Moderately full diaries which includes details of fees for churchings and burials, allocation of tithes and also many references to the brother of John Ellis, Morgan Ellis, who was also an Anglesey curate.
Diaries of the Rev. John Ellis
This material is held atArchifdy Prifysgol Bangor / Bangor University Archives
- Reference
- GB 222 BMSS/570-577
- Dates of Creation
- 1771-1785
Scope and Content
Administrative / Biographical History
Reverend John Ellis was vicar of Llanbadrig in Anglesey from 1770 to 1777, and of Llanrug in Caernarfonshire from 1777 to 1792. He was the son of Henry Ellis, a Caernarfon solicitor and clerk of the peace, whose first wife was Elizabeth Thomas of Coed Helen, his second was John Ellis' mother, a member of the Taltreuddyn and Llanfair-is-gaer families. The Ellis family provided many Anglesey and Caernarfon clerics; Reverend Ellis's brother Morgan held various incumbencies in the county of Anglesey. It seems John Ellis was a connoisseur of fine wines and ales, was interested in literature and friendly with the local gentry.
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