Sir William Godbold

Mr. Editor,—In the *Gentleman's Magazine* for July, 1842, occurs this:— "In the parish church of Mendham, Suffolk, is a mural monument bearing an inscription, of which the following is a transcript: "'M.S.V.Cmi Doctissimique D. Gulielmi Godbold Militis ex illustri et perantiquâ Prosapiâ oriundi, Qui post Septennem Peregrinationem animi excolendi gratiâ per Italiam, Græciam, Palæstinam, Arabiam, Persiam, in solo natali in bonarum literarum studiis consenescens morte repentinâ obiit Londini mense Aprilis Ao. D. MDCXIIIC, ætatis LXIX.' "One would presume that so great a traveller would have obtai…