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GLYNNE, SIR JOHN, third son of Sir William Glynne, Kt, Glynllifon, Caernarvonshire, and Jane, dau. of John Griffith, Caernarvon; b.; adm. 1615 (Wood, Athenae Oxonienses, iii, 752); Hart Hall, Oxford, matr. 9 Nov 1621, aged 18; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 27 Jan 1620/1, called to bar 24 Jun 1628, Bencher 8 Jul 1641; Recorder of Westminster 28 Jan 1635/6; elected MP both for Westminster and Caernarvon 1640, re-elected MP Westminster Oct 1640; acted with the Presbyterian party during the Long Parliament; one of managers of Strafford’s impeachment; impeached the bishops at the bar of the House of Lords 30 Dec 1641 ‘ one of committee to consider the attempted arrest of the five members 1642; Recorder, City of London 30 May 1643 – 25 Aug 1649; took the Covenant 22 Sep 1643; Counsel for University of Cambridge 1647-60; one of the eleven members who were most active in attempting to disband the army; excluded from the House of Commons 12 Jul 1647, and expelled and committed to the Tower 7 Sep 1647; released 23 May 1648 and readmitted to the House 7 Jun 1648; one of the Commissioners appointed to treat with the King in the Isle of Wight; again excluded from the House 12 Dec 1648; MP Caernarvonshire Jul 1654; Serjeant to the Lord Protector, and Commissione of Assize, Oxford Circuit; presided at the trial of those concerned in Penruddocke’s rebellion Apr 1655; Chief Justice of the Upper Bench 15 Jun 1655, resigned Trinity term 1659; MP Flintshire Aug 1656; tried Miles Sindercombe for high treason 9 Feb 1656/7; supported Packe’s “petition and advice” that Cromwell should assume the title of king; MP Caernarvonshire Apr 1660; Serjeant-at-law 1 Jun 1660, King’s Serjeant 8 Nov 1660; knighted 16 Nov 1660; thrown from his horse when taking part in coronation procession and nearly killed, 23 Apr 1661; one of the Counsel for the Crown in the prosecution of Sir Harry Vane (qv) for high treason Jun 1662; a powerful advocate and an able judge, but as a politician more or less a time-server; m. 1st, 2 May 1633 Frances, dau. of Arthur Squibb, Clarencieux Herald and Teller of the Exchequer; m. 2nd, Anne, widow of Sir Thomas Lawley, Bart., and dau. of John Manning, Cralle, Sussex; d. 15 Nov 1666. DNB.
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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.