Elisha Crymes (c. 1614 – March 1690) was an English politician who sat in the

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at various times between 1646 and 1661. Crymes was the son of William Crymes, of Buckland Monachorum, Devon. He matriculated at

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on 21 November 1634, aged 19. He was at

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in 1634. In August 1646, he was elected Member of Parliament for

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as a recruiter to the

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. He was secluded under

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in 1648. In 1659 he was elected MP for Bere Alston for the

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. He was elected MP for Tavistock again in April 1660 for the Convention Parliament until his election was declared void on 3 May. In 1661 he was elected MP for Bere Alston in the

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until his election was declared void on 16 May. 'Alumni Oxonienses, 1500-1714: Covert-Cutts', Alumni Oxonienses 1500-1714: Abannan-Kyte (1891), pp. 338–365. Date accessed: 1 November 2011
/ref> Crymes died at the age of about 75 and was buried at Buckland Monachorum on 17 March 1690.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Crymes, Elisha 1610s births 1690 deaths Alumni of Exeter College, Oxford Members of Lincoln's Inn Members of the Parliament of England for Tavistock Members of the Parliament of England for Bere Alston English MPs 1640–1648 English MPs 1659 English MPs 1660 People from Buckland Monachorum