Mary Maitland

Mary Maitland (born about 1550,[1] died 1596) was a Scottish writer believed to be the transcriber of the Quarto Volume of the Maitland Manuscripts,[2] an important source for the Scots literature of the Fifteenth and Sixteenth Centuries. She recorded and preserved her father's extensive writings as his sight became increasingly poor, eventually resulting in his blindness.[1]

Two pages of the Maitland Quarto Manuscript transcribed by Mary.[3] The original is in the Pepys Library in Cambridge.
This article is about the writer (died 1596). For the writer (1839-1919), see Mary Ann Maitland.

She was the daughter of Sir Richard Maitland of Lethington and Thirlstane (1496 – 1 August 1586)[2] and Mariotta (or Margaret) (d. March 1586), who was the daughter of Sir Thomas Cranstoun of Corsbie, Berwickshire, Scotland.

Mary had three brothers and three sisters[4]

The Maitland folio and quarto manuscripts are written in Italic and Secretary hands. John Pinkerton was the first to assert that Mary or Marie Maitland was the copyist. Her name appears twice on the titlepage of the quarti, securely linking her with the manuscript.[5]

Marriage and children

In August 1586 Mary married (as his first wife) Sir Alexander Lauder of Haltoun, or "Hatton", (buried in Holyrood Abbey 14 November 1627), Sheriff Principal of Edinburgh. George Lauder,[6] their younger son, gained a considerable reputation as a poet.[7][1] Their children included:

  • Alexander Lauder of Hatton
  • Richard Lauder of Hatton (1589-1675)
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References
  1. Crockett, William Shillinglaw (1893). Minstrelsy of the Merse: The Poets and Poetry of Berwickshire : a Country Anthology. J. and R. Parlane. p. 35.
  2. "Maitland, Mary (d. 1596), writer". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/68146. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  3. Lethington, Richard Maitland of (2012-02-12), English: Two pages from the Maitland Quarto Manuscript of Scots literature. Sixteenth Century. Held by the Pepys Library in Cambridge., retrieved 2019-09-23
  4. Henderson, Thomas Finlayson, "Maitland Richard (1496-1586)", Dictionary of National Biography, 1885-1900, Volume 35, retrieved 2019-09-23
  5. Joanna M. Martin, The Maitland Quarto (Scottish Text Society, 2015), pp. 28-32.
  6. Bayne, Thomas Wilson, "Lauder George", Dictionary of National Biography, 1885-1900, Volume 32, retrieved 2019-09-23
  7. Bayne, Thomas Wilson (1892). "Lauder, George" . In Lee, Sidney (ed.). Dictionary of National Biography. 32. London: Smith, Elder & Co. p. 195.
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