English: habitational name from Lundsford in East Sussex, so named from an Old English personal name Lundrǣd + Old English ford ‘ford’.

Note:To have the designation Esqr. he must have been the eldest son living of a knight, as we clearly see, and what is more important, he must have been the son of Sir Thomas's English wife, Katherine Nevill of Billingbere, Berk s, dau. of Sir Henry Nevill and descended from the Killigrews, Smiths, Greshams and the Lords Abergavenny, not to mention the House of York, Pedro of Castile, Boleyn, Mortimer, Portugal, Chiche, Pierleoni, and Chichele .