Margaret (Dudley) Musgrave (aft. 1461 - aft. 1515)

Born after 1461 in Dudley Castle, Staffordshire

Ancestors

Died after 1515 at about age 54 in England

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Biography

Margaret was the daughter of Edmund Sutton or Dudley of Dudley Castle, Staffordshire, and his second wife Maud Clifford. Her parents were married sometime after 1460, when Maud's first husband had died, possibly by 1461. The date of her birth is uncertain since the birth order of their children is not known. ^[1]

She married Sir John Musgrave as his second wife, and pedigrees show them having children:^[2][3][4][5]

• Thomas
• Richard
• Oliver
• Margaret
• Anne

Thomas Musgrave is the only child for whom any records have been found.

Sir John Musgrave was dead by October 1515. Margaret survived him, as she was involved in a lawsuit following his death, although the exact date of the suit is not known.^[6]

Research Notes

Margaret is sometimes said in older pedigrees to have married Edward Grey, Lord Powys. ^[7] Some pedigrees also say that John Musgrave's wife was Dorothy Dudley. In his article on the Dudleys, Glazebrook addresses this issue and makes clear that Margaret Dudley married John Musgrave and Dorothy Dudley married Richard Wrottesley. There was no Powys marriage for either.^[1]

There has also been a confusion between her husband John Musgrave (d. 1515) and a later John Musgrave, who also married a Dudley, one of the Dudleys of Yanwath.^[8]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Glazebrook, H. Sydney, Barons of Dudley, Collections for a History of Staffordshire (William Salt Archaeological Society), Vol. 9 (1888) p. 86 HathiTrust
2. ↑ Glover, Robert. Visitation of Yorkshire, Made in the Years 1584-5; to Which Is Added the Subsequent Visitation Made in 1612 by Richard St. George. Ed. by Joseph Foster (1875) pp. 142-3 HathiTrust
3. ↑ Flowers, William. Visitation of Yorkshire in the Years 1563 and 1564. Edited by Charles Best Norcliffe (Publications of the Harleian Society, Vol. XVI (1881) p. 216 Note: Musgrave pedigree does not appear in the original 1563/4 pedigree by Flowers and was apparently added by Norcliffe Internet Archive
4. ↑ Foster, Joseph, ed. Pedigrees Recorded at the Heralds' Visitations in the Counties of Cumberland and Westmorland in 1615 and 1666 (1891). pp. 191-2 HathiTrust
5. ↑ Jefferson, Samuel, History and Antiquities of Leath Ward: in the County of Cumberland (1840) p. 414 HathiTrust
6. ↑ National Archives (UK) Catalog Record . Reference: STAC 2/30/74 PLAINTIFF: Margaret, relict of Sir John Musgrave DEFENDANT: Thomas Musgrave, her son, Sir Edward Musgrave, and Sir William Musgrave PLACE OR SUBJECT: Inheritance of plaintiff's husband at Penrith (bill addressed to Sir T. More) COUNTY: Cumberland 22/04/1509-28/01/1547. https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C3978344
7. ↑ Jackson, W., "Dudleys of Yanwath," Transactions of the Cumberland and Westmorland Antiquarian and Archaeological Society, vol. 9 (1888), pp. 318-32. http://archaeologydataservice.ac.uk/archiveDS/archiveDownload?t=arch-2055-1/dissemination/pdf/Article_Level_Pdf/tcwaas/001/1888/vol9/tcwaas_001_1888_vol9_0025.pdf
8. ↑ Prevost, W.A. J., "Death of Christie Armstrong," Transactions of the Cumberland and Westmorland Antiquarian and Archaeological Society, Vol. 68 ns (1968) http://archaeologydataservice.ac.uk/archiveDS/archiveDownload?t=arch-2055-1/dissemination/pdf/Article_Level_Pdf/tcwaas/002/1968/vol68/tcwaas_002_1968_vol68_0010.pdf

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• Genealogies of Virginia Families: From Tyler's Quarterly Historical and Genealogical Magazine, (Vol 1. pp. 624). Genealogical Publishing Company, Inc., Jan 1, 1981.