John Godolphin
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John Godolphin was an English jurist and writer, an admiralty judge under the Commonweath.
; he graduated as B.C.L. in 1636 and D.C.L. in 1643.
He took the Parliamentarian side, and on 30 July 1653 was appointed judge of the admiralty, with William Clerk
and Charles George Cocke. After Clarke's death Godolphin and Cock were reappointed in July 1659 to hold the same office until 10 December. After the Restoration
he became one of the king's advocates.
He died near Fleet Street
, 4 April 1678, and was buried in Clerkenwell Church. He was four times married, and had by his first wife a son, Sidney, who was governor of Scilly, and whose daughter Mary married Henry Godolphin
.
Life
The second son (by Judith Meredith) of John Godolphin, who was younger brother of Sir William Godolphin (died 1613), he was born at Scilly, 29 November 1617. He became a commoner of Gloucester Hall, Oxford, in the Michaelmas term of 1632. There he studied philosophy, logic, and the civil lawCivil law
Civil law may refer to:* Civil law , a branch of continental law which is the general part of private law* Civil law , a branch of common law dealing with relations between individuals or organizations...
; he graduated as B.C.L. in 1636 and D.C.L. in 1643.
He took the Parliamentarian side, and on 30 July 1653 was appointed judge of the admiralty, with William Clerk
William Clerk (jurist)
-Life:He received his education at Trinity Hall, Cambridge . He was admitted an advocate at Doctors' Commons on 23 October 1629, and in 1639 he occurs as official of the archdeacon of London. He was appointed one of the judges of the admiralty in 1651...
and Charles George Cocke. After Clarke's death Godolphin and Cock were reappointed in July 1659 to hold the same office until 10 December. After the Restoration
English Restoration
The Restoration of the English monarchy began in 1660 when the English, Scottish and Irish monarchies were all restored under Charles II after the Interregnum that followed the Wars of the Three Kingdoms...
he became one of the king's advocates.
He died near Fleet Street
Fleet Street
Fleet Street is a street in central London, United Kingdom, named after the River Fleet, a stream that now flows underground. It was the home of the British press until the 1980s...
, 4 April 1678, and was buried in Clerkenwell Church. He was four times married, and had by his first wife a son, Sidney, who was governor of Scilly, and whose daughter Mary married Henry Godolphin
Henry Godolphin
Henry Godolphin was an English Provost of Eton College and Dean of St. Paul's Cathedral, a position in which he clashed with Sir Christopher Wren in the period when the new cathedral had reached the finishing touches.-Life:...
.
Works
Godolphin wrote the following books on law and divinity:- ‘The Holy Limbec, or an Extraction of the Spirit from the Letter of certain eminent places in the Holy Scripture,’ 1650. ‘The Holy Limbeck, or a Semi-Century of Spiritual Extraction,’ &c., is the same book with title altered.
- ‘The Holy Arbor, containing a Body of Divinity. … Collected from many Orthodox Laborers in the Lord's Vineyard,’ 1651.
- ‘Synēgoros thalassios, a view of the Admiral Jurisdiction …’ 1661 and 1685 (appendix has a list of lord high admirals after Henry SpelmanHenry SpelmanSir Henry Spelman was an English antiquary, noted for his detailed collections of medieval records, in particular of church councils.-Life:...
, and an extract from the ancient laws of OleronOléronÎle d'Oléron is an island off the Atlantic coast of France , on the southern side of the Pertuis d'Antioche strait....
, translated from Garsias alias Ferrand). - ‘The Orphan's Legacy, or a Testamentary Abridgement’ (in three parts, on wills, executors, and legacies), 1674, 1677, 1685, 1701.
- ‘Repertorium Canonicum, or an Abridgement of the Ecclesiastical Laws of this Realm consistent with the Temporal,’ 1678, 1680, 1687.