Claim: William Goffe assisted the expulsion of Barebone's Parliament in 1653, supported the proposal to bestow a royal title to Oliver Cromwell, and was elected member for Yarmouth in Norfolk in the parliament of 1654 and Hampshire in 1656
Evidence: He assisted in the expulsion of Barebone's Parliament in 1653 and took an active part in the suppression of Penruddock's rising in the west country of July 1655. He supported the proposal to bestow a royal title upon Oliver Cromwell, who greatly esteemed him, and was included in the newly constituted Upper House. Meanwhile, he had been elected member for Yarmouth in Norfolk in the parliament of 1654 and for Hampshire in that of 1656.