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Latimer, William le (1329/30 - 1381)

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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. Fitz Alan, Elizabeth ( - )
    Type: marriage
    Union began: n.d.
    Union ended: n.d.

Offspring

Primary Title

  • 4th Baron Latimer (of Corby)

Titles

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

Details of Offices

Began Ended Notes
Engraver and Maker of the King's Dies, London 1351/2 -2 -1
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) 1376 -07 -10
Boder, Kent 1372 -11 -3
Constable, Kent 1372 -4 -12 1376 -04
Keeper, Kent 1372 -5
Warden, Kent 1372 -4 -12 1376 -04 Cinque Ports also in Sussex
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Essex 1373 1374
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Kent 1374
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Surrey 1374
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Sussex 1374
JP, Essex 1374
JP, Kent 1374
Keeper of Forests, North of Trent 1376 -10 -6 1381 -05 -28
Commissioner of Array, Kent 1381

Lands

  • London (city-county)

Event Naming Patron

Patronized Troupes

Troupe Name Patron Troupe Type # of events
Lord Constable [of Dover Castle]'s Minstrel/s Latimer, William le (1330 - 1381) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Lord Constable [of Dover Castle]'s Minstrel/s Latimer, William le (1330 - 1381) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Lord Constable [of Dover Castle]'s Minstrel/s Latimer, William le (1330 - 1381) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Lord Constable [of Dover Castle]'s Minstrel/s Latimer, William le (1330 - 1381) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Lord Latimer's Minstrels Latimer, William le (1330 - 1381) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Lord Latimer's Minstrels Latimer, William le (1330 - 1381) Entertainers/Minstrels 1

Bibliographic Sources

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  • 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.