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 ? Regards John Melbourne,AUS.