GOODALL, John (d.1725), of Bull Hill, Fowey, Cornw.

Constituency Dates
Fowey 1722 – 19 Feb. 1725
Family and Education
o.s. of William Goodall, mayor of Fowey, by Elizabeth, da. of Sir John Coryton, 1st Bt., M.P., of Newton, Cornw. m. Mary, da. of Peter Major, merchant of Fowey. suc. fa. 1686.
Address
Main residence: Bull Hill, Fowey, Cornw.
biography text

Goodall, a Fowey merchant, belonged to a prominent local family. He and his father-in-law had an interest of their own in the borough,1E.W. Rashleigh, Hist. Fowey, 18, 29; C. S. Gilbert, Hist. Surv. Cornw. i. 590. for which he was returned as a Tory in 1722. Included in a list of supporters sent to the Pretender in 1721, he was in contact with Atterbury’s agents during the plot of 1722.2Stuart mss 65/16; Report from the Committee appointed by the House of Commons to examine Christopher Layer and others (1723), App. F11. He died 19 Feb. 1725.

Author
E.C.
Volume
Commons 1715-1754
Notes
  • 1. E.W. Rashleigh, Hist. Fowey, 18, 29; C. S. Gilbert, Hist. Surv. Cornw. i. 590.
  • 2. Stuart mss 65/16; Report from the Committee appointed by the House of Commons to examine Christopher Layer and others (1723), App. F11.