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  • ELLIS, JOHN (d. 1665), cleric and quasi-Puritan Rector of Dolgelley from 1646 to 1665. Born, as his will states, at Gwylan, Maentwrog, Meironnydd, he was educated at Oxford [at his matriculation he is described as 'of Llandecwyn '], becoming Fellow of Jesus College in 1628 and D.D. of S. Andrews in 1634. He was rector of Wheatfield (Oxfordshire) till he was nominated by the Commissioners for the Great Seal to the living of Dolgelley, at a time