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Lathrisk Surname Definition:

LATHRISK: From the old barony of Lathrisk in Fife. The first of the name in record appears to be William de Laskreske of the county of Fyfe who rendered homage for his lands in 1296 (Bain, II, p. 204), George de llothreisk, son and apparent heir of Alexander de llothreisk, obtained the lands of Spittalefeld beside Inverkeithing in 1477 and resigned them in the same year (RD.

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Lathrisk Surname Meaning

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LATHRISK: From the old barony of Lathrisk in Fife. The first of the name in record appears to be William de Laskreske of the county of Fyfe who rendered homage for his lands in 1296 (Bain, II, p. 204), George de llothreisk, son and apparent heir of Alexander de llothreisk, obtained the lands of Spittalefeld beside Inverkeithing in 1477 and resigned them in the same year (RD., 478,479). John Lathreisk was bailie of Dysart in 1525, and another John Lathrisk, elder, was chosen "Kirk master" of St. Serfs in 1534 (Dysart, p. 3, 33), Walter Lathrisc appears as salt collector in 1575 (RPC., II, p. 726), and James Laithrik was a notary public in Cupar in 1581 (Soltre, p. 145). The surname early reached the Orkney Islands and is in record there in 1511 as Laithreis (Laing, 282). Michell Lathreish in Dysart was father of Alexander Lathrice, a captive among the Turks in 1632 (PBK., p. 36, 37). The surname is or was pronounced Larisse. Laithresk 1547, Lathreis 1562 Lawchresk 1510.

The Surnames of Scotland (1946) by George Fraser Black (1866-1948)

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