Notes:

--- "Launceston, Past and Present" by Sir Alfred Robbins, 1888, page 143-4:
On June 17 Eliot followed up this exposure by denouncing Mohun to the Lords, but three days later he was forced to abandon the attack by melancholy news from Cornwall, the Commons Journals of the twentieth containing the entry "Sir John Eliot, in respect of the death of his wife, hath leave to go down into the country." Lady Eliot had been failing in health for some time, but the end, which took place at Port Eliot, was sudden. Of her "all that is known to us is the tenderness with which her husband described, as 'a loss never before equalled,' what had befallen him by her death; and that she was said to have been so devoted to her children as never to have willingly consented to be absent from them . . . Care for his younger children appears to have occupied him at first; and some were placed with their mother's father, Mr. Gedie, of Trebursey, to whom Eliot is lavish of grateful expression for his service at this time."

Radigund married Sir John Eliot in Jun 1609. John (son of Richard Eliot and Bridget Carswell) was born on 11 Apr 1592 in Cuddenbeak, St. Germans, Cornwall; was christened on 20 Apr 1592 in St. German's, St. Germans, Cornwall; died on 27 Nov 1632 in Tower of London. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Will: 13 Feb 1661/62
• Probate: 04 Feb 1685/86

Notes:

--- "The Beauties of England and Wales" by John Britton, 1801, page 381:
Gives date of portrait in PE Dining Room of John Eliot son of Sir John as 1664.

--- "The Ancient Cathedral of Cornwall Historically Surveyed" by John Whitaker, 1804, Vol. 1, page 170:
Quoting Browne Willis.
His son and heir [John Eliot] "was buried here, near his grandfather, at the upper end of the south isle --- of this church, March 25, 1685." His only son, Daniel Eliot, esq. my father-in-law, departed this life about the 60th year of his age; was buried among his ancestors, October 28, 1702.

John married Honor Norton on 28 Nov 1632. Honor (daughter of Daniel Norton and Honor White) was born before 05 May 1611; was christened on 05 May 1611 in East Tisted, Hampshire; died before 01 Nov 1652; was buried on 01 Nov 1652 in St. German's, St. Germans, Cornwall. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Inherited his grandfather's estate of Trebursey in South Petherwin. Lived there and mostly likely died there. No burial record at St. Germans, so it's probable that he was buried at South Petherwin with his grandfather and other relatives. Died a bachelor.

Notes:

Elizabeth was the eldest daughter of Sir John Eliot (the great Patriot) and wife of Colonel Nathaniel Fiennes (second son of William Fiennes, 1st Viscount Saye and Sele, and later Speaker of Cromwell’s Parliament.

Brumby Hall in North Lincolnshire was bought and rebuilt for Nathaniel and Elizabeth (by his father) at the time of their marriage, and their arms can still be seen on the outside of the house today.

In her husband's 1669 will, instructions were given to his executors to take £10 and place a memorial in St. Lawrence Church for his "first and dearly beloved wife".

Elizabeth married Colonel Nathaniel Fiennes on 11 Aug 1636 in St. Mary's, Haynes, Bedford. Nathaniel (son of William Fiennes and Elizabeth Temple) was born in 1608 in Broughton, Oxfordshire; died on 16 Dec 1669 in Newton Toney, Wiltshire; was buried in St. Andrew, Newton Tony, Wiltshire. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

--- "A Complete Parochial History of the County of Cornwall" Vol. 4, Joseph Polsue, 1872, page 65:
The chief place of the parish is Trebursey, and property and residence of Charles Gurney, Esq. This interesting was formerly the property and residence of the family of Gedy or Gedye; Richard Gedy of this place was sheriff 21 James I., 1623; he married Katherine, daughter of Hugh Boscawen, Esq., of Tregothnan, and died circa 1629, leaving an only daugher and heiress named Radigund, who became the wife of Sir John Eliot, Knt. of Port Eliot, the celebrated patriot. Daniel Eliot, grandson of Sir John, dying without issue male, bequeather Trebursey to his relative Edward Eliot, great-grandson of Sir John through his fourth son Nicholas. William Eliot, a descendant of this Nicholas, erected the present handsome mandion on a new site; but succeeding his elder brother, he became the 2nd Earl of S. Germans, and sold Trebursey to the late David Howell, Esq., of Ethy, from whom it passed to the present proprietor.

--- "The Cornish Magazine" by Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch, 1898, page 292-3:
Both as clergyman and schoolmaster, Ruddle figures in his own narrative; and it is possible, therefore, to test his accuracy in points of detail. He sets out with two specific assertions--- that there was in his school a lad named John Eliot, son of Edward Eliot of Treberse (or, as it is more usually called, Trebursye), and that he 'preached at [his] funeral, which happened on the 20th day of June, 1665.' Now, the name of Edward Eliot, of Trebursye, was one not lightly to be used at Launceston, and in connection with a story, he being one of the most prominent of all the neighbouring gentry. He was the third son of Sir John Eliot, the illustrious patriot, into whose family the possession of Trebursye had come through his marriage with the daughter of richard Gedie, one of the victims of Charles I.'s oppression. While in his fatal confinement in the Tower, Sir John Eliot had written to his father-in-law, with whom the ten-year-old lad was staying at Trebursye, 'I hope God will bless him with his growth to overcome the defluxion in his eyes, against which I see no practice does prevail;' and when grandfather and father alike had passed away, and Edward Eliot had seen the troubled times of the Great Rebellion, the local love for his forbears cased him to be returned for Launceston to the Convention Parliament--- 'by the proper officer,' as it was reported to the House of Commons. But a son of Sir John Eliot was not likely to be in favour at Westminster just then, and the Restoration party ousted him from his seat upon some undiscovered pretext, and gave it to one of Monk's active intriguers, while almost simultaneously the Lords were petitioned by some Cornish widow with a grievance to exempt him and his eldest brother from the General Act of Indemnity until her claim against them had been satisfied. From that time Edward Eliot, save for occasional appointment as a Commissioner of the Subsidy, settled down to a quiet life at Trebursye; and the parish register of Sourh Petherwin, in which that estate is situated, attests, as Ruddle relates, that 'John the son of Edward Elliot Esq and of Anne his wife was buried the 20th day of June 1665.'

