Godfrey Goodman
Godfrey Goodman | |
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Bishop of Gloucester | |
Diocese | Diocese of Gloucester |
In office | 1625 – 1646 (deprived) |
Predecessor | Miles Smith |
Successor | vacant (Commonwealth) |
Other post(s) |
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Orders | |
Consecration | 1625 |
Personal details | |
Born | |
Died | 19 January 1656 |
Nationality | Welsh |
Denomination | Anglican |
Alma mater | Trinity College, Cambridge |
Godfrey Goodman, also called Hugh; (28 February 1582 or 1583 – 19 January 1656) was the
Education and career
Goodman was born in
Goodman's first appointment was to the rectory of
Involvement with Catholicism
Goodman became one of the Court preachers and was chaplain to
It is likely that doubts were arising in his mind about the legitimacy of the Church's separation from
In 1643, Goodman's episcopal palace was pillaged by parliamentarian soldiers and over the course of a couple of years he was stripped of all his emoluments. He withdrew from public life to his small Welsh estate in Carnarvon, and it is likely that he converted to Catholicism at this time. He was deprived of his See by Parliament on 9 October 1646, as episcopacy was abolished for the duration of the Commonwealth and the Protectorate.[5][6]
In about 1650, he came to London, and gave himself up to study and research; he was befriended by some Catholic royalists and lived in close connection with them until his death in 1656. Father Davenport OSF, former chaplain to Queen Henrietta, was his confessor and attended him in his last illness. He died, aged 62 or 63, at Westminster. By his will, in which he made a profession of his Catholic faith, he left most of his property to Ruthin, his native town; his manuscripts and books, however, were given to Trinity College, Cambridge.
"After a few years, when we had experience of the Scottish government, then-in disparagement of the Scots and in hate and detestation of them-the Queen did seem to revive. Then her memory much magnified-such ringing of bells, such public joy and sermons in commemoration of her, the picture of her tomb painted in many churches; and in effect, more solemnity and joy in memory of her coronation than wad for the coming in of King James".[7] - Goodman
Principal works
- The Fall of Man, or the Corruption of Nature proved by the light of his Natural Reason (1616)
- The two mysteries of the Christian Religion, the Trinity and the Incarnation, explicated (1653)
- Arguments and animadversions on Dr. George Hakewil's Apology
- The Creatures praysing God (1622)
- The Court of King James the First by Sir A.W. reviewed
Goodman's 1620s prose text, "See, see the Word is incarnate", describing the life of Christ, was set to music by the English composer Orlando Gibbons as a verse anthem.[8]
Bibliography
- Godfrey Goodman, Bishop of Gloucester - Geoffrey Soden, SPCK 1953
References
- ^ "Goodman, Godfrey (GDMN600G)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
- ^ William Salt Archaeological Society, ed. (1915). Collections for a History of Staffordshire. Vol. 1915 Yearbook. London: Harrison. p. 330. Retrieved 23 May 2016.
- ^ Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1541–1857, vol. 8, 1996, pp. 40–44
- ^ "Page:Fasti ecclesiae Anglicanae Vol.1 body of work.djvu/512 - Wikisource, the free online library".
- ^ Plant, David (2002). "Episcopalians". BCW Project. Retrieved 25 April 2021.
- JSTOR 564164.
- ^ Williams, Penry (1995). The later Tudors: England,1547-1603. Oxford: Oxford University Press. p. 388.
- ISBN 9781108429726. Retrieved 1 August 2019.
- This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: MacErlean, Andrew Alphonsus (1909). "Godfrey Goodman". Catholic Encyclopedia. Vol. 6.
- Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 12 (11th ed.). 1911. p. 238. .