On 11th July 1710 John Morgan 4th Baronet was born to Thomas Morgan 3rd Baronet [aged 25].
In or before 1711 [his father] Thomas Morgan 3rd Baronet [aged 25] and [his step-mother] Anne Roydhouse Lady Morgan were married. She by marriage Lady Morgan of Langattock in Monmouthshire.
On 14th December 1716 [his father] Thomas Morgan 3rd Baronet [aged 31] died. His son John [aged 6] succeeded 4th Baronet Morgan of Langattock in Monmouthshire.
In 1734 John Morgan 4th Baronet [aged 23] was elected MP Hereford which seat he held until 1741 when he chose not to stand.
On 17th December 1750 John Morgan 4th Baronet [aged 40] and Anne Jacobsen Lady Morgan [aged 36] were married. She by marriage Lady Morgan of Langattock in Monmouthshire.
In 1752 John Morgan 4th Baronet [aged 41] was appointed High Sheriff of Herefordshire.
On 5th May 1755 John Morgan 4th Baronet [aged 44] was elected MP Hereford unopposed at a by-election.
In 1761 John Morgan 4th Baronet [aged 50] was elected MP Hereford.
On 18th September 1764 [his wife] Anne Jacobsen Lady Morgan [aged 50] died. She was buried at St James' Church, Kinnersley [Map] where her uncle Theodore Jacobsen commissioned a monument by Nicholas Read [aged 31].
Anne Jacobsen Lady Morgan: In 1714 she was born to Jacob Jacobsen of Walthamstow, Essex and Ann Heathcote. On 17th December 1750 John Morgan 4th Baronet and she were married. She by marriage Lady Morgan of Langattock in Monmouthshire.
Chronicle of a Bourgeois of Valenciennes
Récits d’un bourgeois de Valenciennes aka The Chronicle of a Bourgeois of Valenciennes is a vivid 14th-century vernacular chronicle written by an anonymous urban chronicler from Valenciennes in the County of Hainaut. It survives in a manuscript that describes local and regional history from about 1253 to 1366, blending chronology, narrative episodes, and eyewitness-style accounts of political, military, and social events in medieval France, Flanders, and the Low Countries. The work begins with a chronological framework of events affecting Valenciennes and its region under rulers such as King Philip VI of France and the shifting allegiances of local nobility. It includes accounts of conflicts, sieges, diplomatic manoeuvres, and the impact of broader struggles like the Hundred Years’ War on urban life in Hainaut. Written from the perspective of a burgher (bourgeois) rather than a monastery or royal court, the chronicle offers a rare lay viewpoint on high politics and warfare, reflecting how merchants, townspeople, and civic institutions experienced the turbulence of the 13th and 14th centuries. Its narrative style combines straightforward reporting of events with moral and civic observations, making it a valuable source for readers interested in medieval urban society, regional politics, and the lived experience of war and governance in pre-modern Europe.
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On 29th April 1767 John Morgan 4th Baronet [aged 56] died without issue. Baronet Morgan of Langattock in Monmouthshire extinct.
After 29th April 1767. Monument at St James' Church, Kinnersley [Map] to John Morgan 4th Baronet [deceased].
Great x 2 Grandfather: Lewis Morgan of Langattock in Monmouthshire
Great x 1 Grandfather: Thomas Morgan 1st Baronet
Grandfather: John Morgan 2nd Baronet
Great x 2 Grandfather: Richard Cholmondeley of Brame Hall in Spowford Yorkshire 
Great x 1 Grandmother: Delariviere Cholmondeley Lady Morgan
father: Thomas Morgan 3rd Baronet
Great x 1 Grandfather: James Price of Pilleth in Radnorshire
Grandmother: Hester Price