Family and Education
b. c. 1648, s. of Francis Godfrey of Little Chelsea, Mdx. m. c.1679, Arabella, da. of (Sir) Winston Churchill of Minterne Magna, Dorset, 1s. d.v.p. 3da. suc. fa. 1688.St. James Piccadilly rate bk. 1686-7; Bucks. Sess. Recs. ii. 128; Le Neve, Mon. Angl. 1700-15, pp. 240, 279-80; DNB; CP, v. 247; PCC 47 Exton.
Offices Held
Capt. R. Ft. Gds. (later Grenadier Gds.) 1674; lt-col. of ft. regt. of Sir Thomas Slingsby 1678; capt. Duke of Monmouth’s Horse 1678; maj. Ld. Gerard’s ft. 1679; col. of dgns. (later 5 Dgn. Gds.) Dec. 1688–93.
Commr. for assessment, Wilts. 1689 – 90; freeman, Chipping Wycombe 1691; j.p. Bucks. 1695–?d., Mdx. by 1701 – d.; dep. lt. Bucks. 1703–?d.
Dep. constable of the Tower 1694 – 98; master of the jewels 1698 – 1704; clerk-comptroller of the green cloth 1704–d.
Parlimentarian
Main residences: Windmill Street, Westminster; Huntercombe, Bucks.
Volume
Commons 1660-1690
Web Title
GODFREY, Charles (c.1648-1715)
Will
Estates
Oxford 1644
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Addresses
Religion
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