Sir George Winter

Dying in 1581, George Wynter was succeeded by his son, John Wynter, a captain in the royal navy, who accompanied Sir Francis Drake in his famous voyage round the world, as his vice-admiral.

Biography

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Gloucestershire, Dyrham

1581 George and Anne Wynter / Winter (1594)

Purchased the estate of Dyrham Park from Sir Walter Denys flic.kr/p/63yd8i and his son Richard in 1571.

Ann was sister & co-heiress of Robert Brayne of Bristol.

George was the son of John Wynter a wealthy Bristol merchant and shipowner and Alice daughter of William Tyrrell (of Cork Ireland , merchant) The family " said to have been notwithout "a personal and pecuniary interest" in the alleged piracies of his son and stated that he "adventured with Mr. Frauncis Drake the somme of £400 of money" for which Drake had his note of hand. The Wynter family were part of the first Slave Trade expedition in 1562. George had warehouses at Seething Lane, Barking.

Their children:

• 1. Thomisine
• 2. Robert killed by the Patagonians in Straits of Magellan 1562-1588
• 3' Benedict killed by the Spaniards 1550-88
• 4. Mary m Anselm Huntley.
• 5. William of Clapton-in-Gordano 1565-1632 m Mary heiress of Edward Arthur & Mary daughter of Erasamus Pymm 1579 & Catherine Bampfelde / Bampfield
• 6. Elizabeth m Ferdinando Joyce / Anthony Thomas Prater 1593
• 7. Bridget m Sir George Wirrall / Wyrrall
• 8. Margaret m Thomas Weekes
• 9. Anne m George Price. / Bryce
• 10. Elinor
• 11. Sir John Winter 1555-1638 , vice admiral to Drake He brought back "Winter's Bark" [Cortex Winteranus] from the Magellan Straits, commanded the "Elizabeth" which turned back instead of circumnavigating the world with Drake. He was accused of piracy and embarassed his family by his freebooting exploits but redeemed himself when on the Vanguard against the Armada . The lands he inherited were left in trust "till he should have cleared himself of the charge of piracy" m Mary daughter of Sir William Brounker, of Melksham by Mary Walter daughter of William Mildmay 1589 & Mary Walsingham.

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National Trust - History of Dyrham Park - The Wynters

Probably prompted by declining health, Sir Walter Denys sold the manor of Dyrham for £1,800 to William and George Wynter in 1571.         

Brothers Sir William (c.1525-89) and George Wynter (d.1581) were leading naval administrators, Surveyor and Clerk of Ships respectively. Sir William was an active sailor and a commander against the Spanish Armada (1588). Both brothers owned ships used for trading, exploration and privateering, including investing in their colleague Sir John Hawkins slave-trading voyages, and George advanced £400 in Sir Francis Drake’s project to circumnavigate the globe in 1577.

His son John Wynter (d.1619) captained their ship Elizabeth, reaching the Strait of Magellan before separating from the fleet in violent storms and returning home.   Dyrham passed to John Wynter and an inventory of 1601 lists a richly furnished house of 22 rooms.

John’s son Sir George Wynter (d.1638) received a new licence to empark though it was not enacted in his lifetime.

Sir George’s son John Wynter (1622-88) suffered financial hardship after being an active Royalist during the English Civil War. Finances evidently improved by the 1660s as the park had relocated to its current site by this time, though the house needed repair.

All was to change after John’s daughter and heir Mary Wynter (1650-91) married William Blathwayt in 1686.

References

• Maclean, John and W.C. Heane, eds., The Visitation of the County of Gloucester Taken in the Year 1623, Vol. XXI, (London: Harleian Society, 1885), “Wynter.” Page 273. Archive.Org
• http://freepages.rootsweb.com/~pillagoda/genealogy/ch13-01.htm
• https://www.flickr.com/photos/52219527@N00/3310645975
• https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Winter-1333
• https://gw.geneanet.org/belfast8?lang=en&n=wynter&oc=14&p=john
• Will of William Winter, 1589. http://www.oxford-shakespeare.com/Probate/PROB_11-73-383.pdf