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 Abt 1584 - 1614 (~ 30 years)
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| Name |
Wynne, John |
| Born |
Abt 1584 |
Of Gwydyr, Carnarvon, Wales  |
| Gender |
Male |
| Died |
1 Mar 1614 |
Lucca, Italy |
| Person ID |
I03960 |
My Genealogy |
| Last Modified |
21 May 2015 |
| Family |
Cave, Margaret, b. Abt 1590, Of Stanford, Northhampton, England , d. 1656, Whitford, Flintshire, Wales (Age ~ 66 years) |
| Married |
Abt 1606 |
England |
| Family ID |
F01269 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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| Notes |
- http://yba.llgc.org.uk/en/s-WYNN-GWY-1300.html
(Sir) JOHN WYNN (1553?1627). A student of All Souls, Oxford, in 1570, he was at Furnival's Inn in 1572 and at the Inner Temple in 1576. He appears to have lived in London until his father's death in 1580, although he may have travelled abroad. After inheriting Gwydir, he entered vigorously into the public life of North Wales; he was high sheriff of Caernarvonshire, 1587-8, 1603, of Merioneth, 1588-9 and 1600-01, and of Denbighshire, 1606-7, and Member of Parliament for Caernarvonshire, 1586-7. He was knighted in 1606, appointed a member of the Council of the Marches in 1608, and created a baronet in 1611. Unscrupulous, acquisitive, litigious, and hot-tempered, he was the leader of the dominant party in Caernarvonshire, and it was only in the closing years of his life that the supremacy of his family and party in the county was threatened by the rivalry of the Griffiths of Cefn Amwlch (qq.v.), leaders of the conservative Llyn squires (see below, under Sir Richard Wynn, second baronet). He attempted to introduce the manufacture of Welsh friezes into the Vale of Conway, was interested in the Parys Mountain (Anglesey) copper mines, and in 1625 suggested to Sir Hugh Myddelton, (q.v.) a project for reclaiming Traeth Mawr, separating Caernarvonshire from Merioneth. He founded [?] a school and alms houses at Llanrwst in 1610 [but see under Williams, John (fl. 1584-1627?). One of the petitioners for a royal commission to hold an eisteddfod in 1594, he encouraged the literary activities of his kinsmen, Thomas Wiliems of Trefriw (q.v.). His own History of the Gwydir Family was published in 1770 (ed. Daines Barrington), in 1827 (ed. Angharad Llwyd), 1878 (ed. Askew Roberts), and again in 1927 (ed. John Ballinger). He was also the author of a survey of Penmaenmawr (published in 1859 and reissued in 1906, ed. W. Bezant Lowe, q.v.).
By his wife Sydney, daughter of Sir William Gerrard, he had ten sons and two daughters. His eldest son,
JOHN WYNN (c. 1584-1614) was educated at Bedford School and Lincoln's Inn. He was high sheriff of Merioneth, 1611-2, and was knighted in 1613. His marriage to Margaret, daughter of Sir Thomas Cave, appears to have been unhappy, and he travelled in France and Italy, 1613-4, and d. at Lucca, 1614, possibly in the Roman faith.
National Library of Wales
Gwydir estate (BRA), papers
Reference code(s): GB 0210 GWYBRA
Held at: National Library of Wales
Title: Gwydir (BRA) Papers
Short Title: Gwydir estate (BRA), papers
Creation date(s): 1616-1886
Level of description: Fonds
Extent: 0.086 cubic metres(3 boxes)
Name of creator(s): Gwydir estate
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history: The Wynn family of Gwydir claimed descent from Owain Gwynedd's second marriage to Christiana, daughter of Goronwy ap Owain ap Edwin, lord of Englefield. The first of the family to use the name Wynn, twelve generations later, was Morris Wynn (d. 1580), son of John ap Meredydd (fl. 1544-1559). His son Sir John Wynn (c.1553-1626) was created a baronet in 1611, and was the author of The History of the Gwydir Family. His grandson, Sir Richard Wynne (d. 1674), the fourth baronet, was succeeded by his daughter Mary, his sole heiress. The baronetcy devolved to his cousin, Sir John Wynne (1628-1719) of Wattstay (who changed the name of the house to Wynnstay); the baronetcy became extinct on Sir John's death, and the Wynnstay estate passed to his kinsman Sir Watkins Williams (d. 1749) who founded the Watkins Williams-Wynne family of Wynnstay.
Will of Sir John Wynne of Gwyder, Carnarvonshire 05 December 1627 PROB 11/152
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