William Maxwell

WILLIAM MAXWELL

William Maxwell is the brother of George Maxwell of Newark. The name of his mother is not known. On 28 September 1563 his brother George gave him an annualrent of ten merks, to be paid to him from the forty pound lands of old extent of Newark. The deed was drawn up in the Chapel at Newark. Protocol Book of Henry Gibsone,, protocol number 1478 on page 62

William Maxwell is not noticed by Darryl Lundy's Peerage Darryl Lundy's Peerage: Sir John Maxwell 5th of Calderwood 1st of Newark or by Clan MacFarlane and associated clans genealogy. John Maxwell

Evidence from the Protocol Books of the Town Clerks of Glasgow

28 September 1563: George Maxuell of Newerk gave sasine propriis manibus to William Maxuell his brother german, of an annualrent of 10 merks, payable furth of the £40 land of Newerk, old extent, with the pertinents, lying in the barony and shire of Renfrew. Done within the place of Newerk, in the chapel thereof. Witnesses: Sir John Robesoun, John Gilleis, John Edmestoun and William Lioun, fisher. Redeemable for 100 merks. Abstracts of Protocols of the Town Clerks of Glasgow, edited by Robert Renwick, Depute Town Clerk, Vol. V, Henry Gibsone's Protocols, 1555-68 (carson & Nicol, Glasgow, 1897), protocol number 1478 on page 62