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ruinous condition (It can still be seen today in the Churchyard of St. Cybi's Church in the middle of Holyhead's shopping centre).
He started tapping Chancellor Edward Wynne for funds towards the restoration, and regular reports were sent to the Chancellor of how the money was being spent. By October of 1746, the walls had been plastered, but the building had no roof, and the large window was unglazed. By September 1744, the roof was in place, and a large oak table for the school was purchased. He did not have any funds to run the school and so in 1746 wrote to Ann Owen to ask if her brother the Chancellor would be offended by a volunteer Master being put in the school for the time being. The building stood empty until 1748, when the jubilant Ellis wrote in the Parish Register that "Dr. Edward Wynne of Boderwyd gave by a Bond dated November 25th 1748, the sum of six score pounds sterling, towards the endowment of the school in the Churchyard of this Parish. The interest of the said money is to be paid ye Schoolmaster yearly (excepting what goes to the repair of the school) on ye 24th day of November for instructing six poor boys of the parish". The boys were taught to read, write and cast accounts by John Edwards of Bangor. He gave up his post in 1761 then served as Church Warden in 1762-3 to run a shop. He died in 1768. He was very sadly missed by all the people in his Parish.
Ellis had left Holyhead in 1759, for Nutfield in Surrey where he was appointed a Justice of the Peace. He missed Holyhead, and craved for any news from his friends here. Ellis married Mary Bristow, and they had two children - Owen and Mary.
He never returned to Holyhead, and died in Nutfield on February 23rd 1792, aged 80 years.
Leslie Owen was appointed as Master of the school in 1761. Following his death it is probable that Richard Owen (1751-1828) who lived in the Waterside area of Holyhead was
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