ABSTRACT
James Good was born at Dymock in Gloucestershire 1526-27. He attended New College, Oxford, and became a Doctor of Medicine in June 1560. This chapter discusses the Accusations of a subsequent secret correspondence with Mary led in 1573 to his commital to the Tower, but in 1575 he fell sick and was released on parole. He still held a prominent position as a doctor, and a document of 1576 describes him as one of those who were 'perpetuall officers' of 'the Phisicons of the Colledge of London'. It also claims that Catholic members of the College had remained undisturbed. At the time of his death on 18 September 1581 Good lived at West Drayton, where Lord Paget had an estate and close to which Byrd lived at Harlington. It also details claims that Catholic members of the College had remained undisturbed. One of Byrd's keyboard pieces bears the name 'Kinborough Good'.
