MORGAN, Sir William (c.1542-83), of Langstone and Pencoed, Llanmartin, Mon.

Family and Education

b. c. 1542, 1st s. of Sir Thomas Morgan of Pencoed by Cicely, da. of Sir George Herbert of Swansea, Glam. m. Elizabeth, da. of Sir Andrew Judd, alderman of London, s.p. suc. fa. 1565. Kntd. 1574.G. B. Morgan, Mems. Morgan Fam. ii. 217-38; Clark, Limbus, 320.

Offices Held

J.p. Mon. from c. 1570; marshal, Munster 1573; commr. musters, Mon. 1574; v.-adm. S. Wales 1574 – 78; constable, Dungarvan castle, co. Waterford 1579 – 82; chief commr. Munster 1580; gov. Youghal 1580.CPR, 1569–72, p. 77; CSP Ire. 1509–73, pp. 526–7; 1574–85, pp. 210, 370; EHR, xxiii. 757; APC, xi. 280–1; xii. 101–2.

Parlimentarian

MORGAN, Sir William (c.1542-83), of Langstone and Pencoed, Llanmartin, Mon.

Main residences: Langstone; Pencoed, Llanmartin, Mon.

Author

A.H.D.

Volume

Commons 1558-1603

Web Title

MORGAN, Sir William (c.1542-83)

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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