John Maynard 1604-1690
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Sir John MAYNARD 1604-90
Biographical Note
Born at Abbey House in Tavistock, Devon; son of Alexander Maynard (b.c.1567). BA Exeter College, Oxford; entered the Middle Temple in 1621. Called to the bar in 1626. Elected MP for Totnes and recorder for Plymouth in 1640; recorder for Totnes in 1645. MP for Newton, Isle of Wight in 1659. Appointed to serve as commissioner of the great seal in 1689.
Books
Noted as having possessed a large library.
Sources
- Halliday, Paul D. "Maynard, Sir John (1604–1690), lawyer and politician." Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.
- Hoare, P. (gen.ed.), The Cambridge history of libraries in Britain and Ireland. 3 vols. Cambridge, 2006. I 453.