Aymer Maxwel - Lord Chancellor of Scotland

• Preferred Name: Aymer Maxwel - Lord Chancellor of Scotland^{[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]}
  
• Alternate Name: Aymar de Maccusville
  
• Gender: M
  
• Fact: with note: Description: https://www.geni.com/people/Sir-Aymer-Maxwell-Chamberlain-of-Scotland/6000000000172809888?through=6000000001713374154 Most vital information and relationships match. Some details contain minor conflicts. ID numbers: G4JR-78T and LZWQ-1BN.
  
• Birth: ABT 1195 in Caerlaverock, Dumfriesshire, Scotland at LATI: N5.0167 LONG: E3.5333
  
• Death: 1266 in Lanarkshire, Scotland at LATI: N5.669 LONG: E3.7837
  
• Alternate Birthplace: with note: Description: Caerlaverock Castle
  
• Occupation: Justiciar Galloway with note: Modified | History 1 November 2016 by Norma Van Dusen
  
• FSID: LZWQ-1BN
  
• Alternate+Birth+Date+and+Place: ABT 1198 in Caerlaverock, Dumfriesshire, Scotland / Roxburgh, Scotland at LATI: N5.0167 LONG: E3.5333 with note: WikiTree: Aymer Maccuswell (abt. 1198 - 1266)
  
• Occupation: Sheriff of Dumfiesshire & Peebleshire with note: Modified | History 1 November 2016 by Norma Van Dusen
  
• Alternate Death Date and Place: 1266 in Mearns, Clydesdale, Scotland at LATI: N5.669 LONG: E3.7837 with note: WikiTree: Aymer Maccuswell (abt. 1198 - 1266)
  
• Notes:

  === Life Sketch ===
  http://thepeerage.com/p43827.htm#i438261:
  Sir Aymer de Maxwell1
  Sir Aymer de Maxwell married Mary de Mearns, daughter of Robert de Mearns.2
  He held the office of Justiciar of Galloway.2
  He was also known as Eumerus.
  He was also known as Homer.2
  He held the office of Chamberlain of Scotland between 1257 and 1260.2
  He held the office of Sheriff of Dumfries-shire.2
  He held the office of Sheriff of Peebles-shire.2
  He acquired the territorial barony of Mearns, Clydesdale thorugh his wife.2
  Children of Sir Aymer de Maxwell and Mary de Mearns
  Sir John Maxwell of Calderwood, Dryps and Netherpollok+2
  Sir Herbert de Maxwell of Carlaverock+1 d. 22 Jul 1298
  Edward Maxwell2
  Sir Alexander Maxwell2
  Citations
  1.Mosley, Charles, editor. Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes. Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003, volume 2, page 2647. See link for full details for this source. Hereinafter cited as. [S37]
  2.[S37] BP2003. [S37]
  
  Book Of Carlaverock - P582 1V
  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,
  
  === Aymer de Maxwell, fourth Lord of Maxwell ===
  Aymer de Maxwell, fourth Lord of Maxwell, second of Carlaverock, and first of Mearns, Chamberlain of Scotland, Sheriff of Dumbries and Justiciar of Galloway, 1241-1266.
  
  The name of Aymer de Maxwell, who succeeded his brother, John Maccuswell, in the year 1241, occurs in various deeds previous to that period. Under the designation of 'brother to John de Mackuswel,' he is witness to a charter by Roger Burnare, granting to the monks of Melrose thirteen acres of his land and one particate in the territory of Farningdun. This charter is without date, but from a confirmation of it by King Alexander the Second, which also is without date, it was probably granted during his reign, and its date must therefore have been after the year 1214.
  
  During the lifetime of his brother John, Aymer de Maxwell was a frequent attendant at the Court of Alexander the Second, and was often a witness to royal charters. He was a witness to a charter granted by that monarch in favour of the monks of Coldingham, dated at Berwick, 16th May 1232; to a confirmation by the same King, dated at Traquair, 4th February 1232-3, of that donation of land in the territory of Mackestoun which John de Normanville made to the Church of St Mary of Melrose, and to the monks there serving God; to a charter by King Alexander the Second, dated at Stirling, 16th March, in the nineteeth year of his reign (1232-3), granting to Patrick, son of William, the son of Orm, the lands of Glengeych, Ardauch, and others; and to a charter by King Alexander, dated at Selkirk, 21st February 1235, granting to the same Monastery of Melrose his waste land of Ettrick, as therein described. His brother John was also a witness to this last-mentioned charter, and among the other witnesses were William, Bishop of Glasgow, Chancellor; Walter, Abbot of Dryburgh; Robert, the King's Chaplain; Mr David de Bernham, Chamberlain; and Mr William de Lindesay, Dean of Glasgow.
  
