Catalogue description LLOYD FAMILY

The Lloyd family became united with the Baker family through two marriages. Firstly in 1745 Mary Lloyd, one of the large family of William Lloyd, junior, married Rev Thomas Baker of Bibury. Secondly in 1776, the son of their union, William Lloyd Baker, married his first cousin Mary Lloyd, daughter of John Lloyd of Ryton and heiress of the Lloyd family. A substantial amount of property came to the family through this latter marriage, notably the Clerkenwell estate, Middlesex (see section D3549/38 below). Deeds apart, relatively few papers of the Lloyd family have survived, documenting three generations of clergymen, Bishop William Lloyd, his son Chancellor William and grandson, John. William Lloyd senior, 1627-1700 was an eminent clergyman whose career is summarised in the Dictionary of National Biography. He was successively Bishop of St Asaph (1680-1692), Lichfield (1692-1700) and Worcester (1700-1717) and was one of the seven bishops sent to the Tower in 1688, accused of publishing seditious libel against King James II. The volume reference D3549/2/2/1 below includes an intended address by the Bishop on that occasion. A small but interesting portion of his official correspondence survives (sections D3549/2/1 & 2/2 below) which has been augmented by letters acquired by later members of the family. Also of interest are the official papers of William Lloyd junior, who served as chancellor of the Worcester diocese under his father. The Lloyd family archive also contains an interesting series of records relating to the charity schools at Worcester (section D3549/2/3 below), founded by Bishop Lloyd in 1708 and administered by later members of the family.