As described in historical dictionaries

Patronymica Britannica (1860)

TELLIER. O. Fr. telier, a linen-weaver. Nic. le Tellier and his family, Protestants from Dieppe, landed at Rye in 1572. Lansd. MSS. 15. 70.

Lower, Mark A (1860) Patronymica Britannica: a dictionary of the family names of the United Kingdom. London: J.R. Smith. Public Domain.


BritishSurnames.uk is a Good Stuff website.