Individual Details
Lady Mariota "Mariot" Maxwell
(Bef 1430 - Aft 25 Jun 1472)
== Biography ==
}Mariota was the daughter of Sir John Maxwell of Calderwood.
[[#cokayne|Cokayne]]:[https://archive.org/details/completepeerageo02coka/page/260/mode/1up p. 260]
[[#Paul|Paul]]:[https://archive.org/stream/scotspeeragefoun05paul#page/145/mode/1up p. 145] She married Robert Boyd. They had issue:
[[#Paul|Paul]]:[https://archive.org/stream/scotspeeragefoun05paul#page/145/mode/2up pp. 145-7]
# }, Master of Boyd, created Earl of Arran, was in Denmark when his father was overthrown. However, he fulfilled his mission, that of bringing the king's bride, Margaret, to Scotland, and then, warned by his wife, escaped to the continent of Europe. He is mentioned very eulogistically in one of the Paston Letters, but practically nothing is known of his subsequent history.# } who became head of the family after the death of James, the son of his elder brother Thomas.# } of Nariston and afterwards in Bonshaw. Archibald is recorded as being of Nariston in 1472, but it appears that there was a question over his right to the property and he had lost possession by 1500. In 1502 Archibald and his wife Christian Mure had a lease of Bonschaw and Dririg. He was dead before 4 May 1507, when Christian Mure, his widow, and her sons, paid a year's rent on taking over the lease. She was living 28 January 1523. They appear to have had two sons and' three daughters.# }, witness to the sasine of his nephew James in Kilmarnock 22 October 1482.# }. She was married, as first wife, 4 March 1467-68, to Archibald (Douglas), fifth Earl of Angus, ‘Bell the Cat’ ...# }, married as first wife, to Sir John Gordon of Lochinvar. He died after May 1417.# }. She appears as wife of Robert Boyd of Badenheath, and daughter of the late Robert Lord Boyd
Mariot died after 25 June 1472, apparently early in 1473.
== Research Notes ==
: N.B. Cokayne has her father's first name as 'Robert' whereas Paul has it as 'John.'
== Sources ==
* Cokayne, George Edward, "The complete peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom : extant, extinct, or dormant", London: St Catherine Press,1912, Vol. II
* Paul, James Balfour, "The Scots Peerage; founded on Wood's edition of Sir Robert Douglas's peerage of Scotland; containing an historical and genealogical account of the nobility of that kingdom",Edinburgh: David Douglas,1908, Vol. V
See also:
* Her husband on Wikipedia: [[Wikipedia:Robert_Boyd,_1st_Lord_Boyd|Robert Boyd, 1st Lord Boyd]]
* [http://www.thepeerage.com/p10957.htm#i109561 The Peerage: Mariota Maxwell]
* [http://venitap.com/Genealogy/WebCards/wc23/wc23_171.html WebCards: Mariot Maxwell]
* }
}Mariota was the daughter of Sir John Maxwell of Calderwood.
[[#cokayne|Cokayne]]:[https://archive.org/details/completepeerageo02coka/page/260/mode/1up p. 260]
[[#Paul|Paul]]:[https://archive.org/stream/scotspeeragefoun05paul#page/145/mode/1up p. 145] She married Robert Boyd. They had issue:
[[#Paul|Paul]]:[https://archive.org/stream/scotspeeragefoun05paul#page/145/mode/2up pp. 145-7]
# }, Master of Boyd, created Earl of Arran, was in Denmark when his father was overthrown. However, he fulfilled his mission, that of bringing the king's bride, Margaret, to Scotland, and then, warned by his wife, escaped to the continent of Europe. He is mentioned very eulogistically in one of the Paston Letters, but practically nothing is known of his subsequent history.# } who became head of the family after the death of James, the son of his elder brother Thomas.# } of Nariston and afterwards in Bonshaw. Archibald is recorded as being of Nariston in 1472, but it appears that there was a question over his right to the property and he had lost possession by 1500. In 1502 Archibald and his wife Christian Mure had a lease of Bonschaw and Dririg. He was dead before 4 May 1507, when Christian Mure, his widow, and her sons, paid a year's rent on taking over the lease. She was living 28 January 1523. They appear to have had two sons and' three daughters.# }, witness to the sasine of his nephew James in Kilmarnock 22 October 1482.# }. She was married, as first wife, 4 March 1467-68, to Archibald (Douglas), fifth Earl of Angus, ‘Bell the Cat’ ...# }, married as first wife, to Sir John Gordon of Lochinvar. He died after May 1417.# }. She appears as wife of Robert Boyd of Badenheath, and daughter of the late Robert Lord Boyd
Mariot died after 25 June 1472, apparently early in 1473.
== Research Notes ==
: N.B. Cokayne has her father's first name as 'Robert' whereas Paul has it as 'John.'
== Sources ==
* Cokayne, George Edward, "The complete peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom : extant, extinct, or dormant", London: St Catherine Press,1912, Vol. II
* Paul, James Balfour, "The Scots Peerage; founded on Wood's edition of Sir Robert Douglas's peerage of Scotland; containing an historical and genealogical account of the nobility of that kingdom",Edinburgh: David Douglas,1908, Vol. V
See also:
* Her husband on Wikipedia: [[Wikipedia:Robert_Boyd,_1st_Lord_Boyd|Robert Boyd, 1st Lord Boyd]]
* [http://www.thepeerage.com/p10957.htm#i109561 The Peerage: Mariota Maxwell]
* [http://venitap.com/Genealogy/WebCards/wc23/wc23_171.html WebCards: Mariot Maxwell]
* }
Events
| Birth | Bef 1430 | Calderwood, Lanarkshire, Scotland | |||
| Marriage | 1442 | Calderwood, Lanarkshire, Scotland - Sir Robert "1st Lord of Kilmarnock" Boyd | |||
| Death | Aft 25 Jun 1472 | Kilmarnock, Renfrewshire, Scotland | |||
| Reference No | 734976 | ||||
| Reference No | 754504 | ||||
| Reference No | 60 |
Families
| Spouse | Sir Robert "1st Lord of Kilmarnock" Boyd (1420 - 1482) |
| Child | Elizabeth Boyd (1458 - 1498) |
| Child | Lord Thomas "1st Earl of Arran" Boyd (1446 - 1473) |
| Child | Sir Alexander "3rd Lord of Kilmarnock" Boyd (1452 - 1508) |
| Child | Archibald "Boyd of Nariston, afterwards Bonshaw" Boyd (1454 - 1507) |
| Child | John Boyd (1456 - ) |
| Child | Adam Boyd (1460 - ) |
| Child | Annabella Boyd (1460 - 1476) |
| Child | Margaret Boyd (1462 - ) |
| Father | John Maxwell (1404 - 1467) |
| Mother | Janet Boyd (1417 - ) |