Publications
Elphick Family, of Seaford, by W. H. Challen, published May 1958 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. XV no. 1, note, pp.28-29) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8233] & The Keep [LIB/500217] & S.A.S. library
James Elphick, His Book, 1779, by G. P. Burstow, published May 1965 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. XVI no. 5, article, pp.158-160) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8234] & The Keep [LIB/500218] & S.A.S. library
Using Tudor records at TNA, by Nigel Sawyer, published March 2010 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 19 no. 1, article, pp.44-47) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 15860] & The Keep [LIB/508842] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.
Preview:On my ELPHICK line I had got back to the 1572 Archdeaconry of Lewes will of John ELPHICK of Chiddingly. Initially it seemed that this would be the end of the road for this particular family line but an intemet search brought up the Sussex Record Society website (www.sussexrecordsociety.org) and an online version of the book The Lay Subsidy Rolls for the County of Sussex 1524-25 by Julian Cornwall and listed under the Hundred of Sheplake (Shiplake) was a John ELPHYK. Unfortunately the parish in which he was living was not given. A search of the National Archives (TNA) catalogue also revealed an intriguing document that mentioned "Thomas HENDEMAN and Johane, his wife, executrix and previously the wife of Harry ELFEKE. v. Thomas PRATYE, feoffee to uses.: Messuage and land in Chitynglegh and Helynglegh.: Sussex." (TNA C 1/54/85). This information appeared to confirm what M A Lower said in 'The Parochial History of Chiddingly' (SAC, Volume 14, 1862): "Stonehill in the Northern part of the parish belonged in former times to the very ancient Sussex family of ELPHICK" but also added more than a hint that the family had a Hellingly connection.