About James Godwyn
Lived 1557 – 1616 (aged 58–59). James Godwyn was a politician.
James Godwyn (c. 1557 – 1616), of Wells, Somerset, was an English politician.
He was a member (MP) of the parliament of England for Wells in 1593. He was Mayor of Wells in 1593–94 and 1613–14.
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James Godwyn was born in 1557.
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James Godwyn died in 1616.
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