Morgan Godwin Explained

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.

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

Godwin translated his father's book Rerum Anglicarum Henrico VIII, Edwardo VI, et Maria regnantibus annales into English during his father's lifetime.^[6]

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.^{[7] [8]}

References

1. "Fasti Ecclesiæ Anglicanæ from the First Erection Thereof to this Present Year 1715" p120: London; J.Nutt; 1716
2. Web site: Godwin, Morgan, 1602 or 3-1645 The Online Books Page . 2023-03-20 . onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu.
3. https://www.british-history.ac.uk/alumni-oxon/1500-1714/pp. 569–599 Alumni Oxonienses 1500–1714, Gilpin-Greenhaugh
4. Web site: Morgan Godwyn – Trade Preferred Before Religion (1685) Slavery Law & Power in Early America and the British Empire . 2023-03-20 . blog.umd.edu.
5. Godwin, Francis . 22 . Cooper . Thompson . Thompson Cooper. 56-58 . 1.
6. Web site: Rerum Anglicarum Henrico VIII, Edwardo VI, et Maria regnantibus annales. English, by Francis Godwin et al. The Online Books Page . 2023-03-20 . onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu.
7. Godwin, Morgan . 22 . Goodwin . Gordon . 62 . 1.
8. Web site: Godwin, Morgan . 2023-03-20 . The Episcopal Church . en-US.