Morgan Godwin

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Morgan Godwin was an English priest in the first half of the 17th century. [1] He was born in 1602 or 1603. [2]

Godwin was educated at Christ Church, Oxford. [3] Both his father Francis Godwin (1562-1633) and his grandfather Thomas Godwin were Church of England bishops, Thomas of Bath and Wells and Francis of Llandaff and then Hereford. [4] [5] Morgan Godwin's mother was the daughter of Dr. John Wolton, bishop of Exeter. [5]

Morgan Godwin held livings at Bicknor and Lydney. He was Archdeacon of Shropshire from 1631 until his death in 1645. [6] He was also a prebendary at Hereford Cathedral. Godwin was a committed Royalist who had once been Charles I’s personal priest. [4]

Godwin translated his father's book Rerum Anglicarum Henrico VIII, Edwardo VI, et Maria regnantibus annales into English during his father's lifetime. [7]

The Morgan Godwin baptised at Bicknor on 2 December 1640, who became a priest in Virginia, and argued for the conversion of African slaves and native Americans to Christianity, was his son. [8] [9] [4]

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References

  1. ↑ "Fasti Ecclesiæ Anglicanæ from the First Erection Thereof to this Present Year 1715" p120: London; J.Nutt; 1716
  2. ↑ "Godwin, Morgan, 1602 or 3-1645 | The Online Books Page". onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu. Retrieved 20 March 2023.
  3. ↑ 569–599 Alumni Oxonienses 1500–1714, Gilpin-Greenhaugh
  4. 1 2 3 "Morgan Godwyn – Trade Preferred Before Religion (1685) | Slavery Law & Power in Early America and the British Empire". blog.umd.edu. Retrieved 20 March 2023.
  5. 1 2 Cooper, Thompson (1890). "Godwin, Francis"  . Dictionary of National Biography . Vol. 22. pp. 56–58.
  6. ↑ Horn, Joyce M. (2003), Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1541–1857, vol. 10, pp. 12–14
  7. ↑ "Rerum Anglicarum Henrico VIII, Edwardo VI, et Maria regnantibus annales. English, by Francis Godwin et al. | The Online Books Page". onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu. Retrieved 20 March 2023.
  8. ↑ Goodwin, Gordon (1890). "Godwin, Morgan"  . Dictionary of National Biography . Vol. 22. p. 62.
  9. ↑ "Godwin, Morgan". The Episcopal Church. Retrieved 20 March 2023.


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