Henry Goodricke, of Wisbech, Isle of Ely, First ancestor of the Yorkshire branch of the Goodrick family, was second son of William Goodryke of East Kirkby, and brother to Thomas Goodryke, Bishop of Ely and Lord Chancellor of England in the reign of Edward VI. In 1542 he purchased the Manor of Ribston and other lands in Co. York of Charles Brandon, Duke of Suffolk, and by letters patent, dated August 28th, 1545, King Henry VIII. granted to him the Manor and Rectory Church of Hunsingore, Co. York, with their rights. In the late Priory or Hospital of St, John of Jerusalem, the advowson and rights of patronage of the Church of Hunsingore and Walshford.

*Henry also bought Kippax Hall and Park, Co York, from Basse Gascoigne, who was related to his first wife and in his service.

*Henry also possessed land and property at Doddington Wisbeach and Ely, also at Newport in Co. Essex, and in Aldermanbury in the City of London.

*The will of Henry was proved by his eldest surviving son Richard. It is a very long document, and deals exhaustively with the whole of his estate.
After bequeathing several legacies and annuities to his servents and relatives of whom I will, however, only mention, in addition to his sons William, Richard, Christopher, and John his sister Fulnetby, his daughter Alborough and her husband Christopher Langholme, and his nephews Lionel and Thomas Goodrick.
Henry appoints his brother Thomas (Bishop of Ely) supervisor of his will in the following words:-
" I will that my burial black Coats and gowns be given to all my old servants before rehearsed and to other my waiting servants as my Executors shall think me true and convenient with that advice of my lord of Ely whom I ordain and make the supervisor of this my testament and last will charging and commanding all my children to be ruled and ordered by his advice and council. And I beseech his Lordship as one brother may do for an other to be good lord unto them."

*Bishop Goodryke however pre-deceased him. William, the eldest son, died in his fathers lifetime, and Richard Goodrick, the second son, therefore proved this will, and succeeded to the Ribston estate (1556). Christopher, the third son, who should have succeeded to his father's lands at Kippax and Wisbech, died without issue, and was dead in 1563\4, so that this property fell to John the fourth son, who resided at Dodington, and married Margaret Eston.

*According to "Flowers Visitation," 1564, Richard Goodricke was "heir by order of Law, by a covenant made by his father to the said Richard his son," which indicates the probability of a separate deed having been made confirmatory of the testamentary settlement of his estate made by Henry Goodricke.
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