title: John Elly
text: # John Elly
  
  John Elly (also Ellis) DD (1581–1639) was a canon of Windsor from 1623 to 1639.
  
  ## Career
  
  He was educated at Exeter College, Oxford and Merton College, Oxford 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 in 1623, and held the stall until 1639.
  
  