James Godwyn (c. 1557 – 1616), of
Wells, Somerset
Wells () is a cathedral city and civil parish in the Mendip district of Somerset, located on the southern edge of the Mendip Hills, south-east of Weston-super-Mare, south-west of Bath and south of Bristol. Although the population recorde ...
, was an English politician.
He was a
Member
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(MP) of the
Parliament of England
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for
Wells
Wells most commonly refers to:
* Wells, Somerset, a cathedral city in Somerset, England
* Well, an excavation or structure created in the ground
* Wells (name)
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in 1593. He was
Mayor of Wells
Mayor of Wells, Somerset, England:
*1590: Leonard Crosse
*1592: William Watkin
*15931594: James Godwyn
*1598: John Ayshe
*1608: John Ayshe
*16131614: James Godwyn
*17501751 John Dorset Long
*17511752 Thomas Strode
*17521753 Charles Tudway
*17 ...
in 1593–94 and 1613–14.
References
1550s births
1616 deaths
Mayors of Wells, Somerset
English MPs 1593
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