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Wynn was regarded as quarrelsome and a bad neighbour and landlord. His lawsuits often went on for many years; some were against his own relatives like Sir
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there, which were built by Sir John Wynn to provide shelter for twelve poor older men of the parish. Today, those twelve rooms are used to show different periods of history.
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one of the surviving senior lineages of the Welsh Royal Houses. John Wynn's book was first published by Daines
Barrington in 1770, and in 1878 an edition was published at
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In this festival, Sir John Wynn was played by actor Sion
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for 1588–89 and 1600–01. He was appointed Deputy
Lieutenant of Caernarvonshire in 1587, a member of the
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Maredudd ap Hywell (d. after 1353), married
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to check the standard of what he had built and delivered a speech to the people of
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A.H.D. (1981). "Wynn, John (1554-1627), of Gwydir, Caern". In Hasler, P.W. (ed.).
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Eifionydd: a study in landownership from the medieval period to the present day
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Ifan ap Robert (b. 1438, d. 1469), married
Catherine ferch Rhys ap Hywel Fychan
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Sion
Rickard acting as Sir John Wynn at the Llanrwst Almshouse Festival 2010.
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The British Problem c-1534-1707: State Formation in the Atlantic Archipelago
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Darganfod Tai Hanesyddol Eryri: Discovering the Historic Houses of Snowdonia
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Members of the Parliament of England (pre-1707) for constituencies in Wales
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This article incorporates text from a publication now in the
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Sir John Wynn ap Morys of Gwydir, later Sir John Wynn, 1st Baronet
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He was Member of Parliament for this county in 1586 and served as
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branch of a powerful landowning family, who originally came from
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102:(1576). He claimed to be directly descended from the princes of
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Burke's Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry
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Dafydd ap Gruffudd of Rhos, married Efa ferch Gruffudd Fychan
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Sir John's successor was his second and eldest surviving son
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Hywel ap Dafydd, married Efa ferch Evan ap Hywel ap Maredudd
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John Wynn as depicted in "History of the Gwydir Family"
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530:Caernarvonshire Historical Society (1980).
353:in 1870, this title (now merged in that of
751:Roberts, Askew; Gwynfor, J., eds. (1878).
604:"Wynn, John § Wynn, Richard"
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