Edward Elvines

Who is Edward Elvines?

Edward Elvines was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1654. He supported the Parliamentary cause in the English Civil War.

Elvines was possibly the son of William Elvines, a baker of Worcester, who left money for the poor of the town by his will of 2 April 1612. On the outbreak of the Civil War, Elvines took the parliamentary side but had to flee the county for opposing the commissioners of Array in 1642. He tried to recruit men to the parliamentary cause when the Earl of Essex went to Worcester but had to flee again when Sir William Russell took the city for the Royalists. He was away for four years while his whole estate was exposed to the enemy and he had to live on credit. When Worcester fell to Parliament in 1646 he became an Alderman of the City and a member of the Parliamentary Committee for Worcestershire. He was persuaded to become Mayor, as there was no one else they would confide in, on a faithful promise of reimbursement of all costs. However Col. Rainsborough was called away and the Committee was dissolved so he did not receive recompense.