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Robert Maxwell, 5th Lord Maxwell

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in July 1528, Maxwell separated himself from the party of Angus and was chosen a member of the new council. Having accompanied the king to Edinburgh, he was again made lord provost of the city and, on 26 August, frustrated an attempt by Angus to take possession of it. Maxwell was one of the jurors in
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of Edinburgh. Maxwell took part in the scheme for the king's nominal assumption of the government in November, with the advice of the King's mother. He was then appointed as one of the council to assist her in the government. The queen's divorce from Angus changed the attitude of Maxwell, as well as
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of Edinburgh in October 1542 and, having in vain urged that battle should be given to the English, after its disbandment he took the principal part in raising a force for a new expedition. In command of ten thousand men, he proceeded to the western borders but, just before the encounter with the
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other nobles, towards her. Upon the king attaining his majority of fourteen years on 21 June 1526, Maxwell became one of the council appointed to assist Angus in the guardianship of the king and the management of affairs. He was in company with the king at the
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The death of James V in December somewhat changed Henry VIII's policy. The captive nobles were permitted to return to Scotland upon paying a ransom and entering into a bond to aid the English king, by force if necessary, in his scheme for a marriage of
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Like most of the southern nobles, Maxwell gave his indirect countenance to the border raiders, as well as engaging in raids on his own account. In 1528 he had been compelled by Angus to make compensation to the English for burning
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of the Island. Although others would achieve highly respected noble titles in the distinguished line of the House of Maxwell, none would match that of 5th Lord Maxwell's success. Not much is known about his reign as
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other than he didn't spend much time on the Island. At the time of Flodden, Maxwell was admiral of a fleet which was proposed to go to France, but which on the voyage was driven back and only arrived at
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After the battle of Flodden, Robert returned as heir to his father on 4 November 1513. Around this time, he was also bestowed as
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into English keeping. Early in November, his castles were captured by Beaton and he was conveyed a prisoner to
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in 1533. In 1537, he was one of the ambassadors sent to the French Court to negotiate the marriage of James to
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to get possession of him. The same year he was appointed steward of Kirkcudbright and keeper of Thrieve.
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By his first wife, Janet Douglas, daughter of Sir William Douglas of Drumlanrig, he had three children:
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Dana Bentley-Cranch & Rosalind K. Marshall, 'Iconography and Literature', Janet Hadley Williams,
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Having now excited the suspicions of Henry as to his fidelity, he was taken prisoner and sent to the
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on 20 December, and the next day were released to be billeted in houses of London gentry.
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in 1516, Maxwell acquired part of his lands and, in the following year, was made
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at Newcastle. Suffolk was told that Guise was favourable to the marriage plan.
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the trial of Angus, and upon his forfeiture received a portion of his lands.
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during the absence of King James on his matrimonial expedition to France.
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roads, in case his friends or followers should ally with the English.
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on the day after the battle. Maxwell immediately afterwards seized
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wrote that Maxwell and 23 Scottish gentlemen were brought to the
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and, on 26 November, he was appointed captain and keeper of
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on 25 July, when an unsuccessful attempt was made by
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Thereupon he offered to serve under the 195:After the death of the king's first wife, 63:, whom he espoused as proxy for the King. 287:William Cunningham, 4th Earl of Glencairn 19:(1493 – 9 July 1546) was a member of the 671:16th-century Scottish military personnel 382:James Stewart, the Black Knight of Lorne 206:In February 1540, Maxwell was paid £100 154:Walter Scott of Branxholme and Buccleuch 470:Oxford Dictionary of National Biography 55:in 1524, 1527 and 1535. 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Index

Council of Regency
Kingdom of Scotland
Regent
Isle of Arran
House of Maxwell
Clan Maxwell
Lord High Admiral
James V of Scotland
Lord Provost of Edinburgh
Extraordinary Lord of Session
Mary of Guise
John Maxwell, 4th Lord Maxwell
Battle of Flodden
Regent
Arran
Monarch
Regent
Kirkcudbright
Lochmaben
Thrieve
Alexander Home, 3rd Lord Home
warden of the west marches
Archibald Douglas, 6th Earl of Angus
Margaret Tudor
James V
Stirling
Edinburgh
Lord Provost
Battle of Melrose
Walter Scott of Branxholme and Buccleuch

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