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Wynter, William, Sir, -1589


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    • VVynter, VV. (VVilliam), Sir, -1589
    • Winter, William, Sir, -1589
    • Wynter, William, Sir, d. 1589

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    • Wynter, William, Sir, d. 1589

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    • found: Patten, W. In mortem VV. VVynter equitis aurati, 1589.
    • found: DNB(Winter or correctly Wynter, Sir William, d. 1589; admiral, master of naval ordinance 1557; knighted 1573)
    • found: Bourne, William. A booke called the treasure for traueilers, 1578:dedication, 2nd preliminary leaf (leaf *2) recto (the right worshipfull Syr William Winter Knight, maister of the Queenes Maiesties Ordinaunce by Sea, suruaior of Her Highnesse marine causes, &c.)
    • found: Oxford dictionary of national biography online, 14 May 2019(Winter, Sir William (c. 1525-1589), naval administrator; date of birth conjectural, first recorded service 1544; 2nd son of John Winter (d. 1545), merchant and sea captain of Bristol and Deptford and "treasurer for sea causes" in royal service; after death of father in December 1545, William Winter received position of keeper of naval stores; served on ships on a series of expeditions under the Earl of Hertford [Edward Seymour] (1544), John Dudley, Viscount Lisle (1545), and Lord [Edward Fiennes de] Clinton (1547); in July 1549, obtained position of surveyor of the navy, thus entered council for marine causes and inner circle of naval administration; November 1557, appointed master of the naval ordnance, during war with France; December 1559, put in command of large fleet of 34 ships, in Firth of Forth; served under Lord Clinton in the Le Havre campaign of 1563; was at sea with the queen's ships in 1568, 1570, 1580, 1588 (still on active service, allegedly responsible for the idea of sending fireships against the Armada); wrote well-known and highly circumstantial account of battle of Gravelines shortly after the event (in letter to [Sir Francis] Walsingham); in 1580, the mastership of the naval ordnance was discontinued, but Winter continued to be active as surveyor to within a few weeks of his death; Parliament: sat for Portsmouth, parliaments of 1559 and 1563; returned for the duchy borough of Clitheroe, 1572-1581; returned in 1586 as knight of the shire for Gloucestershire; active member of parliament, particularly in 1563 and 1572, serving on a number of committees, mostly in connection with maritime matters; about 1564, on commission of the peace for Gloucestershire and a commissioner for sewers in Kent, Surrey, and Sussex; knighted by the queen at Greenwich in August 1573, specifically for services to navy; purchased manor in Lydney 1561; had house in London, described in 1587 as the manor house of East Smithfield, in parish of St Botolph's, Aldgate; divided time between London, Deptford, and Lydney; died in his London house 20 February 1589; bowels buried at St Botolph's, rest of body at Lydney)
    • found: The history of Parliament online, 14 May 2019:Members: 1558-1603 (Wynter, WIlliam (c. 1528-89), of Deptford, Kent, and Lydney, Glos.; knighted 12 August 1573; offices held: senior offices on the navy board for over 40 years; served on expeditions against Scotland 1544, 1547, in Channel fleet 1545, keeper of Deptford storehouse by 1546; surveyor of ships from June 1549; master of naval ordnance from July 1557; active career at sea: the key figure in naval administration until the appearance of Hawkins in the 1570s; played prominent part in every naval expedition between 1544 and 1588 (admiral in all seagoing expeditions 1557-1588); justice of the peace for Gloucestershire from c.1564, commissioner for sewers, Kent, Surrey, and Sussex 1564; on mission to Prince of Orange 1576; steward and receiver, duchy of Lancaster lands in Gloucestershire and Herefordshire from 1580; sat in the Commons 4 times: Portsmouth, 1559 and 1563; Clitheroe, 1572; finally elected knight of the shire for his own county, Gloucestershire, 1586; Wynter family originally from Wales, had been Bristol merchants for several generations; William Wynter bought manor at Lydney, Gloucestershire, in 1561; in 1588, began building the White Cross at Lydney; at death, on 20 Feb. 1589, was still active, not retired, house still being built; buried in chapel he had built in Lydney church) - http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1558-1603/member/wynter-william-1528-89
    • found: Wikipedia, 14 May 2019(William Wynter; Admiral Sir William Wynter (c.1521-20 February 1589); an admiral and principal officer of Council of the Marine under Queen Elizabeth I of England; served the crown during the Anglo-Spanish War (1585-1604); born at Brecknock [no endnote to record source]; became Vice-Admiral of England)
    • found: Wikidata, 14 May 2019(William Wynter (Q8020631); also known as: Sir William Wynter, William Winter; description: Welsh admiral under Queen Elizabeth I of England; sex or gender: male; country of citizenship: Wales (0 references); date of birth: 1521, Gregorian; place of birth: Brecon [only reference: English Wikipedia]; date of death: 20 February 1589, Gregorian; position held: Member of Parliament in the Parliament of England, 1559, 1563-1567, 1572-1583, 1586-1587; military rank: admiral) - http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q8020631

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