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to a family which there is much reason to believe had the same, and that not a very remote, origin with William Halis. In the twelfth century, Raoul de Fresnay sealed with a fleur de lis. (D'Anisy, Recueil des Sceaux.) The arms of Fresne or Fresnay, are or, a fleur de lis sable within a bordure gules. Of this family was Hugh de Frenne, who held half a knight's fee in Kent, 1166; and Walter de Fresnes, who held three knights' fees in Herefordshire, at the same time. The above-mentioned Richard Fresnel had eight sons, and was owner of the castle of La Ferté-Fresnel, in Perche, which, in 1071, was possessed by a William, who attests a charter of that date. This castle and fief were held under the lords of Breteuil, by the service of five knights completely armed. A Richard Fresnel, lord of Balbec, appears in a charter of 1064. Thorolf, father of Ralph Fresnel, appears to have been lord paramount of St. Evroult de Montfort and St. Evroult proper, between 1030 and 1050. It was probably this Ralph who occurs in 1050, along with his two sons, William and Robert. This information is chiefly from the notes to Mr. Forrester's edition of Ordericus; but from the before-mentioned chartulary we get more particulars of the family. There (p. 436), we find Turold, son of Osbern de Freschenes, a witness at the commencement of the eleventh century. P. 453, we find Richard, brother of Robert de Freschenes, contemporary with Normannus de Esletes, or Hesledes, "vir illustris filius Ingelardi." Then (p. 468) we have a charter of Robertus de Caureolicurte, wherein he mentions "decimam meam de Fresnes," and his sons Helyas and Roger. The family of Cherolcurt owned lands in Notts, and their ancestor Turold occurs in Domesday. In page 448, is a charter, dated 1053, of Robertus filius Hoelis, wherein he bestows the church of Chevreville; and in 1043, Warulphus de Chevreville signs a charter. The family of Chevreville, or Capreville, were called, in England, Careville and Kerville, and are frequently mentioned in the Liber Niger of 1166, Elyas de Careville holding, at that time, one knight's fee in Somersetshire. They flourished also in Norfolk, and bore gules a chevron or, between three leopards' faces argent, their crest being a goat passant sable. This is obviously allusive. There is scarce a doubt that Chevreville and Cherolcourt, which is also written Capricuria, if not synonymous, were localities named after one family. The family of Thorold bear three goats salient; it is therefore highly probable that they derive their descent from the Turold of Domesday, who had lands in several counties, amongst others, in Shropshire, where we find him also called Turold de Verley, there being a Hugh, William, and Robert, of this name, also mentioned in Domesday. Subsequently we meet with an Elias de Verley. We have seen, at an early period, the goat's head associated heraldically with the Ellises and Martons; its use by them is explained, if we assume, as we are justified in doing, that the Fresnes, Carevilles, and Cherolcourts, were of common origin with the Alises. For the Robert filius Hoelis is, there is little doubt, Robert filius Alis, and probably the same as Robert de Caureolicurte. Then we find the name Normannus in frequent conjunction with many of the above parties. There is a Willielmus filius Normanni (p. 467), a Ricardus filius Normanni (p. 426), a Normannus de Pleidiz (Plaiz) (p. 424), and a Normannus de Herolcurt (p. 425).

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Notices of the Ellises.

BY WILLIAM SMITH ELLIS, ESQ.,

OF THE MIDDLE TEMPLE,

AND OF HYDECROFT, CHARLWOOD, CO. Surrey.

***As about one fourth of the Recipients of this Number have lost, mislaid, destroyed, or transferred it to others, or upon repeated request, have refused to return it to the author, and have declined to apply for Nos. III. and IV., this Second Edition is reprinted in order to utilize those copies of Nos. III. and IV. which were intended to accompany these missing copies of No. II., and to complete sets.

Those portions have not been reprinted which are repeated in another form, or have been amplified or corrected in Nos. I. III. and IV.; nor those pedigrees or articles which re-appear enlarged or revised in the Supplement.

[Pp. 53-60.]

ELLIS OF BOTHELL, CO. CUMBERLAND.

[From Harl. MSS., 1487, p. 290, and Collins's 'Baronetage,' Ed. 1741, iii. 681.] ARMS.-Ellis of Kiddall, a crescent charged with a mullet for difference.

