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Yarmouth; by a daughter of Charles Nicholls, Esq., of Framlingham, he had issue

1. JOHN ELLIS, R.N., Lieut. of the Goliath,' 1797; he died at South-Town, near Great Yarmouth, May 11, 1848, æt. 72; his wife died two days previously, at. 74. 3. FRANCIS WILSON ELLIS, R.N., of Yarmouth, 1855, ob. June 17, 1858, æt. 68, at Southwold; a daughter bo. at Deal, 1780, dead 1855; and Sir SAMUEL BURDON ELLIS, K.C.B., Major-General in the Army, ―of Old Charlton, near Woolwich, 1855, bo. at Margate, 1782; by his first wife Catharine Matilda, who died Dec. 22, 1847, at Chatham, he had issue, S. B. Ellis, Lieut. of, ob. Dec. 18, 1847, æt. 23, at Chatham: he mar. 2ndly, March 13, 1851, at Brompton, co. Kent, Louisa, d. of William Drayson, Esq., of Brompton, by whom he had issue

ALFRED ELLIS, æt. 4, 1855; and WARREN ELLIS, æt. 18 months, 1855.

[Sir Samuel and his brother Francis received augmentations of military and naval emblems of their family armorial bearings, which were three eels, and the crest a mermaid, holding in her hands a mirror and comb.]

THOMAS ELLIS, of Cotton, M.D.,* died 21st Aug. 1724, æt. 73, and was bur. at Cotton. By Mary his wife he had issue, John Ellis of Caius Coll., Camb., ob. 18th Aug. 1696, æt. 23, bur. in St. James's Church, Bury; Thomas Ellis, M.D., of Harleston, and

WILLIAM ELLIS, eldest son, of Westhorpe, surgeon; ob. 11th Oct. 1719, æt. 40, bur. at Cotton; by Ann Pell he had issue JOHN ELLIS, Esq., of Cotton, ob. 1739, s.p. He mar. Frances, d. of Robert Harland, of Sproughton, co. Suffolk, who re-mar. June, 1741, Sir William Gage, Bart. (Kimber, 'Baronetage,' ii. 250).

ELLISES OF CORNWALL.

William Mohun, of Posselynche, co, Devon, mar., 1442, Margareta, d. of Robert Blerokke, by Johanna, d. & h. of John Fleming, lord of Meneley-Fleming and Ellys in Cornwall, who mar. Cecily, d. & h. of ELLIS, of Wyde. (Burke's 'Landed Gentry,' Supp. p. 318). The name, therefore, existed in that county in the 14th century.

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In Gilbert's Hist. of Cornwall are the following notices :Vol. iii. p. 83. Oct. 1620, Pascoe Ellis, Alderman of Penzance. P. 432. In the chancel (of Sennen) are some monuments, particularly to the Ellises, who have relinquished the

* John Ellis and Francis Ellis were parties to a fine of lands in Cotton, Easter Term, 1653. See also p. 273.

three eels mentioned by Mr. Hals, as an armorial bearing, and instead, have sculptured on these stones the blazon appropriated to the name throughout England, viz., or, on a cross sable

five crescents arg. P. 429. Trevear in this parish (Sennen) is

the dwelling of John Ellis, gent., attorney-at-law, who mar. - Davies, and giveth for his arms a field argent three eels

proper

ELLISES OF DEVONSHIRE, GLOUCESTERSHIRE, AND WORCESTERSHIRE.

A branch of the Yorkshire Ellises seems to have settled early in Devonshire. In Harl. MSS. 1417, p. 24, the cross and crescents are attributed to

Sir JOHN ELYS, of Devon, who mar. Alianor Russell, of Hereford, and by her had issue.

JOHN ELYS, ob. s. p. Giliave Ellis, d. & coh. ux. Sir Henry Fielding,* of Lutterworth, co. Leicester, and Jacqueta, d. & coh. ux. Everard Digby, living 1434. But on the monument of Digby in Treathly Church, co. Leic., another coat, as his wife's, is impaled by him, viz., or, a dolphin embowed azure debruised by a bend sinister or, on a chief azure a stork proper collared or (vide Nichols's Leic., iii. 472, and ii. 262); but these, if correct, might be the arms of the heiress of some family into which the Ellises had married, and were adopted by them in lieu of their ancient coat; for JOHN ELLYS, of Ellys, co. Devon (i.e., the manor of Ellys, named after the family), who was probably of the same stock as the foregoing, bore the cross and crescents, whose d. Margaret was wife of Nicholas Maynard, of Sherford, co. Devon, who died 10 Hen. VIII.

