The English surname LUTWYCHE is of local or habitational origin, deriving from the name of the place the original bearer once lived or held land. In this instance, the surname derives from the place name "LUTWYCHE" found in Shropshire. LUTWYCHE was first recorded in the Domesday Book of 1086 in the form of "Luteis" and then later in the Assize Rolls of 1292 in the form of "Lutwych" .
The place name is derived from the olde English "lut" meaning "Shovel to remove mud from ditches and canals" and the olde English "wic" meaning "out-lying farm or village"
Early references to the name, or a variant in English documents include, Henry de Lutwich and Willaim de Lutwich of Shropshire who are both included in The Hundred Rolls of 1273. Edward Lutwyche is recorded in the Registers of Oxford University in 1588-9. Thomas Lutwich, de Lutwich is listed in the "Disitations of Shropshire" in the year 1623, as is Richard Lutwiche, de Lutwiche Hall also in 1623. Thomas Luttwyche applied for a marriage licence in London in 1575. An Edmund Lutwyche married in Shropshire in 1571.
Notable bearers of this surname include, Sir Edward Lutwyche (d.1709) the Judge and Barrister who was knighted in 1684 and was Judge of the Common Pleas from 1686 to 1688. Thomas Lutwyche (1675-1734) who was the MP for Appleby from 1710 to 1722, Callington, from 1722 to 1727, and Agmondesham from 1728 to 1734. A variant of the surname includes LUTWIDGE, a certain Captain Lutwidge served at Trafalgar with Lord Horatio Nelson. |
