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1773; Ebenezer, bo. 24 Sep. 1774; Rebecca, born 15 Apl. 1777; Thomas, bo. 11 Dec. 1779; William, bo. 2 June 1783; and

ISAAC ELLIS of Sheffield, bo. 14 Apr. 1771, died 26 Feb. 1829, and bur. in Queen St. Chapel Yard. He mar. 26 Sep. 1796, Mary Stead, by whom he had issue,-Hannah, bo. 16 Dec. 1798; Isaac, bo. 30 Nov. 1799; Mary Ann, bo. 13 Dec. 1805; John,* bo. 24 Jan. 1811; and

BENJAMIN ELLIS of Sheffield, bo. 20 Aug. 1801, ob. 9 Oct. 1846, bur. in Queen St. Chapel Yard. He mar. 18 Mch. 1827, Mary Millington, by whom he had issue,-Mary-Sarah, bo. 23 Feb. 1828, mar. James Strachan of Docking, Norfolk; IsaacStead, bo. 14 Feb. 1830, ob. 20 May 1831; Elizabeth, bo. 30 Dec. 1831, mar. Edward Brown of Sheffield; Penelope, bo. 10 Apl. 1833, ob. 18 July 1835; Benjamin, bo. 30 Jan. 1835, mar. Elizabeth Gascoigne; and

JOHN ELLIS of 56 Upper Hanover St. Sheffield, bo. 13 Sep. 1842, mar. Elizabeth Rhodes.

ELLIS OF ESCRICK.

FRANCIS ELLIS s. of Michael E. of E. bur. 1731 (vide pp. 145 and 281), of Beningbrough yeo. 1786, and of Newton on Ouse by Mary his wife had issue 7 s. and 2 d., of whom Francis Ellis ob. 1844 in London s.p.; Benjamin Ellis lived and died at Chelsea, and had issue Francis, John, William and Mary; Richard Ellis of Green-Hamerton, died about 1826 and left 4 children; James Ellis of Beningbrough, died there, and left issue, James, of B. Wm., John, Michael, who died 1831, and Mary; John Ellis ;† and

WILLIAM ELLIS, bo. at Newton on Ouse Feb. 28 1765 or 73, and died June 1839 at York. By Mary Thornborough his wife he had issue,-Ann, bo. July 18, 1799, ob. Aug. 11, 1829 at York, and mar. 1820; and

THOMAS ELLIS, born at York died May, 29, 1852 at Greenwich, Assistant Astronomer Royal there. He mar. May 13,

* Stead Ellis, Architect of Dewsbury, s. of John Ellis esq. of Bradford, mar. Sep. 7, 1864, Elizabeth 2d d. of John Thompson, Springfield Place, Leeds.

+ JOHN ELLIS, eldest s. lived at Erswick in Huntington, co. York. and died at Long Preston Feb. 1834. By Elizabeth d. of Tho. and Eliz. Clementshaw his wife he had a d. Eliz. and a son,

FRANCIS ELLIS of Settle, bap. at Huntington May 7 (bo. May 1) 1792. He mar. Margaret Steele Aug. 25, 1816, and had issue,-Christopher Ellis, bo. 1820, ob. 1859, who by Alice Bolton had 1 s. and 2 d.; Francis Ellis, bo. 1822, who by Anne Robinson has 4 s. and 3 d.; Anne bo. and ob. 1821; and

JOHN ELLIS, eldest son, bo. 1817, ob. Apl. 20, 1867. He mar. 1st Feb. 1841, Phœbe Abbotson, who died 1847, leaving a d. Mary ux. Francis Charles Ellison. By his 2d wife Elizabeth Gibson, he left Three Daughters.

1827 Ann-Frances Jefferson, living 1867, by whom he left issue,―John Jefferson Ellis, bo. Apl. 3, 1831 at Greenwich, drowned at sea, Dec. 1849; Ellen Ellis, born May 1, 1833, at Gr. mar. 1853; Ann-Frances Ellis, bo. Oct. 11, 1843; and

WILLIAM ELLIS, F.R.A.S. Assistant Astronomer Royal, Greenwich, bo. Feb. 20, 1828, at Greenwich.

ELLIS OF BArnburgh.*

Bap. 1562, 6 Nov. Robert Ellis.
1562, 30 Sep. Mary Ellis.
1565, 16 Sep. Elizabeth Ellis.
1565, 14 Oct. John Ellis.
1568, 28 Nov. Katharine Ellis.
1572, 20 July, Margaret Ellis.
1583, 20 Sep. Elizabeth Ellis.
1584-5, 28 Feb. James Ellis.
1586, 2 Oct. Katharine Ellis.

