GOODMAN, GODFREY, second son of Godfrey Goodman, Ruthin, Denbighshire, Chapter Clerk and Registrar, Westminster Abbey, and his second wife Jane, third dau. of Simon Croxton (or Cruxson), citizen and mercer, London, and of Merllyn, Ruthin; nephew of Very Rev. Gabriel Goodman, Dean of Westminster; b. 28 Feb 1582/3; adm. 1592; chorister; QS; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1599, adm. scholar 1600; BA 1603/4; MA 1607; BD 1614 (incorp. Oxford 11 Jul 1615); DD 1619; ordained deacon (Bangor) 1 Nov 1603, priest (London) 20 Dec 1606; Rector of Llansannan, Denbighshire (first portion) 1603-5; Vicar of Stapleford Abbots, Essex 20 Dec 1606 - Jun 1620; Rector of Llandyssil, Montgomeryshire 1607-15; Rector of Llansannan, Denbighshire (second portion) 1615-6; Rector of Ysceifiog, Flintshire 1616-21; Canon of Windsor from 20 Dec 1617, apparently dismissed or suspended c. 1639 but no successor was appointed and Goodman may have remained in office de iure until death; Rector of West Ilsley, Berks., 19 Jun 1620-46, sequestered; Dean of Rochester 4 Jan. 1620/1 -5; Rector of Llanarmon-yn-Ial, Denbighshire 31 Jul 1621- Jan 1625; consecrated Bishop of Gloucester 6 Mar 1624/5; reprimanded by Convocation for a sermon on the real presence 1628; charged with ritualistic practices by Prynne and others; Rector of Kemerton, Gloucs., 22 Sep 1631 – Oct 1636; his election to the see of Hereford annulled by the advice of Laud 1633; refused to sign the new canons of 1640, and was deprived “a beneficio et officio” by the two houses of Convocation 9 May 1640; committed to the Gatehouse, but released on signing the canons and restored to his see 10 Jul 1640; imprisoned in the Tower by order of the House of Commons in winter of 1641-2 for having signed the canons; his palace at Gloucester was sacked 1643; spent the last few years of his life in poverty in London; he stated in his will that he had always been “most constant … in all the doctrine of God’s Holy Catholick and Apostolick Church, whereof I do acknowledge the Church of Rome to be the Mother Church”; author, The Fall of Man, 1616, and other works; see G. I. Soden, Godfrey Goodman, Bishop of Rochester 1583-1656, 1953; d. unm. 19 Jan 1655/6. DNB.

GOODMAN, EDWARD; b.; adm.; QS; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1577, Westminster Student to 1581; did not matr.

GOODEVE, LOUIS ARTHUR, only surviving son of Joseph Goodeve, barrister, Prof. of English Law, Presidency College, and Master in Equity, Supreme Court, Calcutta, India [mother probably Louisa Stuart Barker (IGI)]; b. 11 Jan 1841; adm. 20 Jan 1853 (James'); QS 1855; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1859, matr. 16 Jun 1859; BA 1862; appointed Indian Civil Service Jul 1861, but had to resign because of ill health; adm. Inner Temple 19 Nov 1862, called to bar 9 Jun 1865; went out to India, where he practised as an advocate, Supreme Court, Calcutta; editor and secretary, Bengal Law Reports 1868; Superintendent of Law and Legislation, Presidency College 1871; Examiner of Pleaders for Bengal Government 1872-3; Assistant Secretary, Bengal Government 1873; returned to England; Western Circuit; Lecturer in Law, Univ. Coll. Bristol 1878-80; author, The Modern Law of Real Property, 1883, and other works; m. 23 Nov 1869 Florence Everilda, youngest dau. of Thomas John Knowlys, Heysham Tower, Lancs.; d. 13 Mar 1888.

GOODENOUGH, WILLIAM, son of Edmund Goodenough (KS 1758, qv); bapt. Broughton Poggs, Oxfordshire 24 Jan 1773 (IGI); adm. 15 Jan 1785; KS 1785; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1790, matr. 9 Jun 1790, Westminster Student 24 Dec 1790 – void by marriage 7 Jun 1797; BA 1794; MA 1797; ordained priest (Peterborough) 18 Mar 1797; an Usher at the School 1796-7; succeeded his uncle Samuel Goodenough (qv) as Master of the Preparatory School at Ealing; Vicar of Warkworth, Northumberland, 25 Sep 1811 – May 1818; Rector of Mareham-le-Fen, Lincs., from 22 Apr 1818; Archdeacon of Carlisle and Rector of Great Salkeld, Cumberland, from 20 Jun 1827; m. 1 June 1797 his cousin Mary Anne, eldest dau. of Samuel Goodenough (qv); d. 13 Dec 1854, aged 82.

