Francis Godolphin (died 1652), of Treveneage in

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, was an English

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. The son of Sir William Godolphin of Treveneage, he represented St Ives in the Parliament of 1628–9 and again in the

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. Unlike his relatives in the senior branch of the Godolphin family, he supported the

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cause on the outbreak of the

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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

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

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References

*D Brunton & D H Pennington, ''Members of the Long Parliament'' (London: George Allen & Unwin, 1954) * ''Burke's Extinct Peerage'' (London: Henry Colburn & Richard Bentley, 1831

*''Cobbett's Parliamentary history of England, from the Norman Conquest in 1066 to the year 1803'' (London: Thomas Hansard, 1808

* ''Vivian's Visitations of Cornwall'' (Exeter: William Pollard & Co, 1887

* 1652 deaths Year of birth missing Members of the pre-1707 English Parliament for constituencies in Cornwall English MPs 1628–1629 English MPs 1640–1648 Francis {{17thC-England-MP-stub