Family/Spouse: Anne Fortescue. Anne (daughter of Francis Fortescue and Elizabeth Speccot) was born after 1620; died before 25 Jun 1661; was buried on 25 Jun 1661 in St. Paternus, South Petherwin, Cornwall. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

• "Sir John Eliot: A Biography" Vol. 2, John Forster, 1872, page 359:
It is not until more than a year later that any further change is intimated. But we find him then writing to his servant Hill that he had not changed his purpose for his daughter Bridget; that on the previous Saturday he had an 'intercourse' from Mrs. Frinde 'about her;' that her place was ready; and that he was to prepare accordingly to bring her up, whom he beseeched God to bless with all the rest.* The same plan was to be followed as with her sister Besse.

* Port Eliot MSS. 9th October 1631

• There is a pair of miniatures in the Port Eliot collection which are possible likenesses of Peter Fortescue and Bridget Eliot (near the time of their marriage in 1646). The portraits were examined by J.D. Milner, director of the National Portrait Gallery, who dated them between 1640 and 1650. The miniature of the woman bears a remarkable family resemblance to Sir John Eliot.

Bridget married Peter Fortescue on 12 Jan 1645/46 in St. Mary's, Churchstow, Devon. Peter (son of Francis Fortescue and Elizabeth Speccot) was born about 1620; died before 14 Aug 1685; was buried on 14 Aug 1685 in Ermington, Devon. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Susanna married Edward Norton on 29 Sep 1657 in St. Germans, Cornwall. Edward (son of Daniel Norton and Honor White) was born about 1618; was christened in 1618 in Southwick, Hampshire; died before 19 Mar 1679/80; was buried on 19 Mar 1679/80 in Southwick, Hampshire. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

--- "Sir John Eliot: A Biography" by John Forster, Vol. 2, 1872, page 358:
Thomas, the elder of his two youngest boys, had died in the month following Eliot's sentence. I mark the date by a note of the 16th of April about the purchase of mourning for his sons at Oxford. He was expecting them at Whitsuntide, but told them at once to get what clothes were necessary. 'Better there than here, in respect of the trouble of sending. And in that observe your own convenience, either for cloth or stuff as may be answerable to mourning.'*

* Port Eliot MSS. 16th April 1630. 'To my son Jo. Eliot.'

--- Parish Registers do not exist at St. Paternus, South Petherwin, before 1656. The children of the imprisoned Sir John Eliot were staying at Trebursey, the house of their grandfather (Richard Gedy), at the time of Thomas Eliot's death. Presumably, he was buried at St. Paternus, as it is the obvious burial place of the Gedy family. It is known that Richard Gedy was buried (also presumably at South Petherwin) beside his parents and some of his children, so it is likely that this young grandson was buried there as well.

Other Events:

• Residence: 08 Dec 1659, St. Juliot, Cornwall

Notes:

In a legal document dated 08 Dec 1659, he's listed as "Nicholas Eliot of St. Juliot, co. Cornwall, gentleman." The next mention that's come to light is another legal document dated 21 Sep 1689 - by which time Nicholas is listed as "late of St. Juliot, deceased."

It seems likely that Nicholas would have been buried at St. Juliot, but burial records there do not survive before 1663 (by which time Nicholas and his wife may already have died).

--- In January 1655/56, Nicholas and Katherine baptised their daughter, Susannah, at St. Martin on Looe, Cornwall. The only other Eliot mentioned in those registers is a burial record on 02 Jul 1658 for Tamysin Eliot (possibly another child of Nicholas and Katherine).

Nicholas married Katherine Prideaux on 18 Apr 1651 in St. Erth, Cornwall. Katherine (daughter of William Prideaux and Johanna Roscarrock) was born before 08 Feb 1626/27; was christened on 08 Feb 1626/27 in St. Erth, Cornwall. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

--- Burial Record reads:
1692. Honor Speccot, relict of John Speccot late of Penhele, esq. was buried Sept. 25th In Woolen.

Honor married John Speccot on 15 Feb 1663/64 in St. Germans, Cornwall. John (son of Paul Speccot and Grace Halswell) died on 23 Dec 1677; was buried on 10 Jan 1677/78 in Egloskerry, Cornwall. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

--- "A Chronicle of Cranborne" by Thomas William Wake Smart, 1841, page 27-9:
On the north side of the east window, is the following monument. A figure, in Alabaster, of a youth seated, leaning his head on the right hand, the elbow supported by a scull on his knee, the left arm resting on the thigh and holding a bunch of flowers. Above the head is the following inscription, surmounted with the arms of Elliot with eleven quarterings.
M.S.
Desideratissimi capitis Iohannis Elliott, Io. F. Cornubiensis Armigeri, Ex Honora F. Danielis Norton Militis South. Qui dum hic vernaculis literis incubuit repentina vi morbi oppressus occubuit 2 Februar MDCXLI.
---thus rendered;---
Sacred to the memory of the much lamented John Elliott, Son of John Elliott Esqr. of Cornwall, by Honor daughter of John Norton, of Southampton, Knight, who died suddenly whilst at school in this town, February 2. 1641.
(Tradition assigns his death to the swallowing a bone which caused suffocation.) Underneath the Statue is the following. ---
At qualis adolescentulus quantae spei in aetate jam puerili, vix uspiam majus exemplum memoriae, comitatis, ingeii, dotum denique naturae omnium, quas dum arte sedulo et studiose perpolire conatur, supergressus fere modum humanum, Angelorum inseritur choro. Avia D.N. nepoti bene merenti maerens P.P.
---thus rendered;---
What a remarkable boy he was! there has scarely ever been a more extraordinary instance of the powers of memory, of amiability, of intelligence, in a word, of all the gifts of nature. Whilst striving to improve them by care and study, and having made an almost supernatural progress, he was taken into the company of angels. His sorrowing grandmother Lady Norton, has caused this to be erected to her well-deserving grandson.
--- Below that again,---
Parvus avos referens, puer hic non degener ambos
Nortonum vivos, Eliotumque dedit.
Septenni incidit vitam laudesque parentum
Mors vitae victrix laudibus inferior;
Quae tamen immodicos virtutis crescere fructus
In teneris annis imperiosa vetat.

which we endeavour to imitate thus,---
The undegen'rate scion of his line
Norton and Elliott in his likeness shine,
But seven suns told, all conquering death laid low,
His Parents' hopes, and him at one fell blow.
Despotic death, that comes with blighting wing
To spoil the rich luxuriance of spring.

--- "Notes and Queries" Oxford University Press, 1868, page 472-3:
In the church of Cranborne there is a monument to the grandson of the great Sir John Eliot (3rd S. i. 445), who died at school there, and in consequence, it is said, of being choked by a bone whilst eating his dinner. The statue of the youth is at some height from the floor, and he holds something in his hand which is obscurely seen from below, but which popular tradition declares to be a representation of the identical mutton bone that caused his death! On closer inspection it proves to be a nosegay!

