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Barnabas Gooch or Goche or Gough (died c. 1626) was an English lawyer and academic who was Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cambridge from 1611 to 1612. He was also a politician who sat in the

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from 1621 to 1624. Gooch was born at

Alvingham Alvingham is a village and civil parish in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. It is situated north-east from the market town of Louth. History The village is mentioned in the ''Domesday Book'' as "Aluingeham", meaning "Home ...

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, the son of

Barnabe Googe Barnabe Googe (11 June 15407 February 1594), also spelt Barnabe Goche and Barnaby Goodge, was a poet and translator, one of the earliest English pastoral poets. Early life Barnabe Googe, born 11 June 1540 (St Barnabas Day), in Alvingham, Linc ...

, poet and scholar. He matriculated from

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in Autumn 1582 and was awarded BA in 1587, MA in 1590 and LLD in 1604. He became Master of Magdalene in 1604 and held the post until his death in 1626. In 1605 he was incorporated at

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. He was Vice-Chancellor of

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from 1611 to 1612 He was admitted as an advocate on 4 February 1613. From 1615 to 1625 he was Commissary of the University. In 1621, Gooch was elected

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for

and for

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and chose to sit for the university. He was re-elected MP for Cambridge University in 1624. He was Chancellor of Worcester and Exeter. He was a benefactor to Magdalene College. Gooch died at Exeter in about 1626.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Gooch, Barnabas Year of birth missing 1620s deaths Members of the pre-1707 English Parliament for constituencies in Cornwall Year of death uncertain People from East Lindsey District Vice-Chancellors of the University of Cambridge Members of the pre-1707 Parliament of England for the University of Cambridge English MPs 1621–1622 English MPs 1624–1625 Alumni of Magdalene College, Cambridge Masters of Magdalene College, Cambridge