Maccus Hugo de Maccuswell

• Preferred Name: Maccus Hugo de Maccuswell^{[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]}
  
• Gender: M
  
• Death: ABT 1206 in Scotland, United Kingdom at LATI: N6.8167 LONG: E4.184
  
• Clan Name: with note: Description: Maxwell (Maccus Well)
  
• FSID: GHT6-RYQ
  
• Birth: ABT 1116 in MaxwhelSpringwod, Roxburghshire, Oxnam, Scottish Borders, Scotland, United Kingdom at LATI: N5.45 LONG: E2.4833
  
• Notes:

  === Alternate birthplace ===
  May have been born in Normandy, France
  
  === Maccus, the son of Undwin, was an active ===
  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]

1. Herbert de Maccuswell, b. 1140 in Teviotdale, Roxburghshire, Scotland, United Kingdom     d. 1206 in Teviotdale, Roxburghshire, Scotland, United Kingdom

1. Title: Legacy NFS Source: Hugo de Macuswell -
   Author: U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900, Yates Publishing; The Generations Network, Inc., Name: Ancestry. com; Date: 2004;, Page number: Ruth Beale
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2. Title: The complete peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United...Volume 8
   Author: pages 586-8, gives outline of Ancient Maxwell line.
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3. Title: The Scots peerage : founded on Wood's ed. of Sir Robert Douglas's Peerage of Scotland Volume VI
   Author: page 473
   Publication: Name: https://archive.org/stream/scotspeeragefoun06pauluoft#page/470/mode/2up/search/Aymer;
   
4. Title: WikiTree: LeRoy de Norseman (abt. 1090 - abt. 1150)
   Publication: Name: https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/De_Norseman-2;
   Note: LeRoy de Norseman aka de Norseman le Roy Born about 1090 in Atholl, Perth, Scotlandmap ANCESTORS ancestors Son of Undewyn Maccus de Norseman and Platudinous (Unknown) de Norseman Brother of Maccus (Maccuswell) de Maccuswell Husband of Miscibility (Unknown) le Roy — married [date unknown] [location unknown] DESCENDANTS descendants Father of Robert le Roy Died about 1150 in Normandie, Kingdom of Francemap Profile manager: Stephen Lapointe private message [send private message] Profile last modified 4 Feb 2018 | Created 9 Mar 2013 | Last significant change: 4 Feb 2018
   
