Hugo de Macuswell

Maccus; witnessed charters of David I King of Scots (1124-1153); granted land (later called Springwood) on the Tweed where it meets the Teviot in what is now Roxburgh; from the fishing reach attached to it (still called Maxwheel) comes the name "Maccus well" or "Maxwell". [Burke's Peerage]

From "My Clan": "Maccus Well, a pool in the River Tweed by Kelso, is claimed as the origin for this name. Maccus was believed to be a Norse chief who lived in the reign of David I."

Maccus, the son of Undwin, was an active and distinguished person in the reigns of Alexander the First and David the First of Scotland. With the latter, he was especially associated; and he frequently appears among those who attended his Court. He was witness to an inquest which David, then Prince of Cumbria, ordered to be made concerning the lands and churches belonging to the Church of Glasgow, in sundry provinces of Cumbria, when that diocese was restored by the Prince. After narrating the traditions then current respecting the first foundation of the Chruch of Glasgow - the Episcopal seat of the reign of Cumbria, and its subsequent history down to the time of the investigation, the inquest records that Prince David, deploring the misery of the profane multitude so long destitue of pastorial care, chose for Bishop, by the counsel and assistance of his learned clerks, John a certain religions man, who had vervently devoted his life to God; that this ecclasiastic, though, from knowing the barbarity and multiplicity of the vices of the unhappy people, at first somewhat reluctant, was consecrated bishop by Pope Paschal the Second; and that being welcomed by the Prince and the nobles of the kingdom, he joyfully, and to the gratification of the people, diffused the preaching of the gospel through the region of Cumbria. Among the other witnesses to this inquest, besides Maccus, were Matilda, Countess, who, on her part made the grant, and William grandson of that Princess.

The date of this inquest is omitted, but it must have been about the time of the consecration of Bishop John, as mentioned in the document, by Pope Paschal the Second, which Bishop Keith assigns to the year 1115, although without giving his authority. Father Innes is probably not far wrong in referring the date of the instrument to the year 1116.

Maccus, son if Undwin, also witnessed a charter granted by King David the First to God, Saint Mary of Melrose, and the Monks of the Cistercian order there serving God, of the lands of Melrose, Eldune, and Dernewic, the pasture, wood, paturing of cattle for the use of the monks in the granter's land and forest of Selkirk and Trquair, and fishing in the waters of the Tweed, and besides, in augmentation of their revenues, Galtuneshalech and the whole land and wood of Galtunesside, as the King and Henry his son, and Richard, abbot of that monastery, perambulated the same on the Friday after the ascension of the Lord, in the second year of the capture of Stephen, King of England. amopng the other witnesses to this charter, besides Maccus, were Henry, King David's son; John, Bishop; William, King David's grandson; William, Chancellor; Maddach, Earl; Robert de Humphramville; Hugo de Moreville; Walter, son of Alan; Osbert de Ardene. After these names, and those of other witnesses, are recorded it is added, 'besides men of the same land,' whose names are then given, among whom is that of Maccus, from which it is clear that he had possessions or resided in the district. This charter is dated at Ercheldon in June, the year being omitted; but, from internal evidence, an approximation may be made to the year. Stephen, King of England, was made prisoner in 1141, and Prince Henry died in 1152, from which it is evident that the charter must have been granted between 1143 and 1152.

Maccus was witness to another charter, granted in 1113 by David, for founding a monastery at Selkirk, in favour of certain monks of the order of the Tyronenses, who derived their name from their first abbey, called Tyronium (Tiron), in the diocese of Chartres, and who were admitted to their order only after being instructed in some branch of science or art, and thus were of a more useful character than many of the other orders. The monastery was dedicated to God, the Virgin Mary, and Saint John the Evangelist, for the welfare of the soul of the founder, and of the souls of his father and mother, his brothers and sisters, and all his ancestors. It was endowed by Prince David with extensive possessions in Scotland, and also with lands in the southern earldom of Huntingdon. Among the witnesses to this charter besides Maccus, were John, Bishop of Glasgow; Matilda, Countess; Henry, the Earl; Robert of Bruce; Robert of Umframville; Odard, Viscount of Babenburch; Lyulf, son of Uchtred; Adam, Chamberlain. The charter is without date; but in a contemporary chronicle it is asserted that the Tyronese monks came into this country in the year 1113. [The Book of Carlaverock I:2-4]

Sources:

  1. Type: Web Site

     Author: Jim Weber

     Title: The Phillips, Weber, Kirk & Staggs Famlies

     URL: http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=jweber&id

     Date: Sep 19, 2010

     Detail: Jim Weber cites numerous sources for his data. See his posting for details.

  2. Type: Web Site

     Author: Jim Weber

     Title: The Phillips, Weber, Kirk & Staggs Famlies

     URL: http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=jweber&id

     Date: Sep 19, 2010

     Detail: Jim Weber cites numerous sources for his data. See his posting for details.

