This spurred me to look up "English Musical Instruments" and the wiki article gave me this;
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:English_musical_instruments
And I was encouraged to see that the 'Hurdy Gurdy' is listed as an English invention, based on other European stringed instruments.
Which now seems obvious to me. Where else in the world would come up with something so ridiculous, with such a daft name?
"....a dance instrument....used for medieval raves...." is probably
over-egging the pudding somewhat.
I had included a clip here of a demonstration but have to link to it instead - 2 minutes long.
link to youtube of a hurdy gurdy in action