Musgraves of Northern England

Gamel de Musgrave

Born abt 1030

According to Plantagenet Harrison^1. , the earliest record of him is Gamel, Lord of Musgrave, co. Westmorland, and divers manors, co. Cumberland; living in the time of King Edward the Confessor..1042-1065.^2.

He is the earliest known ancestor of a long line of Musgraves of Northern England from whom descends Cuthbert Musgrave, the first of his family to emigrate to the colonies. Settling in Charles County, Maryland in the 1660s, he is the ancestor of a large number of Musgrave families in the United States.

Wascelinus de Musgrave

Lord of Musgrave, co. Westmorland, and divers manors, co. Cumberland, living in the time of William the Conqueror and King Henry I, 1066-1135 ^3.

Stephen de Musgrave

Stephen fil. Wascelini, lord of Musgrave in Westmorland, seised of lands in the county of Cumberland temp. Hen. I and King Stephen;

• owed the King three marks in silver for a plea, 4 Hen. II (1157). ^4.

John de Musgrave

John de Musgrave, lord of Great and Little Musgrave, in the county of Westmorland, in the time of King Henry II; married Matilda, dau. and coheir of Adam de Carevile, lord of Carevile, co. Cumberland. Two sons: Adam and Walter

• a fine was levied, 9 John, touching the division of the manor of Carevile, co. Cumberland, by which it was settled that he and Matilda his wife should have that half of the lands of the said manor towards the north, to hold to them and the heirs of said Matilda;
• and that the half of the lands of the said manor towards the south, should belong to William the son of Ivette, sister of the said Matilda, to hold to him and his heirs.^5.

Adam de Musgrave

Adam de Musgrave, lord of Great and Little Musgrave, co. Westmorland,

• in right of his father's inheritance, and lord of half the manor of Carevile, co. Cumberland,
• in right of his mother, temp. King John and Henry III..^6.

Walter de Musgrave

• living temp. Hen. II. One son: Peter in suit with Nicholas de Musgrave and Isabella his wife by Walter de Morton for trespass at Morton, 53 Hen. III

Thomas de Musgrave

Thomas de Musgrave, lord of Great and Little Musgrave, and first-born son of Adam de Musgrave.

• was surety for Hugh Paynel in a plea of land, 27 Hen. Ill;
• sheriff of Westmorland, 36 Hen. Ill;
• defendant in a plea, at the suit of Master William de Goldington, touching the grinding of corn at the plaintiff's mill at Saundeford, co. Westmorland, 37 Hen. Ill;
• against whom, and Robert fil. Adam de Musgrave his brother, Robert de Askeby claimed lands in Askeby, 40 Hen. Ill;
• entailed the manor of Musgrave upon his heir male, I Edw. I ;
• claimed against Michael fil. Nicholas de Musgrave, and Robert, William, and Richard, brothers of the said Michael, for cutting down trees at Musgrave, 5 Edw. I;
• levied a fine to confirm the lease of the third part of the manor and divers lands of Overton, which he had previously given to Richard de Musgrave, and died soon afterwards.^7.
• land in Thurneby (on Tees?), 5 Edw. I.^8.

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Sir Richard de Musgrave

Sir Richard de Musgrave, chivaler, to whom his uncle, Thomas de Musgrave, gave lands and the third part of the manor of Overton, by deed dated on Monday next after the feast of St. Mark the Evangelist, 49 Hen. III;

• was appointed assessor in the county of Cumberland of the eighth and fifth granted by Parliament for the confirmation of the charter, 25 Edw. I;
• ob. 31 Edw. I.^9.

Sir Richard de Musgrave

Sir Richard de Musgrave, chivaler, son and heir;

• lord of Musgrave, etc., as heir to his uncle Thomas de Musgrave;
• lord of Crossby Gerard with the advowson of the church, and of Soulby, etc., in right of his wife;
• lord of Shelton and Netting, co. Bedford, in right of his mother;
• was in the Scottish wars temp. Edw. II and Edw. III.^10.

Sir Robert de Musgrave

Sir Robert de Musgrave, knt., lord of Musgrave, son and heir;

• was one of the commanders of the vanguard of the English army at the battle of Neville's Cross, 1346 ;
• was aged upwards of forty years at the death of his mother, 28 Edw. III;
• seised of lands, &c, in Danby and Ormesby-upon-Swale in right of his wife;
• was lord of Crossby Gerard and Soulby in right of his mother, and lord of Great and Little Musgrave, &c, in right of his father's inheritance.^11.

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^1. The History of Richmondshire (or The History of Yorkshire, vol 1). by Marshall General Plantagenet Harrison, H.K.G., pp. 180,181

^2. COLLECTANEA MUSGRAVIANA, Notes on the Ancient Family of Musgrave, Westmorland, Percy Musgrave, J. Whitehead and Son, Alfred Street, Boar Lane, Leeds,England, 1911, Appendix I, pp. 286,287.

^3. Ibid. p. 286

^4. Ibid. p. 286

^5. Ibid. p. 286

^6. Ibid. p. 286

^7. P.H. MS. Cal., vol. xi, p. 1151

^8. Ibid. p. 286

^9. Ibid. p. 286

^10. Ibid. p. 286

^11. Ibid. p. 286