In 1808 he became canon of Windsor on the recommendation of his friend and schoolfellow Marquess Wellesley.
[2] Goodall's discipline was mild, but he is said to have been an insuperable obstacle to any innovations at Eton.
[2] He was also rector of Hitcham, Buckinghamshire, where Charles Goddard served as a curate.
[3] Goodall was one of those noted as a pluralist by John Wade, in his Extraordinary Black Book (1832).
A statue in the College Chapel was raised to his memory by a subscription headed by the Queen Dowager.