LLOYD. A well-known Welsh personal name — sometimes corrupted to Floyd and Flood. As an hereditary surname it does not date beyond the XYI. century, yet many of the "families bearing it are of great antiquity, as, for example : — Lloyd of Bronwydd is 23rd lord of the Barony of Kemes, co. Penabroke, in hereditary descent from Martin de Tours, a companion of William the Conqueror. Lloyd of Plymog claims from jMarchudd ap Cyuan, who flourished in the IX. cent., and founded tlie eighth noble tribe of North Wales, and Powys : King Henry YII. sprang from this family. Lloyd of Aston springs from the royal house of Powys. Lloyd of Dan-yrallt descends from Cadivor ap Dyfuwall, lord of Castle Howel, temp. Henry II.. and lineally sprung from Ehodri Mawr, King of Wales. Lloyd of Coedmore claims from an ancient Prince of Ferlys. Lloyd of Clockfaen springs from the great Tudor Trevor, in the X. cent. Lloyd of Pale derives paternally from Held Molwyrogg, a chieftain of Denbighland, founder of the ninth noble tribe of N. Wales and Powys. For these and many other particulars, see B.L.G.

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