Family and Education
b. c. 1603, 2nd s. of Sir William Glynne (d.1620) of Glynllifon, Caern. by Jane, da. of John Griffith of Caernarvon; bro. of Thomas Glynne. educ. Westminster 1615; Hart Hall, Oxf. matric. 9 Nov. 1621, aged 18; L. Inn 1621, called 1628. m. (1) 2 May 1633, Frances (bur. 17 Nov. 1646), da. of Arthur Squibb, later Clarenceux King of Arms, of Henley Park, 2s. 5da.; (2) Anne, da. of John Manning of London, and coh. to her bro. John Manning of Cralle Place, Warbleton, Suss., wid. of Sir Thomas Lawley, 1st Bt., of Spoonhill, Salop, 1s. 1da. Kntd. 16 Nov. 1660.Misc. Gen. et Her. (ser. 2), i. 43-44; Proc. Dorset Nat. Hist. and Arch. Soc. lxviii. 60-62; Vis. London (Harl. Soc. xvii), 78.
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Dep. steward, Westminster by 1639 – 48; bencher, L. Inn 1641; commr. for sequestrations, Westminster 1643, assessment, Westminster 1643, Mdx. 1644 – 47, Aug. 1660–3, Surr. 1645 – 47, London and Caern. 1647, Oxon., Surr., Anglesey, Caern., Denb. and Flints. 1657, Anglesey and Flints. Jan. 1660–1, Caern. Aug. 1660–1, Oxon., Caern. and Flints. 1665 – d., accounts, Westminster 1643; recorder, London 1643 – 49; commr. for volunteers, Mdx. 1644, new model ordinance, Mdx. and Surr. 1645, defence, Surr. 1645, Westminster Abbey 1645; protonotary and clerk of the crown, Denb., Flints. and Mont. 1646 – 47; j.p. Mdx. and Westminster 1648 – 49, Caern. 1650 – d., Anglesey, Denb. and Merion. Mar. – July 1660, Mdx., Westminster, Surr. and Flints. Mar. – July 1660, 1662 – d., Oxon. 1662 – d., commr. for North Wales association, Caern. 1648, militia, Cheshire, Mdx., Westminster, Caern. and Merion. 1648, Mdx., Westminster, Oxon., Surr. and North Wales Mar. 1660, oyer and terminer, London 1653 – 54, Western circuit 1655, Mdx. Mar. 1660.

Commr. for Westminster Assembly 1643 – 48; member, committee of both kingdoms 1644 – 48; commr. for distressed captives 1645, abuses in heraldry 1646, plantations 1646, exclusion from sacrament 1646, bishops’ lands 1646, indemnity 1647 – 49, counsel, sale of bishops’ lands 1647 – 48; commr. for scandalous offences 1648; serjeant-at-law 1648 – 54, June – Nov. 1660, Protector’s serjeant 1654 – 55, King’s serjeant Nov. 1660 – d.; c.j. Upper Bench 1655 – 59; commr. for trade 1655 – 57, relief of Piedmontese Protestants 1656, great seal 1656 – 58; contractor, sale of excise farms 1657; chairman, committee of ways and means 30 May-8 Sept. 1660.CSP Dom. 1639–40, p. 351; 1655–6, p. 100; CJ, iv. 474; Thurloe, iii. 296.

Main residences: Portugal Row, Westminster and Henley Park, Ash, Surr. and Hawarden, Flints.
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Commons 1660-1690
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GLYNNE, John (c.1603-66)

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Oxford 1644
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