PRYNNE, William (c.1602-69), of Swainswick, nr. Bath, Som. and Lincoln’s Inn.

Commr. for public accounts 1644, obstructions 1648; bencher, L. Inn 1648, treas. 1657 – 58, reader 1662; keeper of the records Aug. 1660 – d.; commr. for disbandment Sept. 1660–1, excise appeals Oct. 1660 – d.; elder bro. Trinity House Nov. 1660 – d.; commr. for maimed soldiers Dec. 1660–1; chairman, committee of ways and means 10- 11 June 1661, 3- 13 July 1663; commr. for Chatham chest 1662–d.CSP Dom. 1660–1, p. 308; Cal. Treas. Bks. i. 75; CJ, viii. 154, 213; Pepys Diary, 13 Nov. 1662.

Commr. for assessment, Som. 1644 – 48, Aug. 1660 – d., Bath 1663 – d.; visitor, Oxf. Univ. 1647; recorder, Bath 1647 – 52, 1661 – 62, Mar. 1669 – d.; j.p. Som. by 1647 – 48, Mar. 1660 – d.; elder, Bath classis 1648; commr. for sewers, Som. Aug. 1660.Q. Sess. Recs. (Som. Rec. Soc. xxviii), 45; Prynne, County of Som. Divided into Classes (1648), 5; Bath corp. mss, list of recorders.