Francis Godwin

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Francis Godwin, detail of an engraving by G. Vertue, derived from an earlier portrait, frontispiece to De Praesulibus Angliae, 1743

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Born	1562 • England
Died	April 1633 (aged 71) • England
Subjects Of Study	Reformation • England • bishop

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