Reason MELLISH

1627 - 1688  (61 years)

• Name	Reason MELLISH
  Birth	1627
  Gender	Male
  Death	1688
  Notes	Reason matriculated at Christ Church, Oxford, in 1647 and studied at Padua and Leyden before entering the Inner Temple in 1651. He was a Commissioner of Sewers for the Level of Hatfield Chase in 1660, and succeeded his father to the Ragnall estate in around 1674. He was a JP, and Deputy Lieutenant for Nottinghamshire c.1685-1688. In 1685 he entered Parliament for the county of Nottingham, under the influence of Sir George Savile, 1st Marquess of Halifax, and served until 1687. His surviving sons Charles, Edward and Robert were wards of their cousin Edward Mellish of Blyth Hall (1633-1703).
  Person ID	I240	Westover
  Last Modified	14 Nov 2011

  
  

  Father	Robert MELLISH,   b. 1603   d. c.1674 (Age 71 years)
  Mother	Mary SAUNDERSON
  Family ID	F83	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Anne METHAM
  Children	1. Robert MELLISH,   b. Feb 1662/3   d. infancy   2. Reason MELLISH,   b. 1 Jan 1665/6   d. infancy   3. William MELLISH,   b. 12 Dec 1669   d. infancy + 4. Charles MELLISH,   b. 1671   d. 1713 (Age 42 years) + 5. Edward MELLISH,   b. 1673   d. 1708 (Age 35 years)   6. Robert MELLISH   7. Jane MELLISH,   b. 1668
  Family ID	F89	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	14 Nov 2011