  Aymer de Mackiswell, along with Malcolm Earl of Fife, Malcolm, son of the Earl of Lennox, Thomas Croc, Galfrid Marschall, and others, was witness to a charter by Walter, Steward of the King of Scotland, son of Alan, granting to St James and St Mirin of Paisley, and the monks there serving God, the churches of Dundonald, Senechar, and Achinlec. The charter is without date, but it had been assigned to the year 1239. In that year, on the Sabbath immediately after the Nativity of the blessed Virgin Mary, it was confirmed by William, Bishop of Glasgow, with the assent of his chapter.
  
  After the death of his brother John, in the year 1421, and his succession to the baronies of Maxwell and Carlaverock, Aymer was still an attendant at the Court of Alexander the Second, though he does not appear to have held any office in the State during the reign of that monarch. He was witness to a confirmation by King Alexander, dated at Roxburgh, 7th February 1244, granting to William, Bishop of Glasgow, the land of Mosplat, in the bailiary of Lanark, to be held by him and his successors, bishops of Glasgow. Aymer of Maxwell is especially mentioned as one of the members of the Parliament of Alexander the Second, which met on Monday next after the Feast of St Scolastick, 1244.
  
  He was a witness to a charter by Walter, the King's Steward, son of Alan, confirming to St Mirin of Paisley, and to the monks there serving God, all the rents in the lands, mills, pastures, fishings, and other goods which he had formerly conferred on the canons and monks of Simpringham, and which they, of their own free will, afterwards resigned, to be held for a pure and perpetual alms, for rendering to the foresaid canons, and monks forty merks annually in the house of Dryburgh. This charter is without date, but it has been assinged to the year 1246.
  
  Alexander the Second having died at Kerrera, an island in the Sound of Mull, in the year 1249, in the fifty-first year of his age and thirty-fifth of his reign, he was succeeded by his son Alexander the Third, who was then a child of only eight years of age.
  
  During the minority of Alexander the Third the administration of public affairs was successively in the hands of two conflicting factions. The one was headed by Alan Durward (Hostiarius), Lord Juticiary of Scotland, who had married Alexander's natural sister, Marjory. At the head of the other were Walter Comyn, Earl of Menteith, Alexander Comyn Earl of Bucha, and William Earl of Mar, the chiefs of what has been called 'the national or Scottish party.' Walter Comyn, Earl of Menteith, had given proof of his fidelity by demanding the coroantion of Alexander the Thirs immediately after his succession, when Alan Durward, under various pretexts, strenuously pressed its delay; and in this Comyn was supported by many of the chief of the nobility, and also by the most influential of the dignitaries of the Chruch. To this party Aymer de Maxwell belonged. With them he steadily acted, and, his fortunes corresponding with theirs, he lost political power when they lost it, and attained to offices of dignity in the State when they acquired the ascendency. As he was a prominent actor in the most stiring public transactions that took place in the early part of the reign of Alexander the Third, or was mixed up with them, it is necessary, in order to render intelligible what is known of his life, to relate - which, however, shall be done as briefly as possible - some of the leading facts of our national history during this period.
  
  Towards the end of the year 1251, two years after his succession to the Crown, Alexander went to York, attended by a large retinue, to be united in marriage with Margaret, daughter of Henry the Third of England. On Christmas day (25h December) that year, he was invested with the honour of knighthood by the hands of Henry, and on the following day his marriage with Margaret was celebrated with much splendour and festivity. By the marriage-settlement Henry came under various obligations, and Alexander bound himself to follow the counsels of Henry in the administration of the affairs of his kingdom. At that time Alexander's chief counsellor was Alan Durward. But from that position he was speedily dismissed for alleged treasonable practices, which appear to have had some foundation in truth. While the festivities of the Scottish King's marriage were going on at York, this intriguing statesman was accused by Walter Comyn, Earl of Menteith, and William Earl of Mar, of sending messengers with presents to the Pope, to obtain, if possible, from his Holiness letters of legitimation in favour of his daughters, who had been born to him of his marriage with the King's natural sister, that, should the King die without heirs of his own body, they, or their issue, might succeed to the Crown; an attempt in which he was supported, among others, by Robert, Abbot of Dunfermline, the Chancellor, who is said to have moved in the Council that a legitimation under the Great Seal of the kingdom should be granted in favour of Durward's daughters. For this alleged treasonable plot, Durward and others suspected of being implicated were, by the advice of Henry King of England, deprived of their placed as guardians of the Scottish King, and others deemed it prudent to return to Scotland.
  
