GLYN, THOMAS CLAYTON, eldest son of Thomas Glyn (qv); b. 9 Nov 1789; in school list 1801; KS 1803; Capt. of the School 1807; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1808, matr. 27 May 1808, Westminster Student; 1st cl. Mathematics and 3rd cl. Classics 1811; BA 1812; MA 1814; ordained; Rector of Widford, Herts., 17 Mar 1826-31; m. 20 Jul 1820 Jemima Julia, dau. of William Hammond, St. Alban’s Court, Kent; d. 17 Jun 1860.

GODFREY, SIR EDMUND BERRY, brother of Richard Godfrey (qv); b. 23 Dec 1621; adm.; KS; a contributor to the congratulatory verses to Charles I on the birth of Princess Amelia 1636/7, written by KSS while at Chiswick; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 23 Nov 1638; adm. Grays Inn 3 Dec 1640; became a woodmonger, and in 1658 acquired a wharf at Hartshorn Lane, near Charing Cross; JP Westminster; knighted 18 Sep 1666, for “his eminent service done in helping to suppress the late fire in the City” (London Gazette, 17-20 Sep 1666); offended the Court by causing the arrest of the King’s Physician for a debt due to him for firewood, and was imprisoned for six days in the porter’s lodge at Whitehall 1669; a zealous Protestant, and “esteemed the best justice of the peace in England”; received the first depositions of Titus Oates concerning the Popish Plot 16 Sept 1678; found dead in a ditch on the south side of Primrose Hill, near Hampstead 17 Oct 1678, three probably innocent persons subsequently being hanged at Tyburn for his murder. Memorial tablet in East Cloister, Westminster Abbey. DNB.

GODFREY, EDWARD, brother of Richard Godfrey (qv); b. 16 Jul 1627; adm. ; KS May 1640 (“Domestic Chronicle of Thos. Godfrey”, Topog. and Gen. ii, 463); “puer optimae spei, et indolis dux et decus 5 classis huius Scholae”; d. at school 8 Jun 1640. Buried East Cloister, Westminster Abbey, where there is a tablet in his memory.

GODFREY, JOHN, brother of Richard Godfrey (qv); b. 3 Sep 1620; adm.; KS 1635; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1638, matr. 22 Mar 1638/9, Westminster Student; BA 1642; travelled for several years on continent; d. at Paris 19 Jan 1654. Memorial tablet, East Cloister, Westminster Abbey.

GODFREY, JOHN, son of Benjamin Godfrey, Watlington, Oxfordshire, and Ann --- (IGI) (perhaps Fitton); bapt. Watlington, Oxfordshire 3 Oct 1712 (IGI); adm. (aged 12) Jan 1725/6; KS 1727; d. 1727.

GODFREY, RAYMOND HILL, eldest son of John Richard Race Godfrey, Grove Road, Surbiton, Surrey, stockbroker, and Jane Mary Margaret, dau. of Col. John Humphrey [Edward ?] Hill CB, Hill’s Court, Exeter, Devon; b. 14 Feb 1859; adm. 22 Sep 1871; QS 21 Jan 1874; left May 1876; a coffee planter in Ceylon; on return to England became a member of the London Stock Exchange, adm. 1899; m. 17 Jul 1890 Kate, youngest dau. of Vice Adm. Sir George Strong Nares KCB FRS, Rochester House, Surbiton; d. 5 Nov 1925.

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.

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, 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.

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).