Godfrey, Esquire Thomas
1553 - 1623 (70 years)-
Name Godfrey, Thomas [1, 2, 3, 4, 5] Title Esquire Birth 1553 New Romney, Kent, England 
[1, 2, 3, 4, 5] Gender Male Death 17 Feb 1623 Lydd, Kent, England Burial Aft 17 Feb 1623 All Saints Churchyard, Lydd, Kent, England [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6] Person ID I25279 The Thoma Family Last Modified 20 Sep 2023
Father Godfrey, Peter II, b. 1517, Lydd, Kent, England d. 20 Mar 1566, Lydd, Kent, England (Age 49 years) Relationship natural Mother Eppes, Joan, b. Jun 1514, Old Romney, Kent, England d. 10 Jun 1556, Lydd, Kent, England (Age 42 years) Relationship natural Marriage 1538 Lydd, Kent, England [5, 7] Family ID F9208 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 1 Allarde, Elizabeth, b. UNKNOWN, Kent, England d. DECEASED, Kent, England Marriage 24 Feb 1590 Lydd, Kent, England [1, 2, 3, 4, 5] Family ID F9210 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 20 Sep 2023
Family 2 Pix, Elizabeth, b. 1560, Lydd, Kent, England d. 8 Sep 1589, Detling, Kent, England (Age 29 years) Marriage 26 Jun 1582 Folkestone, Kent, England [2, 5] Children 1. Godfrey, Thomas, b. 3 Jan 1585, Lydd, Kent, England d. 10 Oct 1664, Sellindge, Kent, England (Age 79 years) [natural]Family ID F9207 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 20 Sep 2023
Family 3 Partridge, Mary, b. 1549, Iden, Sussex, England d. 29 Jan 1581, Lydd, Kent, England (Age 32 years) Marriage 24 Sep 1578 Benenden, Kent, England [1, 2, 3, 4, 5] Family ID F9209 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 20 Sep 2023
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Event Map 
Birth - 1553 - New Romney, Kent, England 
Marriage - 24 Sep 1578 - Benenden, Kent, England 
Marriage - 26 Jun 1582 - Folkestone, Kent, England 
Marriage - 24 Feb 1590 - Lydd, Kent, England Death - 17 Feb 1623 - Lydd, Kent, England 
Burial - Aft 17 Feb 1623 - All Saints Churchyard, Lydd, Kent, England = Link to Google Earth
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Photos 
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Notes - Thomas Godfrey
From GENi
Thomas Godfrey
Birthdate : 1547 (76)
Birthplace: Lydd, Kent, England
Death: Died February 17, 1623 in Lydd, Kent, England
Immediate Family:
Father:
Peter Godfrey
Mother:
Joan Epes
Spouses:
Mary Godfrey;
Mary Patricke;
Elizabeth Godfrey
Elizabeth Allard
Children:
Peter Godfrey;
Sir Peter Godfrey;
Thomas Godfrey;
Thomas Godfrey, Esq.;
Peter Godfrey;
Mary Godfrey
Richard Godfrey
Half Sibling:
Francis Godfrey
O» a M.wal Monument against the North Wall of the Chancel, with a coloured Bust, and a flat Stone below.
" To the Memory of Thomas Godfrey Esq. born at New Romney in ye Year of our lord God 1553 Sonne and Heire of Peter Godfrey of lydd Gent, wheire he & his Ancestours have continued in good Esteem and Reputation for above Two Hundred Years, as appears by their Funeral Monuments yet extant in ye said church and by their several Wills and Testaments proved in ye Register's Office at Canterbury and
london. He was Captain of ye Horse for above 40 years together before his Death; Notwithstanding -which, hee Himself was charged with, and did find, at every Muster,5 light Horse and 20 Foot. Hee was a frank House-Keeper, Hospitable to strangers and charitable to ye needy: Hee liv'd beloved and died lamented especially by ye Poor, in ye Three Score and Eleventh Year of his Age, being in y° Year of our lord God 1623.
" The say d Thomas Godfrey, hereby interrd, left Issue by his 3 Several "Wives Three Sons and 1 Daughter, viz. Peter, Thomas, Richard, and Mary; all which he liv'd to seewell disposed of in Marriadge into several worthy Families, and to be Parents of many Hopefutl Children, to his great Comfort. To whom, in Returne of Pious Gratitude, His Second Son Thomas and Sarah his "Wife have placed these Memorials."
-VISITATION OF THE COUNTY OF KENT. p. 264
- Thomas Godfrey
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Sources - [S766] ENGLAND: Marriages 1538 - 1973.
https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/1473015 - [S590] ENGLAND: Deaths and Burials 1538-1991.
https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/1473016 - [S549] ENGLAND: Births and Christenings 1538-1975.
https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/1473014 - [S805] ENGLAND: KENT: Wills and Probate, 1440-1881.
https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/1949814 - [S789] WORLD: Family Search, Family Tree.
https://www.familysearch.org/search/tree/name - [S327] WORLD: Find-a-Grave.
https://www.findagrave.com/ - [S790] WORLD: Family Search, Ancestral File.
https://www.familysearch.org/search/genealogies
- [S766] ENGLAND: Marriages 1538 - 1973.