WYNN, Henry (1601/2-1671), of Rhiwgoch, Trawsfynydd, Merion. and Figtree Court, the Inner Temple, London.

Family and Education

b. 1601/2,He was aged 69 at his death. 8th but 5th surv. s. of Sir John Wynn†, 1st bt. (d. 1 Mar. 1627), of Gwydir, Llanrwst, Caern. and Sidney (d. 8 June 1632), da. of Sir William Gerard† of Ince, Lancs., ld. chan. [I] 1576-81;J. E. Griffith, Peds. Anglesey and Caern. Fams. 281; D. Barrington, Miscellanies (1781), 345; CB. bro. of Sir Richard Wynn*, 2nd bt. educ. privately at Gwydir (William Holmes); Hawarden sch. Flint. 1614; St Albans sch. Herts. 1615-18;HP Commons 1604-29, ‘Henry Wynn’. I. Temple 9 Dec. 1618.I. Temple Admiss. Database. m. settlement 15 Sept. 1620, Katherine, da. and h. of Ellis Lloyd† of Rhiwgoch, 1s.Denb. RO, DD/WY/6555. d. 27 July 1671.J. Gwynfor Jones, Wynn Fam. of Gwydir, 212, n. 181.

Offices Held

commr. subsidy, Merion. 1624,C212/22/23. 1663;SR. oyer and terminer, the Verge 26 Dec. 1637 – aft.Nov. 1639, 10 Apr. 1662–d.C181/5, ff. 89v, 122, 154v; C181/7, pp. 142, 457. Collector, clerical tenths, Exeter dioc. 1640.E401/2462. J.p. Merion. 25 July 1650–28 July 1653, 1 July 1670–d.Justices of the Peace ed. Phillips, 50, 52. Commr. assessment, 1661, 1664, 1666; Westminster, 1666; poll tax, Merion., Westminster 1666.SR. Sec. (jt.) council in the marches of Wales by Mar. 1662–d.CSP Dom. 1661–2, p. 303; 1670, pp. 297, 339–40.

called, I. Temple 21 June 1629; bencher, 3 Nov. 1647, 30 May 1660–d.CITR ii. 179, 277, 334. Dep. steward, manor of West Ham, Essex 1631–?NLW, Wynnstay mss, K1/2. Steward, palace ct. Westminster 21 May 1637-c.1642, c.1660–d.;Coventry Docquets, 201; CSP Dom. 1668–9, p. 430; HMC Ormonde, i. 71. Marshalsea ct. 21 May 1637-c.1642, by c.Sept. 1660–d.;Coventry Docquets, 201; CSP Dom. Add. 1625–49, p. 575; CSP Dom. 1660–1, p. 295. Westminster Abbey manorial cts. Jan. 1641-Aug. 1660;Acts of the Dean and Chapter of Westminster ed. C.S. Knighton (Westminster Abbey rec. ser. v), 178 and n. 200. manors of Denbigh, Bromfield and Yale, Denb. c.July 1660–d;Denb. RO, DD/WY/6353; CSP Dom. 1660–1, p. 137; 1668–9, p. 430. manor of West Ham, Essex 1661–?d.NLW, Wynnstay mss, K1/2. Sol. gen. to Henrietta Maria, 28 Jan. 1640–6, by c.July 1660–9.NLW, Wynnstay mss, Ms 80; Les Reportes de Sir William Jones (1675), 454; CSP Dom. 1660–1, p. 137; R.J. Lloyd, ‘Welsh masters of the bench of the Inner Temple from early times until the end of the 18th century’, Trans. Hon. Soc. Cymmrodorion (1938), 167. Prothonotary and clerk of the crown, Caern., Anglesey and Merion. by c.1664–d.CSP Dom. 1664–5, p. 158; 1671, p. 406.

commr. exacted fees, 1636/7–40.G. E. Aylmer, ‘Chas. I’s commn. on fees, 1627–40’, BIHR xxxi. 61.

Parlimentarian

WYNN, Henry (1601/2-1671), of Rhiwgoch, Merion. and the Inner Temple, London

of Rhiwgoch, Merion., Trawsfynydd and Figtree Court, London., the Inner Temple.

Volume

Commons 1640-1660

Web Title

WYNN, Henry (1601/2-1671), of Rhiwgoch, Trawsfynydd, Merion. and Figtree Court, the Inner Temple, London.

Will

not found.

Estates

through his marriage in 1620, acquired an estate in and around Rhiwgoch.NLW, Wynnstay mss, Rhiwgoch estate recs. 1669-1772. In 1631 he was admitted to chambers in Figtree Court, the Inner Temple.NLW, Wynnstay mss, FB1/1.

Oxford 1644

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