The Goodliffe Family of Lambley Lodge, Belton in the County of RutlandThe Froggatt - Goodliffe Connection
I began to record some information about Arnold and his family, orginally based around a typescript copy of his family Memoirs - "The Story of My Life". These memoirs were written by Arnold in 1887 just before he died in 1888, and contain a wealth of memories about his family and his life. Since then, the original copy of the Memoir has been found, and copies of both the typescript and the original can be accessed on this website. My knowledge of the extended family has grown too, and there is an extensive record here of the GOODLIFFE family, especially from Thomas and Ann (CURTIS) onwards. I am sure there is more information, so if you have something of interest, especially photographs, please contact me. You can access Arnold's memoirs here. The Goodliffe Family HistoryWhere does it start?Delving into the Goodliffe tree is not new. Arnold set out some of it in his memoirs in 1887. The most extensive tree was drawn up by Frank Arnold Goodliffe, of Lambley Lodge, Horsham, Sussex in April 1933. Frank was the great-grandson of Arnold (1807-1888). His diagram is a distinctive series of lines, recording births, marriages and deaths, but only the names of the male children are recorded on it. There is another version of this chart, slightly redrawn in places and clearer than my copy of the blueprint, that can be seen here.
These charts go back to William Ye Elder and his wife Elizabeth (GODFREY). William's grandmother (Martha) died in Belton in June 1711 and this is the first record of a GOODLIFFE in Rutland. Assuming this is the Martha recorded as the mother of several births in Gretton, Northants, then we can link the Belton and Gretton families. There are many versions of the Goodliffe family history on the Internet which appear to have made this assumption, but there is no conclusive evidence for the link. So, assuming the Martha who died in Belton is the same Martha WORTH who married Thomas Goodliffe in Gretton, she was widowed in Gretton in May 1692. Soon after this she moved to Belton in Rutland. It is likely that Martha was forced to move back to Belton as the Gretton Church was not prepared to support her. We can then draw up this tree, linking back to Lion GOODLIFFE in Gretton.
Thomas Goodliffe (28 Dec 1722 - 28 Jul 1810) married Ann CURTIS on 25 Feb 1754 at Wardley, Rutland. They had five children: Thomas, William, Elizabeth, Ann and Sarah. A transcript (in PDF format) of Thomas' Will, dated 15 Sept 1800 can be viewed here. Arnold recalls in his memoirs that his family had lived at Lambley Lodge for about 200 years. (There is more information about Lambley Lodge here). Lambley Lodge is near to the Village of Belton in the County of Rutland. The family events are recorded at the parish church of St Peters in Belton. There is information and photographs about St Peters Church, Belton, where many of the Goodliffe family are buried.
The Children of Thomas Goodliffe and Mary Arnold of Lambley Lodge, Belton in Rutland
Thomas (13 Nov 1756 - 17 Dec 1829) married Mary ARNOLD on 20 Nov 1791 at Barrowden and they resided at Lambley Lodge. The family bible (at one time in the possession of Mr Stokes Goodliffe of Old Lambley Lodge - although I do not know where it is today) records the family of Thomas and Mary:
You may
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the tree or the above list to link to information about each family. Last updated: 13/09/2010 |
Arnold
Goodliffe (1807-1888) was my great-great grandfather. His
youngest daughter,
Sarah, married William Froggatt in 1867 in Nottingham. The story of
William is told 
