Morgan Godwin (1602/1603-1645) was an English priest in the first half of the 17th century."Fasti Ecclesiæ Anglicanæ from the First Erection Thereof to this Present Year 1715" p120: London; J.Nutt; 1716 He was born in 1602 or 1603. Early life and education Godwin was educated at Christ Church, Oxford.569–599 Alumni Oxonienses 1500–1714, Gilpin-Greenhaugh 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. Morgan Godwin's mother was the daughter of Dr. John Wolton, bishop of Exeter. Career 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. Legacy 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.
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