Sir Richard Maitland of Lethington and Thirlstane (1496 – 1 August 1586) was a Senator of the College of Justice, an Ordinary Lord of Session from 1561 until 1584, and notable Scottish poet. He was served heir to his father, Sir William Maitland of Lethington, East Lothian, and Thirlestane, Berwickshire, on 15 October 1515, his father being one of the casualties at the Battle of Flodden. He held the political office of Keeper of the Great Seal of Scotland and was also the Keeper of the Privy Seal of Scotland, from 1563 to 1567, and was succeeded in this post by his son Sir John Maitland, 1st Lord Maitland of Thirlestane. (From Wikipedia)
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Maitland, Richard, Sir, 1496-1586: The History of the House of Seytoun to the Year M.D.LIX by Sir Richard of Maitland of Lethington, Knight; With the Continuation by Alexander Viscount Kingston to MM.DC.LXXXVII (Glasgow: Hutchison and Brookman, 1829), also by Alexander Seton Kingston- Maitland, Richard, Sir, 1496-1586, contrib.: Scottish Poetry of the Sixteenth Century: Sir David Lyndsay; John Bellenden; King James the Fifth; Sir Richard Maitland; Alexander Scot; Alexander Montgomerie (from the Abbotsford Series of the Scottish Poets; Glasgow: W. Hodge and Co., 1892), ed. by George Eyre-Todd, also contrib. by David Lindsay, John Bellenden, King of Scotland James V, Alexander Scott, and Alexander Montgomerie (multiple formats at archive.org)
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Maitland, Richard, Sir, 1496-1586: Ancient Scottish poems (C. Dilley; [etc., etc.], 1786), also by John Pinkerton and Pepys Library (page images at HathiTrust)- Maitland, Richard, Sir, 1496-1586: Ancient Scottish poems (Printed for Charles Dilly; and for William Creech at Edinburgh, 1786), also by John Pinkerton and Pepys Library (page images at HathiTrust)
- Maitland, Richard, Sir, 1496-1586: The history of the house of Seytoun to the year M.D.LIX. (Glasgow, 1829), also by Alexander Seton Kingston (page images at HathiTrust)
- Maitland, Richard, Sir, 1496-1586: The Maitland folio manuscript, containing poems by Sir Richard Maitland, Dunbar, Douglas, Henryson, and others (Edinburgh ; London, 1919), also by William A. Craigie, William Dunbar, and Pepys Library (page images at HathiTrust)
- Maitland, Richard, Sir, 1496-1586: The Maitland quarto manuscript : containing poems by Sir Richard Maitland, Arbuthnot, and others ; ed. by W.A. Craigie. (Printed for the Society by W. Blackwood, 1920), also by William A. Craigie, Alexander Arbuthnot, Pepys Library, and Scottish Text Society (page images at HathiTrust)
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