Sir Edward Wynter or Wintour (born 1560, died 1619) was an English mariner and landowner who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1587 and 1601.
He became a hostage against the release of Don Pedro de Valdes, General of the Andalusian squadron, who had been captured by the English at the time of the armada.
[1][11][12] As patron of Lydney church he presented Antony Stirrey, or Sterry, as vicar in 1594,[13] who was instituted in August 1595 and remained in that living (as rector from 1603) until at least 1623.
[3][5] An insight into Sir Edward's household at Lydney arises from an event which led to legal proceedings in Star Chamber in 1597.
[19] Wynter built his furnaces for the extraction of metal from ore (which required water-power to drive bellows) beside the stream that crosses the Lydney vale.
[20] In all these respects he met with the protests and reprisals of the Freeminers and Commoners of the Forest, who thought their customary rights were being taken away and the benefits redirected to private interest.
In 1606/07 Wynter brought proceedings against a group of Commoners in Star Chamber,[21] claiming that he had been the victim of malicious hostility whipped up against him.