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Personal data William IV 2nd Baron le Latimer , of Corby 

• He was born about 1276 in Danby Manor, Scampston, Malton, East Riding Yorkshire, England.Sources 2, 3
• He died on February 27, 1326/1327 in Corby, Kettering, Northamptonshire, England.Source 2
• Alternative: He died before July 23, 1317.Source 3
• He is buried in Guisborough Priory, North Riding Yorkshire, England.
• A child of William III 1st Baron le Latimer and Alice Ledet
• This information was last updated on April 5, 2023.

Household of William IV 2nd Baron le Latimer , of Corby

(1) He is married to Lucy de Thweng.

They got married before April 20, 1295 at 1st husband 1st wife-divorced by 22 July 1312.Sources 1, 2, 3

Child(ren):

1. William V 3rd Baron le Latimer  ± 1301-< 1335 

(3) He is married to Sibyl de Fourneaux.

They got married before August 18, 1314 at 2nd husband 2nd wife.Sources 2, 3

Notes about William IV 2nd Baron le Latimer , of Corby

William le Latimer, 1st /2nd Lord (Baron) Latimer (of Corby), so createdby writ of summons to Parliament 6 Feb 1298/9 (ie. nearly a year prior tothe first recorded writ of sommons to his father, though the latter mayhave been summoned even earlier); fought at English defeat by Scots ofBannockburn 1314, when captured and held at Bothwell till ransomed someeight months after the battle; fought for Edward II at Battle ofBoroughbridge 16 March 1321/2 against the rebellious Thomas, Earl ofLancaster, though one of the latter's supporters till c1318; Keeper ofYork Jan 1322/3; envoy to negotiate peace with Scotland 1324; married 1stby 20 April 1295 (divorce by 22 July 1312) Lucy, younger daughter andcoheir of Sir Robert de Thweng, and had issue; married 2nd by 18 Aug 1314Sibyl, daughter of Sir Richard de Fourneaux and widow of William deHuntingfield, and died by 12 July 1317, leaving by her a son (Thomas);his son by his 1st wife [William le Latimer, 3rd Baron]. [Burke'sPeerage]

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BARONY OF LATIMER [OF CORBY] (II)

WILLIAM (LE LATIMER), LORD LATIMER, son and heir. He was stated to beaged 40 and more in March 1316/7. On 7 August 1294 he was attorney forhis father,, who was setting out for Gascony, and next year (17 October)he himself had a protection on going there with the King's brother. Hewas summoned for military service for Gascony 1295, 1324, 1325, andagainst the Scots 1297 and (as a "baron") 1299 and onward to 1323; and itappears that he held lands of the value of £20 per annum in Northants and£40 in Yorks. He was serving with the King in Wales in April 1295. He wassummoned to Parliament 6 February 1298/9 ten months before his father, bywrit directed Willelmo le Latimer juniori, whereby he also is held tohave become LORD LATIMER, and to later Parliaments down to 3 December1326. In November 1299 he had a protection on going to Scotland with theKing, and in 1303 was in Scotland serving under John de Segrave. On 12December 1303, by charter granted at Dunfermline, he obtained a weeklymarket and annual fair for his manor of Sinnington, co. York, and freewarren in the demesne. In 1305 he had a grant of pontage in aid of abridge for his town of Yarm, co. York. In May 1306 the King gave him infee two parts of the manor of Lamdnby, Cumberland, with its hamlets ofGamblesby and Unthank, valued at £30 per annum. In 1307 he was ordered toproceed to Scotland for the defence of the country and of his ownpossessions. He was summoned 18 January 1307/8 to the Coronation ofEdward II, and in the following March received the custody of RockinghamCastle and the stewardship of the forests between the bridges of Oxfordand Stamford. In 1309 he was at a tournament at Dunstable, and in Julywas going beyond seas on the King's service. The King in December 1309wrote on his behalf to the Pope and Cardinals. In 1311 he had a grant ofthe custody of the lands of Nicholas Poyntz during minority. The custodyof Scarborough Castle was committed to him in January 1311/2, but Henryde Percy refused to give it up. In 1313 he was forbidden to attend atournament at Newmarket. On 7 February 1313/4 he is styled notre cherbacheler monsire William le Latymer in connection with debts of himselfand his father. He shared in the English defeat at Bannockburn, 24 June1314, was taken prisoner, and confined at Bothwell until ransomed, beingreleased before February 1314/5. On 14 April 1315 he was summoned to acouncil of war at Doncaster. In the following August he was ordered toremain in the North during the winter campaign. On 26 June 1317 he hadlivery of his mother's inheritance. He was at this time an adherent ofthe Earl of Lancaster, but received pardon on 22 October 1318, andafterwards joined the King's party. In 1321 he was requested to abstainfrom illegal confederacies and assemblies, and in particular fromattending the meeting of "Good Peers" at Doncaster. On 6 February 1321/2he was ordered to raise men to join the King at Coventry and marchagainst Thomas of Lancaster, and to gather the forces of Yorkshire. Hefought at Boroughbridge for the King, 16 March 132I/2. On 4 Augustfollowing he was going with the Earl of Arundel to Scotland on the King'sservice, and soon afterwards was a commissioner of array in co. York. On19 January 1322/3 he was appointed keeper of the city of York. In thefollowing June he and William Herle were commissioned to receive theoaths of Robert de Bruce.and other magnates of Scotland to observe atruce for 13 years and to receive hostages; Latimer was to conductBruce's envoys in safety on their return to Scotland. On 8 Nov. 1324 hewas one of those empowered to make peace with Robert Bruce. On 18February 1326/7 he had licence to grant his manor of Corby to William hisson in tail.

