Mary Maitland

Mary Maitland (died 1596) was a Scottish writer believed to be the transcriber of the quarto volume of the Maitland Manuscripts.[1][2]

She was the daughter of Richard Maitland (1496 – 1586).[1]

She married Alexander Lauder of Hatton, Midlothian and had numerous children. George Lauder, one of her sons, gained a considerable reputation as a poet.[3][2]

References

  1. 1 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.)
  2. 1 2 Crockett, W. S., ed. (1893). "Mary Maitland". Minstrelsy of the Merse. p. 35.
  3. ↑  Bayne, Thomas Wilson (1892). "Lauder, George". In Lee, Sidney. Dictionary of National Biography. 32. London: Smith, Elder & Co. p. 195.
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