Family and Education
poss. s. of John Spelly (d.c.1363) of Worcester. m. bef. 1364, Agnes (d.c.1394), ?s.p.Bristol RO, Phillipps mss (Acc. 26166), 12; Bristol Wills (Bristol and Glos. Arch. Soc. 1886), 26-28, 126. His putative father was murdered. CFR, xiii. 259.
Offices Held
Chamberlain, Bristol Mich. 1356–7; bailiff 1361 – 62, 1363 – 64; mayor 1369 – 70, 1378 – 79, 1382 – 83, 1390–d.
Constable of the Bristol Staple by Feb. 1358.
Commr. of inquiry, Bristol, Glos., Som. Sept. 1371 (administration of St. Augustine’s abbey), Bristol Jan. 1375 (shipwreck); gaol delivery June 1379, Oct. 1382; oyer and terminer Sept. 1383, Oct. 1390; to settle a dispute by arbitration Nov. 1386; determine an appeal from the admiral’s ct. Dec. 1386.
Tax assessor, Bristol May 1379.
Collector of tunnage and poundage, Bristol 9 June 1388 – d., customs and subsidies 30 Nov. 1390 – d.
Main residences: Bristol; Kingston Seymour, Som.
Pelly, Spelli, Spellye, Spill, Spylly
Volume
Commons 1386-1421
Web Title
SPELLY, Elias (-d.1391)
Will
Estates
Oxford 1644
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Religion
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