The question was posed: > Further to my earlier posting on the LAYT name (and all its variations),I > have received some additional information which may have some bearing on my > > original enquiry. > In early history the County of Kent,England,was divided up into sub > divisions called Lathes,these were further subdivided into Hundreds (100 > Families,100 Fighting men,or a 100 hides). > The people who were Serfs? who worked in these Lathes were called LAITs. > If this is true then the LAYT Family were in Kent then Gloucester,Suffolk > ,Norfolk and finally in Yorkshire. > Other indications are that the Family came originally from Eastern > Europe,Estonia ? and moved into England as Jutes. > Does anybody have any info as to whether this true ? ======================================== There is an article online that may interest you. Go to www.google.com and enter "estonian claims to england" Surprising piece of knowledge. Gary Radcliffe