Francis Goodricke

Francis Goodricke (1621 – 18 August 1673) was an English lawyer and politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1659 and 1673.

For the 19th-century MP, see Francis Holyoake Goodricke.

Goodricke was the son of Sir Henry Goodricke, of Great Ribston, Yorkshire. He was called to the bar at Lincoln's Inn.[1]

In April 1659, Goodricke was elected Member of Parliament for Aldborough in the Third Protectorate Parliament.[2] In 1660, he was elected MP for Aldborough in the Convention Parliament. He was re-elected MP for Aldborough in 1661 for the Cavalier Parliament and sat until his death in 1673.[2]

Goodricke became King's Counsel and a reader at Lincoln's Inn. The custom had been established that the reader should provide a feasts for the Inn, a factor used to explain a decline in the number of barristers prepared to become readers. Goodricke's feast in 1673 was said to be particularly sumptuous.[3]

References
  1. Records of the Honorable Society of Lincoln's Inn
  2. History of Parliament Online - Goodricke, Francis
  3. David Lemmings Gentlemen and barristers: the Inns of Court and the English bar, 1680-1730
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