John (Maxwell) de Maxwell VIIIth of Maxwell and VIth of Caerlaverock
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John (Maxwell) de Maxwell VIIIth of Maxwell and VIth of Caerlaverock (1285 - 1346)

Born in Caerlaverock Castle, Dumfries-Shire, Scotlandmap
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Husband of — married [date unknown] [location unknown]
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Died at about age 61 in Tower London, London, Middlesex, Englandmap
Profile last modified | Created 21 Feb 2011
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John (Maxwell) de Maxwell VIIIth of Maxwell and VIth of Caerlaverock was a prominent member of a Scottish Clan.
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Preceded by
Eustace Maxwell
6th Maxwell of Caerlaverock
1342 - 1346
Succeeded by
Herbert Maxwell

Biography

John (Maxwell) de Maxwell VIIIth of Maxwell and VIth of Caerlaverock is a member of Clan Maxwell.

Sir John Maxwell was Lord of Caerlaverock and second son of John Maxwell.[1]

Family

While Christian Carlile is listed as a wife on some unsourced genealogies, no other sources consulted have yet identified his wife's name.

Sir John had the following children:

It was this John Maxwell who was the grandfather of John De Pollok, the son of Robert De Pollok and Agnes Maxwell, who gave the said John De Pollok a grant of land in Scotland per charter dated 3 May 1372[4]. The marriage of Robert De Pollok and Agnes Maxwell is the earliest connection known between the Maxwells and the Polloks of Renfrewshire.

He died in the Tower of London on 17 October 1346.

Sources

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Sir William Fraser, The Book of Carlaverock (Edinburgh: unknown, 1873), p. 106-109, digital images, https://archive.org/stream/bookofcarlaverv100fras#page/106/mode/1up. Internet Archive (https://archive.org : accessed 29 October 2016).
  2. Sir Bernard Burke, A Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Peerage and Baronetage of the British Empire, 30th Edition (London: Harrison, 1868), p. 887, digital images, https://books.google.com/books?id=K2FHAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA887 (http://books.google.com : accessed 31 July 2016).
  3. William Musham Metcalfe, A History of the County of Renfrew from the Earliest Times (Paisley: Alexander Gardner, 1905), p. 95, digital images, https://books.google.com/books?id=OC8DAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA95 (http://books.google.com : accessed 31 July 2016).
  4. "History of the Shire of Renfrew," pg,. 290
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His father had Herbert had no children, given that Agnes is this John's daughter. This John is actually his his grandfather. Merge to be submitted. The Tim Tropeck gedcom has many issues.
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