William Latimer, 4th Baron Latimer

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William Latimer, 4th Baron Latimer , KG (born March 24, 1330 Scampston , Ryedale Wapentake, North Riding of Yorkshire, now North Yorkshire , † May 28, 1381 Guisborough , Yorkshire ) was an English nobleman , military man and politician . After working in France and for the household of Edward III. of England , he was charged during the Good Parliament of 1376 , the earliest recorded such trial in the English Parliament .

Early years and service in France

William Latimer was the son of William Latimer, 3rd Baron Latimer , and Elizabeth Botetourt, daughter of John Botetourt, 1st Baron Botetourt . In 1353 he married Elizabeth FitzAlan (1320-1389), daughter of Edmund FitzAlan, 9th Earl of Arundel and Alice de Warenne ; their daughter Elizabeth (1357-1395) married in first marriage John Neville, 3rd Baron Neville de Raby and in the second marriage Robert Willoughby, 4th Baron Willoughby de Eresby.

In 1346 he fought in the Battle of Crécy , in 1351 he was knighted and in royal service in Calais . In January 1356 he was present when Edward Balliol gave up his claim to the Scottish throne . In 1359 he served in Gascony . 1361 he was appointed as successor to Sir William FitzWarin in the Order of the Garter was added. In 1364 he fought at the side of John V of Brittany in the Battle of Auray . In 1368 he was appointed keeper of Bécherel and in 1370 of Saint-Sauveur-le-Vicomte .

Return to England and impeachment proceedings

On his return to England he served as Lord Steward from 1368 to 1370 and from 1371 as Lord Chamberlain . His son-in-law, John Neville, Lord Neville de Raby, was appointed Lord Steward in the same year, and by 1376 they were both important figures in the royal court; Latimer was in high favor with John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster , the king's son. He became Constable of Dover Castle in 1373 and Warden of the Cinque Ports in 1374 . He was also involved in negotiations with Portugal in 1373 and in negotiations with France in 1375.

When the Parliament of England, known as the Good Parliament , was convened in April 1376, under the direction of Peter de la Mare , the members wanted to remove corrupt advisors from the court. Latimer, Neville, the London trader Richard Lyons and Alice Perrers were indicted, and the indictment against Latimer was that he was guilty of repression in Brittany, he sold the castle of Saint-Sauveur to the enemy, the liberation from 1375 Bécherel interfered with taking bribes for the release of captured ships and withholding fines paid to the King, particularly by Robert Knolles and the City of Bristol , and finally that he worked with Robert Lyons to repay fictitious loans from the Got crown. Seconded by William of Wykeham , de la Mare sought to have Latimer convicted immediately, with the Commons acting on behalf of the king. The attempt failed and a trial started. The charges have been proven and he has been removed from his positions in the royal household and council, fined and imprisoned. He was pardoned in October 1376 and returned to the king's favor with Lancaster's regained influence.

Latimer's impeachment proceedings are the first documented impeachment by Parliament.

Late years

Latimer became Edward III's executor . appointed by England , who died in June 1377. In the same year he became governor of Calais . In 1380 he accompanied Thomas of Woodstock, Earl of Buckingham on his campaign in France.

Latimer died on May 28, 1381 and was buried in Gisborough Priory , Yorkshire. His mother, wife and daughter survived him.

literature

Remarks

  1. ^ William A. Shaw, The Knights of England: A Complete Record from the Earliest Time to the Present Day of the Knights of All the Orders of Chivalry in England, Scotland, and Ireland, and of the Knights Bachelors , Volume 1, Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1971, p. 3. OCLC 247620448, 1971
  2. ^ A b Anthony Tuck, Crown and nobility: England 1272-1461 , 2nd edition, Wiley-Blackwell, 1999, pp. 140f, ISBN 978-0-631-21466-3
  3. ^ Theodor Frank Thomas Plucknett, Studies in English legal history , Continuum International Publishing Group, 1983, p. 159, ISBN 978-0-907628-11-8
  4. ^ Oonagh Gay, Nery Davies, Standard Note SN / PC / 2666: Impeachment , House of Commons Library, November 16, 2011
predecessor Office successor
William Latimer Baron Latimer
1335-1381 		Elizabeth Neville
personal data
SURNAME Latimer, William, 4th Baron Latimer
BRIEF DESCRIPTION English nobleman, military man and politician
DATE OF BIRTH March 24, 1330
PLACE OF BIRTH Scampston , North Yorkshire
DATE OF DEATH May 28, 1381