98 Coffin Plates recently discovered at East Coulston, Wilts. 
WIFE OF FRANCIS GODOLPHIN ESQ 
AND DAUGHTER OF 88 JOHN GAYER 
OF LONDON. DECEASED THE 27TH 
OF JANUARY A° DOM 1667. 
No. 2. 
This plate was taken from the fragments of the exterior coffin; 
another copy of the plate was soldered on the lead coffin, and still 
remains in the vault. 
Here Lie the Remains of Thoms 
Lambe of Coulston in ye County of 
WILTS Esq. who departed this Life 
31st MAR 1741 in ye 23¢ Year of his age. 
He was A great Grandson of St John 
Lambe of Coulston aforesaid & deposited here 
at his Own Request by his affectionate Friend 
and Relation Wil™ Godolphin of Coulston aforesaid 
Esq. whose great Grandfather Sir Wil™ Godolphin 
of SPARGOR in ye County of CORNWALL 
married Ruth Lambe Daughter of Sir John 
Lambe aforesaid. Sir Wil™ Godolphin of 
SPARGOR was Son of John Godolphin 
Governour of the ISLANDS of SCILLY 
which John was Brother of Sir Wil™ Godolphin 
of GODOLPHIN in CORNWALL aforesaid. 
No. 3. 
W™ Godolphin Esq.' 
died Septt 4. 1781 
Aged 88 Yrs. 
This plate was not engraved, and is replaced in the vault. 
The following Pedigree of Godolphin, extracted from an authentic 
document, and certified a.p. 1704, by Elizabeth Godolphin, probably 
the Aunt of William Godolphin, who died 1781, will still further 
explain the descent of the Coulston branch of the Godolphin fa- 
mily. It is probable that the Pedigree was recorded to shew the 
1 He is described in the ‘‘Gentleman’s Magazine,” 1781, as formerly Major 
in the Royal Horse Guards, 
