Thomas Goddard MA (1674 – 10 May 1731) was a

Canon of Windsor The Dean and Canons of Windsor are the ecclesiastical body of St George's Chapel at Windsor Castle. Foundation The college of canons was established in 1348 by Letters Patent of King Edward III. It was formally constituted on the feast of ...

from 1707 to 1731.''Fasti Wyndesorienses'', May 1950. S. L. Ollard. Published by the Dean and Canons of St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle. He was born in 1674, the son of Edward Goddard of

Tidworth Tidworth is a garrison town and civil parish in south-east Wiltshire, England, on the eastern edge of Salisbury Plain. Lying on both sides of the A338 about north of the A303 primary route, the town is approximately west of Andover, south o ...

, Wiltshire. Goddard was educated at

St Mary Hall, Oxford St Mary Hall was a medieval academic hall of the University of Oxford. It was associated with Oriel College from 1326 to 1545, but functioned independently from 1545 until it was incorporated into Oriel College in 1902. History In 1320, ...

and

Magdalen College, Oxford Magdalen College (, ) is a constituent college of the University of Oxford. It was founded in 1458 by William of Waynflete. Today, it is the fourth wealthiest college, with a financial endowment of £332.1 million as of 2019 and one of the s ...

where he graduated BA in 1692, and MA in 1705. He was appointed: *Rector of

North Wraxall North Wraxall is a village and civil parish in Wiltshire, England. The village is about west of Chippenham, just north of the A420 road between Chippenham and Bristol. The parish includes the village of Ford and the hamlets of Upper Wraxall, ...

, Wiltshire, 1697 to 1708 *Rector of

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, Wiltshire, 1708 to 1731 *Rector of

St Benet Fink St Benet Fink was a church and parish in the City of London located on what is now Threadneedle Street. Recorded since the 13th century, the church was destroyed in the Great Fire of London of 1666, then rebuilt to the designs of Sir Christop ...

, City of London, 1725 He was appointed to the fifth stall in St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle in 1707, a position he held until he died in 1737.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Goddard, Thomas 1674 births 1731 deaths Canons of Windsor Alumni of Magdalen College, Oxford