| Description | Two written by Dr. Robert Morgan, rector there from 1700 to 1710, to Kenrick Eyton, Lord Bulkeley's chaplain at Baron Hill, and one by Lord Bulkeley to his kinsman the Earl of Abingdon (the latter is the only one dated, viz., Feb. 23, 1711-12. |
| AdminHistory | Dr Robert Morgan, who was a son to Bishop Robert Morgan of Bangor, brother to Dr William Morgan, Chancellor of Bangor, and brother-in-law to Bishop Humphreys of Hereford, had been little better than a Non-juror, and was a zealous partisan of the High Church party; in 1710 he was promoted to the living of Ross in Herefordshire and made a Canon of the Cathedral there; his ambition was to have Llanddyfnan given by Royal dispensation to Lord Bulkeley's chaplain, in order to prevent Bishop John Evans, Whig and Low Churchman, to add it to his "ambulatory commendams". Somehow or other, though the times (in the latter days of Anne) were highly propitious, the project failed, and the Bishop did succeed in holding Llanddyfnan "in commendam", and so did Bishop Hoadley after him. Although Dr Morgan had the reputation of a pious man, his two letters, with their emphasis upon complete secrecy and their blessing upon under-hand devices with the Lord Keeper, do not leave a very pleasant impression |