See also:SIR See also:JOHN See also:WYNN (1553-1627)
, Welsh See also:antiquary, was the son of See also:Morris See also:Wynn and descended from the princes of See also:Wales
.
He was educated at See also:- OXFORD
- OXFORD, EARLS OF
- OXFORD, EDWARD DE VERE, 17TH EARL
- OXFORD, JOHN DE VERE, 13TH EARL OF (1443-1513)
- OXFORD, PROVISIONS OF
- OXFORD, ROBERT DE VERE, 9TH EARL OF (1362-1392)
- OXFORD, ROBERT HARLEY, 1ST
Oxford, succeeded to his See also:father's See also:estate of Gwydir in See also:Carnarvonshire in 158o, and was member of See also:parliament for this See also:county in 1586
.
In 1606 he was made a See also:knight and in 1611 a See also:baronet
.
He was interested in several See also:mining ventures and also found See also:- TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
- TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
- TIME, STANDARD
time for antiquarian studies
.
He died on the 1st of See also:March 1627
.
At Llanrwst Wynn founded an See also:hospital and endowed a school
.
His See also:History of the Gwydir See also:Family, which had a See also:great reputation in See also:North Wales, was first published by Daines See also:Barrington in 1770, and in 1878 an edition was published at See also:Oswestry
.
It is valuable as the only See also:work which describes the See also:state of society in North Wales in the 15th and the earlier See also:part of the 16th See also:century
.
His son See also:Richard (d
.
1649) was in attendance on See also:Prince See also:Charles, afterwards Charles I., when he visited See also:Spain in 1623, and was afterwards treasurer to See also:Queen Henrietta Maria; he wrote an See also:account of the See also:journey to Spain, published by T
.
See also:Hearne in 1729 with the Historia vitae et regni Ricardi II
.
He built the See also:bridge over the See also:Conway at Llanrwst
.
The baronetcy became See also:extinct in 1719, when Wynnstay, near See also:Ruabon, passed to See also:Sir See also:Watkin See also:Williams, who took the name of Williams-Wynn and founded the family of that name
.
Sir See also:John Wynn's estate of Gwydir came to the 1st See also:duke of Ancaster in the 17th century by his See also:marriage with the heiress of the Wyrins
.
On the See also:death of the last duke in 1770, Gwydir was inherited by his See also:sister Priscilla, See also:Lady See also:Willoughby de Eresby in her own right, . whose See also:husband was created See also:Baron Gwydir
.
On the death of Alberic, See also:Lord Willoughby de Eresby (187o), this See also:title (now merged in that of See also:earl of Ancaster) See also:fell into See also:abeyance between his two daughters, while that of Baron Gwydir passed to his See also:cousin and See also:heir male Gwydir itself was sold by the earl of Ancaster in 1895, the See also:house and part of the estate being bought by Earl See also:Carrington, w'ho also claimed descent from Sir John Wynn
.
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