Does anyone know the origin of the last name LEWIS or TATE?

Question: Does anyone know the origin of the last name LEWIS or TATE!?
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Surname: Lewis
Recorded in over fifty different spellings from Lewis, Lois, Lowis and Loisi, to such as Ludovici, Lotze, Lohde, and Ludwikiewicz, throughout Europe this great and ancient name is generally accepted as being of pre 5th century Frankish origins!. It derives from the personal name "Hludwig", composed of the elements "hlud", meaning loud or famous, plus "wig", battle!. As such it was borne by the founder of the Frankish dynasty, who was recorded in the surviving chronicles of the Roman Empire as Ludovicus and Chlodovechus, the latter form becoming the French Clovis, Clouis, and later Louis!. Lowis or Lewis is the Anglo-French form of the name, and Lowis le Briton was entered in the Red Book of the Exchequer", Essex, in 1166!. The surname first appears on record at the beginning of the 13th Century (see below)!. William Lewys was noted as a witness in the 1267 Fines Court Rolls of Suffolk!. Confusingly in Wales, Lewis was also used as an anglicization of the Welsh name Llywelyn, from "llyw", leader, and "eilyn", likeness!. Llewelyn ap-Madoc, alias Lewis Rede, was archdeacon of Brecon, Wales, in 1437!. One of the most natable bearers of the name was the American explorer Meriwether Lewis (1774 - 1807), who, with William Clark, led an overland expedition from St!. Louis to the Pacific Ocean in the early years of the 19th Century!. The first recorded spelling of the family name is shown to be that of Robert Lowis, which was dated 1202, in the Pipe Rolls of Lancashire!. Throughout the centuries, surnames in every country have continued to "develop" often leading to astonishing variants of the original spelling!.

Surname: Tate
Recorded as Tate and Tait, this is an Anglo-Scottish surname!. It is however probably of Norse-Viking origin, deriving from the pre 7th century Old Norse word "teitr", meaning glad or cheerful!. In its home country it is recorded as the personal name "Teitr", and appears in the Icelandic saga called "Landnamabok"!. As Tait the name was first recorded in Scotland in 1329 when a debt due by the king was paid to Thomas Tayt, although!. Nicholas Tate is recorded even earlier in the Hundred Rolls of Cambridgeshire, England, in the Hundred Rolls of landowners, in the year 1279!. It would seem that according to ancient surviving rolls of Scotland that between the years 1362 and 1370 there are a number of entries of payment of pension to one John Tayt, a clerk who was connected with the hospital of Montrose!. In England the Anglo-Saxon personal name "Tata" is contained in a number of placenames, among them Tatenhill, Tatsfield, and Tattershill, the latter being recorded as Tateshall in the Domesday Book of 1086!. The modern surname is found most frequently in the northern counties of Yorkshire and Northumberland, although Sir Robert Tate and his brother Sir John Tate were both Lord Mayor of the city of London in 1488 and 1496 respectively, and were granted a "Arms"!. Another interesting namebearer was Sir Henry Tate (1819 - 1899), of the famous sugar firm Tate & Lyle!. He was granted a patent in 1872 for an invention for cutting up sugar-loaves!. The first recorded spelling of the family name is shown to be that of Uluric Tates!. This was dated 1095, in the Feudal Documents of the abbey of Bury St!. Edmunds, Suffolk, during the reign of King William 11nd of England, 1087 - 1100!. Surnames became necessary when governments introduced personal taxation!. In England this was sometimes known as the Poll Tax!. Throughout the centuries, surnames in every country have continued to "develop", often leading to astonishing variants of the original spelling!.
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Lewis is Welch, Scottish, and Irish!. Tate is an English last name!.Www@QuestionHome@Com