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      58402. Sir Richard I Musgrave, Kt⁷⁸⁷, born in of Hartley Castle, Kirkby Stephen, Westmorland; died 09 Nov 1464 in Hartley Castle, Kirkby Stephen, Westmorland. He was the son of 116804. Sir Thomas IV Musgrave, Kt and 116805. Unknown Second Wife Of Thomas IV Musgrave, Kt. He married 106705. Mariota.

      106705. Mariota, died Unknown.

More About Sir Richard I Musgrave, Kt:
Burial: Unknown, Hartley Chapel, Kirkby Stephen
Knighted: Abt. 1418
Political 1: 1410, JP of Westmorland
Political 2: 1423, Under Sheriff of Westmorland

Child of Richard Musgrave and Mariota is:

53352

Sir Thomas Musgrave, Kt, born Abt. 1417 in of Hartley Castle, Kirkby Stephen, Westmorland; died Bef. Oct 1457 in Hartley Castle, Kirkby Stephen, Westmorland; married (1) Alice Plantagenet; married (2) Joan Stapleton Abt. 1430.

106752. William Pringle, born in of Craigleith; died Aft. 1499. He was the son of 213504. David Pringle and 213505. Elspeth Dishington.

Notes for William Pringle:
http://www.torwoodlee.com/html/body_pringle_family_history.html

In 1501 William Hoppringill took a "tack" or lease of Torwoodlee, near Galashiels in the Scottish Borders; he continued to hold this tack until the land was "feued" or sold to him in 1510 just after his son George had been included in the lease.

William had come from Smailholm, near Kelso, where his father and forebears had been squires to the Earls of Douglas from the 1350s, although we have records of Pringles (often spelt Hoppringill or, in this case, Obrinkel) in and around the Borders during the mid to late 1200s. Indeed, the list of properties that the various branches of the Pringles were owners of, or tenants of, over the centuries is staggering, ranging from Soutra in Midlothian to well beyond Kelso in the Scottish Borders.

William, 1st Laird of Torwoodlee, was killed at the battle of Flodden on the 9th September 1513 along with the "Flowers of the Forest", a reference to the extraordinary numbers of fathers and sons of landholders in the Ettrick Forest, the king's hunting grounds in the Borders, who were slain along with others of lower ranks.

He was succeeded by George, his son and the 2nd Laird, who married Margaret Crichton and produced 10 children, and died in December 1568 when John Elliot of Capshaw, Robert Elliot (called "Martin's Hob") and Jock Armstrong (called the Laird's Jock) along with some 300 of their men sacked the Tower at Torwoodlee and took the Goodman George Hoppringle away as 'captive and prisoner and most cruelly and unmercifully murderist and slew him'. In the then distracted state of the kingdom, and with the weakness of the Government, it appears that there was no attempt at the time to punish them but in 1607 the survivors were called upon to answer for the crime and, having failed to appear, were outlawed.

Meanwhile, another William, the 3rd Laird, had passed by without much mention, dying in August 1577 and being succeeded by his son, George, the 4th Laird, who built another Tower at Torwoodlee in 1601 (see the Tower page), almost on the same site as the original; he was the instigator of the belated prosecution of the Elliots and Armstrongs and in 1624 accepted the office of Sheriff of Selkirkshire.

Dying in 1637, George leaves Torwoodlee to James, the 5th Laird, who becomes a Member of Parliament in 1641 and is appointed a collector of Selkirkshire's quota to maintain the Scottish army in Ireland, England being too unsettled to play her part at this time. Along with many other appointments James is kept busy until he dies in 1658.

His heir, another George, the 6th Laird, had more trouble staying out of the public eye than in it. From the restoration of the Stuarts in 1660, 'obstinate authority sought to impose Prelacy upon an obstinate people who would have nought but Presbytery'. The Earl of Argyle said that he was willing to sign the Test Act, the terms of which were contradictory, although he did not understand it and was imprisoned in Edinburgh Castle for his cheek and sentenced to death. His friends immediately set about a plan of escape and, in time, the Earl came to Torwoodlee on his way south of the border and Pringle gave him meat, money and a guide thus becoming a wanted man himself. After being implicated in a plot to defend the country from Popery, George Pringle fled to Holland in 1684 along with many others and the lands of Torwoodlee were confiscated by the Crown.

At this time, George's son and heir, James aged 16, was imprisoned for months, threatened with torture and immediate excecution if he did not tell who informed his father of the coming of the party to apprehend him; after some time he was admitted to bail of Ł5000.

At last, in 1688, the Prince of Orange swept into power, backed by many including George Pringle and Sir William Scott, younger of Harden. George died in 1689 and the author of "The History of Selkirkshire" calls him Selkirkshire's greatest son; had he lived a little longer he would no doubt have shared in the rewards conferred on his compatriots like Sir Patrick Hume who was created Earl of Marchmont.

His heir, James the 7th Laird, had the forfeiture rescinded by an Act of Parliament in 1690 and the land restored and much of the money returned with interest. He went on to become a Captain in the defence of the country after the Earl of Mar raised the standard of James the Pretender at Braemar in 1715. He died 20 years later and was succeeded by George, his heir and the 8th Laird, who was a man of retiring habits and appears to have lived quietly with his unmarried sisters at Torwoodlee; he died unmarried and was succeeded by his nephew.

