Person:John Semple (11)

Sir John Semple, third 'of Eliotstoun'

• The Scots Peerage, Vol. 7, Page 528.

Sir John Sempill of Eliotstoun, who obtained from King Robert II of Scotland who's reign was (1371-1390). A charter confirming the grants which John, Earl of Carrick, had made to him as son and heir of Thomas Sympill of the lands of Glasford with the advocation of the church thereof, and with the tenandries of Corsraguel, of Ridren, and of Blackford, and the grant made by the said Earl of the park of Clounqquarn, and other lands in the barony of Kilbryd in Lanarkshire, to him and the heirs male of his body, whom failing, to his father and his heirs whatsoever, 22 July 1375. He witnessed a charter of John of Montgomery, Lord of Eagleshame, 8 October 1392, another by Adam Fullarton of Crosby in the same year, and a charter by John Blair of Adamtoun in 1397. The date of his death is uncertain, and it is sometimes not possible to distinguish whether references relate to Sir John or his son of the same name. In 1400 a pension from the customs of Edinburgh was granted to John Simple of Elyotstoun.

• Douglas, Robert, Sir, 1694-1770. The peerage of Scotland: containing an historical and genealogical account of the nobility of that kingdom, ... collected from the public records, and ancient chartularies of this nation, ... Illustrated with copper-plates. Pages 616 to 620. (Online Source) – Eighteenth Century Collections Online, Text Creation Partnership [1]

VI. Sir JOHN SEMPILL, third lord of Eliotstoun, who got a charter of confirmation under the great seal, from King Robert II. of the lands and barony of Glassford, and several others in the shire of Lanark, to him and the heirs-male of his body; which failing, to the heirs whatever of his father Thomas, &c. dated at Dunermline, 22d day of July 1375.

In a donation of sir Adam Fullerton of that ilk, out of his lands of Crosbie, to the monastery of Paisley, Johannes Sempill dominus de Eliotstoun, is a witness, anno 1392.

He is witness in another charter of sir John Blair of Adamstoun, anno 1397.

He died soon thereafter, leaving issue a son,

VII. John, his heir, — and a daughter,

Jean, married to sir John Stewart, sheriff of Bute, ancestor of the earls of Bute.

1.   Patrick Hogue (Samples). The Samples / Semples Family.

   Hereditary Sempill Lords of the Lands of Elliston & Clan Sempill

2.   Semple, William Alexander. Genealogical History of the Family Semple: From 1214 to 1888. (Hartford, Connecticut: Press of the Case, Lockwood & Brainard Co., 1888)
   Page 8.

   Sir John Semple, who obtained from King Robert the Second a charter confirming the grants which John, Earl of Carrick, His Majesty’s eldest son, had made to him of the lands of Glassford, etc., in Lanarkshire, July 22, 1375. He left issue:
   1. Jean, married to Sir John Stewart, Sheriff of Bute (ancestor of the Marquess of Bute).
   2. John of Elliestoun
   3. John Semple of Fulwood

3.   Walker, Rosa Kershaw; Pittman, Hannah Daviess. Americans of Gentle Birth and Their Ancestors: A Genealogical Encyclopedia ... Embracing Many Authenticated Lineages and Biographical Sketches of the Founders of the Colonies and Their Descendants found in all parts of the United States . (Saint Louis, Missouri: Buxton & Skinner, 1903)
   Vol. 1, Pages 242, 243.

   His son, Sir John Semple, had from King Robert II, a charter confirming to him grants which John, Earl of Carrick (his Majesty’s eldest son), had made to him of the lands of Glassford, Lanarkshire, 1375; left issue, Jean, married Sir John Stewart of Bute; John of Ellistown, and John of Fulwood.

4.   Paul, James Balfour. The Scots peerage: founded on Wood's edition of Sir Robert Douglas's ‘Peerage of Scotland’ containing an historical and genealogical account of the nobility of that kingdom, with armorial illustrations. (Edinburgh: D. Douglas, 1904-1914)
   Vol. 7. Page 528.

