- John Glynne (judge)
Sir John Glynne, KS (1602 –
15 November 1666 ), was a Welsh lawyer of the Commonwealth and Restoration periods.The second son of Sir William Glynne of Glynllifon, Glynne was educated at Westminster and Hart Hall, Oxford. He entered
Lincoln's Inn on27 January 1620 and was called to the Bar on24 June 1628 .Glynne was elected
Member of Parliament for Caernarvon the same year, and for Westminster in theLong Parliament in 1640. His first major parliamentary triumph was the summing-up of the case against the Earl of Strafford, and he enjoyed a successful career during the commonwealth, becoming aserjeant-at-law , judge of assize, and finallyLord Chief Justice of theUpper Bench , and was a member of theCommittee of Both Kingdoms . However, hisPresbyterian ism put him out of favor of with the army, and he was expelled from Parliament in 1647 and imprisoned in the Tower for almost a year. He returned to Parliament for Caernarvonshire from 1654 to 1655 in theFirst Protectorate Parliament .In the later years of the Protectorate, Glynne resigned his legal offices and turned to favour the Restoration. He was returned again for Caernarvonshire in the
Convention Parliament , and was knighted on16 November 1660 , and shortly thereafter made Prime Serjeant. He died at his home inLondon on15 November 1666 , leaving his estates, includingHawarden inFlintshire (which he had bought in 1654) to his sonSir William Glynne, 1st Baronet .References
*cite book | first=Dr. David | last=Jenkins | chapter=Glynne family, of Hawarden, Flints. | title=Dictionary of Welsh Biography | chapterurl=http://yba.llgc.org.uk/en/s-GLYN-PEN-1603.html | accessdate=2007-08-13
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