WYNN, Sir Richard, 2nd bt. (c.1588-1649), of Brentford House, Isleworth, Mdx.; Church Lane, The Strand, St Martin-in-the-Fields, Westminster, and Gwydir, Caern.

Family and Education

b. c.1588, 2nd but 1st surv. s. of Sir John Wynn†, of Gwydir and Sidney (d. 8 June 1632), da. of Sir William Gerard† of Ince, Lancs., ld. chan. [I] 1576-81; bro. of Henry Wynn* and William Wynn†.Griffith, Peds. Anglesey and Caern. Fams. 281; Dwnn, Vis. Wales, ii. 159; D. Barrington, Miscellanies (1781), 345; CB. educ. L. Inn 20 Mar. 1606.LI Admiss. m. 8 Dec. 1618 (with £3,000), Anne (bur. 22 May 1668), da. and coh. of Sir Francis Darcy† of Isleworth, s.p.All Saints, Isleworth par. reg.; NLW, 9056E/814; Dwnn, Vis. Wales, ii. 159; Cal. Wynn Pprs. 394. Kntd. 16 June 1616;Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 158. suc. fa. as 2nd bt. 1 Mar. 1627;C142/562/82. d. 19 July 1649.Aubrey, Nat. Hist. Surr. i. 107.

Offices Held

Court: gent. of privy chamber to prince of Wales, c.Apr. 1617–25;Cal. Wynn Pprs. 127. to Charles I, May 1625–42.SP16/2/118, f. 233; LC2/6, f. 69v; N. Carlisle, Gentlemen of His Majesty’s Privy Chamber, 142. Recvr.-gen. and treas. to Henrietta Maria, 28 Mar. 1629–d.LR5/57, ff. 30v-31; CSP Dom. 1641–3, p. 126; CSP Dom. 1649–50, p. 258. Trustee, lands to increase queen’s jointure, 1629, 4 Apr. 1639.CSP Dom. 1628–9, p. 513; Coventry Docquets, 234. Commr. queen’s ct. of adjudication, 15 June 1634, 26 Nov. 1638.Rymer, Foedera, viii. pt. 4, p. 76; ix. pt. 2, p. 187. Member, duchy of Cornw. council by June 1637.CSP Dom. 1637, p. 489.

Local: commr. oyer and terminer, Wales and marches 18 Nov. 1617-aft. July 1640;C181/2, f. 299; C181/3, ff. 26, 191v; C181/4, f. 162v; C181/5, f. 184v. London 25 Nov. 1622-aft. Nov. 1645;C181/3, ff. 75, 243; C181/4, ff. 16, 188; C181/5, ff. 2, 265. Mdx. 28 Nov. 1622–12 Jan. 1644;C181/3, ff. 77v, 244; C181/4, ff. 24v, 189; C181/5, ff. 57v, 213. the Verge 21 July 1626.C181/3, f. 198v. J.p. Mdx. 7 Feb. 1622–d.;C231/4, f. 134. Westminster 28 Oct. 1626-aft. 1640;E163/18/12. Caern. 5 Mar. 1627 – d.; Denb. by Oct. 1648–31 Mar. 1649.Justices of the Peace ed. Phillips, 28–30, 76. Commr. gaol delivery, London 25 Nov. 1622-aft. Nov. 1645;C181/3, ff. 75, 243; C181/4, ff. 34, 188; C181/5, ff. 2, 265. subsidy, Mdx. 1 June 1624; Caern. 1 June 1624, 1641;C212/22/23; SR. Westminster 1641;SR. sewers, River Colne, Herts., Bucks. and Mdx. 24 June 1625, 14 Dec. 1638, 30 May 1639;C181/3, f. 184; C181/5, ff. 122, 136. Deeping and Gt. Level 11 June 1635–d.;C181/5, ff. 9v, 214v; Lincs. RO, Spalding Sewers/449/5. Lincs., Lincoln and Newark hundred 3 Aug. 1639–10 Feb. 1642;C181/5, f. 149. Kent 2 Apr., 25 June 1640;C181/5, ff. 168, 177v. subsidy arrears, Caern. May, July 1626.E179/224/598. Custos. rot. 5 Mar. 1627–d.Justices of the Peace ed. Phillips, 28–30. Dep. lt. ?by 1627–?d.;J.G. Jones, The Wynn Fam. of Gwydir: Origins, Growth and Development c.1490–1674 (Aberystwyth, 1995), 202. Denb. 2 July 1646–?d.CJ iv. 598b; LJ viii. 406a. Commr. inquiry, Mdx. 20 Mar. 1630;C181/4, f. 44v. new buildings, London 24 July 1630;Rymer, Foedera, viii. pt. 3, p. 114. knighthood fines, Caern. July 1630;Cal. Wynn Pprs. 245. Mdx. 18 Sept. 1630.CSP Dom. 1629–31, p. 342. Collector, knighthood fines, 24 Nov. 1630–36.E178/7163, m. 5; E198/4/32, f. 5; CSP Dom. 1635, p. 483. Commr. exacted fees, Anglesey, Caern. and Merion. 21 Sept. 1632.Coventry Docquets, 37. Member, council in the marches of Wales, 13 May 1633–41.Rymer, Foedera, viii. pt. 4, p. 6. Commr. repair of St Paul’s Cathedral, 31 Aug. 1635.GL, Ms 25475/1, f. 61; LMA, CLC/313/I/B/004/MS25474/002, p. 52. Farmer, greenwax fines, Cheshire and Flint 20 May 1638.Coventry Docquets, 358. Commr. alehouses, Covent Garden 3 May 1639;CSP Dom. 1639, p. 110. surveying bailiwick of St James, Mdx. by c.Oct. 1640.CSP Dom. 1640–1, p. 208. Col. militia, Merion. by Oct. 1640–?Cal. Wynn Pprs. 270. Commr. further subsidy, Caern. 1641; poll tax, 1641; contribs. towards relief of Ireland, 1642;SR. assessment, 1642, 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648; Mdx. 21 Feb. 1645, 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648;SR; A. and O. Westminster 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648; New Model ordinance, Mdx. 17 Feb. 1645;A. and O. for reducing cos. of N. Wales, 28 Mar. 1646;CJ iv. 493b. associated cos. of N. Wales, Caern. 21 Aug. 1648; militia, Mdx., Surr., Caern. 2 Dec. 1648.A. and O.