In 1780 James Pringle of Bowland, an estate adjoining Torwoodlee, was served heir to his uncle George in the lands and now (since 1673) Barony of Torwoodlee and became the 9th Laird. He was aged 21 and had been educated at Cambridge with a view to the law which he then gave up. In 1783 James built a new mansion house at Torwoodlee and abandoned the 1601 tower, as the need for defence had dwindled, and in 1788 sold Bowland and bought the lands of Buckholm and William Law which had belonged to another branch of the Pringles from 1540 to 1713.

He was a great friend of Sir Walter Scott's and lived to a great age for the time (81 years), dying in 1840 having served as Convener of Selkirkshire for more than 50 years and having been Vice-Lieutenant for 3 years; he was succeeded by his first-born son, James the 10th Laird, who served for 50 years with the Royal Navy, rising to the rank of Vice-Admiral by 1847 when he retired to Torwoodlee and died some 12 years later to be followed by James Thomas, his son and the 11th Laird who similarly served with the Royal Navy, attaining the rank of Commander.

James Thomas took a considerable interest in county matters and was a deputy-lieutenant of Selkirkshire. He founded the Torwoodlee Golf Club which remains today with a charming 18-hole course through mature trees and alongside the Gala Water. Of nine children, James Lewis succeeded his father in 1902, becoming the 12th Laird, and served for many years as a Captain in the Lothian & Border Horse and was well loved by the people of Galashiels.

His son, James Harold, was my father; he became the 13th Laird on the death of James Lewis in 1953 but continued his work as a Chartered Accountant while looking after the interests of the Estate as well. A gentle man, my father died suddenly at the age of 64 in 1969 passing on to me, not only the title of 14th Laird, but a working estate of the traditional type along with a wonderful house and grounds, the responsibilities that accompany such a position and five hundred years of history and heritage and, above all, the joy of living and working at Torwoodlee.

Bibliography:

The records of the Pringles or Hoppringills of the Scottish Border by Alex. Pringle, MA, BSc. (Oliver & Boyd 1933)

Pedigree of the Pringles of Torwoodlee by Charles Pringle, a grandson of James the 9th Laird (privately published)
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More About William Pringle:
Ancestor 1: of the Pringle family of Torwoodlee
Ancestor 2: of the Pringle family of Craigleith
Political 1: Constable of Cessford Castle
Political 2: Bet. 1467 - 1494, prominent in border affairs as witness, juryman, bailie and surety
Political 3: 1478, ordered to enter in ward in the castle of Blackness
Political 4: 1484, Bailie for the nephew and heir of Lord Hume
Political 5: 1490, Deputy Warden of the East and Middle Marches
Political 6: 1490, receives a new lease on Craigleith with his son Alexander
Political 7: 1491, ordered to pay 10 pounds to the widow and executrix of Thomas Hay
Political 8: 1491, resigned lands in Peebleshire
Political 9: 1492, received a charter of lands at Hut and Rox
Political 10: 1499, his 10 pound fine for ploughing and sowing at Craigleith is remitted
Political 11: 1499, leased of Craigleith with his grandson Robert
Residence 1: 1491, Cessford
Residence 2: 1492, Whittoun

Child of William Pringle is:

53376

Alexander Pringle, born in of Craigleith; died Aft. 1490.

114688. Ralph I Bradshaw, died 1480. He was the son of 229376. Roger Bradshaw, MP and 229377. Margaret De Mesnil.

More About Ralph I Bradshaw:
Property: 1480, Held Uplitherland of the King in capite as tenant, in fe of the Honour of Lancaster.

Child of Ralph I Bradshaw is:

57344

Ralph II Bradshaw, died 22 Aug 1485 in Bosworth Field.

      116736. Sir Robert Lowther, Kt, born Abt. 1368 in Lowther, Westmoreland; died 1431. He was the son of 233472. John Lowther and 233473. Margaret De Kendall. He married 116737. Margaret Strickland Abt. 1391.

      116737. Margaret Strickland, born Abt. 1370 in of Sizergh Castle, Westmoreland; died 1440. She was the daughter of 233474. William Strickland Bishop Of Carlisle.

More About Sir Robert Lowther, Kt:
Lineage: possibly the son of Hugh and Margaret de Qualc
Political 1: 1394, MP for Cumberland
Political 2: 1401, MP for Cumberland
Political 3: 1404, MP for Cumberland
Political 4: 1407, MP for Cumberland
Political 5: 1415, MP for Cumberland

More About Margaret Strickland:
Heiress: To her father

More About Robert Lowther and Margaret Strickland:
Marriage: Abt. 1391

Children of Robert Lowther and Margaret Strickland are:

	i.	Mary Lowther, died Unknown; married Sir James Pickering; born in of Killington; died Unknown.
58377	ii.	Anne Lowther, died Unknown; married Sir Thomas Curwen.
	iii.	Elizabeth Lowther, died Unknown; married William Lancaster; died Unknown.
58368	iv.	Sir Hugh LowtherVIII, Kt, born Abt. 1395 in Lowther, Westmoreland; died 04 Aug 1475; married (1) Unknown Stapleton; married (2) Anne Margaret De Derwentwater Abt. 1415 in Lowther, Westmoreland.

116738. John~ De Derwentwater, died Unknown.

Child of John~ De Derwentwater is:

58369

Anne Margaret De Derwentwater, born Abt. 1395 in Edenhall, Cumberland; died Unknown; married Sir Hugh LowtherVIII, Kt Abt. 1415 in Lowther, Westmoreland.

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