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Ludford, Ann, d. 1748
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d. 1748
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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).
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International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) 2nd edition
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Prepared for import into AtoM by Westminster School Archive staff, 2022
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Users should note that the information recorded here that is not to be found in the first two volumes of the Record of Old Westminsters and its first Supplement has been assembled from various published and manuscript sources by Hugh Edmund Pagan MA FSA, and all new resulting text is his copyright, © 2014.
The Record of Old Westminsters: A biographical list of all those who are known to have been educated at Westminster School from the earliest times to 1927, Volumes 1 & 2, compiled by G. F. Russell Barker and Alan H. Stenning, London, 1928.