MORGAN
,
PHILIP
(d.
1435
),
bishop of Worcester (1419) and of Ely (1426)
.
The first reference to him is to be found in the
Episcopal Registers of St. David's
,
28 May 1398
, where he is styled ‘
doctor of laws
and
rector
of
Aberedowy
.’ The
Papal Letters
of
17 Kal. June 1401
, give a dispensation to him, a
sub-deacon
, not to have himself ordained
deacon
and
priest
for ten years. On
6 Kal. June 1405
he, now styled
doctor of the canon and civil law
, was granted a renewal of a dispensation to hold
Llanfeugan
as well as
Aberedw
. On
2 May 1407
he was collated to a
canonry
in
Abergwili
and the
prebend
of
Llandegle
. From
1414
onwards he was
employed extensively on foreign missions
and
played a prominent part in peace negotiations
with
France
and was the main instrument in securing a renewal of a special truce with
Flanders
,
1416
. He was made a
Privy Councillor
in
1419
. As a
bishop
he was vigilant in putting down clerical abuses. In the autumn parliament of
1429
a suit against the
abbot
of
Strata Florida
was referred to him. He d. at
Bishop's Hatfield, Herts.
,
25 Oct. 1435
, and was buried in the
church of the Charterhouse
in
London
.
Sources:
-
Oxford Dictionary of National
Biography
;
-
The Episcopal Registers of the Diocese of
St. David's, 1397–1518
. Cymmrodorion Record Series 6,
1917–20
, 36, 390;
-
Calendar of entries in the Papal Registers
relating to Great Britain and Ireland. Papal Letters
.
Record Publication, 1894 ff
, vols. v, vi.
Author:
Walter Thomas Morgan (1912-90), Aberystwyth