Bur. 1560, 13 Aug. Thomas s. of Richard Ellis.
1569, 30 Mch. Thomas Ellis.

1569-70, 13 Jan. Richard Ellis.

1570-71, 19 Jan. Katharine Ellis.

1579-80, 7 Jan. "Johanna spuria Annæ Ellis.”
1587, 6 April, Janet Ellis widow.

1591, 3 July, Jennet Ellis.

Mar. 1614, 7 July, John Hall and Margaret Ellis. 1559-60, 4 Feb. John Cawwodd and Elizabeth E. 1572, 15 Dec. Edmund Fraunce and Agnes Ellis. 1586, 6 Dec. Edward Ellis, and Jane Crawshawe. 1587, 29 Oct. Francis Wilson and Mary Ellis. 1636, 30 Oct. Henry Hall and Elizabeth Ellis. Bap. 1690, 21 Apl. (bo. 14) Jane d. of John and Frances E. 1691-2, 22 Jan. (bo. 14) Mary d. of the same.

1692, 26 Oct. (bo. 7) John s. of Abraham and Sarah E. Bap. 1696, 21 Apl. (bo. 20) Mary d. of John and Frances E. 1697-8, 23 Jan. (bo. 15) Francis s. of the same.

1698, 27 Mch. (bo. 17) William s. of Abraham and Sarah

E.

1699, 11 June (bo. 2) Elizabeth d. of John and Frances E.

1700, 22 Dec. (bo. 13) Mathew s. of Abraham Ellis.

Bur. 1690, Oct. 17, Jane d. of John and Frances E.

*These extracts from the register of Barnburgh were kindly furnished by the Rev. James F. Dimock, the Rector, through Charles Jackson esq. of Balby, Don

caster.

Bur. 1695, Feb. 8, Mary d. of the same. 1698, 8 Mch. Francis s. of the same. 1699, 5 June, Mary d. of the same.

Richard Ellis the first of Lepton, living 1421, would appear to have obtained that manor, from his relative Robert Ellis s. of Sir Wm. Ellis of Everingham, as it and Farburne, with others constituted 2 Knight's fees held by Robert 3 Hen. VI. and which 22 Hen. VII. were all in the hands of John Everingham. (Harl. MSS. 803 fo. 74.)

ARMS OF ELLIS OF WHOM PEDIGREES ARE WANTING.

ELLIS of Holdesworthy, co. Devon, bears, or, on a cross crossletty below perced above [or rather a cross, whose upper ends terminate in mascles, and its lower ones in plain crosses] (De la Pole's Devon,' 4to, p. 481).

ELLIS.-Ar., a lion rampant sable, on the shoulder a dolphin ar.

ELLYS.-Sable six plates three, two, and one; another, the field gules; the former are also borne by Punchardon.

ELLIS.-Ar., a saltier gules.

ELLIS or Elowe.-Sable three legs in pale or.

ELLIS of Peterborough bore vert, three eagles displayed in fess or (Harl. MSS. 1553, p. 88).

ELLIS, of Dent.—Argent, a cross couped and raguly between four Cornish choughs proper.

ELLIS.-A lion rampant argent tail forked, langued gules.

ELLIS.-Gules, a lion rampant arg., tail forked, armed or, oppressed with a bend azure; another with a fess.

Robert FITZ ELLIS de Newton, port d'argent et une chef d'azure dancetté (Roll of Arms, temp. Edward III., Collectanca Top. and Gen., ii. 320).

ELLIS.-Argent, a saltier gules.

ELLIS.-Or, a pale gules.

ELLIS.

two pallets or.

ELLIS.-Azure, three pallets or.

ELLIS.-Azure, three piles or (Harl. MSS. 1530, p. 15).

HELLIS.-Per pale argent and gules a lion passant or.

HELLES and HELLIS.-Sable, a bend and chief argent; another, the field gules. The bend alone was the bearing of Helles of Kent, the bend and chief also of Helwysh. (See Note to p. 14.)

HELLIS.-Sable, a fess counter embattled between three leopards' faces or. HALLIS.-The same except the field gules, the fess or, and the charges argent. ELLYS.-On a fess embattled counter embattled argent three leopards' faces gules.

HELIAS.-Arg., three bends gules, in chief a label sable.

The Crest of Ellis of Kiddall and Stoneacre.

