Background
He was the son of William Goulston, rector of Wymondham, Leicestershire.
He was the son of William Goulston, rector of Wymondham, Leicestershire.
He entered Merton College, Oxford, was elected a fellow in 1596, and graduated Master of Arts
8 July 1600, and Doctor of Medicine 30 April 1610. He had before that practised at Wymondham, and after taking his final degree settled as a physician in the parish of Saint Martin-extra-Ludgate in London, and was admitted a fellow of the College of Physicians, 29 December 1611. He was elected censor in 1615, 1616, 1625, and 1626.
He had in his own time a reputation for general learning, and a considerable practice as a physician.
He died at his house in Saint Martin"s on Ludgate Hill 4 May 1632, and by his will, dated 26 April 1632, left £200 to the College of Physicians of London to found a lectureship, to be held in each year by one of the four youngest doctors of the college. These lectures were annually delivered from 1639, and have continued for more than three centuries.
