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b. c.1588, 2nd but 1st surv. s. of Sir John Wynn† of Gwydir and Sydney, da. of Sir William Gerard† of Downshire, ld. chan. [I] 1576-81;J.E. Griffith, Peds. Anglesey and Caern. Fams. 281. bro. of Henry* and William*. educ. L. Inn 1606-8. LI Admiss. m. settlement 10 Sept. 1618 (with £4,000) Anne (d.1668), da. and coh. of Sir Francis Darcy* of Isleworth, Mdx. NLW, 9056E/788; Dwnn, Vis. Wales ed. S.R. Meyrick, ii. 159; M.F. Keeler, Long Parl. 102. 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. Keeler, 102. sig. Richard Wynn.
Offices Held

Servant to Thomas Howard, 1st earl of Suffolk 1608–17; NLW, 9053E/485, 487. gent. Privy Chamber, Prince Charles’s Household 1617 – 25, king’s Household 1625–42; NLW, 9056E/786; SP16/2, f. 118. recvr.-gen. and treas. to Queen Henrietta Maria 1629–d.; LR5/57, ff. 30v-31; CSP Dom. 1641–3, p. 126. trustee, lands to increase queen’s jointure 1629; CSP Dom. 1628–9, p. 513. member, duchy of Cornwall Council 1637. Ibid. 1637, p. 489.

Commr. oyer and terminer, Wales and Marches 1617 – 40, London 1622 – d., Mdx. 1622 – 41, the Verge 1626 – 27, gaol delivery, Newgate 1622–d.; C181/2, f. 299; 181/3, ff. 75–7, 198, 217; 181/5, ff. 184, 213, 264. j.p. Mdx. 1622 – d., Westminster 1626 – 40, Caern. (and custos rot.) 1627 – d., Denb. 1646–d.; C231/4, f. 134; SP16/405, ff. 43, 85; E163/18/12, f. 104; JPs of Wales and Monm. ed. Phillips, 28–30, 76. commr. subsidy, Mdx. 1624, Westminster and Caern. 1641, sewers, Herts. and Mdx. 1625, subsidy arrears, Caern. 1626, inquiry, Mdx. 1630; E115/65/13; SR, v. 64, 67, 90; C181/3, f. 184; 181/4, f. 45; E179/224/598. collector, knighthood fines, Mdx. 1630–6; E178/7163, f. 5; E198/4/32, f. 2v. member, Council in Marches of Wales 1633–41; T. Rymer, Foedera, viii. pt. 4, p. 6. farmer greenwax fines, Cheshire and Flint. 1637; CSP Dom. 1637–8, p. 441. commr. repair of St. Paul’s cathedral, Mdx. 1635, shipwrecks, duchy of Cornwall 1637, alehouses, Covent Garden 1639, survey, bailiwick of St. James, Mdx. 1640, GL, ms 25475/1, f. 61; CSP Dom. 1637, p. 489; 1639, p. 110; 1640–1, p. 208. poll tax, Caern. 1641, assessment, 1642, 1647 – 48, Mdx. and Westminster 1645, 1647 – 48, Irish aid, Westminster and Caern. 1642, New Model ordinance, Mdx. and Westminster 1645, N. Wales Assoc. 1648, militia, Caern., Mdx. and Surr. 1648. SR, v. 90, 107, 141, 157; A. and O. i. 622, 636, 970, 978, 1087, 1183, 1239, 1243, 1246.

Commr. audit piracy Benevolence 1627 – 28, poor laws 1632, exacted fees 1637, abuses of Crown recvrs. 1639. Rymer, vii. pt. 2, pp. 233, 256; Essex RO, D/Y 2/7/253; PC2/42, f. 54; CSP Dom. 1637–8, p. 77; 1638–9, p. 617.

Parlimentarian
WYNN, Richard (c.1588-1649), of Brentford House, Isleworth, Mdx.; The Strand, Westminster and Gwydir, Caern.
Main residences: Brentford House, Isleworth, Mdx. and The Strand, Westminster and Gwydir, Caern.
Author
G.Y.
S.H.
Volume
Commons 1604-1629
Web Title

WYNN, Richard (c.1588-1649)

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Oxford 1644
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