Editing Godolphin Arabian (section)

==Origins==
The Godolphin Arabian was foaled about 1724 in [[Yemen]] and moved several times before reaching England. At some early age, he was exported, probably via Syria, to the [[Stud (animal)|stud]] of the [[bey of Tunis]]. From there he was given to [[Louis XV]] of France in 1730.<ref name="BHA"/> It is believed he was a present from monarch to monarch. Not valued by his new French owner, it is believed he was used as a [[carthorse]].{{sfn|Whyte|1840|p=84}}

The horse was then imported from France by [[Edward Coke, Viscount Coke|Edward Coke]] and sent to his [[Stud farm|stud]] at [[Longford Hall, Derbyshire]], where he remained until the death of his owner in 1733.<ref name=Milner3>{{Citation|author=Milner, Mordaunt|title=The Godolphin Arabian: The Story of the Matchem Line |publisher=J. A. Allen |location=London |isbn=0-85131-476-7|pages=3–4|year=1990 }}</ref>

He was bequeathed to Roger Williams, "proprietor of the St. James's [[English coffeehouses in the 17th and 18th centuries|Coffee House]]",{{sfn|Whyte|1840|p=84}} who inherited Coke's stallions. He was bought by the 2nd Earl of Godolphin,<ref name=Milner3/> and placed at his stud at [[Wandlebury Hill|Wandlebury]], Cambridgeshire, until his death on Christmas Day 1753. A stone marks his grave under the archway of the stable block of [[Wandlebury Hill#Wandlebury House|Wandlebury House]].