Bridget married William Savery on 13 Jul 1665 in St. Germans, Cornwall. William (son of Unknown Savery) died before 15 Oct 1695; was buried on 15 Oct 1695 in St. Michael's, Cornwood, Devon. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

--- Mentioned in the 03 Dec 1696 will of her nephew, William Savery of Slade:
Itme. I give and bequeath unto my Aunt Mrs. Douglas Sparke of Plymouth a Gold Ring of thirty shillings price.

--- "Heraldic Church Notes from Cornwall", by Arthur Jewers, pub. Mitchell and Hughes, 1889, page 238:
Page 76. 1685. Douglas Eliot married John Spark, of Plymouth: John, son of John Spark, Esq., and Mrs. Duglis his wife, baptized 4th February, 1672; William, son of John Spark, Esq., and Mrs. Duglis his wife, baptized 30th April, 1676; Mrs. Duglas Spark buried 23rd December, 1699.

--- Devon Wills Index, 1163-1999 Transcription on FMP
First name(s) Douglas
Last name Sparke
Sex Male
Occupation Widow
Probate year 1700
Place Plymouth
Original place Plymouth
County Devon
Country England
Additional information admon to her sons, John Sparke and Jonathan Sparke
Court Prerogative Court of Canterbury
Source (see list) MUR1
Document type Administration
Document form Abstract or Extract
Document references Vol. 31
Record set Devon Wills Index, 1163-1999
Category Birth, Marriage, Death & Parish Records
Subcategory Wills & probate
Collections from Great Britain

Family/Spouse: John Sparke. John (son of Jonathan Sparke) was born before 17 Aug 1636; was christened on 17 Aug 1636 in St. Andrew's, Plymouth, Devon; died before 06 Oct 1680; was buried on 06 Oct 1680 in Charles the Martyr, Plymouth, Devon. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

--- "The Gentleman's Magazine" Vol. 101, Part 2, October 1831 page 313:
In making a Tour, a short time since, in the north of Devon, in search of antiquities, I was much pleased with Sydenham House, the seat of the Wise family . . . In the drawing room, which is hung with tapestry, are the likenesses of Sir Edward Wise, K.B., the Lady Arabella his wife . . . also his second wife Radigund, daughter of Eliot of Port Eliot.

--- Original Burial Record Transcription:
The Honble. the Lady Radigund Wise was
buryed the 9th of Decemr 1694 --- Small pox

All of deaths on the pages around her are due to small pox.

Radigund married Sir Edward Wise on 25 May 1675 in St. Germans, Cornwall. Edward died on 17 Nov 1675 in Exeter, Devon; was buried on 24 Nov 1675 in Marystow, Devon. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Education: 17 Jul 1663, Admitted to Christ's College, Cambridge
• Occupation: 1679 - 1680, Commissioner of Assessment, Cornwall
• Elected: Mar 1678/79 - Mar 1680/81, M.P. for St. Germans
• Elected: 1685 - 1687, M.P. for St. Germans
• Occupation: 1689 - 1690, Commissioner of Assessment, Cornwall
• Will: 02 Jul 1694, This is the date on the Will.
• Elected: 1689 - 1700, M.P. for St. Germans
• Elected: 02 Apr - 11 Nov 1701, M.P. for St. Germans
• Probate: 25 Nov 1703, P.C.C.

Notes:

--- "The Beauties of England and Wales" by John Britton, 1801, page 381:
Gives date of portrait in PE Dining Room of Daniel Eliot as 1687.

--- "Cambridge University Alumni, 1261-1900":
Name: Daniel Eliot
College: CHRIST'S
More Information: Adm. Fell.-Com. (age 17) at CHRIST'S, July 17, 1663. S. of John, of Port Eliot, Cornwall, Esq. B. at Portsmouth. School, Thurston (? Suffolk). Adm. at Lincoln's Inn, Nov. 3, 1668. M.P. for St Germans, Cornwall, 1678-1701. Died Oct. 1702. (Peile, I. 606.)

--- "London Post" Sunday, 15 Oct 1702, page 2:
Some days since Daniel Eliot Esq; a Gentleman of near three thousand Pounds per Annum, departed this Life at St. Germains in Cornwall, and is much lamented.

--- Taken from "The Ancient Cathedral of Cornwall Historically Surveyed" by John Whitaker, 1804, Vol. 1, page 170:
Quoting Browne Willis.
His son and heir [John Eliot] was buried here, near his grandfather, at the upper end of the south isle --- of this church, March 25, 1685. His only son, Daniel Eliot, esq. my father-in-law, departed this life about the 60th year of his age; was buried among his ancestors, October 28, 1702.

Daniel married Katherine Fleming on 23 Jul 1685 in Fulham, Middlesex. Katherine (daughter of Thomas Fleming and Margaret Gorges) was born about 1665; died before 20 Dec 1687; was buried on 20 Dec 1687 in Eliot Family Vault, St. German's Church, St. Germans, Cornwall. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Susan married Sir Henry Hele on 13 Jul 1676 in St. Germans, Cornwall. Henry was born before 24 Feb 1637/38; was christened on 24 Feb 1637/38 in Holbeton, Devon; died in Apr 1677; was buried on 18 Apr 1677 in All Saints Church, Holbeton, Devon. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Died a bachelor.

--- "The House of Commons, 1660-1690" Vol. 1, page 260:
Eliot, Richard (1652-85), of Port Eliot, St. Germans, Cornwall.

St. Germans 1679 (Mar.), 1679 (Oct.), 1681

Ensign, Plymouth garrison 1676-8.
Commr. for assessment, Cornwall. 1679-80.

As a younger son Eliot was intended for a military career and in 1676 entered the service at Plymouth garrison under the Earl of Bath. In 1678, however, the justices for the Western circuit received a warrant to suspend the execution of any sentence passed on him should he be found guilty of the death of one John Grimes of Plymouth. Possibly this incident caused him to leave the army, for there is no further evidence of his military career, though he must have been either acquitted or pardoned, since he was returned to the Exclusion Parliaments for his father's borough of St. Germans. Classed as 'honest' by Shaftesbury, he duly voted for the first exclusion bill. Otherwise he was totally inactive. He was buried at St. Germans on 22 Dec. 1685.

Other Events:

• Education: 28 Mar 1655, Matriculated: Lincoln College, Oxford
• Education: 05 Nov 1655, Admitted to Gray's Inn

Notes:

---"Alumni Oxonienses: The Members of the University of Oxford, 1715-1886" Vol.2, Joseph Foster, 1891 page 495:
Fiennes, Nathaniel, arm. fil. nat. max. Lincoln Coll., matric. 28 March, 1655; student of Gray's Inn 1655, as son and heir of Nathaniel Fiennes, on of the commissioners of the great seal. See Foster Gray's Inn Reg.

