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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)

Property1,2,34

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.5

Citations

  1. [S68] KM Brown and others, Records of the Parliaments of Scotland to 1707, 1584/5/40
  2. [S111] Joseph Robertson, Inventaires de la Royne Descosse Douairiere de France, p xlviii-xlx, notes 3 and 1
  3. [S43] Scotland Court of Exchequer, Registrum Magni Sigilli Regum Scotorum, vol v, ch 674, p 205
  4. [S113] John Spottiswoode, Liber S. Marie de Dryburgh, p 324
  5. [S43] Scotland Court of Exchequer, Registrum Magni Sigilli Regum Scotorum, vol v, ch 1519-1520, p 521-522
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