Exchequer Court and Prerogative Court
The inhabitants of Ellerton came under the jurisdiction of the Exchequer and Prerogative Courts of York.
The Exchequer Court had jurisdiction over the laity and unbeneficed clergy having goods solely within the diocese, but not in any peculiar jurisdiction, while the Prerogative Court had jurisdiction over both laymen and clergy with bona notabilia (goods worth £5 or more) throughout the Province of York.
Indexes to both courts have been produced by the Yorkshire Archaeological Society, covering the years 1389-1688, as follows:
1389-1514 YASRS Volume VI, 1888
1514-1553 YASRS Volume XI, 1891
1554-1568 YASRS Volume XIV, 1893
1568-1585 YASRS Volume XIX, 1895
1585-1594 YASRS Volume XXII, 1897
1594-1602 YASRS Volume XXIV, 1898
1603-1611 YASRS Volume XXVI, 1899
1612-1619 YASRS Volume XXVIII, 1900
1620-1627 YASRS Volume XXXII, 1902
1627-1636 YASRS Volume XXXV, 1905
1636-1652 YATA Volume IV, 1888
1649-1660 YATA Volume I, 1885
1660-1665 YASRS XLIX, 1913
1666-1672 YASRS LX, 1920
1673-1680 YASRS LXVIII, 1925
1681-1688 YASRS LXXXIX, 1934
The period from the 1st December 1688 down to the 30th April 1731 has been indexed by the Genealogical Society Unit of the Church of Latter-Day Saints. These indexes are available at the Borthwick Institute in the University of York, or on film from the Latter-Day Saints via any of their Family History Centres.
The period from the 1st May 1731 to the 31st January 1858 is covered by 29 volumes of Manuscript Indexes, available only at the Borthwick.
All the indexes for the period 1389-1665 have been checked, and the following list contains all the references to Ellerton.
| Surname | Forename | Status | Place | Year |
| Aclam | Thomas | grasseman | Ellerton | 1664 |
| Aske | John | Knight | (buried Ellerton priory) | 1497 |
| Aske | Margaret | Widow of Richard A., esq | Aughton (buried Ellerton priory) | 1465 - 1466 |
| Badkine | John | admon | Ellerton | 1583 |
| Barker | Isabel | spinster | Ellerton | 1591 |
| Barker | John | Ellerton Priory | 1454 | |
| Beilbe | John | (bur. Ellerton) | 1546 | |
| Beilbie | Mawd | Ellerton | 1625 | |
| Bell | Henry | prob. act | Ellerton | 1633 |
| Bell | Robert | Ellerton | 1551 | |
| Bell | Thomas | Ellerton | 1604 | |
| Bell | Thomas | admon | Ellerton | 1642 |
| Bell | Thomas | admon bond | Ellerton | 1642 |
| Bethell |
Christabel |
Dau of Walter B. of Ellerton, dec., tuition, Act Book |
Ellerton |
1674 |
| Bethell | Sir Hugh | knight | Ellerton | 1611 |
| Bethell |
Hugh |
Esq. Act Book |
Ellerton |
1674 |
| Bethell |
Walter |
Esq. Act Book |
Ellerton |
1673 |
| Blancharde | William | Ellerton | 1589 | |
| Blanshard | Ellen | widow | Ellerton | 1658 |
| Blanshard | John | Ellerton | 1590 | |
| Blansheard | Chris. | Ellerton | 1658 | |
| Blencherd | John | Ellerton | 1555 | |
| Blieth | John | son of Anth. Blieth of | Ellerton | 1633 |
| Blieth | William | admon | Ellerton | 1622 |
| Blithe | Anthony | admon | Ellerton | 1624 |
| Blithe | Richard | husbandman | Ellerton | 1601 |
| Blithe | William | husbandman | Ellerton | 1628 |
| Blyethe | John | Ellerton | 1566 | |
| Blyth | Anthoney | the elder | Ellerton | 1616 |
| Braidley | Thomas | Ellerton | 1554 | |
| Brough | Charles | Ellerton | 1641 | |
| Brough | Janet | Ellerton | 1597 | |
| Brown | Ane | widow | Ellerton | 1661 |
| Brownricke | Anthony | prob. act | Ellerton | 1633 |
| Brownrigge | Ann | Ellerton | 1634 | |
| Byrkenshawe | Richard | Ellerton Priory | 1436 | |
| Cartwright | John | Ellerton Priory | 1446 | |
| Cartwryght | Agnes | Ellerton | 1449 | |
| Caype | John | Ellerton | 1584 | |
| Clarke | Henry | Ellerton | 1573 | |
| Cottome |
William |
Ellerton, bur Aughton |
1675 |
|
| Cowper | Mary | Ellerton | 1636 | |
| Dove | Margaret | Ellerton | 1558 | |
| Dove | Roger | curate of | Ellerton | 1558 |
| Dower | Joan | admon, widow | Ellerton | 1624 |
| Duer | John | Ellerton | 1616 | |
| Duer | Robert | Ellerton | 1641 | |
| Eshton | Ann | als Turner | Ellerton | 1637 |
| Eshton | William | Ellerton | 1647 | |
| Feusdell | George | yeoman | Ellerton | 1646 |
| Fewler | Henrie | Ellerton | 1650 | |
| Fewler | Henry | Ellerton | 1650 | |
| Gascoigne | Richard | admon | Ellerton | 1591 |
