Peter Maule

Sir
Peter Maule
Baron of Panmure and Benvie
Died 1254
Spouse Christina de Valognes
Children Sir William Maule
Sir Thomas Maule
Parents Richard Maule

Sir Peter Maule (d. 1254) was the eldest son of Richard Maule of Fowlis. He married Christina de Valognes, daughter and heiress of William de Valognes around 1224, passing the baronies of Panmure and Benvie into the Maule family.[1]

Peter Maule is thought to have built Panmure Castle around 1224. Panmure Castle was the ancestral home of the Maule family until it was replaced by Panmure House in the 17th century, although it was destroyed by Andrew Murray during the Second War of Scottish Independence in 1336.[2][3]

He left two sons, Sir William Maule, his successor, and Sir Thomas Maule, who was killed in the siege of Brechin castle in 1303, during the First War of Scottish Independence.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b Maule, Harry (1874), Stuart, John, ed., Registrum de Panmure. Records of the families of Maule, De Valoniis, Brechin, and Brechin-Barclay, united in the line of the Barons and Earls of Panmure, Edinburgh: Fox Maule-Ramsay 
  2. ^ "Panmure Castle", Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland: Canmore database, http://canmore.rcahms.gov.uk/en/site/34531/details/panmure+castle/, retrieved October 27, 2010 
  3. ^ "Entry in the Schedule of Monuments. Re: The Monument known as Panmure Castle and Moat in the Parish of Panbride and County of Angus". Historic Scotland. 2000. http://hsewsf.sedsh.gov.uk/eschedule/show?id=2870&OK=Y.