Military Rank:

Major General

First Name:

William

Last Name:

Goffe

Memorial Type:

Memorial - Plaque

Does the monument still exist?

No

Installation Date:

6 October 1935

Inscription:

In memory of the Regicide
Col William Goffe
A member of the High Court of Justice
which in 1649 tried and condemned
King Charles I of England and a signer of
the king's death warrant. He served
with distinction in the Parliamentary Army
and in 1655 was appointed one of the major
generals which governed England under
Cromwell. He was in turn a member
of both Houses of Parliament. At the
restoration of the monarchy he fled to
New England with his father in law
Col Edward Whalley. After several
years concealment in New Haven
colony the two regicides went to Hadley
Massachusetts there remaining until
the death of Whalley. Tradition relates
that in 1675 during King Philip's war
Col Goffe suddenly appeared and
rallied citizens against the Indians and
then vanished. From 1676 -1679
he lived in Hartford under the name
of T Duffell but of his death and
place of burial nothing is known.

Allegiance:

Parliamentarian

Memorial Notes:

The plaque was installed as part of a Works Progress Administration project, created and federally funded under the City of New Haven's Federal Art Project. It was designed by artists Salvatore Milki and Peter Santo Saldibar