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Sir Robert Maxwell 1403 – 1485 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1403

Birth Location: Linlithgow, West Lothian, Scotland

Death Date: 8 May 1485

Death Location: Calderwood, Lanarkshire, Scotland

Father: Sir Caerlaverock

Mother: Janet Maxwell

Spouse(s): Janet stake*

Children(s): Martha Maxwell

In 1403, Sir Robert Maxwell entered the world in Linlithgow, West Lothian, Scotland, born to Sir Herbert Baron Maxwell, 11th Earl of Caerlaverock and Janet Herries Baroness Maxwell. Sir Robert Maxwell married Janet H Douglas, Lady Glamis *accused of witchcraft and burnt at the stake*, and had children including Martha ,Lady Bailiffe Maxwell. Sir Robert Maxwell passed away in 1485 in Calderwood, Lanarkshire, Scotland.

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Biography

  • In 1403, Sir Robert Maxwell entered the world in Linlithgow, West Lothian, Scotland, born to Sir Herbert Baron Maxwell, 11th Earl of Caerlaverock and Janet Herries Baroness Maxwell.
  • Sir Robert Maxwell married Janet H Douglas, Lady Glamis *accused of witchcraft and burnt at the stake*, and had children including Martha ,Lady Bailiffe Maxwell.
  • Sir Robert Maxwell passed away in 1485 in Calderwood, Lanarkshire, Scotland.

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Sir Maxwell's Ancestors

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Sir Maxwell
1403 – 1485
Birth Place: Linlithgow, West Lothian, Scotland
Parents
Sir Herbert Baron Maxwell, 11th Earl of Caerlaverock
1388 – 1453
Caerlaverrock Castle, Dumfries-Shire, Scotland
Janet (Herries Baroness) Maxwell
1400 – 1439
Kirkcudbright, Dumfries-Shire, Scotland
Grandparents
Sir (Herbert Herries, Baron) Herries
1370 – 1440
Kirkcudbright, Dumfries-Shire, Scotland
Lady (Margaret Douglas Baroness) Herries
1370 – 1425
Mar, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
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2nd-Great-Grandparents

Sir Maxwell's Descendants

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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)
        1. 1. Lady (Margery Margaret Lee) Wyatt (1490 – 10 Mar 1537) m. John (Thomas) Rogers (1463 – 10 Mar 1537)

Sir Maxwell's Timeline

2 Records

1403
1403
Birth of Sir Robert Maxwell in Linlithgow, West Lothian, Scotland
Linlithgow, West Lothian, Scotland
1485
8 May 1485
Age 82
Death of Sir Robert Maxwell in Calderwood, Lanarkshire, Scotland
Calderwood, Lanarkshire, Scotland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1403
    Event Place: Linlithgow, West Lothian, Scotland
    Record Source:
    [1] Millennium File
    [2] Web: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index, 1000-2015

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 8 May 1485
    Event Place: Calderwood, Lanarkshire, Scotland
    Record Source:
    [1] Millennium File
    [2] Web: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index, 1000-2015

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