Richard Maitland
Richard Maitland | |
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| Born | 1496 |
| Died | 1586 |
| Nationality | Scottish |
| Known for | Senator of the College of Justice |
Sir Richard Maitland of
He married Mariotta (or Margaret) (d. March 1586), daughter of Sir Thomas Cranstoun of Corsbie, in Berwickshire. They had three sons and four daughters, including
- William Maitland of Lethington, Secretary of State to Mary, Queen of Scots, and
- Sir John Maitland of Thirlestane, Lord Chancellor of Scotland;
- Thomas Maitland;[1]
- Isabella Maitland, who married Sir James Heriot of Traboun
- Marie (d. January 1596), who married Alexander Lauder of Haltoun (d. 1627).
- Elizabeth, who married William Douglas of Whittinghame.
- Helen Maitland, who married John Cockburn of Clerkington, and was the mother of Richard Cockburn of Clerkington
The Maitland Manuscripts
Two of Maitland's
The Maitland Manuscripts are held by the Pepys Library.
References
- ^ . Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.
- ^ The full text of the Maitland Quarto Manuscript at archive.org
- ISBN 1-898410-57-7.
Other sources
- Miscellanea Genealogica et Heraldica, edited by Joseph Jackson Howard, LL.D., F.S.A., vol. 2, London, 1876, p. 206, where his date of death is given as 1 August 1586.
- The Genealogy of the House and Surname of Setoun, by Sir Richard Maitland of Lethington, Knight, March 1561, with the Chronicle of the House of Setoun compiled in metre (prose) by John Kamington alias Peter Manye, printed at Edinburgh, October 1830.
- The Register of the Privy Council of Scotland, Second Series, edited by P.Hume Brown, M.A., LLD., Edinburgh, 1900, vol.2, 1627–1628, p. 117.
- Maitland, Richard, The History of the House of Seytoun to 1559 by Sir Richard Maitland of Lethington continued by Alexnder Viscount Kingston, Maitland Club (1829)
- "A Biographical Dictionary of Eminent Scotsmen: Hamilton, William-M'Gavin" By Robert Chambers, Thomas Thomson
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