John ap Philip Morgan, of the Waen, Skenfrith, Monmouthshire

See Peter Bartrum, https://www.geni.com/documents/view?doc_id=6000000173426984967 (October 16, 2018; Anne Brannen, curator)

See Peter Bartrum, https://cadair.aber.ac.uk/dspace/bitstream/handle/2160/5004/GODWIN%... (January 25, 2018; Anne Brannen, curator)

• MORGAN, John Philip (by 1524-57/59), of Skenfrith, Mon.
• b. by 1524 (?3rd) s. of Philip ap Morgan Watkin of Llanfair Cilgoed by Maud, da. of Tomlyn Philpot of Blackbrook; bro. of Richard. m. Anne (?Cecil), 4s. 2da.2
• .... to his heir Philip the lease of Llanllewith, to his sons John and Charles various leases, the fines and forfeits arising in the duchy of Lancaster lands, and property in Monmouth; and to his youngest son Walter £6 a year ‘towards his sending to school’. ....
• From: http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1509-1558/member/mo... _______________
• MORGAN, Richard (by 1510-56), of Skenfrith, Mon. and London.
• b. by 1510, 2nd s. of Philip ap Morgan Watkin of Llanfair Cilgoed, and bro. of John Philip Morgan. educ. L. Inn, adm. 31 July 1524. m. by Jan. 1540, Mary, da. of Sir Robert Bailey, 3s. 3da. Kntd. 2 Oct. 1553.3
• From: http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1509-1558/member/mo... _____________________
• Sir Richard Morgan SL PC (died May 1556) was a Welsh lawyer, judge and politician of the mid-Tudor period. After achieving prominence as a lawyer in the reign of Henry VIII, he became recorder of Gloucester and also Member (MP) of the Parliament of England for Gloucester in the three parliaments of 1545, 1547 and March 1553. He was a notable Catholic supporter of Mary, who made him Chief Justice of the Common Pleas. However, he was soon removed from office and died in mysterious circumstances, apparently suffering from some form of mental disorder.
• Richard Morgan was the son of

*Philip ap Morgan, also known as Philip ap Morgan Watkin, of Llanfair Cilgoed,[1] just west of the village of Cross Ash in Monmouthshire.

* Maud Philpot, daughter of Tomlyn Philpot of Blackbrook,[2] a hamlet to the east of Cross Ash.

• Richard Morgan was the second son: his elder brother Dafydd was to predecease his parents without issue. Richard had a younger brother, John Philip Morgan, who was also a Member of Parliament in the reign of Mary. Their family was of the lowest stratum of the landed gentry and Richard turned to the Law to improve his prospects.
• Morgan's lineage led back through the Turberville family, to Sir Payn de Turberville,[3] one of the legendary Twelve Knights of Glamorgan, the Norman conquerors of south-east Wales. In the 13th century, this junior branch of the Turbervilles adopted the standard Welsh patronymic system of naming. Richard Morgan's father maintained this, generally calling himself Philip ap Morgan, while Richard's grandfather was Morgan ab Watkin. Richard broke with this system completely, adopting Morgan as a surname in the English fashion. (John still used his father's name as a second name, and was also known as Jenkin ap Philip.) ....
• The circumstances surrounding Morgan's death are not entirely clear. The Elizabethan sources were certain that he was punished for his antipathy toward the Protestant faith, in particular his condemnation of Lady Jane Grey. Foxe reports:
  • Touching the condemnation of this lady Iane, here is to be noted, that the Iudge morgan who gaue the sentence of condemnation against her, shortly after hee had condemned her, fell mad, and in hys rauing cryed out continually to haue the Lady Iane taken away from him, and so ended hys lyfe.[14]
• The story was repeated, almost verbatim, in Holinshed's Chronicles[15] and became the accepted explanation of his sudden fall from power and influence. In fact, Morgan was removed from office in October 1555, which was almost two years after the trial of Jane Grey.[1] There is no evidence he ever wavered in his Catholic militancy: his second will, made some time after he became chief justice of the common pleas, still demanded a Catholic burial. Probably Morgan was suspended because of a condition that was believed to affect his judgement or ability to practise as a judge, but the idea that he was driven mad by remorse is likely to be largely invention. It is certain, however, that Morgan and his wife were detained around this time by John Philip, his brother.[1] In November, the Privy Council ordered the younger Morgan to release his brother and sister-in-law, remarking that he had already been ordered to do so previously, although it is not clear whether he ever complied.[2] In his own will, dated 8 August 1557, John Philip makes clear that he and Richard had been involved in property deals together and that Richard's wife was refusing to release to him land that Richard had paid for and he was offering to redeem. This probably has something to do with his detention of the couple. There is little doubt that the brothers had always been on good terms to this point.
• Richard Morgan died most likely in late May 1556 and was buried on 2 June at St Magnus-the-Martyr, his local parish church in the City of London. The funeral was recorded by Henry Machyn, a London merchant tailor whose diary gives detailed accounts of funerals because he frequently supplied the cloth and fittings. ....
• Morgan married Mary Bailey or Bayly, daughter of Sir Robert Bailey of the Whitecastle lordship, Monmouthshire. She survived Morgan and later married William Brayne of Littledean, Gloucestershire.
• At least seven children of Morgan and Mary Bailey are known, with three sons surviving to inherit property from Morgan.[3]
  • Thomas Morgan, the heir, who married Mary Pryce of the Priory, Aberhonddu/Brecon
  • John Morgan, who married Mary Worrall of English Bicknor, Gloucestershire
  • Polydore Morgan
  • Gilbert Morgan, who probably predeceased his parents
  • Elsbeth "Besse" Morgan, who married one Higgs of London
  • Anne Morgan, who married Thomas Quayne of Norfolk
  • Mary Morgan
• From: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Morgan_(Chief_Justice) _____________________
• An Historical Tour in Monmouthshire, Volume 2
• http://books.google.com/books?id=m6JCAAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover&d...
• Pg.331
• In the north aifle of the church, which is a gothic bilding extremely picturefque, is a curious monument of fir John Morgan and Anne his wife. The figures are carved on a flat ftone, round the edge of which is infcribed, in gothic characters, " In hoc tumulo condita funt corpera Johannis Morgan, armigeri, qui obiit 2 die Septembris, Anno 1557: et Annae uxoris ejus, quae obiit 4 die Januar. 1564." on each fide of this tomb are baffo relievo figures, and arms on the front and back. _______________________________