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s. of Sir Thomas Musgrave (c.1337-1372) of South Holme, Yorks., gds. and h. of Thomas Musgrave (d. by 1385), Lord Musgrave of Hartley. m. (1) by Nov. 1372, Mary (d. by Aug. 1380), da. of Alan Strother of Crookdean in Kirkwhelpington and Sweethope, Northumb. by his 1st w., s.p.; (2) 1s. Kntd. by Apr. 1380.CIPM, xiii. no. 192; CFR, viii. 154; ix. 192; Cal. Scots. Docs. iv. no. 308; Northumb. RO, Swinburne (Capheaton) mss, 4/37, 38; CP, x. 434-6; Cumb. and Westmld. Antiq. and Arch. Soc. n.s. viii. 306-7. Musgrave’s first wife died without issue before August 1380, when an inquisition post mortem was held on her brother, Alan. Part of his estates went to her two sisters, one of whom was married to Sir Thomas Blenkinsop*, but no mention is made either of her or of any children (CIPM, xv. no. 419). W. Dugdale believed that Musgrave married Alice, a grand daughter of Thomas, Lord Clifford, but she was, in fact, born several years after his death: Baronage (1675-6 edn.), ii. 158; Coll. Top. et Gen. ii. 10.
Offices Held

Commr. of inquiry, Westmld. May 1389 (felonies at Kirkby in Kendale), Yorks. Sept. 1398 (malpractices at St. Nicholas’s hospital, Richmond), Mar. 1401 (thefts from St. Nicholas’s hospital), Cumb. Mar. 1406 (desertions to the Welsh rebels), Westmld. June 1406 (concealments); array Mar. 1392, Dec. 1399, Sept. 1403; to make arrests June 1398, Yorks., Westmld. Nov. 1398; prevent the spread of treasonous rumours, Cumb. Mar. 1406; raise royal loans, Westmld. June 1406.

J.p. Westmld. 28 June 1390 – 26 Nov. 1392, 15 May – 3 Aug. 1395, 28 Nov. 1399 – 14 Mar. 1403, 16 Feb. 1405 – d.

Sheriff, Cumb. 18 Oct. 1392–17 Nov. 1393.

Collector of taxes, Westmld. May 1398, Dec. 1402; of an aid on the marriage of Princess Blanche Dec. 1401.

Parlimentarian
MUSGRAVE, Sir Thomas (d.1409), of Great and Little Musgrave and Hartley, Westmld.
Main residences: Great and Little Musgrave; Hartley, Westmld.
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C.R.
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Commons 1386-1421
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MUSGRAVE, Sir Thomas (-d.1409)

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