He married, 1stly, before 20 April 1295, Lucy, heir of Sir Robert DETHWENG elder brother of Marmaduke, 1st Lord Thweng (and granddaughter ofSir Marmaduke DE THWENG, of Kilton in Cleveland, by Lucy, sister andcoheir of Sir Piers DE BRUS, of Skelton and Danby in Cleveland). On 16February 1303/4 the Sheriff of York was ordered to find Lucy, wife ofWilliam le Latimer the younger, arrest her by force if necessary, andtake her back to William's manor of Brunne, co. York, delivering her toWilliam's attorney, as William had left her there to remain during hisabsence on service in Scotland and she was taken away against his will byforce. On 10 February 1310/1 William and Lucy quitclaimed to the King themanor of Danby with the free chase of Danby (North Riding, Yorks), andthe manor of Bozeat (Northants), being of Lucy's inheritance, and theywere regranted to William le Latimer for life, with remainder to Williamson of William and Lucy and his issue, and with further remainder to Lucyand her heirs. A divorce between them had been pronounced before 22 July1312, when as daughter and heir of Richard [sic] de Thweng she was to bedistrained for lands which she and her husband William le Latimer heldbefore their divorce the King having taken her fealty and respited homagetill midsummer. A grant by her to her late husband, dated 21 July 1312,gave him the manor of Sinnington for his life. She married, 2ndly, before29 January 1312/3, Sir Robert DE EVERINGHAM, who died s.p., before 4April 1316; and, 3rdly, Sir Bartholomew DE FANACOURT. She, who was born24 March 1278/9, at Kilton Castle, died 8 January 1346/7, and was buriedat Guisborough. William le Latimer married, 2ndly, before 18 August 1314,Sibyl, widow of William DE HUNTINGFIELD, of Huntingfield (died September1313), and daughter of Sir Richard DE FOURNEAUX, and sister and in herissue coheir of William DE FOURNEAUX, of Carlton in Lindrick, Kingston,Notts, &c. On 28 September 1314 her dower from William de Huntingfieldwas taken into the King's hand because she had married again withoutlicence. In 1315 William le Latimer and Sibyl sought from Roger dePedewardyn, keeper of the lands and heir of William de Huntingfield,dower in the manors of Fraunton and Suthorpe, and there was an orderrestoring her dower on 3 February 1314/5. She died before 23 July 1317.William, Lord Latimer, died 27 February 1326/7, and was buried atGuisborough. [Complete Peerage VII:465-8, XIV:425, (transcribed by DaveUtzinger)]

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