Background
Son of Nathaniel Gouldston Doctor of Divinity of Wymondham, Leicestershire, he was educated at Grantham and was admitted sizar at Street John"s College, Cambridge in 1653.
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William Gulston
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He graduated Bachelor of Arts in 1658, Master of Arts
Career
In 1661, and Doctor of Divinity in 1679. Gulston was presented to the Church of Street Faith, Havant in 1660 by the king. John Belchamber who had had the living under the Commonwealth was, however, reinstated in 1662.
He was rector of Symondsbury, Dorset from 1670.
As chaplain to Sarah, Duchess of Somerset, he became a protégé of Henry Somerset, 3rd Marquess of Worcester, a proto-tory, and became immersed in the city local politics of Bristol. After two years his position had become difficult.
He died on 4 April 1684 at Symondsbury and was buried there.