In a chapter in the Notices (pp. 237-262) on the Arms and Crest of these families, and on the mermaid etc., I arrived at the conclusion "that the crest of the naked female borne with the arms of the cross and crescents was merely a difference of the crest of the mermaid" (p. 249). This opinion I have since seen reason to renounce. In an article of mine in the Herald and Genealogist for October 1867 "On the use of Antique

Gems as Mediæval Seals," I have given instances of that practice and expressed the opinion that the naked female was originally adopted as a crest by Sir Archibald Elys or some other crusader, from having found in the East a gem with that device, and I stated that the Rev. C. W. King (author of a Treatise on Antique Gems) "informs me that Polyænus the historian relates that an ancient Persian monarch used for his signet the precise crest of the Elyses, to commemorate the circumstance of Semiramis suddenly quitting a bath naked and her hair dishevelled to quell a revolt."

In the same work also appears (p. 526) a short article written by me on the motto of Ellis and Newton, HUIC HABEO NON TIBI first appearing in the Visitation of Yorkshire 1612 as the motto of Ellis of Lepton in that county. It appears to have been borne by the family of Newton of Barre's Court as early as 1661, who bore as a crest a Saracen King. This latter circumstance together with the connection of the Newton family with Welsh families who bore the cross and crescents begot a conjecture in my mind that the motto had some connection with the adoption of the crest, and that the crest of the Saracen King (which was granted in 1567) embodied some tradition connected with the Ellis crest and coat of arms as having a crusading origin, which however was not the case with the latter though it probably was of the crest; after ages ignorant of the actual circumstances inventing others (as the capture of the Saracen maiden) as a feasible explanation.

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List of Recipients of Nos. I, III, and IV.*

The asterisk* prefixed indicates those to whom the three numbers have been sent, but who have not acknowledged the receipt of them. The mark + those who have received Nos. II and III, and to whom No. IV has been sent, but returned through the Post Office as having "gone away and left no address." These can still have No. IV on application to the Author. Some of the Recipients have returned, others have lost one or more of the numbers. These, with those who received No. II only, are omitted in this List.

LONDON AND SUBURBS.

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Ellis, R. Y., esq., 29 Addison Gardens, South Kensington.
Capt. W. (R.N.), Shooter's Hill.

Charles, esq., Common, Plumstead (2 and 3).

E. W., esq., Caversham Road, Kentish Town.

J. W., esq., 34 Guilford Street, W.C.

Thomas, esq., 4 Old Buildings, Lincoln's Inn (2 and 3).

Ellice, Edw., M.P., 1 John Street, Berkeley Square.

Capt. Henry, 3 Chester Terrace, Chester Square.
Wm., esq., 27 Upper Brook Street.

Mrs., Palace, Hampton Court.

*Ellis, Misses, 37 Russell Square.

*

Miss, 29 Elgin Crescent, Notting Hill.

Mrs. Wm., 46 Cadogan Place, Sloane Street.

Mrs., 25 Harrington Square, N.W.

Mrs., 21 Kentish Town Road.

Mrs., 81 Kensington Gardens Square, W. (2 and 3).

Tho, esq., 3 Brixton Villas, Brixton Grove, Clapham Road.

Mrs. Geo., 15 Warwick Road, Maida Hill, W.

Samuel, esq., 50 Oxford Terrace, Edgware Road, W.

Wm., Esq., The Oaks, Cintra Park, Upper Norwood.
Capt. Arthur, 64 Chester Square.

Albert A., esq., 36 Bread Street, E.C. (2 and 3).
Wm., Esq., 10 Park Terrace, Barnsbury Park.

Charles, esq., Ambassador's Court, St. James' Palace.

Charles Willatt, esq., 42 Kensington Square, W.
Charles James, esq., 17 Talbot Road, N.

Edw., esq., Lloyd street, Pentonville.

Henry, esq., 31 Doddington Grove, Kennington.

John, esq., Clarence Cottage, Upper Albany Street (2 and 3).

Fred. Charles, esq., 17 Gloucester Crescent, Hyde Park (2 and 3).

Wm. esq., 40 Clifton Gardens, Maida Hill, W.

Wm., esq., 4 Hans Terrace, Chelsea (2 and 3).

James, esq., Montague Villas. Evelyn Street, Deptford.

Wynn, esq., 30 Cadogan Place, S.W.

No. I which was published by Mr. J. R. Smith, Bookseller, 36 Soho Square, London, price 2 shillings, may be had of him, by book post, for 25 stamps, of whom may be had, by the same Author,

A Plea for the Antiquity of Heraldry, 8vo. pp. 21, price one shilling, by book post for 13 stamps; also

Hurstpierpoint; its Lords and Families, 8vo. pp. 40, with 5 engravings, price Eighteen Pence, or by book post, for 19 stamps.

A few copies of the 3 Plates, being views of Kiddall and Stoneacre, and the Arms of Ellis of Stoneacre, have been printed in 4to size for framing, and may be had of Mr. Smith for 1s. each, or by book post 1s. 1d.

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