At Wheal Vor they experimented with several new inventions (for instance, the Newcomen engine in 1715) to improve the working of their mines.
Francis Godolphin and his wife Lady Henrietta Godolphin, née Churchill.
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His grandparents were the Lord and Lady Godolphin and the Earl and Countess of Marlborough.
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Sherborne's contribution to the world of thoroughbred horse racing was also important due to the close horse-breeding ties between Sir John Dutton and the Earl of Godolphin who owned Godolphin Arabian.
Richard Colt Hoare is recorded as an owner, and he also mentions the Earl of Godolphin and the Duke of Montrose as residing there.