MORGAN, David (c.1624-75), of St James, Westminster, Mdx. and Alltygog, Abergwili, Carm.

Family and Education

b. c. 1624, ?o.s. of Morgan Lewis of Abergwili and Elizabeth, da. of Harry Watkin of Emlyn, Cenarth.W. Wales Hist. Recs. ii. 11; NLW, SD/1636/1, SD/1609/27. educ. G. Inn 1641.G. Inn Admiss. 233. m. aft. 1644, Dorothy, da. and h. of John Hawes, Haberdasher, of London, wid. of James Mayne (d. 16 Dec. 1642) of Bovingdon, Hemel Hempstead, Herts., 1s. 2da.Clutterbuck, Herts. i. 324; Cussans, Herts. iii. (Dacorum), 183; CSP Dom. 1655-6, p. 152; PROB11/348, f. 119. suc. fa. c. 1636. d. 5-7 June 1675.NLW, SD/1636/1; PROB11/348, f. 119.

Offices Held

j.p. Carm. by 6 Mar. 1649 – bef.Oct. 1660, 7 June 1673–d.Justices of the Peace ed. Phillips, 169, 175. Commr. assessment, Carm. 9 Dec. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652, 24 Nov. 1653, 9 June 1657, 26 Jan., 1 June 1660;A. and O.; An Act for an Assessment (1653, E.1062.28); An Ordinance … for an Assessment (E.1075.6); SR. ejecting scandalous ministers, S. Wales 28 Aug. 1654; militia, Carm. 26 July 1659, 12 Mar. 1660;A. and O. poll tax, 1660.SR. Recvr. for Kidwelly, duchy of Lancaster 1673–d.R. Somerville, Office-Holders in Duchy of Lancaster (1972), 227.

common cllr. Carmarthen by 1659 – 22 Mar. 1661; sheriff, 1659–60.List of Sheriffs (List and Index ix), 272; Carm. RO, MUS 155, f. 82.

Parlimentarian

MORGAN, David (c.1624-75), of St James, Westminster, Mdx. and Alltygog, Abergwili, Carm.

of St James, Mdx., Westminster and Alltygog, Abergwili, Carm.

Volume

Commons 1640-1660

Web Title

MORGAN, David (c.1624-75), of St James, Westminster, Mdx. and Alltygog, Abergwili, Carm.

Will

3 Apr. 1674, 5 June 1675, pr. 7 June 1675.PROB11/348, f. 119.

Estates

bought Llanddew manor and Brecon College, Brec. 19 Mar. 1649 for £546 3s 1d; Bishton manor, Mon. 11 May 1649 for £441 7s 8d; Llandeilo Villa, Llandeilo Patria, Llanarthne, Llangadog Patria, Llangadog Villa, ‘Llandevad’ Fawr, ‘Llanlian’, ‘Llanwymwth’, Meidrim manors, Carm. 25 May 1649 for £617 6s 11d, properties of bishops of St David’s and Llandaff.Bodl. Rawl. B.239, pp. 25, 29, 30. Bought manors of ‘Carthynocke’, Caio, ‘Mabedred’, ‘Mableview’, ‘Mallayne’, Carm. 25 July 1650 for £2,138 15s 2d; lands in Builth and other locations in Brec. 12 May 1651 for £917 18s 8d; manors of Dinefwr and Newton, Carm., Iscoed and ‘Gwynionith Iscardin’, Card., the honour of Brecon and seven mills, Brec. 8 Mar. 1652 for £1,776 10s 8d; Llandingat meadow, Carmarthen; all crown lands.Gentles, ‘Military Purchases of Crown Lands’, 313; Madge, Domesday of Crown Lands, 391, 392.

Oxford 1644

Addresses

St Giles in the Fields, Mdx. c. 1650 St James, Westminster, 1658.Gentles, ‘Military Purchases of Crown Lands’, 313; Herts. RO, DE/Cm/37583.

Religion

presented Stephen Hughes to Meidrim, 30 Aug. 1654; John Parry to Abergwili, 6 May 1658.LPL, Comm. II/5, III/4, f. 312; R.T. Jones, B.G. Owens, ‘Anghydffurfwyr Cymru 1660-1662’, Y Cofiadur xxxi. 35.

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