de medio Templo - COMPLETED

[grantleydawn]

Can someone please interpret the following "de medio Templo" as appears in "The Visitations of Cornwall: Comprising The Heralds’ Visitations of 1530, 1573, & 1620.”

Thomas HOBLYN, 2 fil. de medio Templo London, aetat. 25, of Trewhella, Town Clerk of Bodmin 1636, an Arbitrator of his brother’s will 1653.

My guess is that "medio Templo" might be a minister of religion, but that is only a guess.

Regards
Grantley

[sandra B.]

Hi there,

Could it be the Middle Temple or something like that.
Sandra

[veeblevort]

Of the Middle Temple. One of the four Inns of Court in London,
Lincoln's Inn, Gray's Inn, Middle Temple and Inner Temple.

That would probably make him a barrister, or whatever they were
called in those days.

vv.

[grantleydawn]

Thankyou Sandra & vv,

I didn't even get close with my guess.

I am glad that I asked.

Ta.

Regards
Grantley

[sandra B.]

I personally haven't heard of middle temple but there was an inner temple and that may be the meaning. I am not
up on latin,so just a guess.
Sandra

[grantleydawn]

My Latin is rather disgusting, at best.

Your suggestion led me to find a reference to a book;
"Contemporary ms. ex libris on title of 'Willus Hall de medio templo' i.e. a barrister of the Middle Temple in London, for whom the work was probably bound, occasional early marginalia."

In my past research, I had come across the Inns of Court, but I didn't recall it for this family.

Thankyou, regards
Grantley