dedicated to St. Martin, and had for one of its chaplains, in the reign
of Richard II., Robert de Louthorp, is now partly ruinated, the tower
and chancel being almost entirely overgrown with ivy. It was a
collegiate Church from 1333, and from the style of its architecture must
have been built about the time of Edward III.

From this English John Lowthroppe the New England Lothrops have their
origin:--

"It is one of the most ancient of all the famous New England
families, whose blood in so many cases is better and purer than
that of the so-called noble families in England. The family roll
certainly shows a great deal of talent, and includes men who have
proved widely influential and useful, both in the early and later
periods. The pulpit has a strong representation. Educators are
prominent. Soldiers prove that the family has never been wanting in
courage. Lothrop missionaries have gone forth into foreign lands.
The bankers are in the forefront. The publishers are represented.
Art engraving has its exponent, and history has found at least one
eminent student, while law and medicine are likewise indebted to
this family, whose talent has been applied in every department of
useful industry,"[A]

[Footnote A: _The Churchman_.]


GENEALOGY.[B]

[Footnote B: From a genealogical memoir of the Lo-Lathrop family, by
Rev. E.B. Huntington, 1884.]