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Charles Goodwin (of Rowfant) (1658-1731) was an English landowner who lived in the historic house of Rowfant in Sussex and served as High Sheriff of Sussex. File:Rowfant House.jpg ==Life== Sir Robert Goodwin (1601-1681), MP for East Grinstead, had no surviving children, so his estate of Rowfant in the parish of Worth, Sussex passed to his brother John Goodwin (1605-1674). His eldest son was Deane Goodwin (1635-1660), who married Thomasine Oldfield and had two sons. The elder was Deane Goodwin (1658-1692), MP for Reigate, and the younger was Charles Goodwin, who inherited the estate on the death of his brother. In 1716 he served as High Sheriff of Sussex, the most senior official in the county.〔The London Gazette, No 5427, 21 April 1716 « An humble Address of the High-Sheriff, Justices of the Peace, Grand Jury, Clergy, and Freeholders of the County of Sussex, at the Assizes holden at East-Grinstead on the 19th of March, 1715. Presented to His Majesty by Charles Goodwin, Esq, High-Sheriff, accompanied by several Gentlemen of the said County; introduced by the Right Honourable the Earl of Hartford, Lord-Lieutenant and Custos Rotulorum of that County. »https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/5427/page/1/data.pdf retrieved 30 October 2015〕 He was buried in the church of St Nicholas at Worth on 14 June 1731〔 England Deaths and Burials, 1538-1991. Salt Lake City, Utah: FamilySearch, https://familysearch.org/ retrieved 30 October 2015〕 and his will of 19 November 1729 with a codicil of 26 November 1730 was proved in London on 5 July 1731.〔Prerogative Court of Canterbury and Related Probate Jurisdictions: Will Registers. Digitized images. Records of the Prerogative Court of Canterbury, Series PROB 11. The National Archives, Kew, England https://ancestry.co.uk/ (subscription required) retrieved 30 October 2015〕 His memorial in Worth church reads: :Here lyes the body of Mary daughter of Henry Mildemay of Graces in the county of Essex Esq and late beloved wife of Charles Goodwin of Rowvant in this parish Esq She departed on the 17th day of Jan 1723 in the 65 year of her age … Here lyeth the body of Charles Goodwin Esq of this parish who died June 9th 1731 aged 74 years.〔The Sessional Papers Printed By Order Of The House Of Lords Or Presented By Royal Command In The Session 1842, 5 & 6 Victoria, Arranged In Volumes, Vol XVI Evidence before Lords Committees for Privileges and before The House Reports from Select Committees of The House and Evidence, One Volume, The Subjects Alphabetically Arranged, Subjects of this Volume Fitzwalter, p49 https://books.google.co.uk/ retrieved 30 October 2015〕 In addition to his prime estate of Rowfant, he also inherited from his brother lands in Somerset at Wanstrow and Muchelney, in the latter parish the so-called manors of Neales, Barramores and Knowles. All went after his death to his nephew John and John's daughters.〔A P Baggs, R J E Bush and Margaret Tomlinson, 'Parishes: Muchelney', in A History of the County of Somerset: Volume 3, ed. R W Dunning (London, 1974), pp. 38-49 http://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/som/vol3/pp38-49 retrieved 28 October 2015〕 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 Goodwin (of Rowfant)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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