GOODMAN, GODFREY (1583-1656), bishop of Glou cester, was born at Ruthin, Denbighshire, and educated at West minster and Cambridge. He took orders in 1603, and, after holding various preferments, became bishop of Gloucester in 1625. From this time his tendencies towards Roman Catholicism constantly got him into trouble. In 1633 he secured the see of Hereford by bribery, but Archbishop Laud persuaded the king to refuse his consent. In 164o he was imprisoned for refusing to sign the new canons denouncing popery and affirming the divine right of kings. He afterwards signed and was released on bail, but next year the bishops who had signed were all imprisoned in the Tower, by order of parliament, on the charge of treason. After 18 weeks' imprisonment Goodman was allowed to return to his diocese. About 165o he settled in London, where he died a con fessed Roman Catholic. His best known book is The Fall of Man (1616).