Latymer (surname) explained

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

Notes and References

1. Promptorium Parvulorum and Corrections. Camden . Old Series. 1843 . en. 25. 1–318. 10.1017/S2042169900011688. 2042-1699.
2. Web site: A Concise Dictionary of Middle English, by A. L. Mayhew and Walter W. Skeat. 2022-02-10. www.gutenberg.org.
3. Web site: Anglo-Norman Dictionary. 2022-02-07.