2s. inc. Arthur* (1 d.v.p.), 2da. suc. fa. 1597; Vis. Bucks. 64; C142/262/140; PROB 11/166, f. 55v; Moreton, 131. Kntd. by 19 Sept. 1601. Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 99; Chamberlain Letters ed. N.E. McClure, i. 130-1. d. 10 Aug. 1634. C142/525/92. sig. Fra[ncis] Goodwin.

Offices Held

J.p. Bucks. c. 1591 – 1626, 1627–d.; Hatfield House ms 278; C231/4, ff. 210v, 215. commr. musters 1596, oyer and terminer, Norf. circ. by 1602 – 07, 1608–d.; C181/1, f. 16; 181/2, f. 58. surveyor, Anne of Denmark’s estates, Bucks. 1604–?19; HMC De L’Isle and Dudley, iii. 133, 140; CSP Dom. 1603–10, p. 493. commr. depopulation, Bucks. 1607, subsidy 1608, 1610, 1621 – 22, 1624, aid, Bucks. 1609, sewers, Colne valley, Herts., Bucks. and Mdx. 1609 – 25, sewers, Bucks. and Berks. 1622, 1626; C181/2, ff. 35v, 76v, 90, 184, 202v; 181/4, f. 165; E315/524, f. 39; C212/22/20–3; E179/283, ‘commrs. for the aid’. dep. lt. Bucks. 1619-at least 1628; Eg. 860, ff. 48v, 115v; L.L. Peck, Ct. Patronage and Corruption in Early Stuart Eng. 86, 248–9. collector, Palatine Benevolence, Aylesbury hunds., Bucks. 1622; SP14/135/62. sheriff, Bucks. 1623–4; List of Sheriffs comp. A. Hughes (PRO, L. and I. ix), 9. commr. Privy Seal loan 1625 – 26, Forced Loan 1626–7. E401/2586, p. 355; C193/12/2.

Parlimentarian

GOODWIN, Sir Francis (1564-1634), of Upper Winchendon, Bucks. and Westminster, Mdx.

Main residences: Upper Winchendon, Bucks.; Westminster, Mdx.

Author

S.H.

Volume

Commons 1604-1629

Web Title

GOODWIN, Sir Francis (1564-1634)

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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