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Matthew Godwin

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Matthew Godwin

Birth
England
Death
12 Jan 1587 (aged 17)
Exeter, City of Exeter, Devon, England
Burial
Exeter, City of Exeter, Devon, England
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Master of the Music at Exeter and Canterbury Cathedrals.
Master of the Music at Exeter and Canterbury Cathedrals.

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[All caps] Matthei Godwin / adolescentis pii mitis / igneniosi musicæ baccharlaurii / dignissimi scientissimi ecclesiarum / cathed Cantuar et Exon archimusici / æternæ memoriæ posuit G. M. ER / vixit annos XVII menses V / hinc ad cœlos migravit / XII Ianuarii 1586

Translation:
Matthew Godwin, a gentle and pious youth, a clever Bachelor of Music at the most dignified and learned cathedral churches of Canterbury and Exeter. He lived seventeen years and five months and ascended to Heaven on the 12 January 1586/7.

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  • Maintained by: Find a Grave
  • Added: Mar 13, 2000
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/8876/matthew-godwin: accessed ), memorial page for Matthew Godwin (Jul 1569–12 Jan 1587), Find a Grave Memorial ID 8876, citing Exeter Cathedral, Exeter, City of Exeter, Devon, England; Maintained by Find a Grave.