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JOHN ELLYS, of C., lived the 44 & 47 of Edward III., and the 12 of Richard II. (1388). His sonne and heire was

HENRY ELLYS, of C., who lived the 14 of Henry IV. (1412). THOMAS ELLYS, s. of Henry, in his will, d. 1447, mentions his d. Agnes, and his wife Agnes, to whom lands for life, and then to the heirs of their body. He was father of

BERNARD ELLYS, of C., hee made his will, 12 Henry VII. (1496), and mar. Margaret —. John Ellys, his brother, of C., lived the 49 (? 39, which was the last year of his reign) of Henry VI., as by his deed it appears. In 1470, he made his will, and directs Agnes his wife, and John Mace, his executors, to dispose of his personalty. Bernard had issue, John, Henry, Bernard, Richard, Agnes, Catharine, and

THOMAS ELLYS, his s. & h., of C., who made his will 20 Henry VIII. (1528). By his wife Joane, d. of John Hawte, he had issue Henry Ellys, of C., who, 2 Edward VI. (1547), made a release to his brother John, Alice, Joan, and his s. & h.

JOHN ELLYS, of C., who mar. Juliana, d. of John Shott, of C. By her he had issue Richard Ellys, who died s. p., and

JOHN ELLYS, of C., lived the 5 Car. I., as by his deed to his sonn; in his will styled yeo. d. 5th July, 1625, pr. 14 Mar., 1638, at Rochester. He mar. Ann, d. of William Holmes, of C., descended from the ancient family of H. of the North. By her he had issue, Ann, ux. Christopher Comport, of C., gent., both living 1652; and

JOHN ELLYS, of C., gent., only sonn and heire. Will d. 13th Aug., pr. 26th, 1652, at Doctors' Commons. He mar. Mary, d. of John Scudder, of Northcray, co. Kent, and had issue Anne, 1st d., Mary, 2nd d., a minor, 1652, ux. John Stevens, of Bromley, gent., ob. 26th Aug., 1689, æt. suæ 54; on her monument the arms of Stevens impaling Ellis (Thorpe's Reg. Roff., p. 929), and

JOHN ELLYS, only son now living, 1647, under age, 1652.

The following persons cannot at present be connected with each other, nor with the main stock: John Ellis, of C., yeo., in his will, d. 1605, and pr. 1608, mentions his sons Richard and Thomas. Thomas Ellis, of C., in his will, d. 18th May, 1618, mentions his brothers, Richard and John; one of the witnesses being Bernard Ellis. Nicholas Ellis, of C., in his will, d. 1590, proved 1597, mentions his sons Roger and Robert, and his d. Sylvester. William Ellis, of C., singleman, by his will, pr. 1638, gives his lands in C. to Griffith Obbert, his uncle, and Sylvester his wife, and their heirs; £10 to James, s. of Bernard Ellis, and half-a-crown each to Sarah, Joan, William, and Bernard Ellis,

br. and sisters, and half-a-crown to Elizabeth, d. of Nicholas Ellis, who was perhaps the Nicolas E., of Hartley, whose will was pr. 1615. Bernard Ellis, yeo., ob. 9th Feb., 1667, æt. 62 yrs., 4m., M. I. Erith (Thorpe's Reg. Roff., p. 988). Bernard Ellis was admitted a member of Gray's Inn, 1661. This is doubtless the Bernard Ellis, Esq., of Greenwich, whose will is proved at Doctors' Commons, 1716; probably he was son of James Ellis, of St. Albans, who was admitted of Gray's Inn, 1626 (Harl. MSS. 1912). James Ellis, of Dartford, probably s. of Bernard, voted at the election for Sussex, 1734, in respect of a freehold at South Harting, in West Sussex; the register of which parish records the following baptisms of issue of Mr. James Ellis and Christiana his wife: viz., Christiana, Jan. 17, 1707; Lydia, March 9, 1709; Barnard, Aug. 26, 1712; and John, Oct. 2, 1713. His name is mentioned in several fines of land about Dartford.

ELLIS OF CHISELHURST AND HERTFORDSHIRE.

The following pedigree is from a book in the College of Arms, marked "D24," p. 53, with additions from wills, etc. No arms are given with it, but the arms borne by the family, as impaled on the monuments of the sister and daughter of John Ellis, Sheriff of Herts, 1668, are the same as granted that year to Ellis, Esq., of St. Paul's Churchyard (Grants, v. 278, Coll. of Arms), viz., azure, on a fess arg. three torteaux between six cross crosslets fitchée of the second. CREST.-a demi lion rampant arg. collared gules bearing three cross crosslets fitchée arg., the arms being substantially those of Thomas Ellis, of Sandwich, who lived temp. Richard II. The family do not seem to have been aware that their progenitors of Chiselhurst bore arms, or could not make out their filiation.

