MAULD, MARY [SSNE 8293]
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Mary Mauld was a Dutch woman and widow of Francis Hopetein of the Earl of Leven’s Regiment of Foot raised as part of the Scots Army of 1689; although the regiment had initially been raised from Scottish exile communities in the German states and the Dutch Republic in 1688. Hopetein was a musician for the regiment, known as a ‘Hoyboy’ named after their instrument (a wood-wind horn known as a hoboy).
During the Scottish Highland War (1689-92) Hopetein was killed on 27th July 1689 at the battle of Killiecrankie. On 19th September 1689, Mary petitioned the Scottish Privy Council for financial assistance to return her and her five children to the Dutch Republic. The following day, the Council ruled that Mary would be given six Rijksdaalders from the Treasury to facilitate her and her children’s return home.
Sources:
Henry Paton (ed.), Records of the Privy Council of Scotland, Volume 14, 3rd Series (Edinburgh, 1933), Warrant for a precept of six rex dollars to Mary Mauld, 19th September 1689, p. 317.
National Records of Scotland, E7/5, Treasury Register, 1688-1689, 20th September 1689, f. 217.
Bannatyne Club (eds.), Leven and Melville Papers; Letters and State Papers Chiefly Addressed to George Earl of Melville, Secretary of State for Scotland, 1689-1691 (Edinburgh, 1843), Appendix: Extract of a Letter from David, Fifth Earl of Leven, probably addressed to Count Bernstoff, written in 1717, p. 1.
Jeremy Montagu, ‘Shawm [shalme, hautboy, hoboy, wait-pipe]’ in A. Latham (ed.), The Oxford Companion to Music (Oxford, 2002).
This entry written by Mr Graeme Millen.
Keywords: Widow, female
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- SCOTLAND, THE DUTCH REPUBLIC,
- Arrived 1689-07-27, as WIDOW
- Departed 1689-09-19, as REPATRIATED
- Capacity PETITIONER, purpose WIDOW