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LUDFORD, EDWARD TAYLOR, son of Thomas Ludford (formerly Bracebridge), London, and Ann (who kept a boarding house at the School to her death in 1748), widow of Thomas Bold, London, distiller, and only dau. of Rev. Edward Taylor, Rector of Finningley, Notts.; bapt. St. James, Garlickhythe, London 9 Sep 1737 (IGI); in school list 1744; KS (aged 13) 1751; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1756, matr. 15 Jun 1756, Westminster Student 5 Jan 1757 – res 5 Jan 1760, having been suspended for taking a degree for a year from 22 Dec 1759 owing to his idleness; migrated to Trinity Coll. Oxford; BA 1760; ordained; Rector of Berkswell, Warwicks., from 1762; m. 12 Jun 1766 Ann Craven, “niece of Lord Craven”; d. Sep 1769.

Ludford, Ann; only daughter of Rev.Edward Taylor, Rector of Finningley, Notts., and Rachel (Mrs.Rachel Taylor, Dame), dau. of Thomas Baker, Oxford, and sister of Mrs. Ann Playford, Dame ; kept the boarding house in Little Dean’s Yard previously managed by her aunt Mrs Playford ; first of thirty-two recorded boarders adm. Oct 1742, last recorded boarder adm. Feb 1746/7 ; additional boarders inherited by her from Mrs Playford included the poet William Cowper (adm. Apr 1742, qv) ; her husband, Thomas Ludford, provided an account for “Masters Arthur and John Chichester” 10 Feb 1753, Shakespeare Birthday Trust archives, but the Chichester brothers had been entered up Grant’s, and it seems probable that Ludford had paid their boarding fees for Grant’s himself and was invoicing the Chichester family for repayment ; m.1st, in or before 1727, Thomas Bold, Thames Street, London, distiller ; m.2nd, 29 May 1731 Thomas Ludford (formerly Bracebridge) (d.1776) (will proved PCC 28 Jun 1776, as of Hayes, Middlesex) ; d. 15 May 1748, aged 50. Buried North Cloister, Westminster Abbey. Mother of Edward Taylor Ludford (qv).

LUDDINGTON, THOMAS, of London; b.; adm.; QS; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1581, matr. 12 Jun 1584, aged 19, Westminster Student to 1592; BA 1585; MA 1588; d. 1593.

LUDDINGTON, STEPHEN, son of --- Luddington, and Emma Ferris (who remarried Rev. Richard Alvey, Prebendary of Westminster and Master of the Temple); b.; adm.; a pensioner 1564-7 (tutor, Prebendary Alvey); m.; living 1586.

LUDDINGTON, STEPHEN, son of Ven. Stephen Luddington DD, Archdeacon of Stow, and Rector of Potter Hanworth, Lincs., and Dorothy, dau. of William Dolben (qv); b.; adm. 20 Apr 1661; KS; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1664, matr. 22 Jul 1664, aged 18, Westminster Student 17 Apr 1665 – void 1678; BA 1668; MA 1671; ordained; Prebendary of Lincoln from 12 Jun 1674; Rector of Potter Hanworth, Lincs., from 4 Apr 1677; d. unm. before 26 Oct 1689.

LUDBY, JOHN, son of John Ludby, St. James’s, Westminster, and Catharine Warren, St. James’s; b.; adm. (aged 13) Jun 1735; left 1738.

LUCY, RICHARD; b.; adm.; KS; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1653, matr. 28 Mar 1655, Westminster Student.

LUCY, EDWARD; b.; adm.; KS 1630; elected head to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1633, adm. scholar 1634.

LUCK (or LUCKE), ROBERT, son of Thomas Luck, Newport, Isle of Wight; b. 10 Jun 1674; adm.; KS 1689; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1692, matr. 2 Jul 1692, Westminster Student 24 Dec 1692 – void 1706; BA 23 Mar 1696/7; MA 1700; Master of Barnstaple Sch., Devon 1698-1740; among his pupils was John Gay; ordained; Vicar of West Down, Devon, from 1713; Vicar of Buckland Brewer, Devon, from 2 Jul 1744; author, A Miscellany of new Poems, 1736, which includes an English version of one of Martial’s epigrams, dated “Westminster School, 3d Form, 1686”; m. 19 Jan 1700 [check] Mary, dau. of William Medford, Barnstaple, Devon; buried Barnstaple, Devon 17 Jan 1747/8.