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James Maitland

b. circa 1570

Birth

James Maitland was born circa 1570.1

Parents

FatherWilliam the Queen's secretary Maitland, of Lethington (b. 1525, d. 9 June 1573)
MotherMary ("one of the Four Marys") Fleming (b. 1543, d. after 1584)

Property1,2,3,45

James Maitland possessed had a royal charter confirming the return to him of the town of Darnik etc that had previously been sold to Richard Cockburn in 1587 on 8 April 1588 in Town of Darnik etc and more.6

Citations

  1. [S68] KM Brown and others, Records of the Parliaments of Scotland to 1707, online (St Andrews: University of St Andrews, between 2007 and 2025), 1584/5/40; online transcription and translation, (https://www.rps.ac.uk/ : accessed 11 March 2025.
  2. [S111] Joseph Robertson, Editor, Inventaires de la Royne Descosse Douairiere de France: Catalogues of the Jewels, Dresses, Furniture, Books and Paintings (Edinburgh: The Bannatyne Club, 1863), p xlviii-xlx, notes 3 and 1; online image, Internet Archive (https://archive.org/details/inventairesdela00robegoog/page/n8/mode/2up?q=fleming : viewed 12 May 2025.
  3. [S43] Scotland Court of Exchequer, editor, Registrum Magni Sigilli Regum Scotorum: The Register of the Great Seal of Scotland (Edinburgh: General Register House, 1912), vol v, ch 674, p 205; online image, Internet Archive, archive.org (https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=njp.32101038096846&seq=7&q1=flemyng : viewed 27 August 2026.
  4. [S157] Thomas Thomson and Cosmo Innes, editors, The Acts of the Parliaments of Scotland: 12 vols in 13 (Edinburgh: Record Commission, between 1814 and 1875), vol iii, p 312-313; online image, Hathitrust, Hathitrust (https://babel.hathitrust.org/ : viewed 3 November 2026.
  5. [S113] John Spottiswoode, Editor, Liber S. Marie de Dryburgh: Registrum cartarum Abbacie Premonstratensis de Dryburgh (Edinburgh: The Bannatyne Club, 1847), p 324; online image, Internet Archive (https://archive.org/details/libersmariededry00bann/page/324/mode/2up?q=fleming : viewed 12 May 2025.
  6. [S43] Scotland Court of Exchequer, editor, Registrum Magni Sigilli Regum Scotorum: The Register of the Great Seal of Scotland (Edinburgh: General Register House, 1912), vol v, ch 1519-1520, p 521-522; online image, Internet Archive, archive.org (https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=njp.32101038096846&seq=7&q1=flemyng : viewed 27 August 2026.
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Last Edited 27 August 2025