| Gelletson | Thomas | Ellerton | 1558 | |
| Greene | John | labourer | Ellerton | 1628 |
| Haddlesey |
William |
Act Book |
Aughton, p. Ellerton (sic) |
1681 |
| Handeley | William | admon | Ellerton | 1575 |
| Handley | Richard | Ellerton | 1558 | |
| Handley | William | Ellerton | 1537 | |
| Harrison | Thomas | Ellerton | 1571 | |
| Hauley | Robert | Ellerton | 1588 | |
| Hay | Peter del | Spaldington (buried Ellerton) | 1426 - 1431 | |
| Henlake | Thomas | husb. bur. Aughton | Ellerton | 1626 |
| Hessay | Richard | Ellerton | 1537 | |
| Hessell | George | husbandman | Ellerton | 1605 |
| Hessle | George | Ellerton | 1663 | |
| Hessle | Peter | yeoman | Ellerton | 1637 |
| Hewton | Michaell | yeoman | Ellerton | 1660 |
| Hogeson | William | Ellerton Priory | 1436 | |
| Holburne | Thomas | Ellerton | 1665 | |
| Howburne | Peter | Ellerton | 1645 | |
| Howburne | Raiphe | Ellerton | 1599 | |
| Huker | John | Ellerton | 1518 | |
| Johnson | Grissel | admon | Ellerton | 1661 |
| Johnson | Hugh | Ellerton | 1661 | |
| Johnson | John | husbandman | Ellerton | 1647 |
| Kiddall | John | Ellerton | 1610 | |
| Knuckell | Richard | Cambridge, bur. Ellerton | 1629 | |
| Londesdaill | Laurence | tuition | Ellerton | 1563 |
| Lonsdaill | Elynne | widow | Ellerton | 1552 |
| Lonsdaill | Laurence | Ellerton | 1552 | |
| Lotton | John | Ellerton | 1661 | |
| Lowndesdale | Anthony | Ellerton | 1571 | |
| Lowther | Thomas | Ellerton | 1609 | |
| Morgon | William | yeoman, bur. Wressle | Ellerton | 1597 |
| Oxtaby |
Stephen |
Labourer |
Ellerton |
1673 |
| Parkin | John | admon | Ellerton | 1616 |
| Parkin | Margrett | widow | Ellerton | 1628 |
| Peereson | Xpofer | Ellerton | 1627 | |
| Peerson | Richard | Ellerton | 1545 | |
| Peyrson | John | Ellerton | 1580 | |
| Poddaigh | Anthony | Ellerton | 1609 | |
| Poddiche | John | admon | Ellerton | 1588 |
| Podick | Elizabeth | widow | Ellerton | 1618 |
| Pykeryng | Thomas de | Esquire | (buried Ellerton priory) | 1406 - 1407 |
| Richardson | Christopher | Ellerton | 1637 | |
| Richardsonn | James | serveingmann | Ellerton | 1623 |
| Robinson | William | Ellerton | 1588 | |
| Robynson | Robert | Ellerton | 1558 | |
| Robynson | Robert | admon | Ellerton | 1575 |
| Rome | Peter | labourer | Ellertone | 1602 |
| Rome | Robert | prob. act | Ellerton | 1633 |
| Rome | Thomas | Ellerton | 1616 | |
| Sandesby | William | admon | Ellerton | 1588 |
| Savage | Henry | Ellerton | 1567 | |
| Savage | John | admon | Ellerton | 1588 |
| Selbie | Anthony | labourer | Ellerton | 1603 |
| Smith | Bartholomew | Ellerton | 1647 | |
| Smith |
John |
Act Book |
Ellerton |
1681 |
| Soole | Robert | Ellerton | 1663 | |
| Soule | John | admon | Ellerton | 1613 |
| Soule | Thomas | Ellerton | 1636 | |
| Soulle | Matthew | Ellerton | 1587 | |
| Stor | Thomas | Ellerton | 1471 - 1472 | |
| Stranton | Jenet | widow | Ellerton | 1521 |
| Stranton | Robert | admon | Ellerton | 1521 |
| Sutton | William | Ellerton | 1562 | |
| Tailer | Jennet | admon | Ellerton | 1595 |
| Tailour | Janet | admon | Ellerton | 1598 |
| Taylour | Hugh | Ellerton | 1647 | |
| Thomlinson | Ann | Ellerton | 1646 | |
| Thomlinson | Gawyne | husbandman | Ellerton | 1618 |
| Thomlinson | John | Ellerton | 1588 | |
| Thomlinson | John | admon | Ellerton | 1588 |
| Thomlinson | William | admon | Ellerton | 1624 |
| Thomlynson | William | Ellerton | 1541 | |
| Thompson | Robert | Ellerton | 1505 | |
| Thompson |
William |
Act Book |
Ellerton |
1680 |
| Thurwell | Thomas | yeoman | Ellerton | 1645 |
| Tomlingson | John | the elder | Ellerton | 1569 |
| Tomlinson | John | Ellerton | 1597 | |
| Tomlynsonne | William | Ellerton | 1557 | |
| Turner | Ann | als Eshton | Ellerton | 1637 |
| Watkin | George | husbandman | Ellerton | 1644 |
| West | John | Ellerton | 1567 | |
| Westaby | George | admon | Ellerton | 1587 |
| Worrall | John | carpenter | Ellerton | 1601 |
| Wright | Christopher | Ellerton | 1561 | |
| Wrighte | Barbary | widow | Ellerton | 1613 |
| Wryght | William | Ellerton | 1537 | |
| Yonge | George | prob. act | Ellerton | 1633 |
| Yonge | Robert | singleman | Ellerton | 1564 |
| Younge | Hugh | yeoman | Ellerton | 1616 |
| Younge | John | Ellerton | 1597 |