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Thomas Godfrey

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Son of Thomas Godfrey and Elizabeth Godfrey
Husband of Margaret Lambard and Sarah Godfrey
Father of Lambard Godfrey; Thomas Godfrey; Jane Harrison; Sir Edmund Berry Godfrey; Edward Godfrey and 6 others
Brother of Ann Glover
Half brother of Sir Peter Godfrey; Peter Godfrey; Sir Richard Godfrey and Mary Godfrey

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About Thomas Godfrey

Thomas was born 3 Jan 1585/6 He was second son of Thomas Godfrey (d.1624) jurat of Lydd, Kent, being only son of his fathers second wife wife Elizabeth, daughter and heir of Michael Pix of Ashford, Kent; half-bro. of Richard II*.

Educated at Challock Grammar School 1594; St. John’s, Camb. 1599; Middle Temple 1603-6.

1608 He married firstly Margaret (d. 29 June 1611), daughter of William Lambarde of Westcombe, Kent. 5 May 1608 They had 2 sons.

1612 He married secondly Sarah, daughter of Thomas Iles, proctor of Hammersmith, Middlesex 28 May 1612. They had 9 sons and 4 daughters.

His seventh son was Sir Edmund Berry Godfrey, whose mysterious death in 1678 sparked off the hysteria of the Popish Plot

He died in 1664

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Thomas Godfrey's Timeline

1603
1603
London, Greater London, England, United Kingdom
1615
August 30, 1615
Grub Street, London, England (United Kingdom)
1621
December 23, 1621
Sellindge, Kent, England
1628
1628
1632
1632
Norton, Kent, England (United Kingdom)
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