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Sir Edmund Berry Godfrey (1621 - 1678)

magistrate, born in Sellinge, Kent. His mysterious death caused anti-Catholic uproar in England. A medal by George Bower was issued in 1678 (ODNB). Dictionary of National Biography entry: http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/10868?docPos=11 Other biography: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edmund_Berry_Godfrey Relevant locations: Kent, England
 Linked print sources: as Subject of/in a document - Ducatus Leodiensis; or the topography of the town and parish of Leedes and parts adjacent ...
 References in Documents:
A Catalogue of the Rarities To be seen at Don Saltero's Coffee-House [1775] 26 A Medal of Sir Edmund-Bury Godfrey.
Thoresby, Musaeum Thoresbyanum (1713) A Blood-coloured Ribband with Death's Head, Swords, &c. inscribed, In Memory of Sir Edmondbury Godfrey, murthered the 12th of October 1678.
Sale Catalogue of Musaeum Thoresbyanum (1764) 79 A Jetton of the Earl of Salisbury, 1 of the Countess of Pembroke, 1 of Sir Godfrey" ref="1330">Edmund Godfrey, 1 of the Earl of Lauderdale, and 1 of Prince Eugene, No. 353., 491., 495, and 757 5