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Sir John, Maxwell, 4th, Baron, Herries, Masters, of, Sandwich, and Maxwell 1512 – 1583 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1512

Birth Location: Caerlaverock Castle, Dumfries-shire, Scotland

Death Date: 20 January 1583

Death Location: Sandwich, Kent, England

Father: *Lord dates

Mother: LADY GLAMIS

Spouse(s): Lady blood, Margaret Kennedy, SCOT Maxwell

Children(s): Lady Kerr

In 1512, 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 entered the world in Caerlaverock Castle, Dumfries-shire, Scotland, born to *Lord Robert MAXWELL, 5th Lord of Carlaverock *1493 edit dates and LADY JANET DOUGLAS of DRUMLANRIG, BARONESS GLAMIS. Years later, 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 married Lady Agnes Herries Baroness Herries royal blood, Margaret Kennedy and SCOT Elizabeth Maxwell, and the couple became parents to Lady Margaretha "Margaret" Fergusson - Maxwell - Kerr. 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 died in 1583 in Sandwich, Kent, England.

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Parents

*Lord dates
1510 – 1546
Birth Location: Carlaverock Castle, Dumfries-shire, Scotland
*d
LADY GLAMIS
1498 – 1537
Birth Location: Nithsdale, Dumfries-Shire, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, United Kingdom
LG

Spouses(s)

Lady blood
1530 – 1594
Birth Location: Terregles, Dumfries-shire, Scotland
Lb
Margaret Kennedy
1472 – 1594
Birth Location: Terregles, Dumfriesshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
MK
SCOT Maxwell
1523 – 1592
Birth Location: Pollack, Renfrewshire, Scotland
SM

Children(s)

Lady Kerr
1548 – 1617
Birth Location: Terregales, Dumfrieshire, v Kirkcudbright, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland
LK

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: 1512
    Event Place: Caerlaverock Castle, Dumfries-shire, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Year: 4 Jul 1539
    Event Place: Dumfries-shire, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Year: 18 March 1548
    Event Place: Terregles, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland, United Kingdom

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Year: 24 February 1770
    Event Place: Buittle, Kirkcudbright, Scotland, United Kingdom

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Place: Ayr, Lanark, & Stirling: - The commissariot record of Glasgow Register of testamenis, 1547-1800

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Place: Eastwood, Ayr, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 7
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: 20 January 1583
    Event Place: Sandwich, Kent, England

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