John (Maxwell) Maxwell IVth Lord Herries of Terregles
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John (Maxwell) Maxwell IVth Lord Herries of Terregles (abt. 1512 - 1583)

Sir John Maxwell IVth Lord Herries of Terregles formerly Maxwell
Born about in Terregles, Dumfriesshire, Scotlandmap
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Died at about age 71 in Kirkconnell, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotlandmap
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John (Maxwell) Maxwell IVth Lord Herries of Terregles is a member of Clan Maxwell.

Lord Herries of Terregles (pronounced "Heh-reez of Ter-regulls'") is a title in the Peerage of Scotland. It was created in 1490 for Herbert Herries. On the death of his grandson, the third Lord, the male line failed.

Herbert Herries, Lord Herries of Terregles was succeeded by his daughter Agnes who married Sir John Maxwell, second son of Robert Maxwell, 5th Lord Maxwell. [1] They had issue:

  1. Margaret Maxwell d. 8 Jan 1617
  2. William Maxwell, 5th Lord Herries of Terregles d. 10 Oct 1603
  3. Sarah Maxwell d. 29 Mar 1636
  4. Grissel Maxwell
  5. James Maxwell
  6. John Maxwell
  7. Elizabeth Maxwell
  8. Mary Maxwell
  9. Sir Robert Maxwell of Spottis d. c 31 Oct 1615
  10. Edward Maxwell d. 29 Sep 1598
  11. Agnes Maxwell
  12. Nicola Maxwell b. 1578, d. 1605

Their great-grandson, the seventh Lord, succeeded as third Earl of Nithsdale in 1667 on the death of his kinsman the second Earl. The earldom had been created in 1620 for Robert Maxwell, 9th Lord Maxwell.

The third Earl's grandson, the fifth Earl, took part in the Jacobite rising of 1715. He was attainted in 1716 and sentenced to death. However, he managed to make a celebrated escape from the Tower of London by changing clothes with his wife's maid the day before his execution.[2][3]

1 July 1562 there was a contract made between Sir John Maxwell of Terregles (Knight and Tutor to John Lord Maxwell) and Christopher Armstrong of Barneglis..... [4]

John died on 20 Jan 1583 at Kirkconnell Troqueir Kircudbright, West Lothian, Scotland.

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  1. ↑ Cockburn-Hood, Thomas H, The House of Cockburn of that Ilk and the Cadets Thereof: With Historical Anecdotes of the Times in Which Many of the Name Played a Conspicuous Part, Edinburgh: Scott and Ferguson, 1888, Archive.org, p. 245
  2. ↑ Paul, James Balfour. The Scots Peerage : founded on Wood's ed. of Sir Robert Douglas's Peerage of Scotland; containing an historical and genealogical account of the nobility of that kingdom, Edinburgh: David Douglas, 1907, Vol. IV, Archive.org, Lord Herries of Terregles, pp. 407-413
  3. ↑ Paul, James Balfour. The Scots Peerage : founded on Wood's ed. of Sir Robert Douglas's Peerage of Scotland; containing an historical and genealogical account of the nobility of that kingdom, Edinburgh: David Douglas, 1909, Vol. VI, Archive.org, Maxwell, Earl of Nithsdale, p. 481
  4. ↑ (Book of Carlaverock Vol 2)

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