William Goberd

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William Goberd was an English priest in the first half of the 16th century. [1]

Goberd was educated at Magdalen College, Oxford. [2] He held livings at Bicknor and Lydney. He became Treasurer of Hereford Cathedral in 1513, and Archdeacon of Shropshire in 1515, dying later that year. [3]

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References

  1. "Church and State in the Diocese of Hereford:1327-1535" Tarrant, J p136: University of Sydney; 1968
  2. Alumni Oxonienses 1500-1714, Gabel-Gilmore
  3. Horn, Joyce M. (2003), Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1541–1857, vol. 10, pp. 12–14