Simon Musgrave (bef. 1521 - 1597)

Born before 1521 in Edenhall, Cumberland, England

Ancestors

Descendants

Died 30 Jan 1597 after age 76 in Hartley Castle, Kirkby Stephen, Westmorland, England

Problems/Questions Profile manager: Gail Willard [send private message]

Biography

Sir Simon (Symon) Musgrave was the third son of Edward Musgrave of Hartley (Harcla), Westmorland, and Edenhall, Cumberland. ^[1] He was granted the office of constable of Bewcastle in 1555, an office he continued to hold for life.^[2][3] After the death of his grandnephew Thomas Musgrave without issue about 1565 or 1567, however, Simon, as next male heir, inherited the family estates at Hartley and Edenhall. He was knighted by Thomas Radcliffe, 3rd Earl of Sussex, at Carlisle, August 28th, 1570. ^[4] and served as sheriff of Cumberland in 1569-70 and of Westmorland in 1575. Simon was elected a member of Parliament for Cumberland in 1571 and 1572.^[5]

He married Julianna Ellerker. ^[6] He was the father of four sons, Christopher Musgrave, Thomas Musgrave, Richard Musgrave of Norton Conyers, Yorkshire, and John Musgrave and one daughter Anne, wife of Nicholas Curwen^[7][8][9]. Simon Musgrave wrote his Will 5 January 1596 [1597 n.s.] ^[10]and died 30 January 1597. He asked in his Will to be buried at the church at Kirkby Stephen, Westmorland.

Research Note

Simon Musgrave fought at the battle of Solway Moss in 1542, so presumably he was at least 21 years old, that is, born before 1521.^[11]

Sources

1. ↑ Sir Richard St. George, Knt, The Heraldic Visitation of Westmoreland, Made in the Year 1615 (London: John Gray Bell, 1753), p. 8, digital images, https://books.google.com/books?id=kbFfAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA8. Google Books (http://books.google.com : accessed 8 September 2015).
2. ↑ Calendar of the Patent Rolls...Philip & Mary, Vol. 3, 1555-1557, p. 167 https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=umn.31951001945211g&view=1up&seq=5&skin=2021.
3. ↑ Graham (1911), Extinct Cumberland Castles (Part III.)[1]
4. ↑ Metcalfe's Book of Knights p.126
5. ↑ http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1558-1603/member/musgrave-sir-simon-1597
6. ↑ Sir Richard St. George, Knt, The Heraldic Visitation of Westmoreland, Made in the Year 1615 (London: John Gray Bell, 1753), p. 8, digital images, https://books.google.com/books?id=kbFfAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA8. Google Books (http://books.google.com : accessed 8 September 2015).
7. ↑ H. G. O., "Curwen, Nicholas (1550-1604), of Workington, Cumb.," History of Parliament Online (http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org: accessed 5 September 2015), http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1558-1603/member/curwen-nicholas-1550-1604.
8. ↑ John Burke, A genealogical and heraldic history of the commoners of Great Britain and Ireland (London: Henry Colburn, 1833), p. 577-580, digital images, https://books.google.com/books?id=-P4UAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA579. Google Books (http://books.google.com : accessed 14 September 2015)
9. ↑ Foster, Joseph, ed., Pedigrees Recorded at the Heralds' Visitations in the Counties of Cumberland and Westmorland in 1615 and 1666 (1891)p. 91 https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc2.ark:/13960/t2n58jr5w&view=1up&seq=128&skin=2021.
10. ↑ Will and Inventory of Sir Simon Musgrave, of Hartley, within the parish of Kirkby Stephen, Westmorland and Edenhall, Cumberland, Cumbria Archives, https://archiveweb.cumbria.gov.uk/calmview/ PROB/1596/WINVX224. Dated 5 Jan 1596 [1597] and proved February 1596 [1597]. People mentioned are Richard Musgrave, son of my son Christopher Musgrave, and my heir; Julian, Mary, and Margaret Musgrave, sisters to Richard, for their marriages; William Musgrave and Julian Musgrave, children of my son John, for "their preferment"; niece Katherine Musgrave, wife to William Musgrave, and her two sons Simon and Richard; son Richard's five daughters [not named] for their marriages; son in law Nicholas Curwen
11. ↑ Letters and Papers, Foreign and Domestic, of the Reign of Henry VIII, Vol. 17, 1542, pp. 613-18 https://www.british-history.ac.uk/letters-papers-hen8/vol17/pp613-618: 24 Nov 1542 Letter from Sir William Musgrave re Scottish invasion; mentions writer's brother Simon Musgrave and other relatives who fought in the battle

See also:

• Daniel Scott, The Stricklands of Sizergh Castle: The Records of Twenty-five Generations of a Westmorland Family (Highgate; Titus Wilson, 1908), p. 295, digital images, https://books.google.com/books?id=3xE5AQAAMAAJ&pg=PA295. Google Books (http://books.google.com : accessed 5 September 2015).
• THB Graham (1911) The Border Manors, CWAAS [2] (Contains Musgrave pedigree at end)