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The Latus family of Millom, Cumberland, (the male line of which seems to have ceased) appears here on the Man family web site as a result of the marriage of Anne Latus to John Craddock. Surtees, in his history of Durham, shows a family pedigree of Craddock of Gainford where an Anne Latus daughter of Anthony Latus of the Beck in Millum [Millom] in Cumberland marries John Craddock. I disagree with Surtees and I think that Anne's father was Ralph Latus, not Anthony, and her mother was Ann Huddlestone. The Latus and Huddlestone families inter-married at least five times over the generations. From Samuel Jefferson's "The History and Antiquities of Allerdale Ward, above Derwent, in the county of Cumberland .. " and various other sources we learn that that the two families of Latus and Huddlestone inter-married quite a bit. On p. 158 of Jefferson, states that Ralph Latus married Ann Huddlestone daughter of Sir John Huddlestone. This fact is mentioned again in more detail on p. 173 as follows:
Jefferson claims that the above Ralph's son was also a Ralph and that this Ralph's son and heir was Anthony Latus who married Margaret Huddlestone (possibly his cousin). Given the sequences of births and marriages I hope to show that Anne (Latus) Craddock's parent were Ralph Latus who married Ann Huddlestone and that Anthony Latus was her nephew. Surtees gives no dates of births and deaths for the first two generations of Craddocks on his pedigree so we are at a disadvantage. Surtees shows that John and Anne (Latus) Craddock's son John became vicar of Gainford in 1594 and that his first child was born in 1592. Let us assume that John was 25 when his first child was born which would mean that John born circa 1567. Let us assume that his parents (John and Anne (Latus) Craddock) were married in about 1566 and let us assume they were aged 25 in 1566 and so they were born circa 1541. If this is the case then the parents of Anne (Latus) Craddock (Ralph Latus and Anne Huddlestone) were probably married around 1540. If this the case then let us again assume that Ralph Latus and Anne Huddlestone were born roughly twenty years earlier in 1520. Some pedigrees show Ralph and Anne born about 1535 but if my argument holds up here then this is too late. We know that Anne Huddlestone's father, Sir John Huddlestone, was born in 1488 and his second wife was Joan (sometimes shown as Jane) Seymour (aunt to Jane Seymour mother of Edward VI). The date of 1518 is given in some sources for the birth of Anthony Huddlestone, John and Joan's first born. This date of 1518 would fit nicely with the claim being made here that Anne was born around 1520, especially since Jefferson claims that Anne is the youngest daughter of Sir John Huddlestone. To summarize: Sir John Huddleston (1488-1547) married Joan Seymour in about 1518 and this is a good date to fit in with the birth of a daughter (Anne) around say 1520 who would then have gone on to marry in about 1540 Ralph Latus. A child of this marriage, Anne, was born say in 1541 and she went on to marry at about the of age twenty five in 1566 John Craddock. The son of this marriage, John Craddock, is more than likely to have been born around 1569 and this fits in with the sequences of births and marriages stated here. Joan Seymour died sometime before 1530. After that date Sir John Huddlestone married Joyce Prickley and had by her another set of children born after 1531 (although some sources say she had no issue). Our Anne Huddlestone-Latus could not belong to this latter set of children for the reasons outlined above although some genealogies have shown her, as well as Ralph Latus, being born around 1535 which would make her a child of Sir John's third marriage to Joyce Prickley. Unfortunately Jefferson on p. 173 shows the Latus family but gives no sign of an Anne being a child of Ralph Latus and Ann Huddlestone but that is not too surprising as missing children (especially daughters) are to be found across many family trees. Surtees for example does not show Susannah Craddock who is the ancestor of all living members of the Man family. In the Surtees pedigree for the Craddock family, Anthony Latus is referred to as being 'of the Beck', probably as result of obtaining the freehold tenements of Overbeck and Netherbeck which occurred after Sir John Huddlestone bestowed these on his son-in-law Ralph Latus when Ralph married Sir John's daughter Anne. But again we suggest that this Anthony Latus on the Craddock pedigree is in fact Ralph. Below is a table of dates as I have argued for. If we begin at 1535, as others have done, then the neat pattern seen in the table below cannot be sustained.
