Francis Godolphin of Treveneage in Cornwall

Cornwall

Cornwall is a unitary authority and ceremonial county of England, within the United Kingdom. It is bordered to the north and west by the Celtic Sea, to the south by the English Channel, and to the east by the county of Devon, over the River Tamar. Cornwall has a population of , and covers an area of...

, was an English Member of Parliament

Member of Parliament

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. The son of Sir William Godolphin of Treveneage

William Godolphin (1547-1589)

Sir William Godolphin , of Treveneage in Cornwall, was an English Member of Parliament. He was the younger son of Thomas Godolphin, Captain of the Scilly Isles, a member of one of Cornwall's leading families; his older brother, Sir Francis, who took over the governorship of the Scillies from...

, he represented St Ives

St Ives (UK Parliament constituency)

St. Ives is a county constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament by the first past the post system of election.-History:...

 in the Parliament of 1628-9 and again in the Long Parliament

Long Parliament

The Long Parliament was made on 3 November 1640, following the Bishops' Wars. It received its name from the fact that through an Act of Parliament, it could only be dissolved with the agreement of the members, and those members did not agree to its dissolution until after the English Civil War and...

. Unlike his relatives in the senior branch of the Godolphin family, he supported the Parliamentary cause on the outbreak of the Civil War

English Civil War

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, and continued to sit through most of the 1640s; however, there is no record of his having taken any part in proceedings after Pride's Purge

Pride's Purge

Pride’s Purge is an event in December 1648, during the Second English Civil War, when troops under the command of Colonel Thomas Pride forcibly removed from the Long Parliament all those who were not supporters of the Grandees in the New Model Army and the Independents...

. (He should not be confused with his namesake and cousin once removed, Francis Godolphin of Godolphin

Francis Godolphin (1605-1667)

Sir Francis Godolphin, K.B. , of Godolphin in Cornwall, was an English Member of Parliament. His chief claim to fame is that he was the dedicatee of Hobbes' Leviathan....

, who was also a member of the Long Parliament but was ejected as a Royalist in 1644.)

Godolphin married Ann Carew in 1616, and they had three children:

• Francis Godolphin of Crowan
• Catherine Godolphin, who married John St Aubyn of Clowance
• Loveday Godolphin

He died in 1652, and was buried on 4 February 1652 at Crowan

Crowan

Crowan is a village and civil parish in Cornwall, United Kingdom. It is situated approximately three-and-a-half miles south of Camborne. The River Hayle rises near Crowan and flows through the village and the railway branch to Helston passed nearby. Crowan has a population of 2,375...

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