Baron Latimer - Name and Title

Name and Title

All of these, and the title of Viscount Latimer, belong to the descendants of the same medieval family, whose surname was Latimer (Latiner or "translator"); the fourteenth century form of the name should therefore be le Latimer, but it is often found as de Latimer as though it were a placename.

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