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Double letters are also sometimes used as capitals in pre-1800 docs. I've seen this a few times in 18th-century wills, mostly with F as in this example:
http://www.scottishhandwriting.com/cmPSdou.asp
So it's quite possible that someone's seen that on a will, and thought his name was Llawrence.
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Interesting!Didn't know that about the double letters in old wills. Coolness.
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