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Loasby name origins Misspelt version of post 1066 name for Glowesbi > Lowesby Glowesby
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Glói -- proper noun, masculine; nominative singular of <Glói> Gloi, Glow
GLÓI m Ancient Scandinavian, Norse Mythology, Icelandic
Old Norse male form of Glóa or an Icelandic form of Glóði. In Norse mythology this is the name of a dwarf.
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Old Norse bœr, býr farm, settlement A place in Leicestershire known by various spellings including Glowesbi c1086, Lousebia c1130, Lousebi c1184 and Louseby 1200, 1220 & 1229 and Lowesby (current). A nineteenth century guide says:
Loseby (Glowesbi. Lousebi) Hund. East Goscote, 10 miles E. by N. from Leicester, and 100 from London. Examples of name usage
Notes: de Louseby is the spelling used in Latin texts while their English translations use de Loseby. Similarly Gulielmus becomes William, Henricus is Henry, Johanis is John etcetera. There are still people using de Loseby along with many other spelling variations including Loasby and Loseby.
1066
Hugo de Burdett in the company of William Conqueror is granted “Das. Manerii de Louseby, co. Leicester”. His great grandson Sir William Burdett (1173-1213) is the first Lord of Louseby
"1086" Domesday entry for Lowesby
http://opendomesday.org/place/SK7207/lowesby/ refers to Tenant-in-chief Countess Judith
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judith_of_Lens
Rutland Lay Subsidy 1296 Oakham Survey 1305
Nicholas de Louseby 5s 3 ¾ d Robert de Louseby 21 ¾ d Nicholas and Robert may be of the Burdett lines as there is Nicholas, son of William de Shepey (d1297) and Sir Robert Burdett de Louseby (1286-1333), who were alive at the time. Henricus de Louseby appears regularly in the records of the Borough of Leicester from 1254 through 1320 along with one mention of Thomas de Louseby. There is no matching Thomas or Henry on the published Burdett family tree. Henry owned the land around Loseby Lane in Leicester.
1316 Possible year of death of Roger de Louseby of South Croxton whose widow Margery, August 1317, is suing the Abbot of Croxton, tenant, concerning “an acre and a rood of land and a moiety of an acre of meadow in Suthcroxton, which she claims against the abbot by writ of right, unless duel have been waged, as the tenant has placed himself upon the grand assize.”
Leicester XXXVI. Merchant Gild Roll. Box 2, No. 39. [1343-4] Roll in the time of Ric. Leverich (Sep. 29, 17 Ed. III. to Sep. 29, 18 Ed. III. Gild entries,) *Will. de Ilueston cocus, ..., *Joh. de Louseby,...
1380 Louseby manor passes by marriage to Richard Ashby
25 June 1434 Thomas Assheby the younger is granted the manor of Louseby and 1 and a half bovates of land and rent of 2 capons in Neweton’Burdette by Thomas Assheby of Lubbesthorp the elder and Joan his wife.
12 April 1557 Thomas Loseby, Henry Ramsey, Thomas Thirtel, Margaret Hide and Agnes Stanley were burnt at the stake in Smithfield, England for their Protestant beliefs.
Church of England History 1570-1584
1579 “Sir Thomas Loesbie cl., to the vic. of Welham” - also as Thomas Loseby in this book.
There are many records of marriages, births and burials where the name spelling for one person may differ for each event. The bulk of the records are in Leicestershire where Loesbee/Loseby/Losebie/ Losby/Lozeby/Losebye/Loosby marriages are recorded in abundance late 1500s and early 1600s.
1580 Birth of Georgii Loseby whose descendant line is at http://www.farmergroup.com/ 1600s Loseby and Loasby appear in Northamptonshire. Wife of Robert Loasby gives birth to Charles Loasby 1687 in Kings Cliffe. William Loesbee (Loseby) marries Hannah Watts 02 Apr 1716 in Kettering. They have sons William Loseby (Loasby) and Robert Loasby (Loseby), and daughters Mary, Hannah, Sarah, Dorothy and Anne plus others who didn’t survive. William's line is well documented.