by Brigadier-General F. G. MARSH, C.M.G., D.S.O. MCW..XXX CONTENTS Pages PART I. GODOLPHIN OF GODOLPHIN ... ... 1-18 PART IL GODOLPHIN OF SPARGOR AND COULSTON ... 19-77 PART III. GODOLPHINS, UNIDENTIFIED . .. 78-80 INDEX OF PERSONS ... 81-84 PEDIGREE-INDEX OF GODOLPHINS ... Atmd THE GODOLPHINS 1: PART I GODOLPHIN OF GODOLPHIN This ancient Comish family takes its name from the manor, which it has possessed from the time of the Norman conquest, and which is held to-day by John Francis Godolphin Osborne, eleventh duke of Leeds, XXXI in descent from the first known lord of the manor, John de Godolphin. The lineal descent of this, the main stock, is denoted in the text below by ordinal numbers. The massive, grey, quadrangular manor house, five miles north­ west of Helston, stands, sheltered from the south-westerly gales by 1Godolphin Hill, in the middle of a rich, mineral district, of which Richard Carew wrote in 1602 :- " This hill hath pr. divers descents supplyed those gent.-bountifull mindes with large meanes accruing from their Tynne-works." In early times the _name was written " Godolghan," meaning, in Comish, "White Eagle," and that device was borne on the shield of the family. From Norman to Tudor times, the manor was passed from father to son, with one break in the male 1.iJ:ie in the 14th century. The writer has endeavoured to supplement the accounts given in Vivian's Visitations of Cornwall, Burke's Extinct Baronetage and Maclean's History of the deanery of Trigg 1vfinor, with dates and places, which enable the accuracy of facts recorded to be 2checked. The early records run as follows :- I. Joh?!:_ de Godolphin, born c. 1050 ; m. Margaret dau. of Roger de Trewargen. II. ~ichard de Godolphin, born c. 1080 ; m. Constance, dau. of Otes Archdeacon. III. James de Godolphin, born c. 1110; m. Cecilia, dau. of William T:rewledick. 1. Godolphin House was fully described, with illustrations, in Count,-y Life, 25 December, 1915. 2. The writer has devoted more space in this record to the younger and more obscure branch of the family and its descendants than to the parent stock, the latter being well recorded in the three classic works mentioned above, the D-ict. of Nat. Biog,apky and the Hon. Hugh Elliot's Life of Sidney Earl of Godolphin. · · 2 THE GODOLPHINS IV. John de Godolt>hin, born c. 1140; m. Sil~all, dau. of Richard Bloyet (Bluet). V. Thomas de Godolphin, born c. 1160 ; m. Margaret, dau. of Roger 1\D.trewan. VI. Edward de Godolphin, born c. 1190; m. Maud, dau. of William Boteler, of Camerton. VI I. William de Godolphin, born c. 1220 ; m. 1Alice, dau. of John Pettigrew. VIII. Thomas de Godolphin, born c. 1245; m. Clare de Solgena. IX. Edward de Godolphin, born c. 1270 ; m. Christiana, dau. of Thomas Prideaux; their eld. son Andrew d.s.p.; their dau. Engrina -m. Henry le Fort of Pengarsick (Harl. MS. 4031. fo. 86) ; their second son X. Alexander (in Bevill pedigree, Sir Alexander of Gotholham), born c. 1295, d. 1349; m. Mary. dau. of Sir John de Tregour, having 2 daus., Margaret, m. Ralph Bevill (d. 1336), and Johanna, m. John Erisey, and a son XI. William de GodolPhin, born c. 1320. XII. David d~GQd,olphin, born c. 1355 ; m. Meliora. dau. of Sir John Cowling of Trewarnan~ In 1398 David and Meliora applied to the bishop at ~xeter, for sanction to maintain a mass priest at Breage. They had no son to carry on the line ; their daughter and sole heiress XIII. Eleanor de Godolphin, born c. 1376, m. John Rinse_y, who altered his name to that of his wife's manor ; of their two sons XIV. Thomas Godolphin of Godolphin, born c. 1399, m. Isabel Benne of Boskenne. Joan, dau. of Nicholas (Thomas' bro.), m.c. 1«5. John Kesten of Kesten. Thomas' son XV. John Godolphin of Godolphin, born c. 1420; m. Elizabeth, dau. of John Beauchamp of Bennenon. XVI. John Godolphin of Godolphin, born c. 1442 ; m. Elizabeth, only dau. and heir of John Killigrew (d. before 1513) and grand­ daughter of Thomas Killigrew of Arwenack. The son, apparently the only child of flus marriage, John Godolphin, is well recorded. The names of his descendants and of persons of the same surname, probably of the same family, are shown in the pedigree-index. The text now treats of him and his direct successors. 1. Vis; of C<Wnwall 1620 Harl. MS. 1162 gives Constance, daughter of William Wise of Grayston. THE GODOLPHINS 3 XVI I. John Godolphin of Godolphin, Esq., son of John Godolphin and Elizabeth Killigrew, his wife, was born c. 1463; sheriff for Cornwall in 1504 and 1508, and joint steward of the mines in Corn­ wall and Devon with Sir Robert Willoughby, lord Brooke. He m., c. 1478, Margaret, dau. of John Trenouth of Fentongollan. His 4 children were:- 1. William, afterwards Sir William, of whom later. 