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Family and Education
bap. 26 Mar. 1634, 1st s. of John Wyndham of Orchard Wyndham and Catherine, da. of Robert Hopton† of Witham Friary and coh. of her bro, Sir Ralph Hopton*;St Decumans par. reg.; CB iii. 238. bro. of Thomas Wyndham†. educ. L. Inn 7 May 1649;LI Admiss. i. 260. travelled abroad 1651.CSP Dom. 1651, p. 519. m. 8 June 1653 (with £5,000), Frances (d. 1697), da. of Anthony Hungerford*, 5s. (3 d.v.p.) 6da. (2 d.v.p.).Som. RO, DD/WY/4/I/126; St Decumans par. reg.; Collinson, Som. iii. 495. suc. fa. 1649;PROB11/210/439. cr. bt. 28 Aug. 1658, 9 Dec. 1661;Publick Intelligencer no. 140 (23-30 Aug. 1658), 784 (E.756.12); Sheffield Archives, EM 1284(c); CB iii. 7, 238. Kntd. by 24 Aug. 1660.CJ viii. 134a. d. 29 Oct. 1683.Collinson, Som. iii. 495.
Offices Held

Local: j.p. Som. 4 Mar. 1657–d.C231/6, p. 360; A Perfect List (1660). Commr. assessment, 9 June 1657, 26 Jan., 1 June 1660, 1661, 1664, 1672, 1677, 1679;A. and O.; An Ordinance … for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6); SR. militia, 12 Mar. 1660.A. and O. Capt. militia horse, Apr. 1660.Mercurius Publicus no. 17 (19–26 Apr. 1660), 269 (E.183.3). Commr. poll tax, 1660;SR. sewers, 11 Aug., 19 Dec. 1660, 6 July 1670;C181/7, pp. 24, 556. corporations, 1662–3;HP Commons, 1660–1690. subsidy, 1663;SR. oyer and terminer, Western circ. 23 Jan. 1665-aft. Feb. 1673.C181/7, pp. 313, 636. Dep. lt. Som. 1666–d.HP Commons, 1660–1690. Commr. recusants, 1675.CTB iv. 697. Sheriff, 1679–80.List of Sheriffs (L. and I. ix), 125.

Parlimentarian
WYNDHAM, William (c.1632-83), of Orchard Wyndham, St. Decuman’s, Som.
: of Orchard Wyndham, St Decumans, Som.
Likenesses

Likenesses: oil on canvas, studio of P. Lely, late 1670s.NT, Petworth.

Volume
Commons 1640-1660
Web Title

WYNDHAM, William (1634-83), of Orchard Wyndham, St Decumans, Som.

Will
22 Oct. 1683, pr. 3 Nov. 1684, sentence 12 Nov. 1684.PROB11/377/467; PROB11/378/129.
Estates
inherited lands at St Decumans, Som.; probably in financial difficulties in the 1650s.
Oxford 1644
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