GODWINE, ---; b.; adm.; a pensioner 1611, tutor, Mr Roger Edwardes (the individual of that name who was the Abbey’s Chief Verger ?) (Chapter Muniments 33664).
GOFFE, THOMAS, son of Rev. Christopher Goffe, Vicar of Great Waltham, Essex; b.; adm.; KS; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1609, matr. 3 Nov 1609, aged 18, Westminster Student to 1624; BA 1613; MA 1616 (incorp. Cambridge 1617); BD 1623; ordained; Rector of East Clandon, Surrey from 1621; “a quaint preacher, and a person of excellent language and expression” (Wood, Athenae Oxonienses, ed. Bliss, ii, 463); author of Latin orations delivered by him at Oxford 1620, 1622, of three tragedies performed at Christ Church during his lifetime (although published posthumously), and of a tragi-comedy, The Careless Shepherdess, performed with great applause before the King and Queen at Salisbury; m. “a meer Xantippe, the widow of his predecessor [at East Clandon, Rev. Alexander Adames]” (Wood, ibid. ); d. 26 Jul 1629. DNB.
GOLD, ROBERT, son of Edward Gold, Melbury, Dorset, “pleb. ”; b.; adm.; KS 1664; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1667, matr. 12 Jul 1667, aged 18, Westminster Student 14 Sep 1668 – void 1691; BA 1671; MA 1674; ordained deacon (Oxford) 20 Sep 1674.
GOLDBORNE, WILLIAM, son of Uriah Goldborne, St. Margaret’s, Westminster; b.; adm. (aged 8) Aug 1719; Min. Can. 1724, 1725; Balliol Coll. Oxford, matr. 17 Oct 1728; BA 1732.
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GOLDFINCHE, THOMAS, of London; b.; adm.; KS; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1606, adm. scholar 1607; BA 1610/1; MA 1614; Fellow, Trinity Coll. 1612 – c. 1621; ordained; Vicar of Marsworth, Bucks., to res. 1630; described by Cole as “poeta Lat. elegantissimus”.
GOLDFRAP, GEORGE ALFRED, son of John George Goldfrap, St. Kitts, West Indies, and Sarah, dau. of William Wharton; b. 18 Oct 1789; in school list 1803; KS (aged 14) 1805; left 1809; Ensign, 70th Foot 1 Mar 1809; Lieut., 3 Oct 1811; Capt., 3 Sep 1829; Paymaster, 1 Mar 1832; d. on passage from West Indies 25 Jul 1839.
GOLDIE, BRUCE MORTON, son of Bruce Goldie, Tedworth Square, Chelsea, Middlesex, brewery manager, and Mary Agnes, dau. of Alexander Morton, St. George’s Road, Glasgow; b. 4 Jan 1869; adm. 16 Jun 1881 (H); QS 31 May 1883; elected to Christ Church, Oxford July 1887; BA 1891; MA 1909; engaged in tutorial work; a university coach at Oxford 1904-14; assistant master, St. Edward’s School, Oxford 1915-25; again a university coach, Oxford, from 1925; d. Jan 1959.