Morgan Godwin was an English priest in the first half of the 17th century.
[3] Both his father Francis Godwin (1562-1633) and his grandfather Thomas Godwin were Church of England bishops, Thomas of Bath and Wells and Francis of Llandaff and then Hereford.
[4][5] Morgan Godwin's mother was the daughter of Dr. John Wolton, bishop of Exeter.
[4] Godwin translated his father's book Rerum Anglicarum Henrico VIII, Edwardo VI, et Maria regnantibus annales into English during his father's lifetime.
[7] The Morgan Godwin baptised at Bicknor on 2 December 1640, who became a priest in Virginia, and argued for the conversion of African slaves and native Americans to Christianity, was his son.