Sir John Morgan of Tredegar, Sheriff of Wentloog and Newport and Knight of the Holy Sepulchre #52ancestors

Sir John Morgan was created a Knight of the Holy Sepulchre (possibly c.1448). Later, when Henry Tudor was crowned King Henry VII it was of great benefit to the Morgans of Tredegar who were great supporters of Henry. Sir John received reward for his early support, and on 7 November 1485 he was appointed by the new king to the office of ‘Sheriff of Wentloog and Newport’ and made ‘Steward’ of the Machen Commote. His elevation to officer of the Tudor crown placed Sir John Morgan's influence and power at a new height. Around 1490, he commissioned the building of a new house at Tredegar. A wing of Sir John's stone manor house still exists. It is now the oldest part of the present day Tredegar House.           


Sir John Morgan, Knight of the Holy Sepulchre is my 17th great grandfather.
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your father →  Mamie C. Nichols (Collins) 
his mother →  David J. COLLINS 
her father →  JOHN H. COLLINS 
his father →  Elizabeth Boothe 
his mother → Abner Boothe 
her father →  Isaac Abner Boothe, Sr. 
his father →  George Boothe, Sr. 
his father →  Stephen Boothe, I 
his father →  Rebecca Boothe 
his mother → Mary Morehouse (Hill) 
her mother →  Eliphalet Hill 
her father →  Elizabeth Hill 
his mother →  Rev. John Jones 
her father →  Elizabeth Bleythn Jones 
his mother → Thomas Morgan, Lord of Castell-Arnallt 
her father →  Rowland Morgan, Lord of Castell-Arnallt 
his father →  Thomas Morgan, Esq 
his father → Sir John Morgan, Knight of the Holy Sepulchre 
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http://www.geni.com/people/Sir-John-Morgan-Knight-of-the-Holy-Sepulchre/6000000008630967709
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Order_of_the_Holy_Sepulchre               
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tredegar_House