Lord Sir Robert Maxwell, Bishop of Orkney

Biographical Summary

Robert Maxwell, a son of Sir John Maxwell of Pollock, was rector of Torbolton in the year 1521, and next was provost of Torbolton in the year 1521, and next was provost of the collegiate church in the town of Dunbarton, and at last was promoted to this see of Orkney. He built the stalls in his catherdral, which are curiously engraven with the arms of several of his ancestors in his see; and he furnished the steeple with a set of excellent bells, which were cast within the castle of Edinburgh, by Robert Borthwick, as the inscription on them bears. In the year 1536, when the king made his famous progress through the isles belonging to his crown, his Majesty was nobly entertained by this bishop at his own charges; and at this time the king was pleased to give the town of Kirkwall a confirmation of its royalty. A Historical Catalogue of the Scottish Bishops down to the year 1688. By the Right Reverend Robert Keith. etc. (Bell & Bradfute, Edinburgh, 1824), p. 223

ROBERT MAXWELL

BISHOP OF ORKNEY

Maxwell Memoirs, p. 22

Maxwell Memoirs, pp. 403-11

ROBERT MAXWELL

Robert Maxwell, here treated, is the son of John, thord Lord Maxwell, and his wife, Lady Janet Crichton. He was living on 8 May 1485. The Scots Peerage etc. Edited by Sir James Balfour Paul, Lord Lyon king of Arms. Volume VI (David Douglas, Edinburgh, 1909), for the children of John, third Lord Maxwell, see pp. 477-78