John Goddard

Life Dates		1817-1880
Birth		(bap) 9 May 1817	Stratford-on-Avon Warwickshire
Occupation	Huntsman
Married	Mercy Elizabeth Gorrod (nee Gulliver)	16 Jun 1845	St Giles: Oxford
Death		14 Aug 1880	Lowdham Nottinghamshire
Burial		17 Aug 1880	St Mary the Virgin: Lowdam Nottinghamshire

 

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	Baptised in Holy Trinity Church, Stratford upon Avon * Lived in the ruins of Heythrop House * Married wife of dead brother * Whipper-in with the Heythrop Hunt for 14 years * Innkeeper of the White Hart Inn, Chipping Norton * Spectral orb in White Hart Inn * Brass tobacco box with J Goddard engraved on side * Painting of John and two other huntsmen * John left around £4000 in his Will, but not to his step-children! * Sister, Emma married Bob Worrall, a celebrated huntsman * John died suddenly – coroners inquest – epitaph ambiguous and intriguing * The Gulliver/Gorrod family bible * First husband of Mercy Elizabeth, James Gorrod, a whipper-in who died of DTs * Children of James and Mercy Elizabeth Gorrod * Children of John and Mercy Elizabeth Goddard