JOHN ELLIS, of Chiselhurst, had issue Mary; Elizabeth, ux. -Glover [and probably James Ellis, of St. Albans, admitted member of Gray's Inn, 1626 (Harl. MSS. 1912), who might be the James Ellis, Esq., who mar. Dorothy, d. of Richard Sadleir, of Sopwell, co. Herts, by Joyce, d. of Robert Honywood, of Charing, and bap. at Stondon, Jan., 1609 (Berry's Herts Gen., p. 9)], and

JOHN ELLIS, of St. Albans, co. Herts, gent., who, by Elizabeth, d. of John Chamberlaine, of King's Clere, co. Southampton, had issue Elizabeth, wife of Robert Rudston, s. of Belknap R., of Boughton Monchelsey, co. Kent, Esq., who died 21st Aug., 1612, and was bur. in Harpenden Church, co. Herts, with his and his wife's arms impaled (Clutterbuck's Herts, i. 415);

William Ellis, Thomas Ellis [who might be the Thomas Ellis who mar. Anne, d. of Francis De la Wood, of Great Hornmead, co. Herts, which Anne was bap. 30th Apr., 1637, and had issue William Delawood Ellis (Berry's Herts Gent., p. 226)], Rowland Ellis, and

JOHN ELLIS, of St. Julian's, co. Herts, Esq., High Sheriff of the County, 1668. He mar. twice; 1st, Elizabeth, d. of Bridges, of Lancashire; 2nd, Rebecca, d. of Richard Read, of London, Esq., who died 1682. By his first wife he had issue Anne, ux. Thomas Chamberlaine, of London, Esq., who are bur. in St. Albans Church, the arms of C. impaling Ellis (Clutterbuck's Herts, i. 70); Rebecca, Elizabeth, Mary, Sarah, and Martha; James Ellis, eldest son, born 15th Mar., 1643, died 29th June, 1668 (M. I. St. Stephen's Church); Richard Ellis, s. & h., æt. 12, 1669; Thomas, John, and James. John Ellis, in his will, d. 30th June, 1680, and pr. 1682, at London, describes himself of the City of London, and of St. Stephen's, co. Herts, Esq. The advowson of the Vicarage of St. Stephen's which he had purchased, he therein gives to Rebecca his wife for life; remainder to his 2nd s. Thomas, to his 3rd s. John, and his 4th s. James, successively, in tail male; remainder to the heirs of his 2nd s. Thomas for ever [Thomas suffered a common recovery of the advowson, 2 James II., and with Mary his wife, levied a fine to the use of Henry Killigrew, in fee (Clutterbuck's Herts, p. 230)]. His messuage and lands, called St. Julian's, and all his other his real estate in Herts, and his messuage in London, he gives to his wife for life (in lieu of £290 per ann. jointure); and then to his 2nd s. Thomas in tail male, remainder to his 3rd and 4th sons: lands and tenements in the Fens of the Isle of Ely and Cambridge, to his 3rd s. John in tail, remainder to his 4th s. James; lands in Kent to his s. Thomas, in fee; his lands charged with an annuity of £100 to his eldest s. Richard, on condition of his not claiming any interest in the lands devised; £1000 each to his sons John and James, and daughters Sarah, Elizabeth, and Martha, at twenty-one; d. Rebecca, ux. Thomas Arris, if she should become a widow, £500; mentions sisters Dorothy and Ellis, and their children: there are numerous other bequests and persons named.

THOMAS ELLIS, the chief inheritor of his father's wealth, is mentioned in a Fine, East. T., 2 Jac. II., between Francis Gosfright, merchant, Complainant, and Thomas Ellis, gent., and Mary his wife, Richard Ellis, merchant, and Thomas Chamberlaine, and Anne his wife, Deforciants, of 52a. fresh marsh, in Walmer, Deal, Mongeham, and Sholdon; this being the property apparently conveyed by fine in those parishes, in East. T., 1657, by Nicholas Darrell, Esq., to John Ellis, Esq. Thomas was probably father of

WILLIAM ELLIS, of St. Julian's, Esq., whose d. Grace was wife of Rev. James Dalton, (who was bo. 1713, and died 1788,) Rector of Stanmore.

FRANCIS ELLIS, s. of Edmund Ellis, of Stone acre, gent., bap. 1597, and living at his father's death in 1615, inherited lands in Bennington and Hertingfordbury, co. Herts, from his relative Thomas Ellis, of Kennington, gent., and might have left issue.

ELLIS OF PEMBURY AND MARDEN, CO. KENT; AND HEATHFIELD, CO. SUSSEX.

