GOODWYN, WILLIAM; b.; adm.; QS in 1570; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1573, Westminster Student to 1611 [or to marriage, if sooner ?]; BA 1577; MA 1580 (incorp. Cambridge 1583); BD and DD 1602; ordained; Rector of Upton Scudamore, Wilts., 1587; Prebendary of Salisbury from 2 Aug 1587; Prebendary of York 7 Sep 1590- Oct 1605, Chancellor of York 24 Oct 1605- Sep 1611; Sub-Almoner to Queen Elizabeth I 1590; Dean of Christ Church, Oxford, from 13 Sep 1611, Vice-Chancellor Oxford Univ. 1614-6, 1617-9; Rector of All Hallows the Great, London, 31 Oct 1614-7; Archdeacon of Middlesex from 23 Sep 1616; held other ecclesiastical preferments; a remarkable preacher; when delivering the funeral sermon on Prince Henry at St. Mary’s, Oxford, Nov 1612, “he was not only moved himself, but also moved the whole University and City to shed fountains of tears” (Thompson, Christ Church, 48); an interesting account of “monies payd out for Willm. Goodwyn” Dec 1571 – Nov 1573 is preserved in the Chapter Muniments; m.; d. 11 Jun 1620, aged 64. Buried Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford. DNB.

GORDON, JOHN, son of John Gordon, St. Martin’s, Ludgate, London, citizen and watchmaker, and Lucretia --- (IGI); b. 26 Mar 1702; adm.; KS 1716; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1720, adm. pens. 18 Jun 1720, scholar 21 Apr 1721, matr. 1720; resided to 1 Jun 1722; adm. Gray’s Inn 9 Nov 1718, called to bar 10 Feb 1725; Professor of Music, Gresham College, London, from 16 Jan 1723/4; d. 12 Dec 1739. DNB.

GORE, FRANCIS, elder surviving son of Francis Gore, All Hallows Bread Street, London, distiller, and Margaret Seabrooke (IGI); bapt. All Hallows, Bread Street, London 3 or 30 Mar 1710 (IGI); adm. (aged 9) Jun 1719; Min. Can. 1722; KS (Capt. ) 1723; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1727, matr. 8 Jun 1727, Westminster Student 22 Dec 1727 – void 1740; BA 1732; MA 1734/5; adm. Middle Temple 14 Oct 1727, called to bar 14 Jun 1734. [will Francis Gore, BA Oxford, proved PCC 14 May 1740]

Gow, James Fitzjames Cuthbert, second son of the Rev. James Gow, LL. D., Head Master of Westminster School, by Gertrude Sydenham, daughter of G. P. Everett Green; b. Aug. 6, 1890; adm. as K.S. Sept. 22, 1904; elected to Ch. Ch. Oxon. July 1909, matric. Michaelmas 1909; played football (Assoc.) against Cambridge 1912; B.A. 1913; M.A. 1920; served in France in Great War I; 2nd Lieut. 4th Batt. York and Lancaster Regt. (T. F.) Sept. 14, 1914; Lieut. Aug. 25; 1916; was in the employ of Cammell Laird & Co., Sheffield; m. June 19, 1919, Katherine, elder daughter of B. George Wood, of Sheffield, Yorks; d. on a voyage to America, April 1929.

GRADON, ROBERT, second son of Robert Gradon, St. James, Westminster; b.; adm.; KS (aged 11) 1687; left 1687; adm. Middle Temple 13 May 1689, called to bar 22 May 1696. [Presumably Robert Grayden (sic), son of Robert Grayden and Elizabeth --- (?Lane), bapt. St. Paul’s, Covent Garden 2 May 1674 ].

GRAFTON, ---; b.; adm.; KS; left 1550 (Acts of Chapter).

GRAY, JOHN EDWARD, fifth son of Right Rev. Robert Gray DD, Bishop of Bristol, and Elizabeth, dau. of John Camplin, Trinity Street, Bristol; b. 4 Nov 1801; adm. 29 Jan 1812; KS 1816; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1820, but went to Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 4 May 1820; BA 1824; ordained deacon 1822, priest 1823 (both Peterborough); m. 1841 Essex, dau. of Lieut. -Gen. Walter Ker, Littledean Tower, Roxburghshire; d. 2 Aug 1881.

FITZRANDOLPH, THOMAS; b.; adm.; KS; elected head to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1606, matr. Mich. 1606, adm. scholar 1607; BA 1610/1; MA 1614; Fellow, Trinity Coll. 1612. [perhaps bapt. Sutton in Ashfield, Notts., 2 Jan 1592, son of Edward Fitzrandolph and Ales Thompson (IGI)]

FITZROY-SCUDAMORE, CHARLES, natural son of Charles Fitzroy, 2nd Duke of Grafton KG FRS, Lord Lieut. Ireland; b.; adm. (aged 8) Nov 1721; KS 1728; left 1730; Ensign, 1st Foot Guards 30 Oct 1734; Capt. and Lieut. -Col., 2 May 1740; Maj., 1 Dec 1747; retired 11 Oct 1748; MP Thetford Feb 1732/3-54, Hereford 1754-68, Heytesbury 1768-74, Thetford 1774 - Mar 1782; Master of Tennis Courts, Royal Household 12 Sep 1727 - Jun 1762; Groom Porter to Kings George II and III 8 May 1743 - Dec 1763; Deputy Cofferer of the Household Jul 1765 - Sep 1769; Cursitor, Court of Chancery (I); Deputy Ranger, Whittlebury Forest, from 1749; his marriage brought him the Scudamore family’s estate at Holme Lacy, Herefordshire, and he assumed additional surname of Scudamore 22 Mar 1749; m. 17 Jul 1748 Hon. Frances Scudamore, divorced wife of Henry Scudamore (formerly Somerset), 3rd Duke of Beaufort (qv), and only dau. of James, 3rd Viscount Scudamore (I) MP; d. 19 Aug 1782.