GOODENOUGH, SAMUEL, third son of Rev. William Goodenough, Rector of Broughton Poggs, Oxfordshire, and Elizabeth, dau. of Richard Serle, Winchester; b. 29 Apr 1743; adm.; KS 1756; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1760, matr. 9 Jun 1760, Westminster Student 24 Dec 1760 – void 26 Jul 1770, expiry year of grace as V. Brize Norton from 7 Aug 1769; BA 1764; MA 1767; DCL 1772; ordained deacon 27 Oct 1765, priest 14 Jun 1767 (both Oxford); an Usher at the School 1766-70; Rector of Broughton Poggs, Oxfordshire, 14 Jul 1769; Vicar of Brize Norton, Oxfordshire, 18 Jul 1769; conducted a preparatory school at Ealing, Middlesex 1772-96; V. Cropredy, Oxfordshire, 1797-1802 (disp. to hold with Brize Norton); Canon of Windsor 3 Feb 1798 – Aug 1802; Dean of Rochester 27 Aug 1802-8; Vicar of Boxley, Kent 1804-8; consecrated Bishop of Carlisle 13 Mar 1808; first Treasurer and Vice-Pres., Linnean Society 1787; FRS 14 May 1789; the first to cultivate sea-kale (see Lusus Alt. Westm., 2nd series, 12); m. 17 Apr 1770 Elizabeth, sister of Thomas Ford (qv); d. 12 Aug 1827. Buried North Cloister, Westminster Abbey. DNB.

GOODENOUGH, ROBERT WILLIAM, son of Robert Philip Goodenough (qv); b. 2 Sep 1809; adm. 17 Sep 1821 (G); KS (Capt. ) 1822; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1826, matr. 3 May 1826, Westminster Student; BA 1830; MA 1832; ordained deacon (Rochester) 23 Dec1832, priest (York) 17 Nov 1833; Vicar of Whittingham, Northumberland, from 8 Jul 1835; m. 30 Jun 1836 Elizabeth Anne, dau. of Anthony Littledale; d. 21 Oct 1880.

GOODENOUGH, ROBERT PHILIP, son of Samuel Goodenough (qv); b. 19 Oct 1775; adm. 7 Jun 1784; KS (aged 13) 1788; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1792, matr. 6 Jun 1792, Westminster Student 24 Dec 1792 – void 30 Mar 1807 (expiry year of grace as R. Carlton in Lindrick), Tutor 1800-7; BA 1796; MA 1799; Public Examiner 1802-3, 1807-9; ordained deacon 1798, priest 1799 (both Oxford); Curate, Drayton, Oxfordshire 1803, Binsey, Oxfordshire 1805; Chaplain to William Markham, Archbishop of York (adm. 1733, qv), and afterwards to his own father, the Bishop of Carlisle; Rector of Carlton in Lindrick, Notts., from 29 Mar 1806; Prebendary of Southwell from 5 Apr 1806; Prebendary of Carlisle from 13 Aug 1811; Rector of Beelsby, Lincs., from 31 Mar 1819; m. 6 Dec 1808 Cecilia, seventh dau. of William Markham (adm. 1733, qv); d. 20 Apr 1826.

GOODENOUGH, FREDERICK ADDINGTON, eldest son of Edmund Goodenough (KS 1797, qv); b. 6 Jul 1827; adm. 18 Sep 1839 (Benthall's); QS 1841; rowed against Eton 1 Aug 1843, 29 Jul 1845; Capt. of the School 1845; left 23 Jan 1846; a merchant at Calcutta; m. 17 Oct 1861 Mary, eldest dau. of Rev. Anthony Lewis Lambert, Rector of Chilbolton, Hampshire; d. on his voyage home from Calcutta 13 Sep 1869.

GOODENOUGH, EDMUND, son of Samuel James Goodenough (qv); b. 19 Aug 1802; adm. 4 Jul 1816 (G); KS 1817; left 1818; EIC Maritime Service [but not in Farrington]. [perhaps m. 1 Apr 1827 Sarah Hayes (IGI)]