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Richard ("the poet who inspired the Maitland Club") Maitland, of Thirlestane (Berwickshire) and Lethington (Haddingtonshire)
b. 1496, d. 1 August 1586
Person Exhibits
Sir Richard Maitland Signature
Birth
Richard ("the poet who inspired the Maitland Club") Maitland, of Thirlestane (Berwickshire) and Lethington (Haddingtonshire), was born in 1496. THE Literary Institution formed under the title of The Maitland Club, having assumed that designation from Sir Richard Maitland of Lethingtoun, Knight, the amiable and accomplished Poet, as well as the tasteful and industrious Collector and pious preserver of Ancient Scottish Poetry.1,2
Children with Mariota Cranstoun (b. circa 1510)
| Daughter | Isabel Maitland |
| Daughter | Helen Maitland |
| Daughter | Margaret Maitland |
| Son | William the Queen's secretary Maitland, of Lethington+ (b. 1525, d. 9 June 1573) |
| Son | John Maitland, Lord Thirlestane, Lord Chancellor+ (b. 1537, d. 3 October 1595) |
| Son | Thomas Maitland (b. circa 1550, d. 1572) |
| Daughter | Mary Maitland (b. 1550) |
Working life
- On 20 December 1562 Richard ("the poet who inspired the Maitland Club") Maitland, of Thirlestane (Berwickshire) and Lethington (Haddingtonshire), was occupied as Keeper of the Privy Seal.3
- In 1563 Richard ("the poet who inspired the Maitland Club") Maitland, of Thirlestane (Berwickshire) and Lethington (Haddingtonshire), was occupied as joint Factors, Economists and Chamberlains of the Abbess of Haddington.3
- In 1567 Richard ("the poet who inspired the Maitland Club") Maitland, of Thirlestane (Berwickshire) and Lethington (Haddingtonshire), was occupied as resigned as Keeper of the Privy Seal in favour of his son John.4
- On 11 May 1584 Richard ("the poet who inspired the Maitland Club") Maitland, of Thirlestane (Berwickshire) and Lethington (Haddingtonshire), was occupied as was relieved of his judicial duties by an act of sederunty due to his great age, those duties deputed to his son John.5
Property
Richard ("the poet who inspired the Maitland Club") Maitland, of Thirlestane (Berwickshire) and Lethington (Haddingtonshire), possessed gained restitution of his house and lands in 1581 in Lethington Castle.6,7
Death
Richard ("the poet who inspired the Maitland Club") Maitland, of Thirlestane (Berwickshire) and Lethington (Haddingtonshire), died on 1 August 1586 at age ~90.1,8
Citations
- [S2] Various contributors, Various contributors, "Wikipaedia," database, Commons, Wikipaedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/: accessed ), ., 11 March 2025; Richard Maitland
- [S123] John Bain, The Poems of Sir Richard Maitland of Lethingtoun, p ix
- [S123] John Bain, The Poems of Sir Richard Maitland of Lethingtoun, p xxxv
- [S123] John Bain, The Poems of Sir Richard Maitland of Lethingtoun, p xxxvii
- [S123] John Bain, The Poems of Sir Richard Maitland of Lethingtoun, p liv
- [S123] John Bain, The Poems of Sir Richard Maitland of Lethingtoun, p lii
- [S148] editor P Hume Brown, "Sir Richard Maitland," The Register of the Privy Council of Scotland, vol iii, 1578-1585 (1877), online image (https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uiug.30112079780356&seq=726 : viewed 11 Aug 2025), p 633.
- [S123] John Bain, The Poems of Sir Richard Maitland of Lethingtoun, p lix
| Context | Ch forebears (#1) Ch forebears (#2) |
| Last Edited | 19 May 2025 |