Foster: fellow Trinity, CAMBRIDGE 1567; BA 1565/6; MA 1569; BD 1577; incorp. 14 July 1579; created DD 1583; (son of John); archdeacon of Worcester 1759; canon of Hereford 1580; R of Stockton, Salop 1581; prebendary of St Paul's, London 1581-98, and of Worcester 1581; Archdeacon of Salop 1580; Bishop of Gloucester 1598 until his death 26 May 1604; perhaps father of John (1613) and of Godfrey (1611); see Foster's Yorkshire Visitation; Lansdowne MS 983,f.55; Cooper ii.38c; Fasti i.214; Foster Ind. Eccles; and Oxford DNB
| Year | Type | Name as Recorded | Location | Office/Status | Full Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1575 | Ordi(ordination) | Goldsborough, Godfrey | / | deacon | View |
| 1575 | Ordi(ordination) | Goldsborough, Godfrey | / | priest | View |
| 1575 | Subsc | Goldisburghe, Godfrey | / | Preacher | View |
| 1579 | Appt(Presentation) | Goldsborough, Godfrey | Archdeaconry of Salop / | Archdeacon | View |
| 1579 | Appt(Institution) | Goldesborow, Godfridus | Worcester Cathedral / Archdeaconry of Worcester | Archdeacon | View |
| 1579 | Appt(Institution) | Goldisborough, Godfridus | Lichfield Cathedral / Archdeaconry of Salop | Archdeacon | View |
| 1580 | Appt(Presentation) | Goldisburghe, Godfrey | Lichfield Cathedral / Prebend of Little Dassett | Prebendary | View |
| 1580 | Appt(Collation) | Golsborowe, Galfridus | Hereford Cathedral / Prebend of Gorwall | Prebendary | View |
| 1580 | Appt(Installation) | Golseborowe, Godfrey | Hereford Cathedral / Gorwall | Prebendary | View |
| 1580 | Appt(Admission) | Goldisburgh, Godfridus | Hereford Cathedral / Gorwall prebend | Prebendary | View |
| 1581 | Appt(Presentation) | Gouldisborough, Godfrey | Worcester Cathedral / 3rd Prebend | Prebendary | View |
| 1581 | Appt(Collation) | Goldesbrow, Godfridus | Worcester Cathedral / Third Prebend | Prebendary | View |
| 1581 | Appt(Collation) | Goldesborow, Godfridus | Worcester Cathedral / Fifth Prebend | Prebendary | View |
| 1582 | Appt(Presentation) | Goldisboroughe, Godfrey | Stockton with Chapel of Boningale / | Rector | View |
| 1583 | Appt(Admission) | Golsborowe, Godfrey | Hereford Cathedral / | residentiary | View |
| 1584 | Libc | Golesburye, Geoffrey | Stockton / | Rector | View |
| 1585 | Appt(Institution) | Gouldisborough, Godfridus | Hereford Cathedral / Prebend Episcopi | Prebendary | View |
| 1585 | Appt(Installation) | Golsborowe, Godfrey | Hereford Cathedral / Episcopi | Prebendary | View |
| 1585 | Vac(resignation) | Gouldisborough, Godfridus | Hereford Cathedral / Prebend of Gorwall | Prebendary | View |
| 1585 | Appt(Presentation) | Goldisburghe, Godfrey | Hereford Cathedral / prebend of Episcopi or the Golden prebend | Prebendary | View |
| 1594 | Libc | Goldisburrough, Godfridus | St. Paul's Cathedral / Prebend of Caddington Minor | Prebendary | View |
| 1597 | Libc | Goldesbroughe, Godfrey | Stockton / | Rector | View |
| 1598 | Appt(consecration) | Goldburgh, Godfridus | Gloucester / | Bishop | View |
| 1598 | Disp-App | Goulsborough, Godf: | Stockton / | Rector | View |
| 1598 | Disp-App | Goulsborough, Godf: | Worcester Cathedral / | Prebendary | View |
| 1598 | Disp-App | Goulsborough, Godf: | Hereford Cathedral / | Prebendary | View |
| 1598 | Disp(Dispensation) | Goulsborough, Godf: | Gloucester (elect) / | Bishop | View |
| 1598 | Appt(confirmation of election) | Goldesburgh, Godfridus | Gloucester / | Bishop | View |
| 1598 | Vac(resignation) | Goldsborough, Godfrey | Hereford Cathedral / | praelector | View |
| 1598 | Appt(Appointment) | Goldsborough, Godfrey | Hereford Cathedral / | praelector | View |
| 1598 | Vac(Promotion) | Goldsborough, Godfridus | Worcester Cathedral / Archdeaconry of Worcester | Archdeacon | View |
| 1599 | Appt(Presentation) | Gloucester, Godfrey | Hartilbury / | Rector | View |
| 1604 | Vac(Death) | unknown, Godfridus | Hereford Cathedral / | Preacher | View |