William Latymer or Latimer (1499– August 28th 1588) was an English evangelical clergyman, Dean of Peterborough from 1560.
[3][4] He was among the group of evangelicals, including Thomas Cranmer and Matthew Parker, who gathered round Anne Boleyn as Queen and patron of the reformers.
[5] He became one of her chaplains; Hugh Latimer apparently did not, though the coincidence of names has led to confusion on this point.
[11] He was rector of Witnesham, Suffolk, from 1538 to 1554, presented by Edward Latymer, and also in 1538 was appointed by the king Master of the College of St Laurence Pountney, though this appointment was ended in 1547, since Edward VI dissolved the College and sold it to John Cheke.
[9] The Chronickille was written for Elizabeth I of England, and concentrates on the religious aspects of her mother Anne Boleyn's life.