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At West Hanningfield I can now add:

Thomas Element married Jone Stephens? daughter of John & Jonne September 1565
Mary Elimont baptised February 1573
Robert Elymont baptised 1576
Robert Elymont buried June 1576
John Elament baptised April 1582
John Elament buried May 1582
Thomas Ellament buried August 1582.

There don't appear to be any more up to 1600.
The entry in the link that Ann supplied, doesn't seem to be there.

Just had a look at the West Hanningfield parish register imagesand there is an earlier Jone Ellament baptised in November 1568.

I am not used to the sixteenth century script but there are possibly three earlier entriesfor Ellements. there.

my pleasure :-)

Thank You very Much AnnCardiff

oops!! one in Wales

Name: Richardus Element
Event Type: Marriage
Event Date: 13 Nov 1617
Event Place: Knighton, Radnorshire, Wales
Spouse's Name: Jana Mathew

Digital Folder Number: 004189818

earliest one I can find

Name: John Richmon
Spouse's Name: Element
Event Date: 23 May 1659
Event Place: Saint Peter,Saint Albans,Hertford,England

Indexing Project (Batch) Number: M07286-1 , System Origin: England-ODM , GS Film number: 991322, 994322

the majority seem to come from Hertfordshire - can't see any in Wales

I've Tried That Jacqueline Thanks but Can'tmake any sense of it. lol

Last name: Element


After the 1066 Norman Conquest, French was given the status of the official language of Britain, and so it remained for three hundred years. However, the British being no better at foreign languages and in particular pronunciation, then as now, "Anglicized" the French to their own version of patois. In the case of "Element" we have the supreme irony of the English version of the French word for a German! "Element" is a derived form of "Alemaund". The surname is also recorded as Allmand, Almand, Almond, Allimant, Allamand, and Ellement, and the relative popularity suggests that the word was also applied to some at least of the famous "Flemish Weavers" of the 13th Century, who were perhaps mistaken for Germans. The name development and recordings include Joane Ellement, baptised at West Manningfield, Essex on July 1st 1581, and Simon Element, who witnessed the christening of his son, John, at Hatley St. George, Cambridgeshire, on December 17th 1643. The first recorded spelling of the family name is shown to be that of Robert Almene, which was dated 1273, in the "Hundred Rolls of Cambridgeshire", during the reign of King Edward 1, known as "The Hammer of the Scots", 1272 - 1307. Surnames became necessary when governments introduced personal taxation. In England this was known as Poll Tax. Throughout the centuries, surnames in every country have continued to "develop" often leading to astonishing variants of the original spelling.

Read more: http://www.surnamedb.com/Surname/Element#ixzz3TtF9fuwo

Google is the obvious first place to look

A friend has asked me if anyone could find the origins and meaning of The surname Ellement. Any help greatly appreciated. She has Welsh relations.
Regards George