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Family and Education
bap. 19 July 1607, 3rd but 2nd surv. s. of Sir Thomas Ellis† (d. 3 Sept. 1627) of Wyham and Grantham, Lincs. and Jane (bur. 25 Nov. 1661), da. of Gabriel Armstrong of Wysall, Notts.Lincs. Peds. (Harl. Soc. l), 325-6. educ. Lincoln g.s. (Mr Phipps); Christ’s, Camb. 26 May 1623, BA 1627;Al. Cant. G. Inn, 6 Nov. 1627.G. Inn Admiss. 183. unm. cr. bt. 13 Aug. 1658 [revoked aft. May 1660];Abbott, Writings and Speeches, iv. 866. Kntd. 30 Apr. 1671.Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 245. d. 2 Dec. 1680.MI, Nocton par. church.
Offices Held

Legal: called, G. Inn 9 Feb. 1635; ancient, 24 May 1650; bencher, 30 May 1654; treas. 1658 – 66; reader, 1664. May 1654 – aft.21 Apr. 1659PBG Inn, i. 323, 377, 407, 446, 500. Solicitor-gen. 24, 18 Jan.-c.May 1660.C231/6, p. 287; Burton’s Diary, iv. 476; CJ vii. 814b. Sjt.-at-law, Nov. 1669–d.Baker, Serjeants at Law, 194; CTB 1669–72, p. 1247. J.c.p. Dec. 1672-Oct. 1676, May 1679–d.E. Foss, Judges of Eng. vii. 87.

Local: commr. sewers, East, West and Wildmore Fens, Lincs. 11 Mar. 1638;C181/5, f. 111v. Lincs., Lincoln and Newark hundred 3 Aug. 1639 – 11 Feb. 1651, 12 June 1654–26 Feb. 1664;C181/5, ff. 150v, 224; C181/6, pp. 38, 389; C181/7, pp. 76, 77; Lincs. RO, Spalding Sewers/449/7–8, 10–12. Deeping and Gt. Level 31 Jan. 1646–?, by May 1654–21 July 1659.C181/5, f. 270; C181/6, pp. 28, 247. J.p. Lincs. (Holland) 19 July 1639-bef. Oct. 1660;C231/5, p. 350. Kesteven by Feb. 1650 – d.; Lindsey by Feb. 1650-bef. Oct. 1660;C193/13/3. Mdx. by c.Sept. 1656-Mar. 1660.C193/13/6. Commr. subsidy, Holland 1641; further subsidy, Holland, Boston 1641; poll tax, 1641; contribs. towards relief of Ireland, Holland 1642;SR. assessment, 1642, 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648; Lincs. 18 Oct. 1644, 21 Feb. 1645, 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652, 9 June 1657, 26 Jan. 1660, 1672, 1677, 1679;SR; A. and O. Kesteven, Boston 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648.A. and O. Member, Lincs. co. cttee. by 28 Sept. 1642–?LJ v. 374b. Commr. sequestration, Holland 27 Mar. 1643; Eastern Assoc. Lincs. 20 Sept. 1643;A. and O. ejecting scandalous ministers, c.Mar. 1644;‘The royalist clergy of Lincs.’ ed. J.W.F. Hill, Lincs. Archit. and Arch. Soc. ii. 37–8, 105. New Model ordinance, 17 Feb. 1645;A. and O. oyer and terminer, 26 Apr. 1645;C181/5, f. 252. Midland circ. by Feb. 1654 – 10 July 1660, 1 Feb. 1671-aft. Feb. 1673;C181/6, pp. 15, 370; C181/7, pp. 574, 641. London 18 May 1659.CJ vii. 657b. Dep lt. Lincs. 11 Sept. 1645–?CJ iv. 270b. Commr. Lincs. militia, 3 July 1648;LJ x. 359a. militia, 2 Dec. 1648, 26 July 1659, 12 Mar. 1660;A. and O. charitable uses, 14 May 1650;C93/20/19. Holland 15 July 1652.C93/21/24. Visitor, Durham Univ. 15 May 1657.Burton’s Diary, ii. 536. Commr. gaol delivery, Newgate gaol 18 May 1659;CJ vii. 657b. swans, Lincs. 13 Dec. 1664.C181/7, p. 299.

