Thomas Ellis of

Kennington, Kent Kennington is a suburb of Ashford, Kent, Ashford and civil parish in Kent, England. It is about a mile northeast of the town centre and north of the M20 motorway, and contains the 13th-century church, St Mary's. The main A28 Canterbury Road and ...

was an English politician.

Family

Ellis was the son of William Ellis and Isabel his wife. He married Katherine Barry, daughter and heiress of John Barry of

Sevington Sevington () is a village in the civil parish of Sevington with Finberry, in the Ashford district, in Kent, England. History The geographically small village of Sevington is first recorded in the Domesday Book of 1086, where it appears as '' ...

, Kent. They are thought to have had two sons and three daughters.

Career

Ellis was elected as a Member of Parliament for

Kent Kent is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in South East England. It is bordered by Essex across the Thames Estuary to the north, the Strait of Dover to the south-east, East Sussex to the south-west, Surrey to the west, and Gr ...

in December 1421 and appointed

High Sheriff of Kent The high sheriff is the oldest secular office under the Crown (prior to 1974 the office previously known as sheriff)."Sheriffs appointed for a county or Greater London shall be known as high sheriffs, and any reference in any enactment or instru ...

for 1427–28.

References

Year of birth missing Year of death missing People from Ashford, Kent English MPs December 1421 High sheriffs of Kent {{15thC-England-MP-stub