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FYNMORE, WILLIAM, son of William Fynmore, Hincksey, Berks., and his first wife Katherine Cox; b.; adm.; KS 1639; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1642, matr. 24 Mar 1642/3, aged 18, Westminster Student; BA 1646; MA 1649; at Oxford during the siege; refused at first to submit to the Parliamentary Visitors and his name is on the list of those expelled by the Committee of Lords and Commons 15 Mar 1648, but it appears that he was allowed to remain; tutor to Philip Henry (qv), who describes him as “a person able enough, but not willing to imploy his abilityes for our good, who were committed to his charge” (Diaries and Letters of Philip Henry, 1882, 12); imprisoned for taking part in the rising of Sir George Booth in Cheshire 1659; ordained; Vicar of Runcorn, Cheshire, from 1662; Prebendary of Chester from 25 Jul 1664, Archdeacon of Chester from 6 Nov 1666; his poem on death of Sir Henry Gage, preserved in Longleat MSS, is printed Notes and Queries 11th series, viiii, 327; m. 1st, Philippa ---; m. 2nd, 22 Sep 1678 Mary, dau. of Henry Bennett, Chester; d. 7 Apr 1686.
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International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) 2nd edition
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Users should note that the information recorded here that is not to be found in the first two volumes of the Record of Old Westminsters and its first Supplement has been assembled from various published and manuscript sources by Hugh Edmund Pagan MA FSA, and all new resulting text is his copyright, © 2014.
The Record of Old Westminsters: A biographical list of all those who are known to have been educated at Westminster School from the earliest times to 1927, Volumes 1 & 2, compiled by G. F. Russell Barker and Alan H. Stenning, London, 1928.