Title:

Gentleman

Military Rank:

Captain

First Name:

Edward

Last Name:

Wynne

Memorial Type:

Memorial - Funerary

Does the monument still exist?

Yes

Installation Date:

post 1660?

Inscription:

‘Here lyeth ye Body of Capt Edward Wynne 4th son of Edwd Wynne. He dy’d in the defence of Denbigh Castle when besieged by Oliver Cromwell’s army. Also the body of Owen Wynne of Kilken Esq., ye son of Edward Wynne married the Lady Mostyn relict of Sir Thomas Mostyn Bart. dyd’

Allegiance:

Royalist

Condition:

Average

Condition Description:

Photographic evidence

Memorial Notes:

See:
Tucker, Norman 2003 (2nd ed) North Wales & Chester in the Civil War. Ashbourne, Landmark Publishing Ltd., pp.89-90
Siege of Denbigh Castle 1646
‘Edward Wynn, 4th son of Edward Wynn, the only son of Maurice Wynn of Gwydir and Catherine of Beren, by Blanch his wife, daughter of John Vychan of Blaen y Cwm, was captain of a company of foot in Denbigh castle in the service of Charles the First, was wounded in a sally made by the said garrison against the besiegers under Sir (sic) John Carter, and in three days after died of his wounds, and was interred with military honour at Llanrhaiadr, being conducted as far as Ystrad Bridge, where he had three vollies, thence taken by a party of the Oliverians, who likewise conducted him to his grave after the same manner’.(fn.173)

Captain Wynn’s tomb, a raised slab, is conspicuous in the churchyard in front of the east window. The inscription may still be read:
‘Here lyeth ye Body of Capt Edward Wynne 4th son of Edwd Wynne. He dy’d in the defence of Denbigh Castle when besieged by Oliver Cromwell’s army. Also the body of Owen Wynne of Kilken Esq., ye son of Edward Wynne married the Lady Mostyn relict of Sir Thomas Mostyn Bart. dyd’.



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