William married Mary Fiennes on 09 Apr 1674. Mary died on 23 Oct 1676; was buried in Broughton Church, Oxford. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

--- Burial Record reads:
1707. May 7. Richard Eliot gent. of St. Germains.

Other Events:

• Education: 07 Mar 1672/73; Matric. Exeter College, Oxford (aged 18)

Notes:

--- "Oxford University Alumni, 1500-1886" (1500-1714, Volume II, E, 17 of 40):
Eliott, Edward, s. E., of South Petherwyn, Cornwall, gent. Exeter Coll., matric. 7 March, 1672-3, aged 18; a student of the Middle Temple 1675, as son and heir of Edward, of Trebursey, Cornwall, esq.

Family/Spouse: Joan French. Joan died before 16 Feb 1743; was buried on 16 Feb 1743 in St. Paternus, South Petherwin, Cornwall. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Pannoria. died before 18 Feb 1754; was buried on 18 Feb 1754 in St. Paternus, South Petherwin, Cornwall. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: George Thompson. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

--- She was alive at the writing of her step-mother's will (Lady Amy Fortescue).

--- "Search for the Passengers of the Mary & John, 1630" by Burton W. Spear, 1999, page 44:
John Turberville --- He was educated at Oxford. In 1667 he married Elizabeth Fortescue, dau. of Sir Peter Fortescue. He received a substantial dowry of 1,200 pounds, with his wife at marriage. They also received the manors of Hoccombe, Pyleigh and Torr in nearby Lydeard St. Lawrence parish. In 1677 he inherited the manor house at Gaulden and he died in 1681. Eight years later, his widow, and son, Fortesque, a London barrister, sold the property to Edward Galhampton.

Family/Spouse: John Turberville. John died in 1681. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

--- "Oxford University Alumni, 1500-1886" (1500-1714, Volume II, F, 39 of 62):
Fortescue, John, s. Peter, of Preston, Devon, gent. Exeter Coll., matric 22 June, 1666, aged 18.

--- Ermington Parish Registers have pages cut out for the burials between 1686-97. Perhaps John was buried here during that time.

Notes:

IS THIS THE CHILD OF NICHOLAS AND KATHERINE??
--- Burial at St. Martin on Looe:
2 July 1658

Family/Spouse: Peter Clinton. Peter died before 01 Dec 1708. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

This is one of the few undocumented Eliots in the line of ancestry connecting the Earls of St. Germans to Sir John Eliot. William's parents were both native to Cornwall, his father from St. Juliot, his mother St. Erth. It's likely that William himself was also born in the area, but many of the local churches have lost their earliest parish registers, so a baptism record for William (and his three siblings) has not turned up.

Based on documents viewed at Port Eliot during the 19th century, William was listed in the 1868 Genealogical Record as an Officer in the Royal Navy, living at Cuddenbeak (a leased house on the Port Eliot estate) by leave of his cousin and owner of the estate, Daniel Eliot. Surviving mortgages and legal documents record his name as "William Eliot, gentleman of Lewannick", Lewannick being a neighboring parish whose tithes were vested in the Eliot family.

At some point before 1693, William married Ann Williams, the daughter of Lawrence Williams of Ireland; they were blessed with four sons and two daughters. Since records have yet to turn up for their marriage or the births of their first four children, it may be that they were married in Ireland and lived there for a time. As an officer in the Royal Navy, it is very likely that William spent some time in Ireland. Sadly, the Admiralty records were very poor at that time and do not even offer a complete list of officers, let alone any clues as to their times and places of service.

By the summer of 1693, William and his wife were back in Cornwall, their fifth child being baptised at St. Germans in June and buried in September. They were still there, living at Cuddenbeak, when their last child, Richard, was born in September of the following year. Eight years later, in 1702, their oldest son, Edward, inherited the Port Eliot estate from William's cousin, Daniel Eliot. It seems likely that the whole family would have lived at Port Eliot, but if there is any surviving evidence of that, it's hidden in an attic or unmarked trunk.

The date and place of William's death and burial, like his birth and baptism, are a total mystery at this time. The best clues available come from a handful of legal documents, the first pair of which (dated January 1687) shows William Eliot securing the tithes and messuages in "churchtown" in Lewannick for his heirs forever. According to a documented lawsuit dating from January-March 1702/03, William's wife was a widow, and his son's estate was being handled by the trustees appointed in Daniel Eliot's will. This narrows the time of William's death to the years between the writing of Daniel's will in 1694 and the beginning of 1702/03. He was not buried at St. German's, either in the churchyard or the Eliot family vault. His wife was buried there in April 1723, and a large stone slab on the floor of the church is dedicated to "Ann, relict of William Eliot, Esq.". This is the only memorial remaining for this grandfather of Edward, 1st Lord Eliot, through whom all of the Earls of St. Germans descend.

Family/Spouse: Ann Williams. Ann died on 11 Apr 1723; was buried on 20 Apr 1723 in Eliot Family Vault, St. German's Church, St. Germans, Cornwall. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

--- "The Parochial History of Cornwall" Vol. 1, edited by Davies Gilbert, 1838, page 379:
The Hon. John Speccot, three times Knight of the Shire, married the Lady Essex Robartes, daughter of the Right Hon. John Earl of Radnor, but on the very day subsequent to their marriage Mr. Speccot was seized with the small-pox; and the lady experienced a fatal attack from the same dreadful disease about a month afterwards, just as her husband was getting well.

--- "Memoranda, Historical and Genealogical, Relating to the Parish of Kelston" by Francis John Poynton, 1885, page 42:
Right Hon. Sir John Speccott (spelt Speakett in the 'Westminster Abbey Register'), bapt. at Egloskerry 19 Apr. 1665; was M.P. for the County 1695-98-1700; died 16 June 1705, of apoplexy; temporarily interred at St. Anne's, Soho; removed to Egloskerry 20 July. (Vide Col. Chester's Westm. Abbey Reg., p. 28, Harl. Soc. Pub.)
This branch then became extinct, and Penheale passed to Thoas. Long, Esq.

John married Essex Robartes on 09 Apr 1689 in Abbey of St. Peter, Westminster, London. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Will: 03 Dec 1696

Notes:

Must be born between 1666-1670.

Will was written 03 Dec 1696.

William married Katherine Waltham on 19 Feb 1688/89 in Buckfastleigh, Devon. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

--- Will written 20 Apr 1697.
Probate London, 29 Dec 1699.

