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By FREDERIC FANE, Esq. 



LTHOUGH very small, the picturesque church of 

 Ellingham is of interest both for its venerable 

 appearance and its connection with the History of 

 Alice Lisle, who is here buried, which you have 

 already heard. 



The church was probably built somewhere about 

 1230, as we find no Norman remains in or about 

 the church that I am aware of, the earliest features of the church 

 being Early English in character. 



At that time, that is in 1163, it was given by William de 

 Solariis to the Abbey of Saint Sauveur le Vicompte in N'ormandy, 

 between Cherbourg and Bayeux, from which its duties were probably 

 served, and which was under the protection of John Chandos, to 

 whom the estate there was given by Ed. III. 



The tombs which you Avill see on the floor of the Chancel belong 

 proV)ab]y to the Friars, who came from Normandy to serve in this 

 church until the suppression of the alien Priories by the 3rd Henry 

 V. in 1414. The tithe was given by Henry VI. to Eton College.* 



* We learn from Domesday B jok that Cola, the King's liuntsman, hold 

 this manor in tlie time of King Edwaiil, probably a great forest official, 

 but there is no mention of a church, 