There is no doubt that the THOMAS ELLIS, mentioned in the will of Henry Ellis, of Marden (p. 88), and afterwards of Lydd, gent., 1633 (s. of Edmund Ellis, of Stoneacre, gent., and Anne Fryer) (p. 86), as one of his brothers, was the Thomas Ellis who lived and died at Pembury. By the Subsidy Roll, Thomas Ellis, gent., is rated, 1 Car. I., for lands at Headcorn, co. Kent., and again 4 Car. I., as also in the former year for lands in the hundred of Maidstone. Sep. 23, 1628, Thomas, s. of Thomas Ellis, is baptized at Headcorn, and Feb., 23, 1628-9, buried. In Easter Term, 9 Car. I., Thomas Ellis, gent., and Elizabeth, his wife,. convey lands in Rucking and Warehorne, to Edmund Ellis, gent. In Hil. Term, 2 Car. I., Thomas Ellis, gent., and William Gillymer, are Complainants, and Thomas Mills, and Judith hist wife, Deforciants, in a Fine of lands in Hothfield. In Trinity Term, 8 Car. I., Thomas Jeffrey, and Mary, his wife, convey to Thomas Ellis lands and tenements in Tewdly, Pembury, and Tunbridge; and in 16 Car. I., Thomas Elice is rated to the Subsidy of that year for his lands at Tudely, being the highest tax-payer in the parish.

Thomas Ellis, of Pembury, " made his will with his own hand, signed with his name and seal," April 18, 1650, which was proved 8th Aug. following, by the executor and executrix, at Doctors' Commons. After a religious preamble, he devises to his eldest son, Thomas Ellis, the messuage and lands wherein he dwells, called Pellett Gate, in Pembury, with the barns, etc. and all his copyhold lands in Tunbridge, at twenty-one years of age, and to the heirs of his body; remainder in tail to his 2nd son, Valentine Ellis, at twenty-one; remainder to his 3rd son, Henry Ellis, in tail, at twenty-one; remainder to his 4th son, Edmund Ellis, in tail, at twenty-one; remainder to his right heirs. To his son Valentine, parcel of land called Lower Perkins, in Pembury and Tudely, at twenty-one; to his son Henry,

Upper Perkins, in Pembury, at twenty-one; to his son Edmund, Blague Field, in Tudeley, at twenty-one; to his daughters, Susan, Anne, and Sarah Ellis, £20 each at nineteen or marriage; to his wife Anne, a chamber, etc., in his house, and his goods and chattels; she and son Thomas to be executors; agricultural implements, waggons, etc., to be sold; his son Thomas to allow his brothers and sisters £3 per ann. each, whilst minors, if they disagree and leave his roof; messuage at Haysden Green, in the occupation of Moses Hodges, to be sold; his son-in-law, Richard Hayward, of Tattesfield, yeo., and brother-in-law, Jurdaine Gilbert, of Hadlow, yeo., to be overseers; witnesses, William Terry and Michael Hartridge.

Richard Hayward died in 1662, and his wife Elizabeth, then living, and the mother of his children, in 1696. In 1662, their daughter Elizabeth was wife of Robert Holmden, so that the mother must have been born before 1630, probably before the son bap. at Headcorn, in 1628, as another son, viz., Thomas, the eldest, must have been born in 1629, to have been of age to prove his father's will. Thomas Ellis, of Pembury, certainly married twice; that is shown (if no otherwise) by the terms of the grant of administration, dated 26th June, 1669 (at Rochester), to the effects of Anne, his widow, late of Pembury; the bond being "of Edmund Ellis, Brenchley,* sicklesmith, natural sonn, and Valentine Ellis, of Goudhurst, clothier," and having their autograph signatures in that order. It would appear, therefore, that at least Thomas and Valentine were by his first wife, who was doubtless the Elizabeth mentioned in the Fine of 9 Car. I. There is some reason to suppose she was the daughter of a Valentine Austen, of the family of Peter Austen, of Marden, living temp. W. & Mary, who, and whose ancestors, owned a Manor at Headcorn.

THOMAS ELLIS, of Tunbridge, gent., made his will, 30th May, 1668, which was proved, 1st July following, by his widow, Anne Ellis, at Rochester. After a religious preamble, he gives to his wife his personal estate; recites a mortgage of a parcel

*He afterwards went to and died at Lewes, as also did his br. Henry and sister Susan. The will of HENRY ELLIS, of Lewes, yeo. dated 23 Nov. 1669, was pr. 25 Jan. 1669-70, at Lewes. He therein gives all his household goods, chattels, and cattle to Margaret his loving wife, whom he appoints sole executrix, and appoints his father-in-law John Draper, and br. Edmund Ellis overseers of his will: Witnesses,-Wm. Coby [an attorney], John Draper, and Anne Dobson.

Administration was granted 22 Dec., 1673, of the effects of EDMUND ELLIS of St. Mary's Westout Lewes, to his br. Valentine Ellis, Tho. Martin, and Susannah Ellis, of Lewes. Inventory £65.98.

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