| Disgrifiad | The letters refer to William Wynne's constant efforts to evade his creditors, and to attempts to obtain a transfer to the West Indies. By 1801 however, the tone has changed to one of expectation and high hopes centred around his forthcoming marriage to a Miss Long who will bring with her a dowry of £80,000. In the same year the affairs of brother Robert Wynne in India demand pressing attention, and it is suggested that William should go to Madras to bring him home.
Letter number 65 finds William at sea on board the Indiaman "Walthamstow", armed with a power of attorney signed by brother John and with instructions to search for any record of Robert's marriage. Later, there are references to the payment of allowances to two of Robert's children, Simon Hart Wynn and Harriet Wynn who accompanied their father home from India.
There are other letter in the group from Robert Chambre Vaughan (John Nanney's nephew and son of his sister Lowry who married Thomas Vaughan of Burlton Hall, co. Salop) regarding his marriage settlement which later involved John Nanney in a good deal of litigation. |
| AdminHistory | Rev. John Wynne was the second son of William Wynne of Maesyneuadd and he became the Rector of Llangwyfan between 1804-1829. He was a typical example of the "sporting parson", keeping stables of his own an dindulging freely in the pleasures of the hunting field an dof the race course. He held a watching brief over the family estates during his brother Robert's absence in India and came into property on the latter's death in 1803. |