Thomas Goodwyn
He was... of the court of Ludlowe (in which place Jack Butts was his successor).
He maried first Barbara... daughter of Sir W. Long, of Draycot-Cerne, in Wilts: 2d,... Brabazon, of... Hereffordshire; obiit sine prole.
He was a generall scolar, and had a delicate witt; was a great historian, and an excellent poet. He wrote, among other things,..., a Pastorall, acted at Ludlowe about 1637, an exquisite piece. The Journey into France, crept in bishop Corbet’s poems, was made by him, by the same token it made him misse of the preferment of... at court, Mary the queen-mother remembring how he had abused her brother, the king of France; which made him to accept of the place at Ludlowe, out of the view of the world.
When he sat in court there, he was wont to have Thuanus, or Tacitus, or etc. before him. He was as fine a gentleman as any in England, though now forgott. Obiit, at or about Ludlowe, circiter... (quaere Sir J. H. and Sir James Long).
The Journey into France was made by Mr. Thomas Goodwyn, of Ludlowe,...; certaine.
Notes
1001... Goodwyn: he was borne in Norfolke: of the University of, I beleeve, Cambridge.