MORGAN
,
HENRY
(d.
1559
),
bishop
;
b. in
Dewisland, Pembs.
He entered the
University of Oxford
in
1515
, proceeding
B.C.L.
in
1522
and
D.C.L.
in
1525
. Soon afterwards he became
principal
of
S. Edward's Hall
. He
took holy orders
and became
rector
of
Walwyn's Castle, Pembs.
, and subsequently he held many preferments in the dioceses of
Lincoln
and
Exeter
. He was appointed
bishop of S. Davids
by
queen
Mary
in
1554
, holding the see till he was deprived of it by
Elizabeth
in
1559
. He then retired to
Wolvercote
, near
Oxford
, where he d.
23 Dec. 1559
. He was buried at
Wolvercote
.
Bibliography:
-
Oxford Dictionary of National
Biography
Author:
Thomas Iorwerth Ellis, M.A., (1899-1970), Aberystwyth
