Add MS 57557

SIR H. ELLIS AND H. J. ELLIS. Vol. I. Collections relating to the Ellis and related families; 1794-1924. Partly autograph and printed. This collection of genealogies was begun by Sir Henry Ellis, Principal Librarian of the British Museum, 1836-circa 1854, and continued, circa 1906-1924, by his grandson Henry John Ellis, Senior Assistant Keeper in the Department of Manuscripts,

Paper; ff. iv+221. Notebook (ff. iv+110) with paper covers over boards measuring 203 x 163mm., lettered in ink on spine 'FAM PEDIG.', with leaves countermarked 'Bevan & Co. 1834'. Folios 111-221 bound separately.

Contents:

1. ff. 1-110. Bound notebook bearing the title (f. 1) 'Memoranda Genealogica. 1836 H. E.'. This consists mostly of pedigrees, etc., of the families of Ellis (ff. 46-77), Belknap (ff. 3-4, 78-85), Moore (ff. 22v, 23) and Frost (ff. 24-44), some of them traced back to circa temp. Edward I. Further items, including several letters addressed to Sir H. Ellis, were tipped in between the leaves. Subsequently (see note on f. 1) H. J. Ellis added pedigrees of the related families of Lowth, Eden, Blackwell and Leigh (ff. 96-99).

2. ff. 111-221. Supplementary material (ff. 111-221), found loose in the notebook on its acquisition by the Library, incorporating (ff. 111-142) family correspondence, etc., of Sir Henry Ellis, 1816-1854, with some letters addressed to H. J. Ellis, etc. (ff. 143-174), 1899-1920. Also included are notes, printed pedigrees and newspaper cuttings, 1864-1924, n.d., relating to the families of Bidwell (ff. 147-174), Ellis (ff. 179-191), Belknap (ff. 192-198), Blackwell and Leigh (ff. 199-213).

Sir Henry Ellis, KH; Principal Librarian, British Museum: Corespondence with and rel. to members of his family: 1816-1854.

Henry John Ellis, Senior Assistant, département of Manuscripts, British Museum: Collections rel. to Ellis and related families: 1899-1924: Partly printed: Partly autogr.

Henry John Ellis, Senior Assistant, département of Manuscripts, British Museum: Correspondence with and rel. to members of his family: 1899-1920.

Sir Henry Ellis, KH; Principal Librarian, British Museum: Collections rel. to Ellis and related families: 1836-circa 1854: Partly printed: Partly autogr.

Ellis family: Collections rel. to Ellis and related families: 1836-1924: Partly printed.

includes:

• ff. 3-4, 78-85, 192-198 Belknap, al. Bellknap family: Collections rel. to Belknap family: 1836-1924: Partly printed.
• f. 11 Mary Jemima Belknap, daughter of J Belknap: Miss Bellamy: Letter to Miss — Bellamy from Mary Jemima Belknap: 1839.
• ff. 22v, 23 Moore family: Pedigree of Moore family: circa 1836-1854.
• ff. 24-44 Frost family: Collections rel. to Frost family: 1836-circa 1924: Partly printed.
• f. 25 William Bray, antiquary: Letter to Sir H. Ellis from William Bray: 1813.
• ff. 25, 56-59, 111-113, 118, 120-123, 130, 131, 133-139 Sir Henry Ellis, KH; Principal Librarian, British Museum: Correspondence: 1813-1856.
• ff. 31v, 32 Obituaries: John Frost, of Lymington: Notice and obituary of John Frost: 1841, 1842: Printed.
• f. 52 University of Oxford: Newspapers; Great Britain and Ireland. Oxford Herald: Oxford University Class List: 4 Dec. 1841: Printed.
• ff. 56-59, 120-127 John Joseph Ellis, the elder; Rector of St. Martin Outwich: Letters to his brother, Sir H. Ellis from John Joseph Ellis: [1822?], 1845-1854.
• ff. 96-99 Lowth family: Eden family: Pedigree of Lowth and Eden and related families: circa 1906-1924: Partly printed.
• ff. 96-99, 199-213 Blackwell family: Leigh family: Collections rel. to Blackwell and Leigh and related families: 1899-1924: Partly printed.
• f. 111 Thomas Tatham, of Mount Street: Letter to Sir H. Ellis from Thomas Tatham: 1816.
• f. 112 John Belknap, of Hackney: Letter to Sir H. Ellis from John Belknap: 1634.
• ff. 113, 118 William Smith Ellis, of the Middle Temple: Letters to Sir H. Ellis from William Smith Ellis: 1840, 1841.
• f. 116 Ellis Burroughes, of Stratton House, county Norfolk: William Smith Ellis, of the Middle Temple: Letter to William Smith Ellis from Ellis Burroughes: 1841: Copy.
• f. 128 John Joseph Ellis, the younger; Chaplain to the factory at Riga: Letter to his uncle, Sir H. Ellis from John Joseph Ellis: 1854.
• f. 130 Elizabeth Atkinson, niece of Sir H Ellis: Letter to Sir H. Ellis from Elizabeth Atkinson: 1854.
• f. 131 Henry Montagu Villiers, Bishop of Durham: Letter from Sir H. Ellis to Henry Montagu Villiers: 1855: Copy.
• ff. 133-139 George Stevenson Ellis, 5th son of John Joseph Ellis, the elder: Letters to Sir H. Ellis from George Stevenson Ellis: 1855-1856.
• f. 143 Edmund W. Farnall, of Blackheath: Letter to H. J. Ellis from Edmund W. Farnall: 1916.
• ff. 143-162, 199-208 Henry John Ellis, Senior Assistant, département of Manuscripts, British Museum: Letters, etc., to to Henry John Ellis: 1899-1920.
• ff. 144, 146 Helen Farnall, widow of E W Farnall: Letters to H. J. Ellis from Helen Farnall: 1918, n.d.
• ff. 147-162 Edith Bidwell, daughter of Leonard Bidwell, of Blackheath: Letters to H. J. Ellis from Edith Bidwell: 1912-1920.
• ff. 147-174 Bidwell family: Collections rel. to Bidwell and related families: 1912-1924: Partly printed.
• ff, 171, 172 Obituaries: Edith Bidwell, daughter of Leonard Bidwell, of Blackheath: Obituary of Edith Bidwell: 1919: Printed.
• ff. 179-184 William Smith Ellis, of the Middle Temple: Titlepage, etc., from his Notices of the Ellises: 1857-1866: Printed extracts.
• f. 188 A. S. Ellis: Kiddall Hall, West Riding of Yorkshire: View of Kiddall Hall, co. W. R. York. by A. S. Ellis: 1863: Engr.
• f. 199 J. W. Blackwell, of Westbourne Square: Letter to H. J. Ellis from J. W. Blackwell: 1899.
• ff. 201-208 Mary Helen Blackwell, wife of J W Blackwell: Letter, etc., to H. J. Ellis from Mary Helen Blackwell: 1910.
• f. 214 Margaret Trotter: Jane Lindsay Hepburne: Letter to her cousin, J. L. Hepburne from Margaret Trotter: 1830.