John Elly (also Ellis) DD (1581–1639) was a

Canon of Windsor The Dean and Canons of Windsor are the ecclesiastical body of St George's Chapel at Windsor Castle. Foundation The college of canons was established in 1348 by Letters Patent of King Edward III. It was formally constituted on the feast of ...

from 1623 to 1639.''Fasti Wyndesorienses'', May 1950. S.L. Ollard. Published by the Dean and Canons of St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle

Career

He was educated at

Exeter College, Oxford Exeter College (in full: The Rector and Scholars of Exeter College in the University of Oxford) is one of the Colleges of the University of Oxford, constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in England and the fourth-oldest college of the un ...

and

Merton College, Oxford Merton College (in full: The House or College of Scholars of Merton in the University of Oxford) is one of the Colleges of Oxford University, constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in England. Its foundation can be traced back to the ...

where he graduated BA 1602, MA in 1607, BD and DD in 1633. He was appointed: *Rector of Lapworth, Warwick 1613 *Vicar of Elham, Kent 1612 - 1614 *Vicar of Ruislip 1633 - 1639 *Vicar of Isleworth 1637 - 1639 He was appointed to the twelfth stall in

St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle St George's Chapel at Windsor Castle in England is a castle chapel built in the late-medieval Perpendicular Gothic style. It is both a Royal Peculiar (a church under the direct jurisdiction of the monarch) and the Chapel of the Order of the Gar ...

in 1623, and held the stall until 1639.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Elly, John 1581 births 1639 deaths Canons of Windsor Alumni of Merton College, Oxford