Thomas Godwyn (MP)

{{short description|16th-century English politician}}

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Thomas Godwyn (before 1561 – after 1586), of Banwell, Somerset, was an English politician.

Family

Godwyn was the eldest son of Thomas Godwyn, bishop of Bath and Wells and Isabel Purfrey, the daughter of Nicholas Purfrey of Shelston, Buckinghamshire.{{cite web|url=http://historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1558-1603/member/godwyn-thomas-1561|title=GODWYN, Thomas (b.bef.1561), of Barnwell, Som.|work=History of Parliament Online|accessdate=27 September 2015}} He married twice: Frances, who died in 1588 and Margaret Bowerman of Wells, Somerset. In 1589, his sister's husband, Thomas Purfrey, represented Wells.{{Cite web|url=http://historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1558-1603/member/purfrey-thomas-1556-c91|title=PURFREY, Thomas (c.1556-c.91), of Wells and Banwell, Som. {{!}} History of Parliament Online|website=historyofparliamentonline.org|access-date=2019-03-10}}

Career

He was a Member (MP) of the Parliament of England for Wells in 1586.

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