RICHARD GOODRICKE,(2) born about 1560, was High Sheriff of Yorkshire. He married, at Ingleby, 4th November 1578, Muriel, daughter of the Right Honourable William, second Lord Eure. This lady's ancestry was unquestionably an illustrious one. Paternally she was descended from Baldwin, Earl of Flanders, by his wife Alfuth, one of the daughters of Alfred the Great, and through her ancestors, Katherine de Aton, Eleanor Greystock, Muriel Hastings, and Margery Bowes, she could claim descent from William I., Henry 111. Edward I. and Edward III., kings of England. Through her mother, who was Margaret, daughter of Sir Edward Dymoke, of Scrivelsby, co. Lincoln, Champion to Edward VI. and Queens Mary and Elizabeth, she was descended from the ancient families of Marmyun, Ludlowe, Conyers, Welles, Waterton and Talboys, whose genealogy and history are well known. The issue of this marriage was seven sons and two daughters.
The sons were
1.Henry, who succeeded his father in 1601.
2.William, of Skidby and Walton Head, co. York, a colonel in the army, whose history and descendants will be recorded later on in this work.
3.Robert, of Malton, co. York. He possessed an annuity of £30 payable out of lands at Brawbye, co. York, under an indenture by William, 4th Lord Eure, his cousin, dated 24th October, 1617 This he sold to his nephew, Major William Goodricke, for £620, 27th May, 1647.
4.Ralph, 5. John, 6. Richard, 7. Francis.
*According to the Inquisition post mortem, taken at York Castle July 23rd 1602
after the death of Richard Goodricke, Esq., he appears to have sold some small portions of lands in Little Ribston and Grewelthorpe. The lands at Kippax and Thorescrosse which his father held are omitted in the account, to which, however, is added the manor of Walton Head, which he had bought. His son Henry is declared the next heir.at the age of 21 years and 2months.