5. Title: (678) - Book of Carlaverock > Memoirs and plates - Histories of Scottish families - National Library of Scotland
   Author: "(678) - Book of Carlaverock > Memoirs and plates - Histories of Scottish families - National Library of Scotland." (678) - Book of Carlaverock > Memoirs and plates - Histories of Scottish families - National Library of Scotland. N.p., n.d. Web. 5 Aug. 2018. .
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   Note: 582 I.— THE EAELS OF NITHSDALE AND LOEDS MAXWELL. I.— UNDWIN, father of Maccus, c. 1070, p. 1. I II.— Maccus, who gave name to the Barony of Maccuswell or Maxwell, near Kelso, and to the lands and parish of Maxtoun, both hi the county of Roxburgh : also to the Family of Maxwell. Died c. 1150, pp. 1-17. III. IV. — Herbert de Maccuswell, Sheriff of Teviotdale. 1150-1200, pp. 17, 21. Liulphus, c. 1172. Had a daiighter, Cecilia, and a son, Uchtred, p. 18. Edmund de Maccuswell, c. 1152, p. 19. 1. — Sir John de Maccuswell, also Sheriff of Teviotdale and Chamberlain of Scotland. He was the first Maxwell of Carlaverock. 1200-1241, s.p., p. 27. I Robert, c. 1210, s.p., p. 26. I I Robert, of Lessuden, 1200, p. 19. IV. 2.— Aymer de Maxwell, fourth Lord of Maxwell, second of Carlaverock, and Chamberlain of Scotland. He married Mary of Meams, and acquired the Barony of Mearns, in the county of Renfrew. 1241-1266, pp. 26, 64. V.— Sir Herbert de Maxwell of Maxwell, Carlaverock, and Mearns. He also acquired, in 1296, from John of Pencaitland, the lands of Pencaitland, in the county of Haddington, 1266-e. 1298. Swore fealty to Edward 1. 1296. He first used the saltire as his armorial bearing, p. 81. j Edward Maxwell, 1248, s.p., p. 80. Sir John Maxwell, ancestor of the Max- wells of Pollok, as shown in the Pollok Book. P. 80. Alexander, c. 1300, p. 80. VI. —John of Maxwell, sixth Lord of Maxwell. • I He swore fealty to Edward I. in 1296, p. 92. VII. 1.— Sir Eustace Maxwell, seventh of Maxwell, Carlaverock, Mearns, etc. 1312-1342, p. 94. VII. 2.— Sir John de Maxwell, eighth Lord of Maxwell. "Was taken prisoner at the battle of Durham on 17th October 1346. 1342-1347, p. 106. VIII. 1. — Herbert de Maxwell of Car- laverock. 1347-1354. Died without issue, p. 110. > VIII. 2.— Sir John Maxwell, Knight, of Maxwell, Carlaverock, Mearns, and Libberton. 1353 or 4-1373. He had by his wife, Christian Erskine, (?) a son, Robert, who suc- ceeded him, p. 112. IX. — Sir Robert de Maxwell of Maxwell, Carlaverock, etc. 1373-1409. He rebuilt Carlaverock Castle, pp. 119, 120. I X.— Sir Herbert Maxwell of Carlaverock. 1409-1420. Appointed Steward of Annandale in 1409. Married Katherine, daughter of John Stewart, Lord of Dalswinton, in 1386, p. 121. Aymer, p. 120. I XL— Sir Herbert Maxwell of Maxwell, Carlaverock, etc. 1420-1453. Was served heir of his father on 16th October 1421. Created Lord Maxwell c. 1440. He built the Castle of Mearns. Married, first, a daughter of Herbert Herries of Terregles ; and secondly, Kathe- rine, daughter of Sir William Seton of Seton. He died before 14th February 1453-4, p. 125. Aymer de Maxwell, called brother of Herbert in January 1424-5. Ancestor of the Maxwells of Kirk- connell. Vide Pedigree of them, p. 600. Margaret, not in text, p. 124, married Sir John de Montgomerie of Eagleshame, in the county of Renfrew. XII. — Robert, second Lord Max- well. 1453-1485. Served heir of his father, 14th February 1453-4. He married Janet Forrester of Corstorphine. Died 1486, p. 140. Sir Edward, ances- George, ances- tor of the Maxwells tor of Maxwells of Monreith, p. 138. of Carnsalloch, Vide Pedigree, p. 597. county of Dum- fries, p. 139. I I M David, Adam, John p. 139. ancestor of and Maxwells of William. Southbar, p. 139. p. 139. Gavin, p. 139. I I i Katherine, by first wife. p. 138. Janet and Mahiot, by second wife, p. 139. XIII.— John Master of Maxwell, called third Lord Maxwell, his father having resigned in his favour the fee of the baronies of Maxwell and Carlaverock, and the lands of Mearns, on 14th February 1477-8. Was Steward of Annandale. He married Janet Creichton, daughter of George Earl of Caithness. Was killed at the battle of Kirtle in Annandale, on 22d July 1484, thus predeceasing his father, p. 152. I a I III Thomas, who married David. Agnes Maxwell, heiress Robert, of Kirkconnell, p. 151. Aymer. Vide Pedigree, p. 600. p. 151. I Christian, a daughter, p. 151.
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6. Title: Memoirs of the Maxwells of Pollok > Volume 1 - Memoirs & charters - Pedigree of Main Line of Maxwell Family, Page xlv
   Author: National Library of Scotland, Memoirs of the Maxwells of Pollok - Volume 1 - Memoirs & Charters - Page xlv By William Fraser. Edinburgh : [Publisher not identified], 1863. With plates, including portraits and facsimiles and illustrations. Edinburgh: Privately printed, 1863. 2 volumes. Consult in:General Reading Room (shelved in General Reading Room) Shelfmark: Gen.8.M
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   Note: In the pedigree: THE MAXWELLS OF MAXWELL, CARLAVEROCK, AND MEARNS, EARLS OF NITHSDALE, LORDS MAXWELL AND HERRIES, ETC. I - UNDWIN, father of Maccus, c. 1070. II - Maccus, who gave name to the Barony and Family of Maxwell. Died c. 1150. III - Herbertt de Maccuswell, Sheriff of Roxburgh. 1140-1200 IV.2 - Sir Aymer de Maxwell, second of Carslaverock. He married Mary of Mearns, and acquired the Barony of Mearns. 1195-1266. V - Sir John Maxwell, ancestor of the Maxwells of Pollok. c. 1300. Vide p. xlvii.
   Page: This shows the origins of the Maxwell name and the first 5 generations.