     Page: place only

  3. Type: Web Site

     Author: Jane Williams Flank

     Title: Williams/Rose Legacies

     URL: http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=jwflank&id

     Date: Jan 10, 2009

  4. Type: Web Site

     Title: My Clan - Maxwell

     URL: www.myclan.com/clans/Maxwell_265/default.php 

Maccus; witnessed charters of David I King of Scots (1124-1153); granted land (later called Springwood) on the Tweed where it meets the Teviot in what is now Roxburgh; from the fishing reach attached to it (still called Maxwheel) comes the name "Maccus well" or "Maxwell". [Burke's Peerage]

From "My Clan": "Maccus Well, a pool in the River Tweed by Kelso, is claimed as the origin for this name. Maccus was believed to be a Norse chief who lived in the reign of David I."

Maccus, the son of Undwin, was an active and distinguished person in the reigns of Alexander the First and David the First of Scotland. With the latter, he was especially associated; and he frequently appears among those who attended his Court. He was witness to an inquest which David, then Prince of Cumbria, ordered to be made concerning the lands and churches belonging to the Church of Glasgow, in sundry provinces of Cumbria, when that diocese was restored by the Prince. After narrating the traditions then current respecting the first foundation of the Chruch of Glasgow - the Episcopal seat of the reign of Cumbria, and its subsequent history down to the time of the investigation, the inquest records that Prince David, deploring the misery of the profane multitude so long destitue of pastorial care, chose for Bishop, by the counsel and assistance of his learned clerks, John a certain religions man, who had vervently devoted his life to God; that this ecclasiastic, though, from knowing the barbarity and multiplicity of the vices of the unhappy people, at first somewhat reluctant, was consecrated bishop by Pope Paschal the Second; and that being welcomed by the Prince and the nobles of the kingdom, he joyfully, and to the gratification of the people, diffused the preaching of the gospel through the region of Cumbria. Among the other witnesses to this inquest, besides Maccus, were Matilda, Countess, who, on her part made the grant, and William grandson of that Princess.

The date of this inquest is omitted, but it must have been about the time of the consecration of Bishop John, as mentioned in the document, by Pope Paschal the Second, which Bishop Keith assigns to the year 1115, although without giving his authority. Father Innes is probably not far wrong in referring the date of the instrument to the year 1116.

Maccus, son if Undwin, also witnessed a charter granted by King David the First to God, Saint Mary of Melrose, and the Monks of the Cistercian order there serving God, of the lands of Melrose, Eldune, and Dernewic, the pasture, wood, paturing of cattle for the use of the monks in the granter's land and forest of Selkirk and Trquair, and fishing in the waters of the Tweed, and besides, in augmentation of their revenues, Galtuneshalech and the whole land and wood of Galtunesside, as the King and Henry his son, and Richard, abbot of that monastery, perambulated the same on the Friday after the ascension of the Lord, in the second year of the capture of Stephen, King of England. amopng the other witnesses to this charter, besides Maccus, were Henry, King David's son; John, Bishop; William, King David's grandson; William, Chancellor; Maddach, Earl; Robert de Humphramville; Hugo de Moreville; Walter, son of Alan; Osbert de Ardene. After these names, and those of other witnesses, are recorded it is added, 'besides men of the same land,' whose names are then given, among whom is that of Maccus, from which it is clear that he had possessions or resided in the district. This charter is dated at Ercheldon in June, the year being omitted; but, from internal evidence, an approximation may be made to the year. Stephen, King of England, was made prisoner in 1141, and Prince Henry died in 1152, from which it is evident that the charter must have been granted between 1143 and 1152.

Maccus was witness to another charter, granted in 1113 by David, for founding a monastery at Selkirk, in favour of certain monks of the order of the Tyronenses, who derived their name from their first abbey, called Tyronium (Tiron), in the diocese of Chartres, and who were admitted to their order only after being instructed in some branch of science or art, and thus were of a more useful character than many of the other orders. The monastery was dedicated to God, the Virgin Mary, and Saint John the Evangelist, for the welfare of the soul of the founder, and of the souls of his father and mother, his brothers and sisters, and all his ancestors. It was endowed by Prince David with extensive possessions in Scotland, and also with lands in the southern earldom of Huntingdon. Among the witnesses to this charter besides Maccus, were John, Bishop of Glasgow; Matilda, Countess; Henry, the Earl; Robert of Bruce; Robert of Umframville; Odard, Viscount of Babenburch; Lyulf, son of Uchtred; Adam, Chamberlain. The charter is without date; but in a contemporary chronicle it is asserted that the Tyronese monks came into this country in the year 1113. [The Book of Carlaverock I:2-4]

Sources:

 1. Type: Web Site

    Author: Jim Weber

    Title: The Phillips, Weber, Kirk & Staggs Famlies

    URL: http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=jweber&id

    Date: Sep 19, 2010

    Detail: Jim Weber cites numerous sources for his data. See his posting for details.

 2. Type: Web Site

    Author: Jim Weber

    Title: The Phillips, Weber, Kirk & Staggs Famlies

    URL: http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=jweber&id

    Date: Sep 19, 2010

    Detail: Jim Weber cites numerous sources for his data. See his posting for details.

    Page: place only

 3. Type: Web Site

    Author: Jane Williams Flank

    Title: Williams/Rose Legacies

    URL: http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=jwflank&id

    Date: Jan 10, 2009

 4. Type: Web Site

    Title: My Clan - Maxwell

    URL: www.myclan.com/clans/Maxwell_265/default.php 

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