Person:Robert Semple (5)
Sir Robert Semple, fifth of Eliotstoun, first of Southannan
b.1400 Renfrewshire, Scotland
d.Aft 1474 Renfrewshire, Scotland
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  1. Sir Robert Semple, fifth of Eliotstoun, first of Southannan1400 - Aft 1474
Spouse and Children
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  • H.  Sir Robert Semple, fifth of Eliotstoun, first of Southannan1400 - Aft 1474
  • W.  Elizabeth _____1402 - 1456
m. Abt 1420
  1. Sir William Semple, sixth of Eliotstoun, Sheriff of Renfrew1420 - 1480
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Name Sir Robert Semple, fifth of Eliotstoun, first of Southannan
Gender Male
Birth? 1400 Renfrewshire, Scotland Hereditary Sempill Lords of the Lands of Elliston & Clan Sempill
Marriage Abt 1420 to Elizabeth _____
Death? Aft 1474 Renfrewshire, Scotland
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Robert Semple, fith of Eliotstoun

  • 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]
VIII. Sir ROBERT SEMPLE, fifth baron of Eliotstoun, who succeeded him, and had the honour of knighood conferred upon him by King James II. with whom he was in great favour.
He obtained from that prince a charter un∣der the great seal, domino Roberto Semple de Eliotstoun, militi, et Elizabethae sponsae suae, of the lands of Southennan, and others, 31st October 1451.
By the said Elizabeth (but of what family we know not) he left a son and successor,
IX. Sir WILLIAM SEMPLE
References
  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 9.

    Sir Robert Semple of Elliestoun, son of the last mentioned, had a charter from James II to himself and Elizabeth, his wife, of the lands of Southannane, in Ayrshire, on his own resignation, October 31, 1451.

  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.

    Sir Robert Semple, had charter from James II to lands in Ayrshire

  4.   Robert de Sempill, in Lundy, Darryl. The Peerage: A genealogical survey of the peerage of Britain as well as the royal families of Europe.
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