Dictionary of Welsh Biography

GWYN, CHARLES (1582 - 1647) - see BODVEL
GWYN, EDWARD ap HUGH Bodewryd (d. 1596/7) - see WYNN
GWYN, EDWARD ap HUW Bodewryd (d. 1596/7) - see WYNN
GWYN, FRANCIS (1648? - 1734), politician son and heir of Edward Gwyn of Llansannor, Glamorganshire, and Eleanor, youngest daughter of Sir Francis Popham of Littlecott, Wiltshire, he was born at Combe Florey, Somerset, in 1648 or 1649. He matriculated at Christ Church, Oxford, 1 June 1666, aged seventeen, and became a student of the Middle Temple in 1667. He was called to the Bar but later forsook law for politics and between 1673 and
GWYN, FRANCIS, landowner - see GWYN, FRANCIS
GWYN, HUGH (d. 1611), M.P. - see BODFEL
GWYN, HUGH, sheriff of Caernarfonshire - see BODWRDA
GWYN, HUW Bodewryd (d. 1652) - see WYNN
GWYN, JOHN (d. 1574), lawyer, placeman, and educational benefactor Born at Gwydir, Llanrwst, he was the fifth and youngest (or possibly fourth) son of John Wyn ap Meredydd, a direct descendant of Owain Gwynedd. His eldest brother Morys was the father of Sir John Wynn of Gwydir and another, Robert (third son), who built Plas Mawr, Conway, became second husband of Dorothy Williams, grandmother of archbishop John Williams. John Gwyn entered Queens' College
GWYN, JOHN EDWARD ap HUW GWYN (d. 1614), high sheriff of Anglesey - see WYNN
GWYN, OWEN (d. 1633), master of S. John's College, Cambridge - see WYNN
GWYN, OWEN, master of S. John's College, Cambridge - see WYNN

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