No mention of a wife in his will or family (aside from uncle and nephews), so he must have been unmarried.

--- Mentioned in his father's 26 Oct 1691. Not sure if he belongs under Bridget or Prudence.
Item. I give and bequeath unto my son Robert Savery the summe of nine hundred pounds of good and lawfull money of England. Item.I give and bequeath unto my son Richard Savery the summe of fifteen hundred pounds of good and lawfull money of England besides what shall come or be due unto them [Richard and Robert] out of their Uncle Richard Elliotts Estate and their Aunt the Lady Hele's Estate which said summes of nine and fifteen hundred pounds are to be raised out of my Estate and paid unto them by my Executors as they shall severally accomplish the age of one and twenty years and before they doe attain unto such age my will is that they shall have such competent allowance for their maintenance as is fitt and convenient for their Calling and condition and if it shall please God to take of either of them by death before such age my will is that the survivors of them shall have and receive the moiety or half of such Legacy or portion as above named and given and the other half thereof shall return unto my Executor.

--- Mentioned as "my brother Richard Savery" in William Savery's will. Not sure if this belongs under Bridget or Prudence.
Receives "ten pounds lawfull English money, the best of my Silver Hilt Swords and my little Hanger" from his brother, William.

Notes:

--- Mentioned in his father's 26 Oct 1691. Not sure if he belongs under Bridget or Prudence.
Item. I give and bequeath unto my son Robert Savery the summe of nine hundred pounds of good and lawfull money of England. Item.I give and bequeath unto my son Richard Savery the summe of fifteen hundred pounds of good and lawfull money of England besides what shall come or be due unto them [Richard and Robert] out of their Uncle Richard Elliotts Estate and their Aunt the Lady Hele's Estate which said summes of nine and fifteen hundred pounds are to be raised out of my Estate and paid unto them by my Executors as they shall severally accomplish the age of one and twenty years and before they doe attain unto such age my will is that they shall have such competent allowance for their maintenance as is fitt and convenient for their Calling and condition and if it shall please God to take of either of them by death before such age my will is that the survivors of them shall have and receive the moiety or half of such Legacy or portion as above named and given and the other half thereof shall return unto my Executor.

--
Son of William Savery, Esq., Deceased.
Buried 17 Jun 1696.

Notes:

--- Some Account of Browne Willis, Esq; L.L.D. Late Senior Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London, Volume 8, by Andrew Coltee Ducarel, 1760, pages 2-3:
Upon the Death of this Lady, Mr. Willis erected a Monument in Bletchley Church, with the following Inscriptions, viz.
Here under resteth the Body of Catherine, only Child of Daniel Elliot, of Port Elliot, in the County of Cornwall, Esq; Wife of Browne Willis, Esq; Lord of these Manors; by whom she had Issue ten Children; of which four Sons, and four Daughters survive her, viz. Thomas, John, Henry, Elliot, Gertrude, Catherine, Mary, Alice. Both she ahd her Husband, were descended from the ancient Lords of this and the adjoining Parish of Whaddon, when departing this Life at Whaddon-Hall, Oct. 2, 1724, in the 38th Year of her Age, she was, according to her Desire, here interred.

Here also lyeth the Body of Anne, the Wife of Thomas Willis, Esq; who died May 21, 1739, aged 22 Years and 5 Days.

Elliot Willis, A.M.
Coll Trinitatis Oxon. Scholaris,
Ac hujus Ecclesiae, B. M. V. Rector,
Obiit July 24, 1752,
Anno Aetatis suae 33.

--- "The History and Antiquities of the County of Buckingham" Vol. 4, George Lipscomb, 1847, page 12:
The Lady of Browne Willis, Esq. was very nobly descended, vis. from Walter Giffard Earl of Buckingham, who was Lord of this Manor in the reign of the Conqueror.*

*She was a lady of great prudence and virtue, and evinced some literary talents; having written, with the assistance of a worthy Clergyman in the neighbourhood, that pious and popular work, called The Whole Duty of Man, which Browne Willis made the subject of a continual jest.

(In 1717 Willis published anonymously ‘The Whole Duty of Man, abridged for the benefit of the Poorer Sort'.)

Katherine married Browne Willis on 16 Dec 1707 in Somerford Keynes, Wiltshire. Browne was born on 14 Sep 1682 in Blandford, Dorset; died on 05 Feb 1760 in Bletchley, Buckinghamshire; was buried on 11 Feb 1760 in St. Martin's Chapel, Fenny Stratford, Buckinghamshire. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

---"Alumni Oxonienses: The Members of the University of Oxford, 1715-1886" Vol.2, Joseph Foster, 1891 page 495:
Fiennes, Nathaniel, s. (William) Viscount Say and Seal. New Coll., matric. 19 Aug., 1693, aged 17; 4th viscount, died 2 Jan., 1709/10

Notes:

--- Burial register uses old style dating and lists this as 18 Feb 1754.

--- "London Evening Post" 4 Mar 1755:
Lately, died at his Seat of Trebursey near Launceston in Cornwall, William Eliot, Great-Grandson to Sir John Eliot, or Port Eliot.

Family/Spouse: George Thompson. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

--- "Royal Cornwall Gazette" 17 Aug 1811, page 3:
Died. On Monday last, at his seat at Trebursye, near Launceston, at the advanced age of 90, John Eliot, esq one of the eldest Justices of the Peace of this county.

Family/Spouse: Honor Eliot. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

--- Sir Peter Fortescue's will states that he is the Godfather of Fortescue Turberville, his grandson.

--- www.carolana.com
On March 17, 1708/09 Henry Somerset, 2nd Duke of Beaufort, appointed Fortescue Turberville as his deputy.

--- "Collection of the South Carolina Historical Society" Vol. 1, 1857, page 178-9:
Papers in State Paper Office, London.
1709, April 19. Craven House.] A commission to be prepared for Fortescue Turberville, Esq., to take probates of wills, grant letters of administration, &c., in South Carolina; . . .

1709, May 26. Craven House.] Signing of commission to Fortescue Turberville, Esq., giving him jurisdiction in parliamentary affairs in South Carolina; . . .

--- "The South Carolina Encyclopedia Guide to the Governors of South Carolina" edited by Walter Edgar, Univ. of S. Carolin Press, 2012:
Governor Tynte's instructions provided that the other deputies should choose one of their number as interim governor. On a morning soon after Tynte's death, the three deputies (Gibbes, Thomas Broughton, and Fortescue Turberville) chose Broughton, but by afternoon Gibbes had bribed Turberville with the promise of "£100 and three places besides." Turberville changed his vote. Gibbes's misdeed was discovered after Turberville's death in the sickly colony on July 4, 1710, and only Broughton's forbearance prevented civil war between his supporters and those of Gibbes.