7 Hen. IV. a fine was levied between John Bullock, Clerk, and Roger Yarde, Clerk, complainants, and JOHN ELYS, of Ashlegh, and Margaret his wife, defendants, of lands and tenements in Toustoke and Atherington, co. Devon, and Minterworth and Hampton, co. Gloucester. He was probably an

cestor of

THOMAS ELLIS, of Elmore, living 34 Elizabeth.

JOSEPH ELLIS (possibly his son), of Elmore, in 1628 purchased a manor in Hardwick, co. Gloucester. His will was pr. 1654. He had issue, Daniel, Joshua, Roger, and [continued p. 152]

* In 'Pedigrees of Devon Families,' (Harl. MSS. 1538) it is said that the following coat was granted by Christopher Barker, Garter, to John Ellis, whose d. mar. Sir Everard Fielding, of Warwick: viz. Arg. on a chevron gules an escallop between two crescents or, on a chief party per pale gules and arg. a greyhound courant pelletée counter-changed. This, if true, cannot refer to the parties in the

text.

Rev. EDMUND ELYS, Rector of East Allington, co. Devon, by Ursula, d. of John Carew, of Hacombe, Esq., had issue

Rev. EDMUND ELYS, bo. at Hacombe, Rector of E. A. 1693.

Major-Gen. JOHN JOYNER ELLIS, who died 1803, s. of Joyner, of Berkeley, co. Gloucester, was adopted by, and took the name of, Governor Ellis (whose family lived at Lansdown Crescent, Bath), and purchased property in Kempsey, co. Worcester. He had issue

Sir HENRY W. ELLIS, Colonel in the 23rd Reg. of Royal Welsh Fusiliers. He was killed at the Battle of Waterloo, et. 35, and is commemorated by a monument in Worcester Cathedral. His only son

Major FRANCIS JOYNER ELLIS, of the 62nd Reg., died in 1840, at Moulmain, in the East Indies. William Joyner, Esq., of Berkeley, br. of Major-Gen. John Joyner Ellis, took the name of Ellis on the death of his nephew. By his wife, who died at an advanced age, at Berkeley, April 16, 1840, he had issue WILLIAM JOYNER ELLIS, Esq., Coroner of Gloucester, who died July, 1855, leaving Susan his widow, of Berkeley, 1866. (See further, p. 154.)

WILLIAM ELLIS, Esq., of Worcester, left issue

JOHN ELLIS, Esq., of Claines, who d. s. p., leaving Milicent his sister and heir, born 1742, ob. 1810, who mar. Samuel Wall, Esq., of Worcester, "whose 2nd s. Samuel Wall, Esq., of Worthy Park, Hants, inherits the valuable estates of the Ellises in Herefordshire and Worcestershire, which have been a long while in the family." (Burke's Landed Gentry.') In the Visitation of Herefordshire, 1586 (Harl. MSS. 1140, p. 135), amongst the arms of the gentry of the county are those of ELLIS, viz., Sable, a cross between four crescents or. This may be an actual variation, or a misreading of the Kiddall coat. An Inquisition was held on the death of JOHN ELLIS, gent. of that county, who died 18th Dec., 3 Car. I., leaving JOHN ELLIS, his s. & h. æt. 5 y. 3 m. 15 d.

ELLISES OF SALOP, WARWICKSHIRE, AND

LEICESTERSHIRE.

Administration was granted, 1621-2, to Jane, his relict, of the effects of RALPH ELLIS, late of Penley, in Ellesmere, gent. dec.

Amongst the list of the indigent officers who had suffered in the royal cause in Salop, and were relieved by Parliament, 1662, occurs the name of PHILLIP ELLIS, Capt. of a Foote Company in the Regiment of Sir Nicolas Byron, and of a John Gregory,

Lieut. in the Reg. of Coll. ROBERT ELLIS. (Coll. Top. & Gen. vii. 316.)

Amongst the list of resident gentry for Warwick, 1577-8, occurs the name of ELLYS. (Ibid. viii. 299.) The arms of Ellis of Warwicksh. are those of Kiddall, except that the field is argent.

John, s. of WILLIAM ELYS, of Okethorp, co. Leic., was living 20 Edw. II. Elias de Okethorp was witness to a charter without date of William, s. of Elys de Okethorp. Geoffrey Elys was living temp. Edw. III. (Nichols' Leic. iii. 1026-33-4.)