2. Elizabeth, born c. 1479 ; m., c. 1497, John, son of Richard Bonithon of Carclew. 3. Thomasin, born c. 1482 ; m., c. 1505, William Cavell. 4. John of Helston, born c. 1481 ; his descendants, living at Morvall and Trewerveneth, are said to be extinct. Hem., c. 1502, Elizabeth Cararthyn (Vivian's Vis. of Cornwall), and had 2 chil­ dren :-Elizabeth, born c. 1503, m. Thomas Petit ; and 1J ohn. born c. 1504, m., c. 1525, Elizabeth, dau. of Richard Nevill of Trworbonett (Trewerveneth), having by her three or, including Florence, whose mother's name is not definitely known, four children:- a. Thomasin, born c. 1526, 1n., c. 1550, vVilliam Chiverton. b. Elizabeth, born c. 1527, m., c. 1550, William Gilbert. c. Florence, married c. 1564, John Crane of Camborne. d. John, born c. 1528; married, c. 1549, Jane, dau. of Nicholas Crankan of Gulval, co. Cornwall, and had 2 children :-Thomasin, born c. 1551, m. Richard Maddern; and William of Trewerveneth and Paul, born c. 1550, m. 10 October, 1571, at St. Breock, Jane, dau. of John Tredinnick of St. Breock (Breague) who had 5 children:- 1. Prudence, born c. 1574, m. John Cooke of Trerise, St. Allen. 2. Thomasin, m. 5 July, 1598, at Breage, Thomas Sparnon, gent., of Spamon, who died 1607. 3. John, 2nd son, m. a dau. of Nicholas Whitinge of Scilly. 4. Francis, 3rd son, died in Ireland. 5. Nicholas, eldest son; of Trewerveneth; born c. 1573, died 1633; his will was proved, 12 September, 1634, in the P.C.C. (84 Seager) ; he m. 2 July, 1599, at St. Mabyn, Philippa Nicholls of Penvoes, whose will was proved, 28 July, 1634, a widow, in the P.C.C. (51 Seager) ; having 7 children:- a. Jane, born in 1602, m. in February, 1636, Richard Keigwin, merchant, of Penzance, who d. 1647; she m. secondly, c. 1648, Bryan Rogers. b. Margerie, born probably in 1605, m. 6 August, 1627, at Paul, William Nycollys, als Trerufe. c. Elizabeth, born c. 1606. d. Mary. 1. Perhaps identical with John Godolphin of Gwennap, born c. 1504, m., c. 1531, Alice, dau. of James Erisey (d. 1522) by his wife Margaret (Durant, d. 1535); this John's daughter and heiress m., c. 1550, John Thoms, als Thomas, of Lelant. A 4 THE GODOLPHINS e. William, afterwards colonel, of Trewerveneth; born 1609, buried 1689, M.I. in Paul church; d.s.p. He m. 29 April, 1673, at St. Minver, Elizabeth, 4th dau. of Thomas Darell of Trewoman and London. f. Phillip, or Phyllis, born c. 1610. g. Prudence, bap. 29 August, 1613, and buried 12 June, 1614, at Paul (episc. tr.). XVIII. _Sir William Godojphin of Godolphin, Kt., eldest son of John Godolphin, by his wife, Margaret Trenouth, was born about 1480. Ire was comptroller of the coinage of tin. He died in 1570, and was buried on 30 July at Breage. He married, in about 1509, Margaret, daughter and co-heir of John G!_ynn of Morvall and Lavewater; she was born in 1490. They had four children:- 1. William, afterwards Sir William, Kt., eldest son, born about 1510; he was warden of the stannaries, the tin-mining districts, and was several times elected knight of the shire ; he was sheriff for Cornwall three times in the reign of Henry VIII, again under Edward VI, and for the fifth time under Elizabeth. He married, in about 1536, Blanche; daughter of Robert Langdon of Keverell (see p. 6), and had two daughters only, his estates devolving, at his death, in 1575, upon his nephew Francis. His widow, Blanch, was buried in 1583 at Breage :- a. Margaret, born c. 1537, married c. 1560, Sir Robert Verney. Margaret's second marriage is indicated by the following. The will, recorded at Exeter, of Elyen Connaunte, refers to the widow of Sir Robert Dennis, owner of Bicton, who died in 1592; he had married, first, Mary Mountjoy, and secondly, Margaret, daughter and heir of Sir William Godolphin, she surviving him and living in 1592. b. Grace, born c. 1538; married c. 1562, Sir John Sydenham of Brimpton, co. Somerset. 2. Thomas. second son, born c. 1512 ; XIX ; made governor of Scilly in 1549 (duchy of Comwall 1 Office), and was still governor in 1552. He married twice; first in about 1533, Katherine. dau. of Edmund Bonython of Bonython, by whom he had two sons and one daughter :- a. Francis. afterwards Sir Francis.z of whom later. b. William of Treveneage, St. Hilary, born c. 1540 ; M.P. Helston, 1586; m. 11 December, 1587, at St. Mabyn, Jane dau. and co-heir of Walter Gaverigan of Treveneage; William was bur.