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Dame Grissel Maxwell 1550–1597 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 11 Nov 1550

Birth Location: Cranston Riddell, Dalkeith (Edinburghshire) Scotland

Death Date: 13 July 1597

Death Location: Kirkcudbright, Dumfries-shire, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, United Kingdom

Father: Sir Yarmouth

Mother: Lady blood

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In 1550, Dame Grissel Maxwell entered the world in Cranston Riddell, Dalkeith (Edinburghshire) Scotland, born to Sir John Maxwell 4Th Baron Herries Masters Of Sandwich And Maxwell Merchant And Brewer Mayor Of Sandwich Member Of Parliament Auditor Treasurer Jurat Bailiff To Yarmouth And Lady Agnes Herries Baroness Herries Royal Blood. Dame Grissel Maxwell passed away in 1597 in Kirkcudbright, Dumfries-shire, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, United Kingdom.

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Biography

  • In 1550, Dame Grissel Maxwell entered the world in Cranston Riddell, Dalkeith (Edinburghshire) Scotland, born to Sir John Maxwell 4Th Baron Herries Masters Of Sandwich And Maxwell Merchant And Brewer Mayor Of Sandwich Member Of Parliament Auditor Treasurer Jurat Bailiff To Yarmouth And Lady Agnes Herries Baroness Herries Royal Blood.
  • Dame Grissel Maxwell passed away in 1597 in Kirkcudbright, Dumfries-shire, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, United Kingdom.

Immediate Family

Parents

Sir Yarmouth
1512–1583
Birth Location: Caerlaverock Castle, Dumfries-shire, Scotland
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Lady blood
1530–1594
Birth Location: Terregles, Dumfries-shire, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, United Kingdom
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Children(s)

Dame Maxwell's Ancestors

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Dame Maxwell
1550–1597
Birth Place: Cranston Riddell, Dalkeith (Edinburghshire) Scotland
Parents
Sir John Maxwell 4th Baron Herries Masters of Sandwich and Maxwell Merchant and Brewer, Mayor of Sandwich, Member of Parliament, Auditor, Treasurer, Jurat Bailiff to Yarmouth
1512–1583
Caerlaverock Castle, Dumfries-shire, Scotland
Lady (Agnes Herries Baroness Herries royal) blood
1530–1594
Terregles, Dumfries-shire, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, United Kingdom
Grandparents
Robert (Maxwell, 4th Lord) Maxwell
1493–1546
Carlaverock Castle, Dumfries-shire, Scotland
Lady (Janet Baroness Glamis) Douglas
1498–1537
Kilmaurs, East Ayrshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom
Willem (Lord Herries van) Terregales
1508–1543
Terregles, Dumfries-shire, Scotland
Catherine (" Countess of Cassillis") Kennedy
1510–1545
Maybole, Ayrshire, Schotland
Great-Grandparents
Lady Terregales
1485–1537
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Alexander Home
1450–1513
Lady Kerr
1473–1528

Dame Maxwell's Timeline

2 Records

1550
11 Nov 1550
Birth of Dame Grissel Maxwell in Cranston Riddell, Dalkeith (Edinburghshire) Scotland
Cranston Riddell, Dalkeith (Edinburghshire) Scotland
1597
13 July 1597
Age 47
Death of Dame Grissel Maxwell in Kirkcudbright, Dumfries-shire, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, United Kingdom
Kirkcudbright, Dumfries-shire, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, United Kingdom

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 11 Nov 1550
    Event Place: Cranston Riddell, Dalkeith (Edinburghshire) Scotland

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 13 July 1597
    Event Place: Kirkcudbright, Dumfries-shire, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, United Kingdom
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