William Gough

commonly called Goffe, son of Will. G. Minister of Earl-Stoke in Wilts, was born there, became a Sojournour of Exeter Coll. under the tuition of Dr. Narcissus Marsh, in Mich. term 1671. aged 17 years; but when his Tutor was made Principal of S. Alban Hall, he was translated to that House, and took one degree in Arts as a member thereof, an. 1675. Afterwards leaving the University, he repaired to London, where he sided with the whiggish party upon the breaking out of the Popish Plot, an. 1678, industriously carried on the cause then driven on, and wrot

Londinum Triumphans: or, an historical acccount of the grand influence the actions of the City of London have had on the affaires of the Nation, for many ages past: shewing the antiquity, honor, glory and renowne of this famous City, the grounds of her rights, privileges and franchises, the foundation of her Charter, &c. Lond. 1682 in a large octavo. He died of the Small Pox about the beginning of Nov. in sixteen hundred eighty and two,1682. and was buried in the parish Church of S. Dunstan in Fleetstreet, commonly called S. Dunstans in the West, in London.