Rev. Thomas Goddard
- References:
- Sources yet to be consulted:
- Sermons published by Rev. Thomas Goddard:
- The Guilt, Mischief, and Aggravations of Censure,
1710.
[BL]
General Reference Collection 693.f.17.(4.)
- The Mercy of God to this Church and Kingdom,
1710.
[BL]
General Reference Collection 693.d.15.(6.)
Copy in
General Reference Collection 225.g.16.(18.)
- Six Sermons on several occasions,
1715.
[BL]
General Reference Collection 225.g.15.(15.)
- Rev. Thomas Goddard in
[Ollard, 1950].
- General Thomas Goddard:
Proof of the link to England:
Proof that Capt. Thomas Goddard is son of
Rev. Thomas Goddard,
son of Edward Goddard, MP.
Extract from p.2 of
letter of 1806.
Rev. Thomas Goddard
(see
here),
born 1674.
He was educ
St Mary Hall, Oxford,
and
Magdalen College, Oxford.
BA 1692.
Rector of North Wraxall, Wiltshire, 1697 to 1708:
Rector of North Wraxall, Wiltshire
(see map).
Appointed 7 Oct 1697,
succeeding
Rev. John Beale.
He
mar 30 Sept 1700, North Wraxall, to
Ann Beale
[or Anne, born 9 Nov 1680, dau of Rev. John Beale].
Rev. Thomas got
MA from Oxford in 1705.
Canon of Windsor
1707-1731.
He was appointed 26 May 1707 to the
5th stall
in St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle.
Resigned from North Wraxall 19 May 1708.
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Rector of North Tidworth, Wiltshire, 1708 to 1731:
Rector of North Tidworth, Wiltshire
(see map)
from 1708 to death 1731.
His mother's family
had owned the manor in South Tidworth since 1650.
At this time, his uncle
John Smith
the politician (died 1723)
owned Tidworth House, South Tidworth.
See
"Epistle to Mr. Goddard",
a poem addressed to him by
William King
in 1710.
Rector of St Benet Fink, London, 1725.
Ann died 27 Nov 1727, age 47 yrs.
See
his will
dated 14 Apr 1731.
He died 10 May 1731, or 12 May, age 57 yrs.
Probate 28 May 1731.
Probate book has date "vigesimo octavo die mensis maii" (twenty eighth day of the month of May).
Though
transcript
thought will proved Aug 1731.
(Might be a mis-reading of "octavo" as "eighth month".)
Rev. Thomas and Ann
had issue:
- Edward Goddard,
"Edward" in
his brother John's will 1785 and
Letter of 1806,
"Edmond" in
[Burkes LG, 1838],
born Aug 1701.
He
mar 1729 to his 1st cousin Elizabeth Goddard.
She was heiress of the Goddard estate
of Hartham, Wiltshire.
He is
not listed in father's will of 1731.
Elizabeth
died 1783,
buried at Eltham (where her dau lived).
Edward fl 1785.
They
had issue:
- Anne Goddard.
She mar Sir William James, 1st Baronet.
They lived
Eltham,
near London.
He died 1783, bur at Eltham.
Anne inherited the Goddard estate
of Hartham, Wiltshire.
She built a new house,
Hartham Park,
completed in 1795.
She died 1798, bur at Eltham.
They
had issue:
- Elizabeth Anne James,
mar Thomas Parkyns, 1st Baron Rancliffe
and had issue.
- Thomas Goddard,
died young, there is another Thomas,
bur 17 Oct 1702, North Wraxall.
- John Goddard,
died young, there is another John,
bur 1 Sept 1704, North Wraxall.
- Thomas Goddard,
died young, there is another Thomas,
bur 1 Apr 1705, North Wraxall.
- Thomas Goddard, born must be 1705,
died young, there is another Thomas,
died 19 Sept 1710,
age meant to be 6 yrs, but must be born after Apr 1705, prob. age 5 yrs,
bur in St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle.
- Anne Goddard,
mar her 1st cousin Edward Grinfield
and had issue.
-
Rev. John Goddard,
Rector of South Tidworth, Hampshire.
Mentioned in father's will of 1731.
-
Capt. Thomas Goddard,
bapt 19 (or possibly 15) July 1711, North Tidworth, Wiltshire.
"Tom" in
letter of 1806.
He was the 4th child called Thomas.
He is
mentioned in father's will of 1731.
No Thomas is listed in
Goddard of Hartham
in
[Burkes LG, 1838].
However we know a Thomas existed from his baptism and his father's will.
And letter of 1806
is proof that this is our Capt. Thomas Goddard.
- Henry Goddard,
born 20 Nov 1712,
bapt 27 Nov 1712, North Tidworth,
age 15 when mother died 1727,
Letter of 1806
says he went to live after 1727 with his uncle Henry Goddard,
presumably in Ireland:
"My Father took him when a boy from his Brother whose family was large, reared him and provided for him,
and saved him afterwards from ruin as I have often heard him say & express great gratitude for.",
mentioned in father's will of 1731,
had issue:
- General Thomas Goddard,
apparently Thomas Wyndham Goddard,
born probably pre-1740.
Famed for his actions in the
First Anglo-Maratha War
(1775-1782).
This was fought between the British East India Company (who were defeated)
and the vast
Maratha Empire
in India.
The East Indiaman ship the
General Goddard
(1782)
was named after him.
He
died 1783,
buried at Eltham,
near London (where his cousin lived).
North Tidworth church and rectory on
1873 map.
Rectory might have been different in Goddard's day.
See
larger.
Holy Trinity Church, North Tidworth, Wiltshire.
Rev. Thomas Goddard was
Rector here 1708 to 1731.
Photo 2009.
From Geograph.
See more photos on Geograph
and Wikimedia Commons.
See street view.
Arms of Goddard and Beale.
From the arms of the
32 ancestral lines
of
James Franklin Fuller,
made out in 1909
by the Dublin Office of Arms.
Courtesy of
Teresa Stokes.
(Left) See full size.
(Right) See full size.
The will
of Rev. Thomas Goddard, 1731.
Mentions his sons John, Thomas and Henry.
Canon of Windsor
Rev. Thomas Goddard in 1707-31
was Canon of the
5th stall
(out of 12 Canons' stalls)
in the
choir
of
St George's Chapel
at Windsor Castle.
The choir of St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle.
Picture of 1818.
See
full size.
From
here.
- Sources yet to be consulted:
- "A Friendly Letter from honest Tom Boggy", 1710.
[BL]
General Reference Collection 114.c.59.
Copy in
General Reference Collection G.1390.(3.)
- "A Second Letter from Tom Boggy", 1710.
[BL]
General Reference Collection DRT Digital Store 11858.ee.16.
See here.
"Epistle to Mr. Goddard".
A poem addressed to Rev. Thomas Goddard
by the poet
William King
in 1710.
This is in the chapter on William King
in
Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets
by Samuel Johnson
(1779-81).
Above is from
p.305
of
vol.9
of 1810 edn.
The notes in the 1810 edn.
