MAXWELL, Agnes 1
User ID: J887. Agnes married James MAITLAND of Lethington, son of William MAITLAND of Lethington, 'Secretary Lethington' and Mary FLEMING one of the 'Four Maries'.1 (James MAITLAND of Lethington was born about 1568 1 and died about 1625 1.) Marriage Notes: "On 8 January 1584 his (James Maitland's) uncle, Sir John Maitland, received a gift of his ward and marriage. He was served heir to his father in two-thirds of the barony of Boltoun. The gift of his marriage seems to have been a source of trouble. The lady fixed upon was Annabel Bellenden, sister to Sir Lewis Bellenden of Auchinoul, and rather than complete the marriage James Maitland bought up the letter of gift from his cousin, Richard Cockburn, into whose hands it had come. The transaction is embodied in a formal contract dated 28 October 1587, and the price of his freedom seems to have been 8000 merks. He married Agnes Maxwell, daughter of William, fifth Lord Herries, to whom he provided a liferent of his lands of Stevenston, and by whom he had at least a son Richard, born prior to 16 June 1593, when he was infeft on charters from his father in Garvet and other lands, and two daughters." |