Latimer, William le (1329/30 - 1381)

Born / Died

Birth Date: 1330-03-24
Death Date: 1381-05-28

Notes

Impeached, convicted, imprisoned and deprived of all offices April 1376; fully pardoned by 8 Oct. 1376

Parents

Marriages/Other Unions

  1. Type: marriage
    Union began: n.d.
    Union ended: n.d.

Primary Title

4th Baron Latimer (of Corby)

Titles

  • 4th Baron Latimer (of Corby)
    Assumed By 1335-11-02
    Vacated 1381-05-28
  • Knight of the Garter
    Assumed Circa 1362
    Vacated 1381-05-28

Details of Offices

Began Ended Notes
Engraver and Maker of the King's Dies, London 1351/2-2-1 n.d.
Steward of the Household, England 1367/8-2-16 1370-10-20
Keeper of Forests, North of Trent 1368-5-1 1376-04
King's Chamberlain, England 1371-10-10 (possibly assumed office 27 Oct. 1371) by 1376-07-10
Boder, Kent 1372-11-3 n.d.
Constable, Kent by 1372-4-12 1376-04
Keeper, Kent 1372-5 n.d.
Warden, Kent by 1372-4-12 1376-04 Cinque Ports also in Sussex
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Essex 1373 1374
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Surrey 1374 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Sussex 1374 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Kent 1374 n.d.
JP, Essex 1374 n.d.
JP, Kent 1374 n.d.
Keeper of Forests, North of Trent 1376-10-6 1381-05-28
Commissioner of Array, Kent 1381 n.d.

Lands

  • London (city-county)

Events Naming Patron

Event Date Location Troupe
Performance 1373-1373 Dover (Unknown), Dover , Kent Lord Constable [of Dover Castle]'s Minstrel/s
Performance 1375-1375 Dover (Unknown), Dover , Kent Lord Constable [of Dover Castle]'s Minstrel/s
Performance 1377-1377 Dover (Unknown), Dover , Kent Lord Constable [of Dover Castle]'s Minstrel/s
Performance 1381-1382 Dover (Unknown), Dover , Kent Lord Constable [of Dover Castle]'s Minstrel/s
Performance 1375-1376 Dover (Unknown), Dover , Kent Lord Latimer's Minstrels
Performance? 1375-1376 Dover (Unknown), Dover , Kent Lord Latimer's Minstrels

Patronized Troupes

Troupe Name Patron Troupe Type # of events
Lord Constable [of Dover Castle]'s Minstrel/s Latimer, William le (1330 - 1381) Entertainers/Minstrels 4
Lord Latimer's Minstrels Latimer, William le (1330 - 1381) Entertainers/Minstrels 2

Bibliographic Sources

The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom. 1887–98 (8 vols); 1910–59 (13 vols). 6 vols. Gloucester: Alan Sutton, 1982.
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. 01/05/2005 (http://www.oxforddnb.com)