ROBERT ELLIS, of Bothell, in Torpenhow who int. al., was called out by Sir Thomas Warton, in 1543, on service of the Borders, had a son

JOHN ELLIS, of Bothell, who, by Anne, d. of Thomas Denton, of Warnell, co. Cumb., had issue Adam Ellis, William Ellis, Launcelot Ellis, Robert Ellis, s. p., and

THOMAS ELLIS, eldest son, (who, by Mary, d. of William Osmotherly, had issue John Ellis, at. 20, 1612,) and

BARNARD ELLIS, 3rd son, Recorder of York, 1612, who, by Mary, d. of John Darley, of Kilnhurst, co. York, had issue

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JOHN ELLIS, S. & h., at. 12, 1612; Robert Ellis, 2nd son; Margaret, ue. William Beckwith, of Thurcroft, co. York, Esq.; Ann, Mary, Frances, Catherine, and Martha.

[See further, p. 144.]

ELLIS OF BRADFORD, CO. YORK, AND OF LONDON. [From 'Visitation of London,' 1633–4.]

ARMS.-Ellis of Kiddall.

BARNARD ELLIS, of Bradford, co. York, by-Sugden, had

issue

GEORGE ELLIS, s. & h., who, by Grace, d. of Edward Brooksbank, of Brook House, co. York, had issue

JAMES ELLIS, of London, living 1633-34, eldest son, and Thomas Ellis.

ELLIS OF RUDSTON AND BEVERLY, CO. YORK. [From Surtees' 'Durham,' iii. 320.]

ROBERT ELLIS, of Rudston, was grandfather of

ROBERT ELLIS, of Beverley, M.D., who left three d. & coh. MARY ELLIS, 1729, ux. Robert Raikes Fulthorp, of Northallerton, Esq.; MARGARET ELLIS, 1729, ux. William Dent, of Sunderland, gent.; and Elisabeth Ellis, cæl. 1729. [See further, p. 144.]

ELLISES OF BUCKS AND OXON.

ELLIS of London, who mar. Elizabeth d. of Rev. Tho. Cornish Rector of Watlington, and sister of Rev. Richard Cornish Vicar of Milton co. Bucks, who died 1729, and of Rev. Tho. Cornish also Vicar of Milton, who died 1737, was probably father of

Rev. WILLIAM ELLIS, Vicar of Claversfield, co. Bucks, J. P. for Oxon and Bucks ob. 3rd March, 1795, t. 66. Anne his wife, ob. Nov. 27, 1775, at. 38. Their three daughters, Mary, Amy, and Martha, died young. (M. I. Claversfield Church, with a shield of arms defaced.) He was owner of the Manor of Stoke-Lyne, co. Oxf. He had issue, Sarah, Elizabeth, Ann, Letitia, who mar. 22 Jan. 1810 at St. Geo. Han. Sq. J. Smith esq. of Sandwich, and Julia (who died 11th Mar., 1824), who survived him, and an only son,

Rev. WILLIAM CORNISH ELLIS, M.A. of Merton Coll. Ox. Vicar of Stoke-Lyne, co. Oxf. In 1795 he was inducted Rector of Grove, co. Bucks, on the presentation of Philip, Earl

of Chesterfield; his father, W. Ellis, being collated thereto in 1784. He died 11 July, 1799, æt. 32.

ELLIS OF LINCOLN AND CHESTERTON, CO.
CAMBRIDGE.

[From 'Visitation of Lincoln,' 1643, and Kimber's 'Baronetage,' iv. 252.] ARMS.-Ellis of Kiddall.

LION ELLIS,* 3d s. of E. of Kiddall, Mayor of Lincoln had issue Sir WILLIAM ELLIS, Knt., 2d s. of the Close, Lincoln, one of the Council-in-Ordinary at York,† 1634; Elizabeth Ellis, ux. Thomas Thorold, Rector of Calthorp, co. Linc., 1636; and EDWARD ELLIS, eldest son, of Chesterton, Esq. (who died at Cambridge 20th Nov., 1596; he mar. Jane, d. of Thomas Stoteville, of Brinkley, co. Camb., Esq., who died 27th April, 1631, æt. suæ 78, and afterwards wife of Othowell Hill, D.C.L., by whom he had issue ROBERT ELLIS, S. & h., et. 13, 38 Elizabeth, of Chesterton, gent., ob. 18th Feb., 1613; Jane Ellis, ux. John Thorold, of Chesterton, Esq., 1619, mar. ante 1610; Edward Ellis, gent. waiter to Jac. I. and Car. I.; four other sons and two other daughters. Robert Ellis by Ursula Pell, had issue Edward Ellis, s. & h., t. 9 d. 10 Jac. I.). Sir William Ellis, by his wife Anne, eldest d. of Sir Edmund Thorold, of Haugh, Knt., had issue Martha Ellis, ux. Thomas Copledike, of Harrington; Mary Ellis, ux. William Lister, of Horncastle; Richard Ellis 2nd son; and

