GOODWYN, John (c.1603-74), of the Inner Temple and later of Bletchingley, Surr., Farnham Castle, Surr. and Rowfant, Worth, Suss.

Family and Education

b. c. 1603, 2nd s. of Edward Goodwin of Horne, Surr. and Susan, da. of Richard Wallop of Bugbrooke, Northants.;Vis. Surr. 1530, 1572 and 1623 (Harl. Soc. xliii), 124; Vis. Surr. 1662-8 (Harl. Soc. lx), 51; N. Llwellyn, East Suss. Church Monuments 1530-1830 (Suss. Rec. Soc. xciii), 421. bro. of Robert*. educ. I. Temple 24 Jan. 1623.I. Temple database. m. by 1633, Katherine, da. and coh. of Sir Richard Deane, Skinner, of London, ld. mayor 1628-9, 1s. d.v.p. 2da.St Dunstan-in-the-West, London par. reg.; Vis. Surr. 1662-8, 51. d. 18 Feb. 1674.M. Petersons, The Rowfant Story (1980), 8.

Offices Held

Legal: called, I. Temple 28 Nov. 1630;CITR ii. 187. reader, Clifford’s Inn 1641;Baker, Readers and Readings, 201. bencher, I. Temple Nov. 1649-Nov. 1661.CITR ii. 289; iii. 4.

Local: commr. further subsidy, Surr. 1641; poll tax, 1641, 1660;SR. assessment, 1642, 24 Feb. 1643, 18 Oct. 1644, 21 Feb. 1645, 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648, 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652, 9 June 1657, 26 Jan., 1 June 1660;SR; An Ordinance...for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6); A. and O. London 10 Dec. 1652; Glos. 9 June 1657;A. and O. sequestration, Surr. 27 Mar. 1643; accts. of assessment, 3 May 1643; levying of money, Leics., Surr. 7 May, 3 Aug. 1643;A. and O. commr. for Surr. 27 July 1643;LJ vi. 151b. defence of Hants and southern cos. Surr. 4 Nov. 1643; commr. for Surr., assoc. of Hants, Surr., Suss. and Kent, 15 June 1644;A. and O. oyer and terminer, Surr. 4 July 1644, 21 Mar. 1659;C181/5, f. 239; C181/6, p. 349. Home circ. by Feb. 1654–10 July 1660;C181/6, pp. 13, 373. gaol delivery, Surr. 4 July 1644;C181/5, f. 240. New Model ordinance, 17 Feb. 1645;A. and O. sewers, Kent and Surr. 18 Mar. – aft.Nov. 1645, 14 Nov. 1657, 1 Sept. 1659;C181/5, ff. 249v, 264; C181/6, pp. 263, 386. defence of Surr. 1 July 1645.A. and O. J.p. Surr. by 1646 – bef.Oct. 1653, 15 July 1656 – bef.Oct. 1660; Glos. 23 July 1650 – aft.Mar. 1652, by c.Sept. 1656–?Mar. 1660.HMC 6th Rep. 108; C231/6, pp. 194, 343; C193/13/4, f. 97v; C193/13/5, f. 43v; C193/13/6, f. 36; Surr. QS Recs.: Order Bks. and Sessions Rolls 1659–1661 (1934), 20. Commr. militia, Surr. 2 Dec. 1648, 26 July 1659, 12 Mar. 1660; Bucks., Glos. 26 July 1659.A. and O. Steward of Wimbledon manor, Surr. 1649-May 1660.W.H. Hart, ‘The parliamentary surveys of Richmond, Wimbledon and Nonsuch’, Surr. Arch. Coll. v. 138. Trustee, co. gaol, Surr. 1651-aft. 1654.W.H. Hart, ‘Further remarks on some of the ancient inns of Southwark’, Surr. Arch. Coll. iii. 203. Commr. for public faith, 24 Oct. 1657.Mercurius Politicus no. 387 (22–9 Oct. 1657), 63 (E.505.35).

Central: member, recess cttee. 9 Sept. 1641;CJ ii. 288b. cttee. for examinations, 1 Aug. 1643;CJ iii. 189b. cttee. for plundered ministers, 21 Oct. 1643;CJ iii. 283b. cttee. of navy and customs, 6 Jan. 1649.CJ vi. 112b. Commr. removing obstructions, sale of bishops’ lands, 4 May, 20 June 1649;CJ vi. 201a; A. and O. Gt. Level of the Fens, 29 May 1649.A. and O.

Parlimentarian

GOODWIN, John (c.1603-74), of Bletchingley, Surr. and Rowfant, Worth, Suss.

: of the Inner Temple and later of Bletchingley, Surr., Farnham Castle, Surr. and Rowfant, Suss., Worth.

Volume

Commons 1640-1660

Web Title

GOODWYN, John (c.1603-74), of the Inner Temple and later of Bletchingley, Surr., Farnham Castle, Surr. and Rowfant, Worth, Suss.

Will

21 Dec. 1672, codicils 15 Apr. 1673 and 12 Feb. 1674, pr. 6 Mar. 1674.PROB11/344/308.

Estates

bought half-share in manor of Reigate, Surr. from 3rd earl of Nottingham, 1648;VCH Surr. iii. 235. leased Bletchingley Place, Bletchingley, Surr.;W. Lambert, Bletchingley (1921), i. 275. bought Rowfant House, Worth, Suss.

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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