Morgan Coat of Arms & Family Crest - Symbols, Bearers, History

Описание: Morgan “Family Crest” or Coat of Arms - Morgan Family History & Surname
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Blazon: Quarterly, 1st A gryphon segreant, 2nd, A cross engrailed between four spears heads erect, 3rd, three castles 2 and 1, 4th, a lion rampant. This coat of arms was found on the monument of Sir John Morgan located at St. Woolos Cathedral in Newport. Sir John Morgan was born in Tredegar, Monmouthshire, Wales, c. 1428. Sir John Morgan was created a Knight of the Holy Sepulchre (possibly c.1448). Later, when Henry Tudor was crowned King Henry VII, it greatly benefited the Morgans of Tredegar who were staunch 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. Around 1490, he commissioned the building of a new house at Tredega. The earliest surviving part of the building dates back to the late 15th century. Between 1664 and 1672, however, William Morgan decided to rebuild the house on a larger scale from red brick

Blazon: Argent a lion rampant gules incensed azure. This was the coat of arms Llewelyn ab Ifor, Lord of St. Clear Manor, who was born in Wales in 1282 AD. He married the daughter of Sir Morgan ap Maredudd, and had at least four children with her.

Blazon: Quarterly, 1st and 4th, Morgan, or, a gryphon segreant sable; 2nd and 3rd, Gould, or, on a chevron between three roses azure as many thistles slipped of the field. Crest—A reindeer’s head couped or, attired gules. Supporters—Dexter, a lion sable charged on the shoulder with a thistle slipped or; sinister, a gryphon sable charged in like manner with a thistle slipped or. This was the coat of arms of the Barons Tredegar. Charles Morgan Robinson Morgan, born 1792, was an English politician that served as a Member of Parliament for Brecon and was also a commander in the militia. He was created Baron Tredegar in the County of Monmouth on April 16th, 1859. He married Rosamund Mundy and had five sons and six daughters with her.

Blazon: Gules a lion rampant argent crowned or. Crest – Out of a ducal coronet or, a demi-eagle with two heads. This was the coat of arms of the Morgans of Millhouse or Mellhouse in the county of Durham. This family descends from William Morgan, who married the daughter of Roger Lassels.

Blazon: Or, a griffin segreant sable. Crest – A reindeer’s head erased. This coat of arms belonged to the Morgan family of Cottlestown, co. Sligo, who descended from Robert Morgan, Esq. who settled in Ireland during the reign of King Charles I. In the 18th century, the family was represented by Colonel Hugh Morgan, who died in 1761, leaving and only daughter and heiress, Katherine. The original house on the site dating from the 1650s was built by Robert Morgan, a Cromwellian cavalry officer who had been granted the Cottlestown estate when the O'Dowd family were dispossessed of their ancestral castle.

Blazon: Argent on a bend cotised sable a fleur-de-lis between two cinquefoils of the first (another, or). Crest—A tiger sejant sable crined and tufted or, holding in the dexter paw a battle-axe erect ppr. This coat of arms belonged to a Morgan family living on Worcestershire and in co. Devon. They are said to descend from Robart Morgan of Longtyll and Combarton through his wife Anne, daughter of Symond Mountford.