   Sir John Sempill of Eliotstoun, who obtained from King Robert II. A charter confirming the grants which John, Earl of Carrick, had made to him as son and heir of Thomas Sympill of the lands of Glasford with the advocation of the church thereof, and with the tenandries of Corsraguel, of Ridren, and of Blackford, and the grant made by the said Earl of the park of Clounqquarn, and other lands in the barony of Kilbryd in Lanarkshire, to him and the heirs male of his body, whom failing, to his father and his heirs whatsoever, 22 July 1375. He witnessed a charter of John of Montgomery, Lord of Eagleshame, 8 October 1392, another by Adam Fullarton of Crosby in the same year, and a charter by John Blair of Adamtoun in 1397. The date of his death is uncertain, and it is sometimes not possible to distinguish whether references relate to Sir John or his son of the same name. In 1400 a pension from the customs of Edinburgh was granted to John Simple of Elyotstoun. He had a son and daughter:-
   1. John (see footnote)
   2. Jean, married to Sir John Stewart, Sheriff of Bute
   
   (footnote) According to the Genealogical History of the Family Semple, Hartford, Conn., John Semple of Fulwood was a younger brother of this John, but no evidence of this is given nor is such known to exist. John Sempill of Fulwood witnessed a resignation of the lands of Fultoun to the monks of Paisley in 1409.

5.   Crawfurd, George. A Genealogical history of the royal and illustrious family of the Stewarts, from the year 1034 to the year 1710: giving an account of the lives, marriages and issue of the most remarkable persons and families of that name to which are prefixed, first, a general description of the Shire of Renfrew, the peculiar residence and ancient patrimony of the Stewarts; and secondly, a deduction of the noble and ancient families, proprietors there for upwards of 400 years, down to the present times : containing the descent, original creations, and most remarkable actions of their respective ancestors; also the chief titles of honour they now enjoy, with their marriage and issue, continued down to this present year, and the coat of arms of each family in blazon. (Edinburgh: James Watson, 1710)
   Page 74.

   A History of the Shire of Renfrew. - Page 74 – Lower, upon the Bank of Greif, stands the House and Lands of Fulwood, the Seat of, and whence, an Ancient Family of the Semples took Designation, from the time of King Robert II of Scotland. That their Ancestor, a younger Brother of the Family of Eliestoun, became possessed of these Lands, which before that pertained to the Flemings, Earls of Wigtoun; for I have seen Thomas Fleming designed Dominus de Fulwood, dadum Comes de Wigtoun, in a Charter which he gave Willielmo Boyd, filio Thoma Boyd de Kilmarnock, Militis, de omnibus terries ejusdem Thoma in Baronia de Lainzie, which is confirmed by King Robert II of Scotland in 1374. But the First of the Semples of Fulwood I have found mentioned is John Semple of Fulwood, who is a Witness to the Resignation of the Lands of Fultoun to the Monks of Pasly, an. 1409 (p). Likeas William Semple of Fulwood is Witness to the Donation of Crokat-Shot, by Robert Lord Lyle, to the Abbot and Convent of Paisley, an. 1452. Moreover I have seen a Charter of the Barony of Kirkmichael in Dunbartoun-Shire, in Favours of John Semple, Son and Heir of William Semple of Fulwood, an. 1476 (q). And, in 1515. John Semple of Fulwood gave to Robert Semple his Brother, and Margaret Crawfurd his Wife, a Daughter of the House of Auchinames, and Lands of Noblestoun; (whose Lineal Heir is Robert Grahame of Gartmore) Robert Semple of Fulwood, Sucessor to the former John, obtained a Charter of his Lands of Fulwood, in 1502. This Ancient Family failed in the Person of John Semple of Fulwood, who about the Year 1679 alienated the Lands of Fulwood to John Porterfield of That Ilk. His son is Robert Semple, late Sheriff-depute of Renfrew. The Laird of Porterfield in an. 1680 gave the Lands of Fulwood in Patrimony to Alexander Porterfield his 2nd Son, who is now of Fulwood, and married Marion Daughter of Alexander Cuninghame of Craigends, by whom he has John his Son and apparent Heir.
   Near Fulwood lie the Lands of Blackburn; an Ancient Family of the Semples. A Branch of those of Fulwood, did for some time possess these Lands, and failed in the Person of Robert Semple of Blackburn, who died without Male Sussession; so that John Semple, of Closs, his Brother-german, became his Heir: Which John I have see designed, Lawful Son to John Semple of Blackburn, an. 1583 (s); whose Grandchild
   John Semple, of Balgoun dying without Male Issue, his Estate went with Marion, his Daughter and sole Heir, to Sir George Suty, now of Balgoun. So the Lineal Heir Male of that Family is William Semple, Writer in Edinburgh.