John Wynter - Wikipedia
WEBVice-Admiral Sir John Wynter or Winter (1555–1638) was an explorer and naval officer in the English Navy Royal. As a ship's captain in the Drake expedition of 1577-1580, he was the first European to cross the Strait of Magellan from west to east.
The Untold Story of How an Escaped Slave Helped Sir Francis …
WEBNov 2, 2017 · On 15 November 1577, Diego was one of about 170 men who set sail with Drake from Plymouth. The fleet comprised five ships: Drake’s Pelican; the Elizabeth, captained by John Wynter; the smaller...
Thomas Doughty (explorer) - Wikipedia
WEBJohn Wynter volunteered to keep Doughty prisoner on his ship, Elizabeth, to which Drake initially agreed, but qualified the statement by saying that the ship would then have to return to England with no share of the treasure they would gain from attacking Spanish ships. Wynter was soon shouted down by his crewmen, and Doughty's fate was sealed.
John Wynter, MP (c.1364 - 1414) - Genealogy - Geni.com
WEBJul 22, 2016 · Genealogy for John Wynter, MP (c.1364 - 1414) family tree on Geni, with over 230 million profiles of ancestors and living relatives.
John Wynter - Military Wiki
WEBJohn Wynter was Captain of the Elizabeth which accompanied Francis Drake (in the Golden Hind) appointed as his Vice-Admiral on his voyage around the world in 1577. Wynter was separated from Drake at the Straits of Magellan.
William Wynter - Wikipedia
WEBAdmiral Sir William Wynter (c. 1521 – 20 February 1589 [1]) held the office of Surveyor and Rigger of the Navy for 40 years, from 1549 until his death in 1589, and combined that with the office of Master of Navy Ordnance from 1557.
'That Golden Knight': Drake and His Reputation - History Today
WEBJan 1, 1996 · John Cummins uses the 400th anniversary of Sir Francis Drake's death to reassess the man, his life and the legends surrounding him.
Sir Francis Drake: Facts, Routes & Biography ‑ HISTORY
WEBNov 9, 2009 · When they arrived off the coast of Argentina, Drake had one of the men–Thomas Doughty–arrested, tried and beheaded for allegedly plotting a mutiny. Of the five-ship fleet, two ships were lost in a...
Francis Drake - Pirate or Paragon? - British Heritage
WEBA few weeks later (September 1578) Drake made it to the Pacific, but violent storms destroyed one of the three ships, the Marigold (captained by John Thomas) in the strait and caused another, the Elizabeth captained by John Wynter, to …
John Wynter II (1596–1662) • FamilySearch
WEBWhen John Wynter II was born on 11 April 1596, in Dyrham, Gloucestershire, England, his father, John WINTER, was 21 and his mother, Mary Brounker, was 23. He married Hannah Harrington on 14 April 1632, in Cambridge, Massachusetts …