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It is thought that, in 1533, Catherine spent her time with the widow of her cousin Sir Walter Strickland, the Dowager Lady Strickland, Catherine Neville at the Strickland's family residence of Sizergh Castle in Westmorland ( now Cumbria ).
Catherine's great-aunt, Agnes Parr, married Sir Thomas Strickland, son of Sir Walter and Douce Crofte.
Another relation was through Elizabeth Ros, daughter of Sir John Ros of Kendal and Catherine Strickland who married Sir William Parr ; the two were Catherine's paternal great-great grandparents.
Latimer was her father's second cousin, a twice-widowed descendant of George Neville, 1st Baron Latimer, Warwick, the ' Kingmaker's ', ' idiot uncle '.
From his first marriage to Dorothy de Vere, sister of the John de Vere, Earl of Oxford, he had two children, John and Margaret.
Neville was one of fifteen children born to Richard Neville, Lord Latimer and Anne Stafford, daughter of Sir Humphrey Stafford.
Latimer's branch of the Neville family was in line for the title of Earl of Warwick and because of this, Lord Latimer dealt with quite a bit of sibling rivalry.
Legal actions were taken by his younger brothers and Latimer, at the time of his marriage to Catherine, was having financial difficulties.
But as Lady Latimer, Catherine now had a home of her own, a husband with a position and influence in the north, a ready-made family, and a title.
Catherine would be the only female from the Parr family, apart from her great-aunt, Mabel, to marry into the peerage.
Her affection for her husband would grow deep enough to cherish a remembrance of him, his New Testament with his name inscribed inside, which she kept until her death.
Catherine would also prove to be a good step-mother to her step-children ; a trait which she would again show after her marriage to the King.
Nevertheless, Catherine would continue a relationship with the two after her marriage to King Henry, bringing Margaret to court as her lady-in-waiting and securing a position for John's wife in her household.
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