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    Goodman, Gabriel

    Male 1528 - 1601  (~ 72 years)


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    • Name Goodman, Gabriel 
      Born 6 Nov 1528  Of Ruthin, Denbighshire, Wales Find all individuals with events at this location 
      Gender Male 
      Buried 17 Jan 1601  Westminster Abbey, Westminster, London, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
      Person ID I08499  My Genealogy
      Last Modified 16 May 2015 

      Father Goodman, Edward,   b. Abt 1480, Of Wales Find all individuals with events at this location,   bur. 20 May 1560, Ruthin, Denbighshire, Wales Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 80 years) 
      Mother Thewell, Cecily,   b. Abt 1505, Of Plas-y-ward, Denbighshire, Wales Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Aft 1560, Wales Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 56 years) 
      Family ID F02111  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    • Notes 
      • Will of Gabriell Goodman, Doctor of Divinity and Dean of the Collegiate Church of Saint Peter of Westminster, Middlesex 16 July 1601 PROB 11/98

        Monument in St Benedict's Chapel with a Latin inscription which can be translated:
        "To God the best and greatest. Gabriel Goodman, Doctor of Theology, fifth Dean of this church, which he headed with great praise for 40 years; and at Ruthin in Denbighshire, where he was born, he founded a hospital and instituted a school. Dear to God and good people for his holiness of life, he departed piously for the heavenly country on 17 June 1601, aged 73.”

        Will of Gabriel Goodman
        In the Name of God, Amen. I, Gabriel Goodman, Doctor of Divinity, Dean of the Collegiate Church of St. Peter's, Westminster, being at this present of good Health of Body, and of perfect memory, (God be thanked), therefore do make and declare this my last Will and Testament, in writing, the second Day of March, in the Year of onr Lord 1600, ....Item. I do give and bequeath unto Gawen Goodman, my eldest Brother, ... I give to Edward Goodman, his eldest Son and Heir, .... I do give to my Cousin, his Wife, ....I do give to his Son, Gabriel Goodman, (my God-son and Nephew), ..... to every one of the Daughters of Edward Goodman, ....I do give to Mildred Goodman, Daughter of Edward Goodman, a piece of Plate, .... I do give to Godfrey Goodman, second Son of my said eldest Brother, a Bible in Latin. Item, I do give to Thomas Goodman, the third Son of my said Brother, .... I do give to Dorothy Roberts, Daughter to my said Brother, a..... I do give to Catherine Salusbury, his second Daughter.... I give Gabriel, her Son, ..... I give to my Sister-in-law, Jane Thelwall, ..... Item. I give to Gabriel Goodman, eldest Son of my late Brother Godfrey, deceased, and Jane Thelwall now living, (his Wife), .... And I give Godfrey, younger Son of my late Brother and of my said Sister, ... Item. I do give to the two Daughters of my late Brother Godfrey and of my said Sister,... to my Brother, William Griffith, .... I give to Edward Griffith, his Son, .... I do give to my Cousin, John Price, .... I do give to my Brother-in-law and Cousin, Edward Thelwall the eldest, of Plas y Ward, ....to my Cousin Simon, his eldest Son, ... I give to Edward Thelwall, his Son and my God-son, ....Herbert Thelwall, second Son of Edward Thelwall the elder, ...in Ruthin, from the Fountain called Galchog, into the midst of the Town of Ruthin, whereof one Quill is to be conveyed to my Father's House, late my Father's House of blessed memory, being the House I was born in... GABRIEL GOODMAN. Sealed and Subscribed in the presence of those whose Names are hereunder written. WM. CAMBDEN, MATTH. SOLISIES, SYMON THELWALL. This Will contains six Sheets of Paper. Testament. Venerabilis Viri D. Gabr. Goodman, Decani Westmon : qui Obiit 170 Junii, 1601.