The Rigth Honourable Francis Godolphin, Earl of Godolphin, Viscount Rialton, Baron Godolphin of Rialton and Baron of Helfton. 181.

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The Rigth Honourable Francis Godolphin, Earl of Godolphin, Viscount Rialton, Baron Godolphin of Rialton and Baron of Helfton. 181.

Depicting the family coat of arms of the Honourable Francis Godolphin, Earl of Godolphin, Viscount Rialton, Baron Godolphin of Rialton and Baron of Helfton. Earl of Godolphin was a title in the English peerage. It was created in 1706 for Sidney Godolphin, 1st Baron Godolphin, the Lord High Treasurer. At the same time he was appointed Viscount Rialton. In 1684 he had already been admitted to the English peerage as Baron Godolphin, of Rialton. He was a leading politician. A leaf from Sir William Segar's 6-volume, authoritative genealogical work, Baronagium Genealogicum: or the Pedigrees of the English, published in London in 1764. The work is of incomparable splendour, large format on superbly watermarked laid paper.

ca. 1764

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Edmondson