--- "Charleston: The Place and the People" by Harriott Horry Ravenel, 1906, page 59:
The law ran that if any Governor should die in office, the deputies of the Proprietors should choose one of themselves to act until their Lordships' pleasure could be known. It so happened that Colonel Tynte, who had superseded Sir Nathaniel, died after a few months' incumbency when there were only three deputies in the Province. They were Colonel Thomas Broughton, Governor Johnson's son-in-law, Mr. Robert Gibbes (both "Goose Creek men"); and Mr. Fortescue Turbeville, a late arrival. There were two sessions on the same day for the election; practically Turbeville was the sole elector. At the second (afternoon) session, he gave his vote for Gibbes, who was proclaimed Governor. Turbeville was then struck by apoplexy and died. It was discovered that in the morning he had voted for Broughton, had been bribed during the recess, had changed his vote accordingly, and had then met his fate. It reminds one of Earl Godwin choking on the consecrated wafer, and Earl Godwin was thought to have been smitten by the vengeance of the Lord.

Thereupon Colonel Broughton claimed the office as having received the honest, unbought (morning) vote of the dead man. The quarrel was sharp and threatened to by bloody.

--- "The History of South Carolina Under the Proprietary Government, 1670-1719" by Edward McCrady, 1897, page 489-90:
. . . It happened that at this time there were but three deputies in the province; to wit, Robert Gibbes, Colonel Thomas Broughton, and one Fortescute Turbeville. The last-named person had just come out as the deputy of the Duke of Beaufort, and had been commissioned also to take probate of wills, and to grant letters of administration. Upon the meeting of these for the purpose of choosing a Governor, there had been a recess taken from the morning until the afternoon, when it was declared that Robert Gibbes was chosen and was proclaimed Governor. Strangely, it happened that Turbeville also died suddenly, and upon his death it was discovered that at the morning session Turbeville had voted for Colonel Broughton, but during the recess had been induced by bribery to change his vote to Gibbes. Upon this Broughton claimed the government, alleging Turbeville's primary and uncorrupted vote in his favor. To this Gibbes would not yield. Each persisted in his claim, and thereupon ensued a most discreditable controversy, ending in riot. Many of the people sided with Broughton, but more with Gibbes.

Family/Spouse: Bridget Fortescue. Bridget (daughter of Peter Fortescue and Amy Courtney) died before 10 Nov 1709. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Elizabeth married Rev. Samuel Trewbody on 07 Nov 1719 in St. German's, St. Germans, Cornwall. Samuel (son of Charles Trewbody and Katherine Allen) was born before 12 Dec 1689; was christened on 12 Dec 1689 in Lanlivery, Cornwall; died before 16 Jan 1768; was buried on 16 Jan 1768 in St. Austell, Cornwall. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Katherine married Sir Nicholas Trevanion on 13 Oct 1721 in St. German's, St. Germans, Cornwall. Nicholas died on 16 Nov 1737 in Plymouth, Devon. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Education: 09 Mar 1702/03, Matric. Exeter College, Oxford (aged 18)
• Occupation: 04 Dec 1705 - 1715, M.P. for St. Germans
• Occupation: Mar 1714/15 - 1720, Receiver General of the Duchy of Cornwall
• Occupation: 1718 - Jun 1720, Commissioner of Victualling
• Occupation: 26 Nov 1718 - 11 Jun 1720, M.P. for Lostwithiel
• Occupation: Jun 1720 - Apr 1722, Commissioner of Excise
• Occupation: 12 Apr 1722 - 18 Sep 1722, M.P. for Liskeard
• Subscription: 1723, A. De La Mortray's Travels Through Europe, Asia, and into Part of Africa

Notes:

--- "The Beauties of England and Wales" by John Britton, 1801, page 381:
Gives date of portrait in PE Dining Room of Edward Eliot as 1719.

--- "Georgii Regno Honores" by John Philipps, 1724, page 62:
Eddward Elliot, of Port-Elliot in the County of Cornwal, Esq; Member for Leskard in that County, September 17, 1722.

--- "Historical Register" 1722, C.H. Green page 43:
Sept. 17. Dy'd Edward Elliot of Port-Elliot in the County of Cornwall, Esq; Member of Parliament for the Borough of Leskard in that County. He marry'd one of the Daughters of James Craggs, Esq; formerly Post-Master General, by whom he had Issue one Son and one Daughter.

--- "Newcastle Courant" Saturday, 06 Oct 1722, page 2:
From the Evening-Post
London, Sept. 27. Last Monday 7night died Edward Elliot, of Port Elliot, Esq; Member of Parliament for the Borough of Leskard in the County of Cornwall, and on of the late Commissioners of the Excise.

--- "An Historical Survey of the Counny of Cornwall" Vol2, Part 2, by Charles Sandoe Gilbert, 1820, page 410:
Edward Eliot, esq., who died in 1722, contemplated the formation of a parochial library, at St. German's, and left an annual income for the purchase of books. From enquiries, however, recently made, it does not appear that the intention of Mr. Eliot, has ever been fulfilled. A small library, has lately been established here, by a reading society, which is supported by subscription.

--- "Magna Britannia: Cornwall" by Daniel Lysons, 1814, page 116-7:
In this church are some monuments of the Eliot family, particularly a very handsome one by Rysbrack, in memory of William Eliot, Esq. [sic], who died in 1723. This gentleman founded a parochial library, and endowed it with an annual income, for the purchase of books.

--- "The English Counties Delineated: Cornwall" by Thomas Moule, Cornovia Press, 2007, page 18:
In the chancel are some monuments of the Eliot family, amongst which, is one by Rysbrach, in memory of William Eliot, Esq., who died in 1723 [sic]. He founded and endowed a parochial library.

--- "A complete Parochial History of the County of Cornwall" Vol 2, by Joseph Polsue, 1868, page 58:
Edward Eliot, Esq., who died in 1722, contemplated founding a parochial library here, and endowed it with an annual income for the purchase of books; but the intention was never fully carried into effect.

