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Surname	Godfrey	Alternative Surname
First Name	William I, of Abingdon	Initial of Surname	G
Year of Birth/Baptism		Flourished	1756-59
Year of Death
Biographical Details	He was apprenticed to Gilbert Burgess of Oxford and became a freeman of that city in 1756. In 1759 he was paid £22 by University College for the monument to their benefactor, Sir Simon Benet (1). Literary References: GPC, citing Oxford City Archives and University College Archives