I am sure I have posted this but cannot see it, so here is a repeat...on a website caller Stir(r)net Geneology there is a large Elwes Pedigree with branches that spead out into many parts of the UK...my connecting lot were from Suffolk - Glemsford and 'Clare Hall' but take a look and maybe some of you on here will find the connections to your brick walls.
Clif