Biography
He was the second son of Anthony Godwyn ofWritings
Godwyn was a voluminous writer, and about 1614 he published ''Florilegium Phrasicon'' and ''Romanae Historiae Anthologia'' (an English treatise on Roman antiquities), both for use by Abingdon School. These were the only school text books on the subject for a century. He also wrote a ''Synopsis of Hebrew Antiquities'', and in 1625 ''Moses and Aaron, or Civil and Ecclesiastical Rites Used by the Ancient Hebrews''. In his preface to Roman Antiquities, Godwyn gives a picture of the difficulties of writing his book in the noisy surroundings of the school room. "If it fail to please, put it down to the whispered chatterings of the noisy boys amongst whom the work had its origin; but if approved ascribe it to the continuous questionings of the boys."Notes
References
* T. Hinde and M. St J. Parker, ''The martlet and the griffen: an illustrated history of Abingdon School'', 1997 * S. Clarke, ''The lives of sundry eminent persons in this later age'', 1683 * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Godwyn, Thomas 1587 births 1642 deaths Fellows of Pembroke College, Oxford Alumni of Magdalen College, Oxford Heads of Abingdon School