Further support for the claim being made here that Anne Huddlestone was born circa 1520 comes from the following sources: 1. In an article entitled: 'Some Ancient Deeds Relating to the Manor of Southam Near Cheltenham' by E. R. Dowdeswell and published by the Bristol and Gloucestershire Archaeological Society Tr. Vol. 28, 1905, 48-60, on page 52 Dowdeswell says that Sir John Huddlestone, "married first Jane Clifford who died childless; secondly the Lady Joan Seymour, aunt of Lady Jane, the second wife of Henry VIII, who was the mother of ALL his children and third Joyce Richley [Prickley?], who died without issue." Dowdeswell goes on to say that Anne Huddlestone married Ralph Latus inherited her father's lands in Gloucestershire at Sudley (Sudeley) and Winchcombe. So if Dowdeswell is to be believed he supports my case. Unfortunately he goes on to contradict himself be reproducing on the following page (p. 53) Hutchinson's pedigree from his History of Cumberland, indicating that Sir John Huddleston's younger children, including Anne, were by his third wife, Joyce Prickley which is rather an odd thing to do. One thing of interest is the case of incest between Anthony Huddlestone born 1518 and his sister Ann. Sources indicate that she was the wife of Ralph Latus and we can assume that the sister of Anthony Huddlestone is the same Ann that we have been discussing here. However there are some problems with this case because it would appear to have been been active against the incestuous pair as late as 1572 which by my calculations would make Ann Huddlestone and Ralph Latus married for 32 years before the law intervened between Ann and her brother. It is said that a daughter of this incestuous relationship was born (Bridgit Latus) but her date of birth is too late being about 1560. What is interesting about this case is that the ecclesiastical court kicked Anthony out of Cumberland and confined him to his estates in Durham. If Anthony had estates located in Durham and Yorkshire then that may have placed the Huddlestones / Latuses near enough to the Craddocks so that there was contact between the two families. The Huddlestones might otherwise have been confined to Millom on the eastern edge of Cumberland many miles from Durham. If Anne (Huddlestone) Latus continued to co-habit with her brother Anthony then Surtees may have been confused as to who the daughter Anne Latus's father was and came up with Anthony Latus. In a publication of the Privy Council of England's decisions (abridged) we find two entries regarding this case of incest: 4th January. 1572/73 A letter to the Lord President of the North and the Archbishop of York (Edmund Grindal) with a supplication of Anthony Hudleston of Cumberland, esquire, that when he was covenented before the High Commissioners of that province for suspicion of incest and adultery, and thereupon was bound in recognisances not to depart home, which hath been almost two years, they would proceed without further delay to some final trial and determination of the matter, and to advertise their lordships what they have done therein. 23rd November (of the same year). A letter to the Archbishop of York and the Bishop of Carlisle (Richard Barnes), with the petition of Anthony Hudleston and a letter of the Bishop of Chester (William Downman) touching a matter of incest, wherewith the said Hudleston was charged and under bond, that they should take further examination if it so seemed meet, and dismiss him if they found no further cause than appeared to their lordships. Jottings: The manor of Lowick consists of a portion of land lying on the south east side of Kirkby Moor, near the river Crake, granted by William de Lancaster, fifth baron of Kendal, to Robert de Turribus, (Towers) in the reign of Henry II. It was afterwards, in the reign of King John, conveyed by Gilbert de Turribus to Robert de Lofwic, in whose family it remained till about the time of Henry VII, when it came by marriage to the family of Ambrose, in which it continued by descent, till about the year 1684, when, on the failure of male issue in that family, it passed by way of purchase, to John Latus, Esq., nephew to the last possessor, John Ambrose, the survivor of eight brothers, who all died without issue. The manor subsequently passed by marriage to William Blencowe, Esq., and is now possessed by his descendants, the three co-heiresses already named. Amongst the customs of this manor, is that of appointing four housekeepers annually, for reviewing and assigning timber for necessary repairs.
Xpofer Latus
There is one puzzle which is that the IGI shows an ANhtony Layus marrying a
Margaret Huddlestone on Nov 3 1614 which is far too late
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