As a surname, Luda/Louth/Loweth etc relatively rare; only 357 bearers in 1881, c.25% in Lincolnshire & a significant number in Yorkshire >
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Looking at the medieval evidence, in 13thC found in Lincolnshire, Yorkshire & Buckinghamshire, w/ others in London, Herts+Dorset in 14thC >
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Earliest 'de Luda/Louthe' I know of is Robert de Lutha, living in York in 1220; his brother, John de Lutha, was bailiff of York in c.1235 >
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Jeremy de Luda likewise bailiff of York in 1263, & Sir Gilbert de Luda = Lord Mayor of York in 1270s+80s; he owned property in Grimsby etc >
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Another notable 13thC 'de Luda' is William de Luda, Bishop of Ely 1290–8; his silver seal matrix set w/ Roman intaglio is in the BM: http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details.aspx?objectId=50713&partId=1 …pic.twitter.com/g0pWfgXdmo
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Poor Louth clerics had a habit of getting knocked on the head.
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ooh, I have some fabulous records of crimes in medieval-Victorian Louth ;)
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In all the sturm & drang of US politics, your posts are a joyful, educational refreshment for a layperson like me. Thanks!
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Very kind of you to say :)
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same derivation as Ludlow The other part - low is for the tump / burial mound originally under @StLaurencesVP
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the mound was excavated in 1199 when the church was enlarged. They found the bones of Celtic saints
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I always wonder if the mound was a reused early bronze age tomb and had secondary early med burials within
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