MORGAN, William I (c.1600-49), of Y Dderw, Llyswen, Brec. and the Middle Temple, London

Family and Education

b. c. 1600, 1st s. of David Morgan Llewellyn of Blaentringarth, Ystradfellte, Brec. and Gwladis, da. of David Gwyn Gwalter of Cefn-y-Fedw, Brec.T. Jones, Hist. Brec. ed. J.R. Bailey, ii. 72, iii. 21, iv. 75. educ. M. Temple 1616, called 1623.MTR 604, 682. m. ?(1) 4 Oct 1624, Sybilla, da. of Thomas Wayte of London, 8 ch., 6 d.v.p. ?1s. 1da. surv.;C10/8/89; NLW, Tredegar Park 138/3, 5, 55. (2) ?bigamously, aft. 26 Mar. 1633 (prob. 29 Apr. 1633) (with £1,600), Elizabeth (d. 28 June 1638), da. of Sir William Morgan of Tredegar, Bassaleg, and Machen, Mon. 1s. 3da.; 2 other ch. NLW, Tredegar Park 108/17, 109/9, 138/8, 55; Jones, Hist. Brec. ii. 72; Bradney, Hist. Mon. ed. M. Gray (S. Wales and Mon. Rec. Soc. viii), 72. suc. fa. c. 1648.PROB11/222, f. 97v. d. 6 June 1649.NLW, Tredegar Park 138/8.

Offices Held

att.-gen. S. Wales, 29 May 1636–?45.Coventry Docquets, 197. Recorder, Brecon 1637–d. Dep. sol. gen. council in the marches of Wales by 1639; sol. gen. 27 Mar. 1639–42.CSP Dom.1638–9, pp. 577, 617; Jones, Hist. Brec. iv. 308.

j.p. Brec. 22 Dec. 1636 – Dec. 1642, 4 Feb. 1643–?46.Justices of the Peace ed. Phillips, 269–70; Docquets of Letters Patent ed. Black, 2–3. Steward, Brecon, Brec. by 1639.Add. Ch. 24258. Commr. disarming recusants, Brec. 30 Aug. 1641;LJ iv. 386a assessment, 1642;SR. array (roy.), 1642.CCAM 588, 1017; PA, Main Pprs. 1 May 1647.

Parlimentarian

MORGAN, William (c.1600-1649), of Y Dderw, Llyswen, Brec. and the Middle Temple, London

of Y Dderw, Brec., Llyswen and the Middle Temple, London.

Likenesses

Likenesses: oils, unknown, c.1640.J. Steegman, Portraits in Welsh Houses (Cardiff, 1957-62), ii. 162.

Volume

Commons 1640-1660

Web Title

MORGAN, William I (c.1600-49), of Y Dderw, Llyswen, Brec. and the Middle Temple, London

Will

27 May 1649, pr. 14 Nov. 1649.PROB11/210, f. 120.

Estates

manor and castle of Brecon, value at £1,000 p.a.; ‘a personal estate of £10,000 at the least’.NLW, Tredegar Park 138/3.

Oxford 1644

Yes

1640 Volume

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