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Janet Herries Baroness Maxwell 1400 – 1439 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1400

Birth Location: Kirkcudbright, Dumfries-Shire, Scotland

Death Date: 9 March 1439

Death Location: Caulderwood, Lanarkshire, Scotland

Father: Sir Herries

Mother: Lady Herries

Spouse(s): Sir Caerlaverock

Children(s): Sir Maxwell

Janet Herries Baroness Maxwell was born in 1400 in Kirkcudbright, Dumfries-Shire, Scotland, the child of Sir Herbert Herries, Baron Herries and Lady Margaret Douglas Baroness Herries. Janet Herries Baroness Maxwell married Sir Herbert Baron Maxwell, 11th Earl of Caerlaverock, and had children including Sir Robert Maxwell. Janet Herries Baroness Maxwell passed away in 1439 in Caulderwood, Lanarkshire, Scotland.

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Biography

  • Janet Herries Baroness Maxwell was born in 1400 in Kirkcudbright, Dumfries-Shire, Scotland, the child of Sir Herbert Herries, Baron Herries and Lady Margaret Douglas Baroness Herries.
  • Janet Herries Baroness Maxwell married Sir Herbert Baron Maxwell, 11th Earl of Caerlaverock, and had children including Sir Robert Maxwell.
  • Janet Herries Baroness Maxwell passed away in 1439 in Caulderwood, Lanarkshire, Scotland.

Immediate Family

Parents

Sir Herries
1370 – 1440
Birth Location: Kirkcudbright, Dumfries-Shire, Scotland
SH
Lady Herries
1370 – 1425
Birth Location: Mar, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
LH

Spouses(s)

Sir Caerlaverock
1388 – 1453
Birth Location: Caerlaverrock Castle, Dumfries-Shire, Scotland
SC

Children(s)

Sir Maxwell
1403 – 1485
Birth Location: Linlithgow, West Lothian, Scotland
SM

Janet Maxwell's Ancestors

Self
Janet Maxwell
1400 – 1439
Birth Place: Kirkcudbright, Dumfries-Shire, Scotland
Parents
Sir Herbert Herries, Baron Herries
1370 – 1440
Kirkcudbright, Dumfries-Shire, Scotland
Lady (Margaret Douglas Baroness) Herries
1370 – 1425
Mar, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Grandparents
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Janet Maxwell's Descendants

1.
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Janet (Herries Baroness) Maxwell (1400 – 9 March 1439) m. Sir (Herbert Baron Maxwell, 11th Earl of) Caerlaverock (9 Aug 1388 – 14 February 1453)
  1. 1. Sir (Robert) Maxwell (1403 – 8 May 1485) m. Janet (H Douglas, Lady Glamis *accused of witchcraft and burnt at the) stake* (Abt. 1403 – 8 may 1485)
    1. 1. Martha (,Lady Bailiffe) Maxwell (1416 – 31 Jan 1493) m. William (Redmayne Anthony Bailiffe) DeTousey (1412 – 31 Jan 1493)
      1. 1. Margaret (Jane) Bailiffe (1438 – 1526) m. Sir (Thomas Richard Wyatt, High Sheriff of) London (3 Jan 1443 – 1475)
        1. 1. Sir (Henry of Bath, Privy Councillor to the King) Wyatt (Jan 1460 – 11 Mar 1537) m. Lady (Mary Anne, Baroness Wyatt) Skinner (Jan 1475 – 1503)

Janet Maxwell's Timeline

2 Records

1400
1400
Birth of Janet Herries Baroness Maxwell in Kirkcudbright, Dumfries-Shire, Scotland
Kirkcudbright, Dumfries-Shire, Scotland
1439
9 March 1439
Age 39
Death of Janet Herries Baroness Maxwell in Caulderwood, Lanarkshire, Scotland
Caulderwood, Lanarkshire, Scotland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1400
    Event Place: Kirkcudbright, Dumfries-Shire, Scotland
    Record Source: Web: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index, 1000-2015

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Place: Dumfries, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Place: Dumfries: Annan - Parish Censuses 1801-1821

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 9 March 1439
    Event Place: Caulderwood, Lanarkshire, Scotland
    Record Source: Web: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index, 1000-2015
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