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Line 129: Walter Elford Sr. was among the pioneers of the [[English coffeehouses in the 17th and 18th centuries|English Coffee Houses]] on [[Exchange Alley]], next to the [[Royal Exchange, London|Royal Exchange]], owning the Great Coffee House (Turk's Head) until the [[Great Fire of London]], and was featured in [[Samuel Pepys]]'s diaries.<ref>[https://books.google.ca/books?id=UC0xDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA73-IA8&lpg=PA73-IA8&dq=%22walter+elford%22+%22coffee+house%22&source=bl&ots=on2SCXIZQf&sig=ACfU3U1IomXxAFMpwN6fZsN6iidBfyqyOQ&hl=fr&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwi214TR-rOCAxWWlIkEHV-vBeg4ChDoAXoECAcQAw#v=onepage&q=%22walter%20elford%22%20%22coffee%20house%22&f=false Eighteenth-Century Coffee-House Culture], Vol. 4 , Markman Ellis, 2006</ref><ref>[https://books.google.ca/books?id=J-JSalViBrMC&pg=PA71&lpg=PA71&dq=%22elford%27s+house%22+coffee&source=bl&ots=fO63s_c8TW&sig=ACfU3U3IgFjMPoVa-BOyPaM3gRK8u8R6Og&hl=fr&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiP9_rh-7OCAxUBjIkEHQgxCpcQ6AF6BAgGEAM#v=onepage&q=elford&f=false The Diary of Samuel Pepys], Vol. 10: Companion, University of California Press, Samuel Pepys, 1983, p. 71</ref><ref>[https://books.google.ca/books?id=_Pw9AAAAcAAJ&pg=PA271&lpg=PA271&dq=%22morat%27s+head%22+%22coffee+house%22+london&source=bl&ots=tp2Zhy-dDf&sig=ACfU3U3WXSk0AX7Qfxzgx69BJIZBJ5MHxw&hl=fr&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiolcTv_LOCAxWFhYkEHbgaCHgQ6AF6BAgqEAM#v=onepage&q=%22morat's%20head%22%20%22coffee%20house%22%20london&f=false Curiosities of London: Exhibiting the Most Rare and Remarkable Objects of the Metropolis], John Timbs, London, Virtue, 1867, p. 271</ref><ref>[https://archive.org/details/earlyhistoryofco00robi/page/118/mode/2up?q=elford The Early History of Coffee Houses in England], K. Paul, Trench, Trübner, Edward Forbes Robinson, London, 1893, p. 119-125</ref> Catherine Elford's maternal grandfather was merchant Richard Chambers, [[Court of Aldermen|Alderman]] and [[Sheriffs of the City of London|Sheriff of the City of London]], family of [[Amyas Bampfylde|Sir Amyas Bampfylde]] of [[Poltimore House]] and [[Barrington Court]].<ref>The Visitations of the County of Devon: Comprising the Herald's Visitations of 1531, 1564, & 1620, Vol. 1 to 7, Yale University Press, J. L. Vivian, p. 329</ref><ref>Parish Register, St. Giles Church, Wrexham; Brown’s Cases in Parliament, Volume VI, 1803</ref><ref>To the Parliament of the Common-wealth of England, Scotland, and Ireland. [https://quod.lib.umich.edu/cgi/t/text/text-idx?c=eebo2;idno=B18894.0001.001 The brief remonstrance and humble petition of Richard Chambers merchant, late Alderman and Sheriffe of the City of London]; Chambers, Richard, 1588-1658</ref> Their wedding took place at [[St. Mary's Church, Chennai|St Mary's Church]], at Fort St George, where Yale was a [[vestryman]] and [[treasurer]]. The marriage was the first registered at the church.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thehindu.com/arts/history-and-culture/article3803310.ece?homepage=true|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130204045355/http://www.thehindu.com/arts/history-and-culture/article3803310.ece?homepage=true|url-status=dead|archive-date=2013-02-04|title=''The Hindu'', paragraph 10|website = [[The Hindu]]}}</ref> They had 4 children together.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://britishart.yale.edu/stories/new-light-group-portrait-elihu-yale-his-family-and-enslaved-child-timeline-part-1|url-status=dead|archive-date=21 November 2021|title=''Yale Center for British Art''|access-date=21 November 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211121073748/https://britishart.yale.edu/stories/new-light-group-portrait-elihu-yale-his-family-and-enslaved-child-timeline-part-1}}</ref> David Anne Yale (died 1734) married to [[Lord James Cavendish (MP for Derby)|Lord James Cavendish]] of [[Chatsworth House]], son of the [[1st Duke of Devonshire]] of [[Hardwick Hall]], and Lady Mary Butler, the [[James Butler, 1st Duke of Ormond|Duke of Ormond's]] daughter at [[Kilkenny Castle]].<ref name="auto4"/> Lord Cavendish was also a nephew of Earl [[John Cecil, 5th Earl of Exeter|John Cecil]] of [[Burghley House]], and a grandson of Countess [[Elizabeth Cavendish, Countess of Devonshire|Elizabeth Cecil]] of [[Hatfield House]].<ref>Cavendish, William (1617-1684)" . Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900</ref> Ursula Yale, who never married, and died in 1721 at [[Latimer House]]; a house rented by Yale from his son-in-law, and who is buried in the church on the estate.<ref name="autogenerated1"/> In 1687, after the death of [[Jacques (Jaime) de Paiva (Pavia)|Jacques de Paiva]],<ref name="esefarad.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.esefarad.com/?p=10147|title = The Portuguese Jewish Community of Madras, India, in the Seventeenth Century| date=11 April 2010 }}</ref> a Portuguese Jewish diamond merchant and mines owner, Yale formed a relationship with his widow Hieronima de Paiva and brought her to live with him, causing a scandal within Madras’s colonial society. They had a son who died, along with his mother, in [[South Africa]].<ref name="esefarad.com"/> | |||