JAMES ELLIS, gent., was twice Mayor of Leicester; his will is d. Nov. 7, 1617. JAMES ELLIS, gent., was also Mayor, whose will is d. Jan. 16, 1628.

A branch of the Allises of Allington, in Hants, appears to have settled in Dorsetshire. In the Inquis. p. m. (i. 97), 16 Edw. I., WILLIAM ALIZ of Dorchester appears as the attorney of the Abbot and Convent of Byndon; and 6 Edw. III. (ii. 53), Walter, s. of WILLIAM ELYS, of East Burton, appears for the same religious house in respect of divers lands and tenements in East and West Burton, co. Dorset. And Hutchins, in his Hist. of Dorsetsh. (i. 263), says that, 15 Ric. II., the manor of East Burton belonged to HUGH ELYS. [See note to p. 231.]

ELLISES OF CAMBRIDGESHIRE.

Lysons, in his Topography of this county, says, (p. 262):"The Manor of Totchill, or Totehall, so called from an ancient family of that name, was at a later period for some time in the family of ELLYS, and is now the property of John Stevenson, Esq., whose mother was a daughter of Sir JOHN Ellys."

In Cole's MS. Collections (Brit. Mus.), vol. viii. p. 99, are the inscriptions to the memory of a family who might seem to be related to Sir John Ellys, Master of Caius Coll. ; viz., of JOHN ELLYS, late of Breham Hall, in the par. of Ely St. Mary's, who there lived, and died, æt. suæ 35, 19 Nov. 1711; of Rebecca his wife, afterwards of Thomas Humphrey, who died 22 Oct. 1728, æt. suæ 52; also of their children, Sarah, John, and Mary, who died young. The arms on the tombstone (in the churchyard) are—A mermaid combing her hair, and a mirror in her hand.

ELLISES OF ESSEX.

HUGH ELLICE, jure uxoris co-h. of the Manor of Warley-Franks, near Romford, ob. 30 June, 1538, leaving his s. & h.

WILLIAM ELYS, then aged 23, who died 14 Jan. 1543, leaving an only daughter,

ANNE ELLYS, 2 months and 7 days old (Inq. p. m. 'Morant's Essex,' i. 112).

JOHN ELLIS, of West Haningfield, gent., bore for his armsArgent, a mermaid or, and had issue a daughter,

JANE ELLIS, Ux. Richard Luckin, of Chignall Sinley, alias Frenchfold, co. Essex, gent., s. & h. of William L. of Mascalls. (Visitation of Essex, 1612; Harl. MS. 6065, p. 128.)

ELLISES OF BERKSHIRE.

1295. ROGER ELLIS was manucaptor of Bartholomew de Erle, Knt. of the Shire for Berks.

1433. JOHN ELYS, of Thatcham, is returned as one of the gentry of the county.

On a brass, on a gravestone lying near the high altar, in Shinfield Church (Charleton hundred), is the following inscription" Here lyeth the body of ANNE ELLYS, wife of JOHN ELLYS, of Shinfield, in the county of Berks, gent., daughter of John Gunter, of Barton, in the said county of Berks, Esq., departed this life the 17 day of September, anno Domini 1617. Vivit post funera virtus. Arms :-Or, on a cross sable five crescents arg. (Ellis) impaling . . . three gauntlets (Gunter)." [vide p. 156.]

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ELLIS OF WYHAM CO. LINCOLN. BART.

The following pedigree is from the Visitation of Linc., 1562. (Harl. MSS. 5874, p. 45; 1550, p. 36, and 1436, p. 32); and Inq. p. m. The arms given are-Gules, on a fess arg. three escallops azure between three crescents or. CREST.-On a wreath arg. and az. a garb vert bezantée. This coat and crest are said to be granted by Christopher Barker, Garter, to Thomas Ellis, of Swineshead: this is scarcely true, except of the crest, as long before the time of Barker the arms were borne by the family.

WILLIAM ELLIS, of Swineshead, in the hundred of Kirton, had issue

JOHN ELLIS, who had

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THOMAS ELLIS, of S., who died 37 Hen. VIII. and, by Agnes Marshall, of Notts., had Mary, ux. 1st. Humphrey Walcott, and 2ndly. Colville; a daughter, ux. Thomas Hough, of Whigtoff; Jane, ux. Richard Conny, of Basingthorp; John Ellis, s. & h. ad mortem patris æt. 50 et amplius, who must have died s. p. and been succeeded by his br.

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