Sir John Maxwell of Calderwood, Kt.

JOHN MAXWELL OF CALDERWOOD

John Maxwell of Calderwood is the son of Sir Robert Maxwell of Calderwood and his wife Sibella Carmichael. Maxwell Memoirs, i, pp. 470-71 On 10 August 1559 John Maxwell of Calderwood was served as heir to his deceased father Robert Maxwell of Calderwood. Following from this service, on 26 August 1559, he took possession of half the lands and mill of Blackburn in the barony of Bathgate, Protocol Books of James Foulis, 1546-1553, and Nicol Thounis, 1559-1564, protocol number 7 on p. 2

Death

John Maxwell of Calderwood died soon after 28 July 1572. Maxwell Memoirs, i, p. 571

First Marriage

John Maxwell of Calderwood married Elizabeth Hamilton, daughter of Alexander Hamilton of Innerwick Maxwell Memoirs, i, p. 471 They were married before 16 August 1560: Protocol Books of James Foulis, 1546-1553, and Nicol Thounis, 1559-1564, protocol number 19 on page 5

Second Marriage

John Maxwell of Calderwood married Elizabeth Stewart, daughter of Sir Robert Stewart of Minto. Maxwell Memoirs, i, p. 471

Third Marriage

John Maxwell of Calderwood married Elizabeth Lindsay, sister of Robert Lindsay of Dunrod. They were married before 1 September 1563. Glasgow Protocols: V: 1476

Children of John Maxwell of Calderwood and Elizabeth Hamilton

1. Sir James Maxwell of Calderwood
2. John Maxwell, Jr.
3. The Very Reverend Robert Maxwell, Sr.

Child of John Maxwell of Calderwood

1. Mariot Maxwell

Evidence from the Protocol Book of James Foulis

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10 August 1559: Protocol Books of James Foulis, 1546-1553, and Nicol Thounis, 1559-1564, protocol number 7 on page 2

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26 August 1559: Protocol Books of James Foulis, 1546-1553, and Nicol Thounis, 1559-1564, protocol number 7 on page 2

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16 August 1560: Protocol Books of James Foulis, 1546-1553, and Nicol Thounis, 1559-1564, protocol number 19 on page 5

Evidence from the Protocol Books of the Town Clerks of Glasgow

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21 September 1551: Charter by which John Maxwell of Calderwood confirms that he has sold the five pound lands of Kynkaidzowlaw, part of the barony of Mauldislie, to Andrew Dunlop and his wife Cristine Coittis The Protocol Book of William Hegait, protocol number 89 on p. 32

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27 September 1557: John Maxwell of Calderwood subinfeudated his lands in the town of Jackton, in the parish of Kilbride (now East Kilbride) to fourteen of his kindly tenants there. Protocol Book of William Hegait, protocol numbers 382-95, on pp. 37-9

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1 September 1563: John Maxuell of Calderuod gave sasine, propriis manibus, to Elizabeth Lyndsaye sister german of Robert Lyndsaye of Dunrod, of the liferent of (1) 20 s. land of Greinhillis, £4 land of Newlandis, £10 lands of Jacktoun, and 5 merk land of Catishorntoun, lying in the barony of Kilbride and shire of Lanark, and (2) the 50 s. land of Meikle Drippis, occupied by Alexander Craufurd and William Reid; also the mill of Meikle Drippis and mill land thereof, occupied by John Steinsoun, lying in the barony of Kilbryde and shire of Lanark, with multures used and wont; and also sasine of the £5 land of Allirtoun, with the pertinents lying in the said barony and shire, to the said Elizabeth Lyndsaye and the heirs of the marriage between the said John Maxuell and her. Witnesses: Robert Lyndsaye of Dunrod, John Lyndsaye and Alexander Lyndsaye, his brothers, Robert Ros, William Maxuell of Newlandis, Sir James Fleming, David Johnston; also at Greinhillis, Christofer Strang; at Jacktoun, Thomas Clerk; at Allirtoun, James Craig; at Drippis; Andrew Miller, Alexander Craufurd and John Steinsoun; at Thorntoun, James Cuik, and the said Alexander Craufurd and John Stensoun. Abstracts of Protocols of the Town Clerks of Glasgow, VOL. V. Henry Gibsone's Protocols, 1555-1568, protocol number 1476 on pp. 61-2

Evidence from the National Records of Scotland

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1542: Exchequer Rolls of Scotland, Volume XVII, A.D. 1537-1542, page 773

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31 October 1548: Sasine to John Maxwell of Calderwood Exchequer Rolls of Scotland, Volume XVIII, A.D, 1543-1556, page 44

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9 May 1559: Extract Decree in the action persued by the King and Queen, against John Maxwell of Calderwood, and John, Archbishop of St Andrews, for entering production of the pretended charter of infeftment of Feu Ferme, made by King James V to the late Robert Maxwell of Calderwood, Elizabeth Elphinstone, his spouse, as the price of the 5 mark lands of Chapelton, the 5 mark land of Bollinschaw, and others, and certain other writs to have them reduced. The writs reduced accordingly. National Records of Scotland, Boyd Papers, Burgh of Kilmarnock, reference GD8/166

Genealogy

1. William Fraser, Memoirs of the Maxwells of Pollock, Vol. I. Memoirs & Charters (1863), 497 pp.
2. William Fraser, Memoirs of the Maxwells of Pollock, Vol. II. Correspondence (1863), 453 pp.