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Hartley Hartley may refer to: Places Australia *Hartley, New South Wales * Hartley, South Australia ** Electoral district of Hartley, a state electoral district Canada * Hartley Bay, British Columbia United Kingdom * Hartley, Cumbria * Hartley, P ...
and Edenhall (died 1597) was an English landowner,
High Sheriff of Cumberland The sheriff is the oldest secular office under the Crown. Formerly the sheriff was the principal law enforcement officer in the county but over the centuries most of the responsibilities associated with the post have been transferred elsewhere o ...
, and Member of Parliament for
Cumberland Cumberland ( ) is an area of North West England which was historically a county. The county was bordered by Northumberland to the north-east, County Durham to the east, Westmorland to the south-east, Lancashire to the south, and the Scottish ...
in 1572. He was a younger son of Edward Musgrave of Hartley and his wife Joan, a daughter of Sir Christopher Ward of Givendale. He inherited the family estates of his nephew Richard Musgrave in 1555. He married Julian, a daughter of William Ellerker of Ellerker. Simon Musgrave was constable of
Bewcastle Castle Bewcastle Castle is a ruined castle in the parish of Bewcastle in the English county of Cumbria, a few miles from the Scottish border. History The first castle was built on the site of Bewcastle Roman Fort, around 1092. The castle is surrounde ...
. He made his sons depute or Captain of Bewcastle, including Thomas Musgrave. He entertained the Scottish rebel
Francis Stewart, 5th Earl of Bothwell Francis Stewart, 5th Earl of Bothwell (c. December 1562 – November 1612), was Commendator of Kelso Abbey and Coldingham Priory, a Privy Counsellor and Lord High Admiral of Scotland. He was a notorious conspirator who led several uprisings aga ...
at Edenhall in 1593. He died at Edenhall in January 1597.'MUSGRAVE, Sir Simon (d.1597), of Eden Hall', ''The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1558-1603'', ed. P.W. Hasler, 1981
/ref> His children included: *Christopher Musgrave, who married Joan Curwen, a daughter of Sir Henry Curwen of
Workington Workington is a coastal town and civil parish in the Cumberland district of Cumbria, England. The town is at the mouth of the River Derwent on the west coast, south-west of Carlisle and north-east of Whitehaven. At the 2021 census the ...
. Their son, Richard Musgrave, inherited his grandfather's estates. *Richard Musgrave *Thomas Musgrave


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