[1] He accompanied the Earl of Essex in his military expedition of 1599–1600 to Ireland, and was knighted on 13 July 1599 for his gallantry in an action at Arklow.
[2] For his services, he was highly commended by the Crown, and made a member of the Privy Council of Ireland.
[4] Godolphin went to Carlisle to meet the prospectors George Bowes and Bevis Bulmer in November 1603.
[5] In August 1608, King James sent him to Scotland to report on a promising new silver mine at Hilderston near Bathgate.
In the summer of 1613, when he was at the height of his political influence, Godolphin became seriously ill and died in early September.