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ORIGIN OF NAME: Derivation of MILLWARD O.E. Myle(n)weard – Keeper of the mill, miller. Transsor notes that this is a very common in southern & western counties, elsewhere the common form is milner. Equivalent to ate Mille: John ate Mylle otherwise called Mylleward 1426 – Subsidy Rolls, Sussex. Approbrious rich name: William Olfelle alias Milleward 1429 – Dorset. Millard:- Millwood, Milward, Millard, Mellard, Mullward John le Millward 1279 – Rotulli Hundredorum, Huntindonshire Cecilia le Mulward 1286 – E. Ekwall, Early London Parish names, London, 1947. Richard Mellward 1296 – Subsidy Rolls, Sussex Walter le Milreward 1300 – Calendar of Early Mayors, Court Rolls, ed A H Thomas, Cambridge 1924. Robert le Moleward 1327 – Subsidy Rolls, Derbyshire Richard Millard 1696 – Cited in Bardsley.