  Walter Comyn, Earl of Menteith, and the principal men of his party were the new guardians of the young King, appointed by Henry, whose resentment was excited against Durward for his plot to open to his own children the succession to the Crown of Scotland, upon which the English King himself had fixed a covetous eye. Aymer of Maccuswell was one of the new guardians, and with these statesmen he was constantly associated in the discharge of the duties with which they were jointly intrusted. Accordingly his name, along with theirs, frequently occurs among the witnesses to charters granted by Alexander the Third. He was witness to a confirmation by that King, dated at Roxburgh, 30th April 1251, of that donation with Maldouen Earl of Lennox made to Malcolm, son of Duncan and Eve, sister of the Earl of Lennox, of the lands of Glaskhel and Brengoenis, and of the Church of Moniabrocd; and to a confirmation by the same King, dated at Newbottle, 8th June 1252, of that sale which Richard Burnard of Franingdun, Knight, made to the Abbot and Convent of Melrose of the meadow of Farningdun, which is called East Meadow. Among the witnesses to this last-mentioned confirmation were Alexander Comyn, Earl of Buchan; William, Earl of Mar, Chamberlain; and Robert de Ross.
  
  Aumer de Maxwell was again a witness to a confirmation by Alexander the Third, dated at Roxburgh, 12th November 1253, of that donation which Isabella de Valoniis, Lady of Killebrick, made to Saint Kentigern and to the Church of Glasgow of fifteen pounds of land in the feu of Kirkpatrick, being her whole forest, which was called Dalkarn. The other witnesses were Matthew, Abbot of Melrose; William, Earl of Mar, Chamberlain; Robert de Ros; Walter de Moravia; and Richard de Mariscall.
  
  Under the designation of 'dominus,' Aymer was witness to a charter by John Auenel, son of Geruasius Auenel, granting to God and St Mary, and the port of Melrose, for the use of the poor coming there, that half carucate of land in the territory of Torthorald, which William, son of Glay, gave to the granter for homage and service.
  
  In the year 1255, Aymer de Maxwell was deprived of his place as one of the guardians of the King along with the others with whom he had been conjoined in that trust for several years. The circumstances which led to and attended this deprivation may be briefly narrated.
  
  Alan Durward having, in the year 1253, accompanied the King of England, who had gone to Guienne to defend his transmarine possessions, regained, by his valour and address, the friendship of Henry. Taking advantage of this favourable turn in his fortunes, he retaliated upon his former accusers and their accomplices by criminating them in turn before the English King. Queen Margaret h
  
  === My 20th ===
  Great Grandfather

• m. BEF 1240 in Scotland

1. Herbert Maxwell, b. ABT 1235 in Caerlaverock, Dumfriesshire, Scotland     d. 22 JUL 1298 in Falkirk, Stirlingshire, Scotland
2. John Maxwell - First Lord of Pollok, b. 1243 in Pollok, Renfrewshire, Scotland, United Kingdom     d. 1306 in Strathclyde, Scotland

1. 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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2. 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;
   
3. Title: Legacy NFS Source: Aymer de Macuswell Chamberlain Justiciar -
   Author: Stirnet.com, Peter Barns-Graham, Chairman, Name: http://www.stirnet.com;, Page number: Maxwell01
   Note: Peter Barns-Graham, Chairman, Stirnet.com (http://www.stirnet.com).
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4. Title: WikiTree: Aymer Maccuswell (abt. 1198 - 1266)
   Publication: Name: https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Maccuswell-1;
   Note: Sir Aymer "2nd Lord of Caerlaverock, Emerus" Maccuswell aka de Makuswell Born about 1198 in Caerlaverock, Dumfries-shire, Scotlandmap ANCESTORS ancestors Son of Herbert (Maccuswell) de Maccuswell and [mother unknown] Brother of John (Maccuswell) de Maccuswell and Robert (Maccuswell) de Maccuswell Husband of Mary (Mearns) de Maxwell — married [date unknown] [location unknown] DESCENDANTS descendants Father of Herbert Maxwell, Edward Maxwell, John Maxwell and Alexander Maxwell Died 1266 in Mearns, Clydesdale, Scotland
   
5. Title: Geni: 2nd Lord of Caerlaverock, Emerus" Sir Aymer De Makuswell
   Publication: Name: https://www.geni.com/people/2nd-Lord-of-Caerlaverock-Emerus-Sir-Aymer-De-Makuswell/6000000069637313847;
   Note: "2nd Lord of Caerlaverock, Emerus" Sir Aymer De Makuswell Gender: Male Birth: circa 1198 Death: 1266 (64-72) Added by: Carse Peel on October 29, 2017 Managed by: Carse Peel
   
6. 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. .
   Publication: Name: https://digital.nls.uk/histories-of-scottish-families/archive/96861514?mode=transcription;
   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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7. Title: Volume 1 - Memoirs & charters - Memoirs of the Maxwells of Pollok - Histories of Scottish families - National Library of Scotland
   Author: "Volume 1 - Memoirs & charters - Memoirs of the Maxwells of Pollok - Histories of Scottish families - National Library of Scotland." Volume 1 - Memoirs & charters - Memoirs of the Maxwells of Pollok - Histories of Scottish families - National Library of Scotland. N.p., n.d. Web. 16 Dec. 2018. .
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8. 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.
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