John Twynyho
John Twynyho (c. 1440 – 30 September 1485) (''alias'' Twynyhoe, Twynihoe, etc.) of Cirencester, Bristol and Lechlade, all in Gloucestershire, was a lawyer and wealthy wool merchant who served as Recorder of Bristol, as a Member of Parliament for Bristol (UK Parliament constituency), Bristol in Gloucestershire in 1472-5 and in 1484 and for the prestigious county seat Gloucestershire (UK Parliament constituency), Gloucestershire in 1476. In 1478 he was Attorney General to Edward V of England, Lord Edward (the future King Edward V of England, Edward V (1483–1483), eldest son and heir of King Edward IV of England, Edward IV. Origins He was the second son of William Twynyho of Keyford (today the "Old Nunnery", Lower Keyford), near Frome in Somerset, by his wife who was a daughter and co-heiress of the Cobington family. John Twynyho's sister-in-law Ankaret Hawkeston, the wife of his elder brother William Twynyho of Keyford, had been a servant of Isabel Neville, Duchess of Clare ...
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