Thomas Goddard (priest)

Thomas Goddard MA (1674-10 May 1731) was a Canon of Windsor from 1707 to 1731.[1]

Family

He was born in 1674, the son of Edward Goddard of Tidworth, Wiltshire.

Career

He was educated at St Mary Hall, Oxford and Magdalen College, Oxford where he graduated BA in 1692, and MA in 1705.

He was appointed:

  • Rector of North Wraxall, Wiltshire 1697 - 1708
  • Rector of North Tidworth in Wiltshire 1708 - 1731
  • Rector of St Benet Fink 1725

He was appointed to the fifth stall in St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle in 1707, a position he held until he died in 1737.

Notes

  1. ↑ Fasti Wyndesorienses, May 1950. S. L. Ollard. Published by the Dean and Canons of St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle.
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