Thomas Ellis (1569–1627)
Sir Thomas Ellis (1569–1627) was a lawyer and the member of Parliament for Great Grimsby in 1597.[1]
He was the eldest son of Thomas Ellis of Wyham by Jane (d. 1605), daughter of John Hutchinson of Owthorpe, Nottinghamshire.[2] He matriculated at Christ's College, Cambridge in November 1586[3] and entered Gray's Inn in May 1589.[4] He was called to the bar and subsequently pursued his career in the North of England rather than London.[1] It is assumed that his father's local influence that secured him his election to sit for Grimsby in 1597.[5]
He succeeded his father in 1605, by which time he was married to Jane (d.1661), daughter of Gabriel Armstrong of Wysall, Nottinghamshire.[2][1] He settled in Grantham rather than at Wyham.[1][6] He served as a member of the Council of the North from July 1616 until his death.[7] In April 1617 he was knighted at York.[6]
He wrote his will in 1625 and was buried at Grantham in September 1627.[2]
Children
Ellis and Jane had 9 sons and 5 daughters, including:[1]
- Thomas (c1605-40) married Elizabeth Harding of Northill, Bedfordshire.[2]
- William (1609–80)[2]
- Henry (1613–52) of Grantham[2]
- Margaret married William Adams of Owston, South Yorkshire[2][8]
- Elizabeth married Peter Ashton of Grantham[2]
- Dorothy married William Ashurst of Ashurst in Skelmersdale, Lancashire[2]
- Jane married John Lockey of Ridge, Hertfordshire[2][9]
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 "ELLIS, Thomas (1569-1627), of Wyham, Lincs". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 29 January 2026.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Lincolnshire Pedigrees. Vol. 1. Harleian Society. 1902. pp. 324–7.
- ↑ Alumni cantabrigienses. Vol. 1 (2). 1922. p. 97.
- ↑ The register of admissions to Gray's inn, 1521-1889. 1889. p. 74.
- ↑ "House of Commons, 1558-1603:Great Grimsby". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 29 January 2026.
- 1 2 Shaw, W.A. (1906). The Knights of England. Vol. 2. p. 162.
- ↑ Reid, Rachel Robertson (1921). The king's Council in the North. p. 497.
- ↑ Dugdale's Visitation of Yorkshire, with additions. Vol. 1. 1899. p. 52.
- ↑ The visitations of Hertfordshire 1572 & 1634. Vol. 22. Harleian Society. 1886. p. 152.