EDMUND ELLIS, 1634, who, by Mary, d. of Thomas Copledike, of Harrington, co. Linc., Esq., had issue

WILLIAM ELLIS, S. & h., at. 16, 1634; Thomas Ellis, æt. 5, 1634; Martha, Elizabeth, Mary, Ann, Eleanor, and Hesther. This was probably the William Ellis, of Wellingore, co. Linc., who was admitted a member of Gray's Inn, 1638 (Harl. MSS. 1912). Ellis of Wellinor, according to Harl. MSS., 1436, p. 32, bore the arms of E. of Kiddall, which were also in the Church of Metheringham, co. Linc. (Harl. MSS. 6829). [See further p. 148.]

ELLISES OF SUFFOLK AND YARMOUTH.

The following pedigree is chiefly from the College of Arms (with additions from Davy's Suffolk Pedigrees, among the

He was probably s. of Wm. Ellis of Kiddall and Joan Percehay, who was s. of Lionel P. (see p. 171).

+ Sir George Ellys was also one of this Council at the same time, and both with Sir Thomas Ellys were J. P. for the East Riding of York.

MSS. in the Brit. Mus.), drawn up, it would seem, by a Herald, and with rather a disdainful feeling to the Sir John Ellis therein mentioned, who probably refused to take out a grant of arms from the college.

THOMAS ELLIS, by Mary his wife, had

THOMAS ELLIS, Of Somerleyton, co. Suffolk, "an ordinary man and had no pretence to arms," was bap. there 15th May, 1596, and bur. at Ashley, in the same county, 5th Aug. 1646. By Sarah his wife, bur. at Ashley, 22nd July, 1646, he had issue

JOHN ELLIS, 2nd s., of Treslenden, co. Suffolk, born and bur. at Ashley. By Mary, d. of - Barre, of Syleham, Attorney of the Court of Wards, he had issue Sir JOHN ELLIS, Master of Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge, V.C. of the University, and M.P.; then seventy-two years old, and cœlebs. He died s. p. 1715, and was bur. in Caius College Chapel. He was commonly called "The Devil of Keys." He was knighted at Trinity College on the Queen and Prince visiting the University, 16th April, 1705. "The coat he pretends to is - a mermaid gules crowned with a mirror and comb; but I believe he hath no right to arms.'

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The other issue of Thomas and Sarah were:- -1. Thomas Ellis, of Lounde, co. Suffolk, who, by -Colville his wife, had issue; 3. Edward Ellis; 4. Nicholas Ellis; 5. Anthony Ellis ; 6. William Ellis. Sir John had a brother, Thomas Ellis, Srd s., merchant at Yarmouth, and Mayor there, who mar. Catherine, d. of John Fuller, of Yarmouth; and Anthony Ellis, of Yarmouth, merchant and Mayor there, who, by Margaret, d. of Welton, had issue

1. ANTHONY ELLIS, merchant and Mayor at Yarmouth; 3. Thomas Ellis, merchant of Jamaica, 1705; 2. John Ellis, Fellow of Caius College, calebs, 1705; Mary, mar. Rev. William Peters, Rector of Weeting, co. Norfolk; Elizabeth, ux.-Stacey, of Yarmouth; and Hannah, celebs, 1705. Anthony by his wife Ferrer, of Yarmouth, had issue

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ANTHONY ELLIS, D.D., Rector of St. Olave's, Old Jewry, Prebendary of Gloucester, and BISHOP OF ST. DAVID'S, 1752; he was bap. at Yarmouth, 8th June, 1690, and died 1761. He was presented in 1769 to the Vicarage of Great Marlow, co. Bucks, and was Chaplain of Lord Chancellor Macclesfield. By Anne, d. of Sir Stephen Anderson, Bart., he had issue

ELIZABETH FRANCES ELLIS (of whom see 'Notes and Queries').

SAMUEL ELLIS, R.N.,* was bur. at Yarmouth, co. Norfolk, circ. 1790; JOHN ELLIS, R.N., his brother, was at the taking of Quebec, 1759; he died July 28, 1793, æt. 60, and was bur. at

*See additional particulars of this family, pp. 149-50.

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