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Being childless, Goodyer had no direct descendants. However, Anne, the youngest daughter of
William and Rose Yalden married a Petersfield lawyer named John Worlidge. Of their ten children, the eldest,
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in London whom he visited in 1616. His notes start from this date, reach a peak of activity by 1621, and are few following 1633. They show that the area he explored and recorded covered from
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British flora. He is credited with clarifying the identities of the British elms, and for discovering an unusual elm endemic to the Hampshire coast between
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and his contemporaries, rather than by himself, leading to his work being largely forgotten after his death. They suggest his intention was to produce a guide to the
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