i'O sporting and Rural Records of the Cheveley Estate. 



Saxton Hai.i,. head of the Treasury, and on September 28, 1684, he was created 



^. , T , , Baron Godolphin of Railton co. Cornwall. Charles II. said 

 Sidney i-ai'l of ^ 



Godolphin. Godolphin " was never in the way, nor never out of it," and the 



King doubtless considered him a useful servant, with no trouble- 

 some opinions of his own. 



On the accession of James II., Lord Godolphin was appointed 

 Lord Chamberlain to the Queen, and on the fall of Lord Rochester 

 in January, 1687, which marked the triumph of the Catholic Party, 

 the Treasury was again put in commission, and Godolphin became 

 one of the commissioners with Henry Jermyn, Lord Dover, under 

 Lord Bellasyse. On July 14, 1688, he was made keeper of 

 Cranborne Chase in Windsor Forest, which he transferred to the 

 Princess Anne, and settled in Godolphin House, on the site of 

 Stafford House, St. James's Park. -He adhered to James II. until 

 he abdicated, and subsequently attached himself to the Orange 

 Party. 

 His Career as When William Prince of Orange became King of England, 



Godolphin was appointed one of the Lords Commissioners of the 

 Treasury, was sworn of the Privy Council, and in 1690 he was 

 promoted to the office of First Lord of the Treasury. 



On the accession of Queen Anne he was constituted Lord 

 High Treasurer. Under his administration of this high office the 

 public credit was raised, the war, under Marlborough's command, 

 carried on with success, and the nation was well satisfied with his 

 prudent management. In July, 1704, he was made a Knight of 

 the Garter, and in December, 1 706, advanced to the dignity of 

 Earl of Godolphin and Viscount Rialton. But, notwithstanding 

 his great services to the state, he was removed from the post of 

 Lord High Treasurer on August 8, 1710. He died at St. Albans 

 on September 15, 1712, and was interred in Westminster Abbey. 

 By his wife Margaret, daughter of Thomas Blague, Esq., he 

 had issue an only son, Francis, second Earl of Godolphin, who 

 married in the spring of 1698 Henrietta Churchill daughter of 

 James, first Duke of Marlborough (who became Duchess of 



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