Central: Commr. preservation of bullion, 25 Feb. 1628; audit of piracy benevolence, 25 Feb. 1628.CSP Dom. 1627–8, pp. 567, 569; Rymer, Foedera, vii. pt. 2, pp. 231, 233, 256. Commr. poor laws, 31 May 1632;PC2/42, f. 22v. Commr. exacted fees by 1638;CSP Dom. 1637–8, p. 77. abuses of crown recvrs. 27 Mar. 1639;CSP Dom. 1638–9, p. 617. queen’s jointure lands, 25 Aug. 1639; audit of royal fisheries co. 18 Nov. 1639.Rymer, Foedera, ix. pt. 2, pp. 226, 232.

Parlimentarian

WYNN, Sir Richard, 2nd bt. (c.1588-1649), of Brentford House, Isleworth, Mdx.; Church Lane, The Strand, St Martin-in-the-Fields, Westminster, and Gwydir, Caern.

: 2nd bt. (c.1588-1649), of Brentford House, St Martin-in-the-Fields, Mdx.; Church Lane, Isleworth, Westminster 1588 – 1649 and Caern., Gwydir.

Likenesses

Likenesses: oils, C.J. van Ceulen, 1630;Wynnstay Hall, Wrexham. line engraving, F. Bartelozzi aft. C. Johnson, 1784.BM; NPG.

Volume

Commons 1640-1660

Web Title

WYNN, Sir Richard, 2nd bt. (c.1588-1649), of Brentford House, Isleworth, Mdx.; Church Lane, The Strand, St Martin-in-the-Fields, Westminster, and Gwydir, Caern.

Will

29 Mar. 1648, pr. 2 Nov. 1649.PROB11/210, f. 36.

Estates

in 1627, inherited an estate in north Wales worth £3,000 p.a.PROB11/152, f. 495v. At some point after 1638, he purchased Wyke manor, Mdx.VCH Mdx. iii. 111. In 1639, purchased lands and tenements, parcel of dissolved hospital or chapel of All Angels, Brentford, for £750.LMA, CLA/044/01/180, ff. 18, 19, 20, 21v; CLA/044/05/051, f. 11v; VCH Mdx. iii. 112; PROB11/210, f. 37. In 1642, his estate inc. a lease of parsonage of Llandudno, Caern., and a lease of parsonage of Llanfair Dyffryn Clwyd, Denb.Cal. Wynn Pprs. 277. At his d. in 1649, estate inc. lands and tenements in Anglesey, Caern., Denb. and Merion.; the family house in Gwydir; property in township sof Dolwyddelan and Gwydir; escheat lands of Llysfaen; lands and tenements in Llechwedd Issa, Caern.; manor of Wyke, Mdx.; lands and tenements, parcel of dissolved hospital or chapel of All Angels, Brentford; reversion of Brentford House, Mdx.; a lease from dean and chapter of Westminster of a house on The Strand, Westminster; a lease from the queen of lands and tenements in Crowland, Moulton, Pinchbeck and Spalding, Lincs.; and a lease of rectory of Llanddulas, Caern.PROB11/210, ff. 36-7; Cal. Wynn Pprs. 277; Jones, Wynn Fam. 100, 102.

Oxford 1644

Addresses

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