Richard Gwynn was a Welsh

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priest in the 17th century. Gwynn was educated at

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. He held

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, Llanfwrog and Llantrissaint. Gwynn was

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from 1613 until his death on 9 September 1617."Fasti Ecclesiæ Anglicanæ from the First Erection Thereof to this Present Year 1715" p. 29: London; J.Nutt; 1716

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