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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.

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.

GODWIN, EDWARD; b. ; adm. ; KS 1676.

GODSALVE, JOHN; b. ; adm. ; KS 1 Feb 1547/8 (Acts of Chapter).

GODOLPHIN, SIR WILLIAM, brother of Francis Godolphin (qv); bap 2 Feb 1634/5; adm.; Min. Can. (aged 13) 1648; KS 1650; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1651, matr. 21 Jun 1651, Westminster Student; MA 14 Jan 1660/1; DCL 28 Sep 1663; Under-Secretary, Secretary of State’s Office Oct 1662 – Dec 1665; FRS 2 Nov 1664; MP Camelford 17 Oct 1665-79; Secretary to Earl of Sandwich, Ambassador in Spain Dec 1665; employed in negotiations at Madrid in 1666-7 which led to a commercial treaty with Spain; knighted 28 Aug 1668; Envoy Extraordinary to Spain, 1669-71; Ambassador at Madrid 1671- Nov 1678; recalled under suspicion of having become a Roman Catholic, but preferred to remain in Spain and soon afterwards openly professed himself a Catholic; his “notarial act”, providing for a posthumous will by the Procurator-General of the Jesuits and others, was declared null and void by Act of Parliament 1698; d. at Madrid, Spain 11 Jul 1696. DNB.

GODOLPHIN, FRANCIS, eldest son of Sir William Godolphin, Spargor, Cornwall, and his first wife Ruth, dau. of Sir John Lambe, Kt, Colston, Wilts.; b.; adm.; KS 1640; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1642, but went to Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 21 Oct 1642, aged 14 (see Christ Church Archives, Box 127); imprisoned in the Fleet Prison “for treason in holding correspondence with Charles Stuart, and levying war against the Parliament” Sep 1651, released on bail Dec 1651; of Colston, Wilts.; m. 1st, Elizabeth, fifth dau. of Sir John Gayer, Kt, Lord Mayor of London; lic. to m. 2nd, 16 Aug 1669 Elizabeth, widow of Sir Charles Mordaunt, Bart., and dau. and coheiress of Nicholas Johnson, London; will dated 3 Feb 1667, proved PCC 31 Jan 1672.

GODLEY, ARTHUR, son of Rev. Tridoory Godley, Minister to the Assembly of Divines; b.; in school lists 1656; KS Christmas quarter 1656; a petition by his father to the Governors for his appointment as a Bishop’s Boy, and a complaint of 1657 by three of the monitors about Godley’s eccentric behaviour when in College are preserved among the Chapter Muniments (43087, 43116).

GODFREY, THOMAS, brother of Richard Godfrey (qv); b. 13 Apr. 1626; adm.; KS (Capt. ) 1639; elected to Ch. Ch. Oxford 1641, matr. 10 Dec 1641, Westminster Student; d. before 1696. Memorial tablet, East Cloister, Westminster Abbey.

GODFREY, STUART HILL, brother of Raymond Hill Godfrey (qv); b. 2 Jun 1861; adm. 31 Mar 1875; QS 1876; left May 1879; RMC Sandhurst 1880; 2nd Lieut., 2nd Foot 22 Jan 1881; Lieut., Royal West Surrey Regt. 1 Jul 1881; Bombay Staff Corps 17 Nov 1883; Wing Officer, 24th Bombay Native Infantry 30 Jan 1885; Capt., Indian Staff Corps 22 Jan 1892; Maj., 22 Jan 1901; supernumary list 25 Apr 1899; Lieut. -Col., 22 Jan 1907; retd. 1916; served Waziristan expedition 1901-2, Mohmand expedition 1908; Political Assistant May 1892, Political Agent Apr 1900; Political Agent, Zhob Mar 1901, Swat and Chitral Nov 1902, Baghelkand May 1911; CIE 14 Aug 1908; author, translation of Pushkin’s Kapitanskaya Dochka; m. 24 Sep 1896 Gwendolen Beatrice Nesta, dau. of Lieut. -Col. Sir Adelbert Cecil Talbot KCIE, Indian Staff Corps, Resident in Kashmir; d. 29 Nov 1941.

GODFREY, RICHARD, son of Thomas Godfrey MP, Sellinge, Kent, and his second wife Sarah, dau. of Thomas Iles, Hammersmith, Middlesex, Procurator of the Arches; b. 8 Apr 1619; adm.; KS; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1637, matr. 7 Jul 1637, Westminster Student; BA 1641; MA 1647; took the Solemn League and Covenant; a delegate to the Parliamentary Visitors 30 Sep 1647, and “willingly” submitted to the Visitation 1648 (Burrows, 71); d. 23 Mar 1648/9. Buried Christ Church Cathedral, memorial tablet in East Cloister, Westminster Abbey.