Background
Maynard was the son of Sir John Maynard, Member of Parliament, by his first wife Elizabeth Henley daughter of Andrew Henley of Taunton, Somerset and was baptised on 15 December 1639.
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Career
He was commissioner for recusants for Devon in 1675 and commissioner for assessment for Buckinghamshire from 1679 to 1680. He did not stand for parliament again as his father preferred to nominate more eminent representatives for the family borough. Maynard lived at Clifton Reynes, Buckinghamshire.
He died in his father’s lifetime at the age of about 50 and was buried at Ealing.
Membership
Cavalier Parliament]
In 1665, he was elected Member of Parliament for Bere Alston in the Cavalier Parliament although through the tardiness of the Sheriff of Devon he did not take his seat until nearly a year later.
