Morgan, EDWARD, VENERABLE, Welsh priest-martyr, b. at Bettisfield, Hanmer, Flintshire, execute at Tyburn, London, April 26, 1642. His father’ Christian name was William. Of his mother we knot nothing except that one of her kindred was Lieuter ant of the Tower of London. From the fact that the martyr was known at St. Omer as John Singletor Mr. Gillow thinks that she was one of the Singleton of Steyning Hall, near Blackpool, in Lancashire. O his reported education at Douai, no evidence appears but he certainly was a scholar at St. Omer, and at the English colleges at Rome, Valladolid, and Madrid For a brief period in 1609 he was a Jesuit novice, having been one of the numerous converts of Father John Bennett, S.J. Ordained priest at Salamanca, he was sent on the English Mission in 1621. He seems the have labored in his fatherland, and in April, 1629 was in prison in Flintshire, for refusing the oath o allegiance. Later about 1632 he was condemned in the Star Chamber to have his ears nailed to the pillor (for having accused certain judges of treason). Immediately afterwards he was committed to the Flee Prison in London, where he remained until a few days before his death. He was condemned at the Old Bailey for being a priest under the provisions of 2′ Eliz., c. 2 on St. George’s Day, April 23, 1642. At the same time was condemned John Francis Quashet a Scots Minim, who subsequently died in Newgate Prison. The last scene of the martyrdom is fully given (apparently by an eye witness) in Father Pollen’s work cited below.
JOHN B. WAINEWRIGHT