Civic: freeman, Boston 20 Jan. 1640–?d.;Boston Corporation Minutes ed. J. F. Bailey, iii. 34. Grantham 27 Aug. 1641–?d.Lincs. RO, Grantham Hall Bk. 1, f. 95v. Recorder, Boston 20 Jan. 1640–4 Aug. 1662;Boston Corporation Minutes ed. Bailey, iii. 34, 382. Grantham 27 Aug. 1641–17 Jan. 1662.Lincs. RO, Grantham Hall Bk. 1, ff. 95v, 360v.

Central: member, cttee. for compounding, 19 Oct. 1643;CJ iii. 282b; CCC 1, 2. cttee. for sequestrations, 7 Aug. 1644;CJ iii. 581b; LJ vi. 663a. cttee. for plundered ministers, 9 Aug. 1644;CJ iii. 585a. cttee. for the army, 31 Mar. 1645, 23 Sept. 1647; cttee. for excise, 7 June 1645.A. and O. Commr. to reside with armies at Newark, 5 Dec. 1645;CJ iv. 366b. abuses in heraldry, 19 Mar. 1646; exclusion from sacrament, 5 June 1646, 29 Aug. 1648.A. and O. Member, cttee. for statutes, Durham Univ. 10 Mar. 1656.CSP Dom. 1655–6, p. 218. Commr. tendering oath to MPs, 18 Jan. 1658, 26 Jan. 1659.CJ vii. 578a, 593a.

Religious: trier, Serjeants’ Inn classis, 14 Oct. 1645.A. and O.

Parlimentarian
ELLYS (ELLIS), William (1607-80), of Grantham and Nocton, Lincs.
: of Grantham and Lincs., Nocton and Mdx., Gray’s Inn.
Likenesses

Likenesses: oil on canvas, J.M. Wright, aft. 1672.Government Art Colln.

Volume
Commons 1640-1660
Web Title

ELLYS, William (1607-80), of Grantham and Nocton, Lincs., and Gray’s Inn, Mdx.

Will
10 June 1674, pr. 6 Dec. 1680.PROB11/363, f. 232v.
Estates
fa. left him a messuage and lands in Conisholme, Lincs.PROB11/152, f. 374v; C142/452/62. In 1647, he purchased a farm in Tathwell, Lincs., for £2,000 (which he sold for the same sum in 1655).C54/3386/2; C54/3879/5. In 1653, purchased an annuity or rent charge of £66 13s p.a. issuing out of lands in Bloxholm and Brauncewell, Lincs., for £1,133.C54/3734/25. In 1653, he and another gentleman purchased the manor and advowson of Attleborough, Norf. for £7,000.C54/3750/34. In 1656, he purchased lands, tenements and messuages in Huttoft, Mumby Chappel and Welbourn, Lincs.C54/3916/14; Doncaster Archives, DD/DC/D/642. His estate at Grantham was valued at £1,500 p.a. after the Restoration.‘Lincs. fams. temp. Charles II’ ed. C. H., Her. and Gen. ii. 121. In 1666, purchased lease of property in Adwick le Street, Yorks., for £700.Doncaster Archives, DD/DC/D/7. In 1675, granted £12,800 by the crown to purchase fee farm rents within the duchy of Lancaster.CTB iv. 699, 734-7. His will referred to lands and tenements in Dunsthorpe, Grantham and Westhorpe, Lincs., settled upon him by his mo.; a rent charge of £200 p.a. out of the manors of Dunsthorpe and Harrowby, Lincs.; and chambers at Gray’s Inn.PROB11/363, f. 233; C6/161/5.
Oxford 1644
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Addresses
Religion
Presented William Brown to rectory of Little Ponton, Lincs., 1662.Lincs. RO, DIOC/PD/1662/73.
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