The family descends from Thomas Londoniis c.1005, whose son William de Londres was one of the 12 Knights of Glamorgan.
The agnatic line of the family ended sometime in the 12th century, and survived only via an heiress, a certain Lady de Lundin who married Robert, the bastard son of William the Lion.
Their descendant Alan, adopted the surname Durward (Doorward) after the position of warden of the king's door that he held.
Thomas de Lundin was the hostarius of King Alexander II of Scotland until his own death.
Some of their descendants living in England migrated to what is now France, the Netherlands, or northern Germany to escape political persecution, taking on modified family names such as de Lundin, Londres, Lundie, Lundy, Lundyn, Londonius, Londoniis, Lander, Landress or Lenders.