Latymer (surname)
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Latymer is an uncommon English surname.[1] It is an Anglo-Norman "surname of office" derived from latinier, or latimer, a speaker or writer of Latin, and since in Middle English leden meant "language", an interpreter.[2] This occupation existed in medieval Europe when Latin was the common language of science, literature, law, and administration and thus the vehicle of records and transcripts.
From the Anglo-Norman, Latymer had the meanings one who forges new ideas, who is well-schooled and wise, an envoy and interpreter.[3] Related names include Latimer, Lattemore and Lattimore.
Notable people with the name include:
- Edward Latymer (1557–1627), wealthy merchant and official in London
- William Latymer (1499–1583), English evangelical clergyman, Dean of Peterborough
- Baron Latymer (c. 1452–1502),
- Crispin Money-Coutts, 9th Baron Latymer (born 1955)
- Francis Money-Coutts, 5th Baron Latymer (1852–1923), British poet
- Hugo Money-Coutts, 8th Baron Latymer (1926–2003)
- Hugh Burdett Money-Coutts, 6th Baron Latymer (1876–1949)
- Thomas Burdett Money-Coutts, 7th Baron Latymer (1901–1987)
- George Neville, 1st Baron Latymer (died 1469)
- John Neville, 3rd Baron Latymer (1493–1543)
- Robert Willoughby, 9th Baron Latymer, English commander against Cornish rebels for Henry VII
References
[edit]- ^ "Promptorium Parvulorum and Corrections". Camden. Old Series. 25: 1–318. 1843. doi:10.1017/S2042169900011688. ISSN 2042-1699.
- ^ "A Concise Dictionary of Middle English, by A. L. Mayhew and Walter W. Skeat". www.gutenberg.org. Retrieved 2022-02-10.
- ^ "Anglo-Norman Dictionary". Retrieved 2022-02-07.