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---- "A Complete Parochial History of the County of Cornwall" Vol. 2, by Joseph Polsue, W. Lake; 1868, page 41-2 (Monumental Inscriptions in the Church at St. Germans):

Edwardus Eliot
De Port Eliot in hoe Municipio Armr.
H. S. E.
Filius obsequens, Frater benignus, Amicus fidus
Maritus amantissimus, Pater optimus.
Quod insignia Pietatus erga Deum Specimina
Quae moliebatur haud perfecerit,
Immaturae solum morti diabetur:
Ea tamen per fidissimam Conjugem absoluta
Hic juxta conspiciunter.
Hanc cnim Basilicam, Episcopalem olim,
Et caenobiticam postea decoravit,
Vicinum etiam Ludum Literarium extruxit
Librarumque CIC CD proventu in Perptuum dotavit
Uxores duxit duas
Susannam Gulielmi Coryton, de Newton Ferrers
In agro hoc Cornubiensi, Baronetti, Filiam
Illa vero sine prole, Extincta,
Elizabetham, unam ex cohaeredibus
Jacobi Craggs, Armri. Antiquariorum Praefecti;
Honoratiss etiam Jacobi Craggs, Regi a Secretis surorem.
Ex qua Jacobum, Filium et Haeredem, adleuc Superstitem;
Et Elizabetham fato perfunctam Vo. Feb. MDCCXXII,
Hic etiam Sepultam, suscepit.
Marito de se optimo Merito.
Monumentum hoc amoris nunquam morituri,
Flens, et animi sui desiderium indies fletura.
Uxor heu quondam felicissima Posuit
Hic st suos cineres Depositura.
Mortalitatem exuit Ille XVIII Septemb.
Anno Salutis MDCCXXII.
Aetatis suae XXXIX.

(Google Translate says this:)
Edward Eliot
The Port Eliot in the municipality Armr hoe.
H. S. E.
Son obedient, kind brother, a faithful friend
Most loving husband, the Father of the best.
That singular piety towards God specimine
The battered not finished,
Only the young diabetur to death:
Yet at the same absolute by the most faithful wife
Conspiciunter here before this.
Cnim this Basilica, an Episcopal in times past,
And afterwards caenobiticam deck,
LITERARY also built near the school
400 endowed it with the increase of the Code of Canon Law in the Librarumque Perptuum
Two have married a wife
Susanna, William Coryton, of Newton Ferrers
In the field this of Cornwall, Baronet, daughter
But those without issue, the extinction of,
Elizabeth, one of the co-heirs
James Craggs, Armri. This pattern of antiquaries;
Jacob also Honoratiss Craggs, Secretary to the King surorem.
And because of Jacob, son and heir, adleuc survive;
And Elizabeth Vo fate duties are over. Feb. 1722,
Here was buried, He took a.
With good reason, her husband the best of himself.
This monument of love will never die,
With tears, and daily fletura desire of his mind.
Wife, alas, once with great success, he set
Here his ashes lay down their st.
He put off the mortality of 18 September.
In the year of salvation 1722.
39 of his age.

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--- "Journal of the Ex Libris Society" Vol 7, 1898, page 59:
Eliot Book-Plate.
"Edward Eliot of Port Eliot," whose book-plate is reproduced in this number, from an original in the possession of Mr. W.H.K. Wright, was the eldest son of William Eliot, grandson of the famous Sir John Eliot, of Port Eliot, co. Cornwall; and upon the death of his cousin, Daniel Eliot, or Port Eliot, whose only child, Katherine, married Browne Willis, of Whaddon, co. Bucks, he succeeded to the Port Eliot estates. Edward Eliot married in April, 1718, Elizabeth, daughter and coheir of James Craggs, Postmaster-General, by whom he had one son and one daughter, his only children, who both died unmarried; and it is her arms that appear on the escutcheon of pretence in the book-plate, the arms being, Arg., a fesse plain gu. double cotised wavy as., for Eliot of Port Eliot; on an escutcheon of pretence, sa., on a fesse or, betw. three mullets erm. as many cross-crosslets of the field, for Craggs. The date of the plate is probably soon after his marriage with Elizabeth Craggs, in 1718, and must have been before 1722, as the owner died on the 18th and was buried on the 29th of September in that year. It is to be noted that the arms of the first wife of Edward Eliot, who was Susanna, daughter of Sir William Coryton, Bart., by whom he had no issue, do not appear on the book-plate, which is an excellent example of this style of plate --- a variation from the fish-scale pattern.

The Eliot plate, which appeared amongst the Plates for Identification in the "Ex Libris Journal" for September, 1896, and was described on page 149 of the following (October) number, is that of Richard Eliot (not Elliot), younger brother of the owner of the above plate, being second son (as the crescent in his book-plate indicates) of William Eliot, and was baptised at St. Germans, Oct. 28, 1694, and buried there Dec. 3, 1748. He was M.P., Auditor and Receiver-General to the Prince of Wales. He succeeded his nephew, James Eliot, at Port Eliot, in 1748 [sic], and was father of the first Lord Eliot --- and consequently great-great-grandfather of the present Earl of St. Germans. This Richard Eliot married, 4th Mar., 1725 [sic[, Harriot, natural daughter of the Right Hon. James Craggs, Secretary of State to King George I., for which lady the impaled coat was granted, viz., Quarterly, per cross eng. or and az., in the first quarter an escallop shell gu. In a family pedigree this coat is made per cross wavy, no engrailed; and in this pedigree it is first placed on an escutcheon of pretence, for the said Richard Eliot, and then placed among other quarterings which have since come in. To place the arms of a wife, altho' an heiress, on an escutcheon of pretence, was by no means a general practice at the date the plate was engraved, and if so used it was also impaled.
Arthur J. Jewers.

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--- "Oxford University Alumni, 1500-1886" (1500-1714, Volume II, E, 17 of 40):
Eliot, Edward, s. William, of St. Germans, Cornwall, arm. Exeter Coll., matric. 9 March, 1702-3, aged 18; M.P. St. Germans Dec., 1705-14, Lostwithiel Nov., 1718-June, 1720, Liskeard 1722 until his death 17 Sept. that year, buried at St. Germans 29th; brother of Richard 1712.

