Sir Edmund Berry Godfrey
(1621-1678), MagistrateSitter in 14 portraits
Magistrate; in 1678 Titus Oates delivered into his hands the tale of a 'Popish Plot', and soon after Godfrey was found murdered in a ditch near Hampstead; the murder was blamed on Roman Catholic priests, and anti-Papist feeling in the country reached fever-pitch; three men were hanged for Godfrey's murder on perjured evidence.
by Unknown artist
chalk, feigned oval, circa 1678
NPG 1101
Politicians in the reign of King Charles II
by and sold by John Savage
line engraving, late 17th century
NPG D29502
by Peter Vanderbank (Vandrebanc), published by Thomas Cheret, after Unknown artist
line engraving, 1675-1697
NPG D18811
'Sr E.B. Godfree takeing Dr Oates his depositions' (Sir Edmund Berry Godfrey; Titus Oates)
after Francis Barlow
line engraving, 1679
NPG D23012(l)
after Francis Barlow
line engraving, 1679
NPG D23014(c)
'Sr. EB. Godfree is perswaded to goe down Somerset house yard'
after Francis Barlow
line engraving, 1679
NPG D23014(d)
'Sr. E.B. Godfree Strangled, Girald going to stab him'
after Francis Barlow
line engraving, 1679
NPG D23014(e)
'Sr. E.B. Godfree Carrying up into a Roome'
after Francis Barlow
line engraving, 1679
NPG D23014(f)
'The body of Sr. E.B.Godfree is shew'd to Capt Bedlow & Mr Prance'
after Francis Barlow
line engraving, 1679
NPG D23014(g)
'The body of Sr. E.B.G. carry'd to Prim rose hill on a Horse'
after Francis Barlow
line engraving, 1679
NPG D23014(i)
'The Funerall of Sr. E.B. Godfree' (Sir Edmund Berry Godfrey)
after Francis Barlow
line engraving, 1679
NPG D23014(l)
'A True Narrative of the Horrid Hellish Popish-Plot...The First Part'
after Unknown artist
line engraving and letterpress, 1682
NPG D23015
by Frederick Hendrik van Hove, published by Joseph Nutting
line engraving, early 18th century
NPG D29978
by Robert Dunkarton, published by Samuel Woodburn
mezzotint, published 1812
NPG D29977
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