GODOLPHIN, William I (by 1518-70), of Godolphin, Cornw.

Family and Education

b. by st s. of Sir William Godolphin of Godolphin by 1st w. Margaret, da. and coh. of John Glyn of Morval; bro. of William Godolphin II. educ. ?L. Inn, adm. 25 Nov. 1537. m. Blanche, da. of Robert Langdon of Keverell in St. Martin, Cornw. 2da. Kntd. 1970. suc. fa. c.1547.Presumed to be of age at election. F. G. Marsh, The Godolphins, 4, corrigenda; LP Hen. VIII, xxi; Harl. 6380, f. 7v.

Offices Held

Servant of Cromwell by 1538; bailiff, Boulogne Sept. 1544–51, member of council June 1547–51; comptroller of tin coinage, Cornw. 1546 – d.; keeper, Launceston gaol 1546 – d.; commr. chantries Cornw. Devon, Exeter 1548, relief Cornw. 1550, church goods 1552, goods of churches and fraternities 1553, assessionable manors 1563; sheriff 1549 – 50, 1568 – 69; capt. Scilly Isles in 1549; v.-adm. Cornw. 1551; j.p. 1554 – d.; custos rot. 1562 – d.; dep. lt. 1569.M. L. Robertson, ‘Cromwell’s servants’ (Univ. California Los Angeles Ph.D. thesis, 1975), 492–3; LP Hen. VIII, xii, xiii, xix-xxi; CPR, 1547–8, p. 82; 1548–9, p. 135; 1553, pp. 351, 413; 1553–4, p. 17; 1560–3, p. 435; CSP Dom. Add. 1566–79, p. 130; APC, ii. 502; Edw. Inventories Cornw. ed. Snell, 35–36; Truro mus. HCA 25/1.

Parlimentarian

GODOLPHIN, William I (by 1518-70), of Godolphin, Cornw.

Main residence: Godolphin, Cornw.

Author

J.J.G.

Volume

Commons 1509-1558

Web Title

GODOLPHIN, William I (by 1518-70)

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

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