GODOLPHIN, Francis I (1605-67), 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. 25 June 1624.Al. Ox. m. bef. 1636, Dorothy (d. 1668), da. of Sir Henry Berkeley† of Yarlington, Som. 6s. at least 8da. (1 d.v.p.). suc. fa. 1613.Vivian, Vis. Cornw. 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.

Offices Held

Local: commr. piracy, Cornw. 1626, 1637-aft. Feb. 1641;C181/3, f. 196; C181/5, ff. 83v, 187v. subsidy, 1629;E179/89/320b. swans, Hants and western cos. 1629.C181/4, f. 3. V.-adm. Scilly Isles by 1630-at least 1638.HCA30/820, no. 18; CSP Dom. 1637–8, pp. 362–3. Recvr. to William Cecil*, 2nd earl of Salisbury, Cornw. from 1630.HMC Hatfield, xxii. 259–60. Stannator, Penwith and Kerrier, Cornw. Aug. 1636, 1662.Bodl. Add. C.85, p. 19; HEHL, HM 30664, unfol. Sheriff, Cornw. 30 Sept. 1637–8.Coventry Docquets, 368; C202/19/6. Commr. hard soap, western cos. Jan., May 1638.C181/5, ff. 92, 102v. Recvr. crown revenues, Devon and Cornw. 1640-aft Mar. 1644, 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. c.1640–46, c.1662–?CSP Dom. 1640–1, p. 69; SP29/60/66. Commr. further subsidy, 1641; poll tax, 1641;SR. assessment, 1642, 1 June 1660, 1661, 1664;SR; An Ordinance… for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6). array (roy.), 29 June 1642.Northants RO, FH133, unfol. J.p. 15 July 1642 – ?46, by Oct. 1660–?d.C231/5, p. 529; C220/9/4, f. 11v; C66/3074. Commr. oyer and terminer, Western circ. 26 May 1665–d.C181/7, pp. 313, 382.

Military: gov. Scilly Isles Apr. 1640–6, 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.

: Cornw., Breage.

Likenesses

Likenesses: ?oil on canvas, C. Johnson, 1633.Yale Center for British Art.

Volume

Commons 1640-1660

Web Title

GODOLPHIN, Francis I (1605-67), of Godolphin, Breage, Cornw.

Will

June 1665, pr. 31 May 1667.PROB11/325/41.

Estates

inherited from fa. manors of Godolphin, Trenearth, Kirthen, Trevarthian in Breanneck, rectory of Mevagissy, tin mines of Godolphin and other lands in Cornw.;C142/346/172. inherited from his bro. the manor of Wighton and other lands in Norf. Mar. 1643;PROB10/641, no. 123. held lease of Scilly Isles from crown at £40 p.a., from 22 June 1636;Coventry Docquets, 357; Cornw. RO, GO/666/1-2. by 1665 held mortgage interest on lands of Sir Charles Berkeley.PROB11/325/41.

Oxford 1644

Yes

1640 Volume

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