GOFFE, William (c.1620-aft.1678), of Westminster.

Family and Education

b. c.1620, yger. s. of Stephen Goffe (d. c.1628) of Haverfordwest, Pemb. and Thakeham, Suss., and Deborah West (d. Nov. 1626).CP. educ. appr. to William Vaughan, Grocer, 15 July 1634;GL, ‘London apprenticeship abstracts, 1442-1850’; Oxford DNB; G. Wharton, A Second Narrative of the Late Parliament (1658), 13. MA, Oxf. 19 May 1649.Al. Ox. m. bef. Dec. 1653, Frances, da. of Edward Whalley* of Kirkton and Screveton, Notts. 4s. (1 d.v.p.) 3 da.Burke, Mems. of St Margaret’s Westminster, 230, 237. d. aft. 2 Apr. 1679.‘Letters and papers relating to the regicides’, Mass. Hist. Soc. Collns. 4th ser. viii. 163-4.

Offices Held

Civic: freeman, Grocers’ Co. London 1642;GL, MS 11592A (Oxford DNB). Gt. Yarmouth 5 July 1654.Norfolk RO, Y/C 19/7, f. 247.

Military: ?quartermaster (parlian.), c.1642. by Aug. 1643 – Apr. 1645Second Narrative, 13. Capt. of ft. regt. of Henry Barclay; regt. of Edward Harley* (later Thomas Pride*) Apr. 1645; lt.col. by 17 July 1647;Firth and Davies, Regimental Hist. 359–65; Peacock, Army Lists, 103; Rushworth, Hist. Collns. vi. 505–12; SP28/46, f. 130; SP28/265/2, f. 211; SP28/39, f. 311; SP28/48, f. 131; Clarke Pprs. i. 176; Wanklyn, New Model Army i. 47–8, 58, 90; ii. 43, 60, 101. lt. col. regt. of Sir Thomas Fairfax* Sept. 1648;Wanklyn, New Model Army i. 97; Firth and Davies, Regimental Hist. 327, 329, 367; SP28/58, ff. 376, 378, 437, 631; SP28/60, ff. 350, 352, 684; SP28/61, ff. 139, 556; SP28/62, ff. 255, 583; SP28/63, ff. 215, 429; SP28/64, ff. 176, 432; SP28/65, ff. 165, 362; SP28/66, ff. 124, 433, 650; SP28/67, ff. 112, 664; SP28/68, f. 47; SP28/69, f. 67. col. regt. of Oliver Cromwell* by 2 Aug. 1649;CSP Dom. 1649–50, p. 262. col. of ft. Sept. 1650 – Aug. 1655, c.Dec. 1657-May 1659;Firth and Davies, Regimental Hist. 286, 330, 332–3, 482, 507; SP28/117, ff. 53, 236, 407, 496; Mercurius Politicus no. 18 (3–10 Oct. 1650), 308 (E.614.7); Clarke Pprs. iii. 132; CSP Dom. 1655, p. 402; 1658–9, pp. 78, 239; CJ vii. 668a-b. col. of horse, c.1655-c.Dec.1657.Firth and Davies, Regimental Hist. 285–6; Clarke Pprs. iii. 132. Adj.-gen. to John Lambert*, 4 July 1655.CSP Dom. 1655, p. 230. Maj.-gen. Suss., Hants and Berks. 9 Aug. 1655-Jan. 1657.CSP Dom. 1655, p. 275.

Central: commr. high ct. of justice, 6 Jan. 1649, 21 Nov. 1653;A. and O. to inspect treasuries, 28 July, 31 Dec. 1653;A. and O.; CSP Dom. 1653–4, p. 317. approbation of public preachers, 20 Mar. 1654;A. and O. discoveries, 10 May 1654.CSP Dom. 1654, p. 166. Treas.-at-war by 24 Jan. 1655.CSP Dom. 1655, p. 21. Commr. security of protector, England and Wales 27 Nov. 1656.A. and O.

Local: j.p. Mdx. by Oct. 1653 – ?Mar. 1660; Berks., Cambs., I. of Ely, Herts., Hants, Suss. by Apr. 1657 – ?Mar. 1660; Westminster by Apr. 1657-bef. Apr. 1658.C231/6, p. 362; C193/13/4, f. 62; C193/13/6, f. 113v. Commr. ejecting scandalous ministers, Mdx. 28 Aug. 1654;A. and O. Berks. 24 Oct. 1657;SP25/78, p. 238. Hants 3 June 1658;CSP Dom. 1658–9, p. 42; Mercurius Politicus no. 421 (17–24 June 1658), 632 (E.753.8). sewers, Mdx. and Westminster 10 Jan. 1655-aft. Oct. 1658;C181/6, pp. 68, 319. Suss. 30 June 1656, 28 Dec. 1658;C181/6, pp. 160, 345. Commr. oyer and terminer, Mdx. 10 Nov. 1655, 11 Oct. 1658;C181/6, pp. 129, 327. Western, Home, Oxf. circs. 3 Feb. 1657-June 1659;C181/6, pp. 211, 217, 219, 302, 305, 307. securing peace of commonwealth, Suss., Hants Nov. 1655.TSP iv. 162, 240, 363. Ld of Gt. Level of the Fens, 29 Sept. 1656.Cambs. RO, R.59.31.9.8, ff. 1r-v; TSP v. 475. Commr. gaol delivery, I. of Ely 12 Mar. 1657, 24 Mar. 1658;C181/6, pp. 223, 284. assessment, Berks., I. of Ely, Mdx., Westminster, Hants, Suss. 9 June 1657.A. and O.

Parlimentarian

GOFFE, William (c.1620-aft.1678), of Westminster.

: of Westminster.

Likenesses

Likenesses: stipple engraving, R. Cooper, early nineteenth century.NPG.

Volume

Commons 1640-1660

Web Title

GOFFE, William (c.1620-aft.1678), of Westminster.

Will

estate forfeit to crown.

Estates

house in Whitehall Garden, bef. Apr. 1655;TSP iii. 184-5. adventurer, draining of the fens, by Aug. 1654, with 500 acres.Cambs. RO, R.59.31.9.6, f. 166; R.59.31.9.8, f. 2v.

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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