David Elisha Davy

[2] In 1803, on the death of his uncle Eleazar, Davy succeeded to his estate, and then took up residence at Yoxford, where he became a magistrate and receiver-general of the county.

[1] After 1815 Davy's estates were taken into possession by Gurney's Bank as security for advances made by them; but they were restored to the owner a few years before his death.

His estate went to his sister, the widow of William Barlee, rector of Wrentham, Suffolk, and at her death devised in accordance with the provisions of the will of Eleazar Davy.

[1][3] About 1803 Davy began to collect materials for a history of Suffolk, with a friend, Henry Jermyn of Sibton, barrister-at-law.

[5] He published A short Account of Leiston Abbey as D. E. D. (with descriptive and illustrative verses by B. Barton and W. Fletcher, edited by J. Bird, 1823).