Person:Robert Mure (6)

Robert Mure of Caldwell

• The Scots Peerage by Paul, James

Page 543 – Robert, Master of Sempill, and his brother held Castle Sempill during the ten days’ siege by the Earl of Arran in 1560; and on 8 May 1568 he signed the bond by Queen Mary’s adherents at Hamilton. He was, on 27 May 1543, contracted to mary Elizabeth illegitimate daughter of James, first Earl of Arran, with a dowry of L1000 Scots, and she is referred to as his wife several times in the Treasurer’s Accounts up to August 1548. Of this marriage there was apparently no issue, for Andrew, his younger brother, was designed his heir in 1552. Before 30 April 1569, he had married Barbara, daughter of Archibald Preston of Valleyfield, who is designed ‘his spouse putative.’ Barbara Preston was, by edict of the Commissaries of Edinburgh, cited as the spouse of umquhile Robert, Master of Sempill, on 16 December 1569, and she is designed his relict, and mother of Robert, grandson of Robert, Lord Sempill, on 8 November 1572. She married, secondly, Robert Mure of Caldwell, The Master of Sempill left issue one son,

Robert, who succeeded as fourth Lord Sempill.

• A General Description Of The Shire of Renfrew: by Crawford, George

Page 307 - Robert Mure, the eldest son of Sir John, and lady Isabell, succeeded his father, as the oldest son, in the estate of Caldwell. He married, first, Elizabeth Kincaid, daughter to Kincaid of that-ilk, an ancient family in Stirlingshire. By her he had a son, John, married to Helen, daughter of Sir George Preston of Valleyfield, who were then both three years under twenty-one years of age. This John died in his father’s lifetime, leaving no issue. Robert had also, by his first wife, another son, James, who is afterwards mentioned. He married, second, Barbara Preston, also of the family of Valleyfield, and relict of Robert Lord Sempill; and he was one of the several gentlemen, who, in 1577, signed a bond to maintain and support the dignity of that family. By her he had one daughter, who was married to Sir William Hamilton of Preston, Baronet.

1.   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 543 – Robert, Master of Sempill, and his brother held Castle Sempill during the ten days’ siege by the Earl of Arran in 1560; and on 8 May 1568 he signed the bond by Queen Mary’s adherents at Hamilton. He was, on 27 May 1543, contracted to mary Elizabeth illegitimate daughter of James, first Earl of Arran, with a dowry of L1000 Scots, and she is referred to as his wife several times in the Treasurer’s Accounts up to August 1548. Of this marriage there was apparently no issue, for Andrew, his younger brother, was designed his heir in 1552. Before 30 April 1569, he had married Barbara, daughter of Archibald Preston of Valleyfield, who is designed ‘his spouse putative.’ Barbara Preston was, by edict of the Commissaries of Edinburgh, cited as the spouse of umquhile Robert, Master of Sempill, on 16 December 1569, and she is designed his relict, and mother of Robert, grandson of Robert, Lord Sempill, on 8 November 1572. She married, secondly, Robert Mure of Caldwell, The Master of Sempill left issue one son,
   Robert, who succeeded as fourth Lord Sempill.

2.   Crawfurd, George, and George Robertson. A General Description Of The Shire of Renfrew, : Including An Account Of The Noble and Ancient Families, Who, From The Earliest Times, Have Had Property In That County, And The Remarkable Facts In The Lives Of Distinguished Individuals. To Which Added, A Genealogical History Of The Royal House Of Stewart, And Of The Several Noble and Illustrious Families Of That Name, From The Year 1034, To The Year 1710; Collected From Public Records, Chartularies of Monasteries, And The Rent Historians and Private Manuscripts. . (Paisley: Printed by J. Neilson, sold by H. Crichton, 1818)
   Page 307.

   Robert Mure, the eldest son of Sir John, and lady Isabell, succeeded his father, as the oldest son, in the estate of Caldwell. He married, first, Elizabeth Kincaid, daughter to Kincaid of that-ilk, an ancient family in Stirlingshire. By her he had a son, John, married to Helen, daughter of Sir George Preston of Valleyfield, who were then both three years under twenty-one years of age. This John died in his father’s lifetime, leaving no issue. Robert had also, by his first wife, another son, James, who is afterwards mentioned. He married, second, Barbara Preston, also of the family of Valleyfield, and relict of Robert Lord Sempill; and he was one of the several gentlemen, who, in 1577, signed a bond to maintain and support the dignity of that family. By her he had one daughter, who was married to Sir William Hamilton of Preston, Baronet.