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Sir William Wynter (c.1521 – 20 February 1589) was an admiral under Queen Elizabeth I of England and served the crown during the Anglo-Spanish War (1585–1604). Wynter was born at Brecknock, the son of John Wynter (ob.1546 - a merchant and sea captain of Bristol and treasurer of the navy, who was friendly with Sir Thomas Cromwell) and Alice, daughter of William Tirrey of Cork. == Naval career == William was schooled in the navy. He took part in the 260 ship expedition of 1544, which burned Leith and Edinburgh, and held the office of Keeper of the King's Storehouse at Deptford Strand. In 1545 he served in Lord Lisle's channel fleet; two years later he took part in Protector Somerset's expedition to Scotland and victory at Pinkie, and in 1549 an expedition to Guernsey and Jersey. In that year he was appointed Surveyor of the Navy, and in December as captain of the ''Mynion'' he captured the prize of a French ship, the ''Mary of Fécamp'', laden with sugar. A reward of £100 was to be shared out among the crew of 300. In 1550 he superintended the removal of the ships from Portsmouth to Gillingham in the Thames Estuary, Edward VI owed him £471 for a voyage to Ireland in 1552,〔Haynes, Samuel, ''A Collection of State Papers'', London (1740), p. 127.〕 and in 1553 he went on a voyage to the Levant. In 1554, William spent several months in the Tower of London under suspicion of involvement in Thomas Wyatt's rebellion against Mary I of England, until he was pardoned in November. In 1557 Wynter was appointed Master of Navy Ordnance, which post he held along with the Surveyorship for the rest of his life. He was present at the burning of Conquet in 1558. On 22 May 1558 Wynter brought ships from Dunkirk to Dover which were sailing on to Portsmouth.〔Knighton, C. S., ''The Navy of Edward and Mary'', Ashgate (2011), 143, 152, 156, 275, 370-372.〕 He was sent with a fleet to Scotland in January 1560 during the crisis of the Scottish Reformation. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「William Wynter」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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