Edward married Susannah Coryton on 06 Jun 1711 in St. Mellion, Cornwall. Susannah (daughter of William "Sir" Coryton and Susannah Littleton) was born before 13 Feb 1692/93; was christened on 13 Feb 1692/93 in St. Alfege, Greenwich, London; died before 04 Jan 1713/14; was buried on 04 Jan 1713/14 in Eliot Family Vault, St. German's Church, St. Germans, Cornwall. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Edward married Elizabeth Craggs on 24 Apr 1718 in St. Paul's Cathedral, London. Elizabeth (daughter of James Craggs and Elizabeth Richards) was born on 25 Nov 1694; was christened on 13 Dec 1694 in St. Martin in the Fields, Westminster, London; died on 25 Apr 1765; was buried on 07 May 1765 in St. German's Church, St. Germans, Cornwall,. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Education: 15 Jul 1712, Matric. Balliol College, Oxford (aged 15)
• Occupation: Mar 1718/19 - 1720, Secretary to Lord Carteret in Sweden
• Subscription: 1723, A. De La Mortray's Travels Through Europe, Asia, and into Part of Africa
• Appointment: May 1729, Auditor to HRH the Prince of Wales
• Occupation: 1722 - May 1729, Commissioner of Excise
• Residence: 29 Jan 1732/33, Molenick (Listed as Richard Eliot, esq., of Molinick)
• Political: c. 1737-1738, Enters Opposition with HRH Prince of Wales
• Occupation: 1730 - 1738, Surveyor General of the Duchy of Cornwall
• Elected: 1741, Mayor of Liskeard
• Elected: May 1741, M.P. for Liskeard, Cornwall
• Elected: 29 Jan 1732/33 - 1743, M.P. for St. Germans
• Elected: 1746, Mayor of Liskeard
• Elected: 1743 - 1747, M.P. for Liskeard
• Occupation: Mar 1737/38 - 19 Nov 1748, Receiver General of the Duchy of Cornwall
• Elected: Jul 1747 - 19 Nov 1748, M.P. for St. Germans

Notes:

--- "The Beauties of England and Wales" by John Britton, 1801, page 381:
Gives date of portrait in PE Dining Room of Richard Eliot as 1742.

--- "Journal of the Ex Libris Society" Vol 6, 1897, page 149:
No. 191.--- Eliot impaling Craggs. Arms, Azure, a fesse between four cotises wavy gules, for Eliot; quarterly, engrailed or and azure, in the first quarter an escallop shell gules, for Craggs. This is the book-plate of Richard Elliot, of Port Elliot, co. Cornwall, father of the first Baron Eliot and ancestor of the Earls of St. Germans, ob. 1748. He married Harriot, natural daughter of the Rt. Hon. James Craggs, Secretary of State to George I., ob. 1769; she had the arms impaled in the plate granted to her in 1726.

--- "Oxford University Alumni, 1500-1886" (1500-1714, Volume II, E, 18 of 40):
Eliot, Richard, s. William, of St. Germans, Cornwall, gent. Balliol Coll., matric. 15 July, 1712, aged 18; B.A. 1716, auditor and receiver-general to Prince of Wales; M.P. St. Germans Jan., 1733, Liskeard 1734-47, and St. Germans 1747, until his death 19 Nov., 1748; brother of Edward 1703.

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--- "Newcastle Courant" Friday, 18 Mar 1720, page 7:
From the Evening-Post, London, March 11.
Mr. Eliot, Brother to Mr. Eliot, one of the Commissioners of the Victualling Office, is appointed Secretary to the Embassy at Paris, he was in that Station last Year in Sweden under the Lord Carteret.

--- "Stamford Mercury" 23 Mar 1721, page 8:
'Tis said, that Mr. Elliot, who was last Year Secretary to the Lord Careteret in Sweden, is appointed Secretary to the English Ambassy at Paris.

--- "Stamford Mercury" 28 May 1724, page 8:
His Majesty has been pleased to appoint George Townshend, Christopher Montagu, James Vernon, John Whetham, Roger Gale, Benjamin Mildmay, Richard Elliot, George Ducket, and Patrick Haldane, Esqrs; to be Commissioners for the Management and Receipt of the Revenues of the Excise, and other Duties, and of the Inland Duties upon Coffee, Tea and Chocolate.

--- Parker's Penny Post, Monday, 18 Nov 1726, page 3:
Last Wednesday Noon was finish'd the drawing of the State Lottery at Guildhall. No. 13,733 was the last drawn Ticket & entitled to a prize of a 1,000l. which fell to Richard Eliot, Esq; one of the Commissioners of the Excise. By the Account kept of the drawing of the Tickets, there were but four left in the Wheel.

--- "Caledonian Mercury" 22 Nov 1726, page 3:
'Tis discoursed that several Indictments will be lodged next Sessions against the Stockjobbers, for base and pernicious Practices in the Lottery, the Drawing whereof ended Yesterday Forenoon, the last drawn Ticket was No. 13733, and as such a Prize of 1000 l. which fell to Richard Elliot, Esq; one of the Commissioners of Excise.

--- "Caledonian Mercury" 22 May 1729, page 1:
London, May 15. Robert Eyre, Esq; is made a Commissioner of the Excise, in the Room of Richard Elliot, Esq; who is made Auditor to his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales for the Dutchy of Cornwall, worth 500 l. per annum.

--- "Newcastle Courant" 24 May 1729, page 1:
A new commission is preparing to pass the Seals, appointing the following Gentlemen Commissioners of the Excise, . . . the last in the room of Robert [sic] Eliot, Esq; who is made Auditor to his Royal Highness the the Prince of Wales for the Dutchy of Cornwall, a Patent Place worth about 500 l. per Annum.

---Daily Post, London, Tuesday, 17 Apr 1731, page 1:
Some Days since Richard Eliot of Port Eliot, Esq.; Surveyor-General to His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, was overturned in his Coach near Dorchester, as he was going down to Cornwall, by which Misfortune his Arm was broke; but soon after it was set by Mr. Cheselden, an Eminent Surgeon, who was then in those parts.

--- Daily Post, London, Sunday, 22 Apr 1731, page 1:
Richard Eliot of Port Eliot, Esq.; Surveyor-General to His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, who had his Arm broke by the overturning of his Coach, as he was going down to Cornwall, is pretty well recover'd.

--- "History of the Borough of Liskeard", John Allen, 1856:
1745: "A hogshead of cider at the bonfire, and other expenses October 9th, being thanksgiving day, this paid by Mr Eliot and Mr Trelawny."
(N.B. Richard, in 1741, was the first member of the Eliot family to be appointed Mayor of Liskeard.)

--- "Derby Mercury" 18 Nov 1748, page 4:
Last Saturday died Richard Elliot, Esq; of Port Elliot in the County of Cornwall, and Member for St. German's in that County, which Borough and Leskeard he represented in four Parliaments; he was Receiver-General of the Duchy of Cornwall to the Prince of Wales.

Richard married Harriot Craggs on 10 Mar 1725/26 in Lincoln's Inn Chapel, London. Harriot (daughter of James Craggs and Hester Santlow) was born in Feb 1712/13; died on 01 Feb 1769; was buried on 01 Feb 1769 in Outside Chancel Window (Looking in Port Eliot Garden), St. German's Church, St. Germans, Cornwall, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]