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The name Caerlaverock is of Brittonic origin. [4] The first part of the name is the element cajr meaning "an enclosed, defensible site", (Welsh caer meaning "fort, city"). [4] The second part of the name may be the personal name Lïμarch (Welsh Llywarch), [4] or a lost stream-name formed from the adjective laβar, "talkative" (Welsh llafar, see Afon Llafar), [4] suffixed with –ǭg, "having ...
Maxwell was the heir of John de Maxwell, Lord of Caerlaverock. [2] [1] He was holding Caerlaverock Castle in 1312 for the English, before changing allegiances to King Robert I of Scotland. [3] His castle of Caerlaverock was then placed under siege by the English, who could not take the castle.
Maxwell was the eldest son and heir of John Maxwell, 3rd Lord Maxwell (died 1484) and Janet, the daughter of George Crichton, 1st Earl of Caithness. [1] The Maxwells were an ancient House / Family from the Scottish Borders, whose chief seat was at Caerlaverock Castle near Dumfries.
The noble House of Maxwell had held the castle of Caerlaverock near Dumfries since the 13th century, and by the mid-16th century were the most powerful family in south-west Scotland. John Maxwell was the second son of Robert Maxwell, 6th Lord Maxwell (died 13 September 1552) and his wife Beatrix Douglas, daughter of James Douglas, 3rd Earl of ...
The noble House of Maxwell had held the castle of Caerlaverock near Dumfries since the 13th century, and by the mid-16th century were the most powerful family in south-west Scotland. Robert Maxwell was the second son of John Maxwell, 8th Lord Maxwell (1553–1593) and his wife Elizabeth Douglas (d.1637), daughter of the 7th Earl of Angus .
Campbell Castle, Wichita, Kansas, built in 1888 for Burton Harvey Campbell in the Baronial style. [13] Canterbury Castle, also known as Arlington Castle, Portland, Oregon, built 1929–1931. Designed by Jeter O. Frye. The 6,000-square-foot (560 m 2), three-story house featured a moat, drawbridge, and towers. It was demolished in 2009.
Threave Castle was owned by the Clan Maxwell between 1526 and 1640. [9] Maxwell Castle was built in 1545 but destroyed by the English in 1570. [10] Buittle Castle owned by the Maxwells from the 16th century until 1984; Newark Castle, Port Glasgow was built by the Clan Maxwell in the 15th century. [11] Haggs Castle was owned by the Maxwells from ...
Recumbent effigy and chest tomb of Sir Nicholas de Cantilupe (d.1266), father of William de Cantilupe, 1st Baron Cantilupe; St Mary's Church, Ilkeston, Derbyshire He was born in 1262 at Lenton Priory [5] in Nottinghamshire (to which his maternal ancestors the de Greasley family had been benefactors), the son and heir of Sir Nicholas de Cantilupe (d.1266) of Withcall (an ancient Cantilupe ...