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Colonel Charles Godfrey (born in 1648 in Westminster. He died on 23 February 1714 in Bath, Somerset). was MP for Malmesbury and Chipping Wycombe.〔http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1660-1690/member/godfrey-charles-1648-1715〕 Charles Godfrey came from a recusant family, originating in Norfolk, son of Francis Godfrey of Little Chelsea, Middlesex.〔 He was Master of the Jewel Office.〔Charles Mosley, editor, Burke's Peerage and Baronetage, 106th edition, 2 volumes (Crans, Switzerland: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 1999), volume 2, page 1866. Hereinafter cited as Burke's Peerage and Baronetage, 106th edition.〕 He was also one of the clerks comptrollers of the green cloth. The Clerk of the Green Cloth was a position in the British Royal Household. The clerk acted as secretary of the Board of Green Cloth, and was therefore responsible for organising royal journeys and assisting in the administration of the Royal Household. Charles Godfrey lived in Great Windmill Street near Piccadilly Circus, London.〔http://www.arthurlloyd.co.uk/Archive/July/Page5.htm〕 == Family == Charles Godfrey married Arabella Churchill, former mistress of King James II in 1678 at Ashe Hall, Devon. Charles and Arabella had a son and two daughters: :Francis Godfrey (d. 1712) :Charlotte Godfrey was born in 1679 in Penrhyn, Denbighshire, Wales. She married Hugh Boscawen, 1st Viscount Falmouth (1675–1734). She died on 22 March 1754 in Tregothnan, Cornwall. :Elizabeth Godfrey married Edmund Dunch MP (1677–1719). 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Charles Godfrey (courtier)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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