Family and Education
b. c. 1642, 1st s. of John Elwill, grocer, of Exeter by Rebecca Pole of Exeter. educ. Exeter, Oxf. 1659; Leyden. 1664. m. (1) lic. 14 Mar. 1676, Frances, da. of Sir John Bampfield, 1st. Bt., of Poltimore, s.p., (2) 2 Oct. 1682, Anne, da. of Edmund Lee, Saddler, of London, 2s. 2da. suc. fa. 1675; Kntd. 28 Apr. 1696; cr. Bt. 25 Aug. 1709.PCC 83 Dycer, 95 Whitfield, 190 Fox, 150 Bath; Mar. Lic. (Harl. Soc. Vis. xxxiv), 162; St. Stephen Walbrook (Harl. Soc. Reg. xlix), 66; J. R. Woodhead, Rulers of London, 106; Manning and Bray, Surr. iii. 252.
Offices Held
Commr. for assessment, Exeter 1679 – 80, 1689 – 90; j.p. Devon June – July 1688, 1689 – 1704, 1705 – 10, Surr. aft. 1702 – 10; jt. receiver of taxes, Devon 1689 – 92, 1695 – 96, 1699 – 1701; freeman, Plymouth 1696; capt. of militia horse, Devon by 1697–?d.; dep. master of the mint, Exeter 1698; sheriff, Devon Jan.-Nov. 1699.
Main residence: Polsloe House, nr. Exeter, Devon.
Volume
Commons 1660-1690
Web Title
ELWILL, John (c.1642-1717)
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Oxford 1644
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Religion
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