Person:William Sempill (3)

William Semple

• The Scots Peerage by Paul, James

Page 530 - Sir William Sempill of Eliotstoun had a charter on his father’s resignation, to William Sympill, Knight, son and heir-apparent of Robert Sympill of Eliotstoun, Knight, of the lands of Eliotstoun in Renfrewshire, Glasford in Lanarkshire, Southannan in Ayrshire, and Rossy in Strathern, dated 4 Oct 1474. King James III of Scotland appointed him hereditary Sheriff of the county of Renfrew, and he was bailie to the abbot and monks of Paisley in 1476. He was appointed bailie in a precept of Robert, Lord Lyle, 25 Sep 1452, and is named as a witness in a relative charter of same date. King James III of Scotland granted him a charter of the lands of Mychelstoun on 4 July 1480. He married Margaret or Marion Cathcart. He had a son, and possibly a daughter:-

1. Thomas

2. Mary, daughter of Sir William Sempil of Elliotston by Agnes, daughter of Alexander, second Lord Montgomerie, 'is said to have married Thomas Brisbane of Bishopstoun'.

Note: There is uncertainty whether Alexander, 2nd Lord Montgomerie even survived his grandfather Alexander, 1st Lord Montgomerie in order to become 2nd Lord Montgomerie. The Peerage has him dying prior to the grandfather's death.

• 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]

IX. Sir WILLIAM SEMPLE, sixth baron of Eliotstoun, who, in a precept directed to him by Robert lord Lyle, is designed Willielmus, filius et haeres domini Roberti Semple de Eliotstoun, anno 1452.

He appears to have been in great favour with King James III. who appointed him sheriff-principal of Renfrew, and from whom he got a charter under the great seal, Willielmo Semple, militi, of the lands and baronies of Eliotstoun, Glassford, Castletoun, &c. 4th October 1474.

He died before the year 1483, leaving issue a son,

X. Sir THOMAS SEMPLE

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 William Semple of Elliestoun, son of Sir Robert, was made hereditary Sheriff of the County of Renfrew (an office answering to that of Lord-Lieutenant of the present day), and obtained from James the Third a charter of the baronies of Elliestoun, Castleton, afterwards called Castle-Semple, upon his own resignation, dated October 4, 1474. He married Margaret, daughter of Lord Cathcart.

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 William Semple, married Margaret, daughter of Lord Cathcart; was made hereditary Sheriff of Renfrew; had charter from James IV of the baronies of Renfrew and Castleton. (“Castle Semple.”)

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 530 - Sir William Sempill of Eliotstoun had a charter on his father’s resignation, to William Sympill, Knight, son and heir-apparent of Roberty Sympill of Eliotstoun, Knight, of the lands of Eliotstoun in Renfrewshire, Glasford in Lanarkshire, Southannan in Ayrshire, and Rossy in Strathern, dated 4 October 1474. King James III. Appointed him hereditary Sheriff of the county of Renfrew, and he was bailie to the abbot and monks of Paisley in 1476. He was appointed bailie in a precept of Robert, Lord Lyle, 25 September 1452, and is named as a witness in a relative charter of same date. King James granted him a charter of the lands of Mychelstoun on 4 July 1480. He married Margaret or Marion Cathcart. He had a son, and possibly a daughter:-
   1. Thomas
   2. Mary, daughter of Sir William Sempil of Elliotston by Agnes, daughter of Alexander, second Lord Montgomerie,’ is said to have married Thomas Brisbane of Bishopstoun.

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