Lot 348

Genealogy.- Langham/Musgrave family.- Pedigree roll of the line of descent from Edward I to Sir James Langham Bt. and children, manuscript on a single vellum membrane, hand-coloured line of descent from Edward I and manuscript names within roundels, ending with the children of Sir James Langham & his wife Juliana Musgrave, [c. 1790s].

 

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Genealogy.- Langham/Musgrave family.- Pedigree roll of the line of descent from Edward I to Sir James Langham Bt. and children, manuscript on a single vellum membrane, hand-coloured line of descent from Edward I and manuscript names within roundels, ending with the children of Sir James Langham & his wife Juliana Musgrave, short tear in left corner not affecting pedigree, some slight surface wear, slightly browned, 307 x 804mm., [c. 1790s].

⁂ A pedigree roll drawn up in support of Langham's appeal for a peerage in right of his wife, Juliana Musgrave who could trace her lineage back to Edward I, and through his youngest daughter, Elizabeth's (1282-1316) marriage to Humphrey de Bohun, fourth earl of Hereford and ninth earl of Essex (c. 1276-1333). Langham, in a letter to William Pitt, 4 January 1788, requested "the high honour of an English peerage", pleading his service in the army, his estate of "unencumbered landed property in Northamptonshire and Somersetshire of £10,000 p.a.", and his connections with the aristocracy. Langham's appeal failed with Pitt declining to raise him to the peerage. Langham's son tried again some years later and was similarly unsuccessful.

Sir James Langham, seventh Baronet of Cottesbrooke (1736-95) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1784 to 1790. He was the son of William Langham and his wife Mary Drought, daughter of Anthony Drought. He inherited the baronetcy from his uncle Sir John Langham, sixth Baronet in 1766. He was sheriff of Northamptonshire in 1767, and elected Member of Parliament for Northamptonshire in 1784, holding seat until 1790. Langham married Juliana Musgrave (1741-1810), daughter of George Musgrave (1717-42) of Nettlecombe and Combe Sydenham in Somerset, and sister and heiress of Thomas Musgrave (1741-66). By his wife he had four children including the eldest son and heir, Sir William Langham, eighth Baronet (1771-1812); and younger son, Sir James Langham, tenth Baronet (1776-1833). The roll includes the names of Sir James' & Juliana's children, William, Marianne, Charlotte & James.

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Genealogy.- Langham/Musgrave family.- Pedigree roll of the line of descent from Edward I to Sir James Langham Bt. and children, manuscript on a single vellum membrane, hand-coloured line of descent from Edward I and manuscript names within roundels, ending with the children of Sir James Langham & his wife Juliana Musgrave, short tear in left corner not affecting pedigree, some slight surface wear, slightly browned, 307 x 804mm., [c. 1790s].

⁂ A pedigree roll drawn up in support of Langham's appeal for a peerage in right of his wife, Juliana Musgrave who could trace her lineage back to Edward I, and through his youngest daughter, Elizabeth's (1282-1316) marriage to Humphrey de Bohun, fourth earl of Hereford and ninth earl of Essex (c. 1276-1333). Langham, in a letter to William Pitt, 4 January 1788, requested "the high honour of an English peerage", pleading his service in the army, his estate of "unencumbered landed property in Northamptonshire and Somersetshire of £10,000 p.a.", and his connections with the aristocracy. Langham's appeal failed with Pitt declining to raise him to the peerage. Langham's son tried again some years later and was similarly unsuccessful.

Sir James Langham, seventh Baronet of Cottesbrooke (1736-95) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1784 to 1790. He was the son of William Langham and his wife Mary Drought, daughter of Anthony Drought. He inherited the baronetcy from his uncle Sir John Langham, sixth Baronet in 1766. He was sheriff of Northamptonshire in 1767, and elected Member of Parliament for Northamptonshire in 1784, holding seat until 1790. Langham married Juliana Musgrave (1741-1810), daughter of George Musgrave (1717-42) of Nettlecombe and Combe Sydenham in Somerset, and sister and heiress of Thomas Musgrave (1741-66). By his wife he had four children including the eldest son and heir, Sir William Langham, eighth Baronet (1771-1812); and younger son, Sir James Langham, tenth Baronet (1776-1833). The roll includes the names of Sir James' & Juliana's children, William, Marianne, Charlotte & James.

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