Michael Hughes (priest) explained

Michael Hughes was a Welsh Anglican priest in the 17th century.^[1]

Hughes was educated at Brasenose College, Oxford.^[2] He held livings at Usk in Monmouth, 1633, sinecure rector of Llandyssil in Montgomeryshire, and vicar of Chirk,^[3] and Llandudno. He was appointed archdeacon of Merioneth in 1676, a post he held until his death in 1680.^[4]

Notes and References

1. "Willis' Survey of St. Asaph, considerably enlarged and brought down to the present time" Edwards, E. pp177/8: Wrexham, John Painter, 1801
2. https://www.british-history.ac.uk/alumni-oxon/1500-1714/pp. 748–784 Alumni Oxonienses 1500–1714, Horrobin-Hyte
3. "Chirk Castle Accounts, AD 1666–1753" Myddelton, WM. p. 7: Manchester; Manchester University Press; 1931
4. https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Page:Fasti_ecclesiae_Anglicanae_Vol.1_body_of_work.djvu/158 Fasti ecclesiae Anglicanae Vol.1 body of work p158