Richard Gwynn was a Welsh Anglican priest in the 17th century."An History of the Mitred Parliamentary Abbies, and Conventual Cathedral Churches" Bowyer, W. p343: London; Robert Gosling; 1719

Gwynn was educated at University College, Oxford.569–599 Alumni Oxonienses 1500–1714, Gilpin-Greenhaugh He held livings at Trawsfynydd, Llanfwrog and Llantrissaint. Gwynn was Archdeacon of Bangor 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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