Person:Hugh Semple (3)

Hugh Semple, 5th Lord Sempill mentioned in a Family Will

• The Scots Peerage by Paul, James

Note: This will was prior to Hugh becoming 5th Lord Sempill.

Page 553 – William. In the will of Robert Semple of Craigbait (see p. 534), which is dated at Castle Semple on 11 January 1591, the testator provided that in case of the death of his son Hew he left his free right and title of his haill heritage to William Sempill, second son to my Robert, 4th Lord Sempill, whom failing, to Robert, 4th Lord Sempill's next son James, whom failing, his eldest son Hugh, 5th Lord Sempill. On 11 June 1618 a charter of the lands of Craigbait, etc., was granted to the above Hew Sempill of Craigbait, whom failing, to James, brother-german of Hugh, 5th Lord Sempill, whom failing, to -----Sempill, second lawful son of the said Lord (if he has such), whom failing, to Hugh Sempill of Bruntschellis, lawful son of William Sempill of Bruntschellis.

Mystery second lawful son of the said Robert, 4th Lord Sempill mentioned above, "-----Sempill, second lawful son of the said Lord (if he has such)"

• Source Dictionary of National Biography, 1885-1900, Volume 51, Sempill, Robert (1530?-1595), by James Cranstoun

Attempts to identify the above Mystery second lawful son as Sempill, Robert (1530?-1595) (DNB00) were made by Sibbald, Motherwell, and others.

• The Scots Peerage by Paul, James

Page 554, 555, 556 – Hugh, fifth Lord Sempill, the eldest son, was a Justice of the Peace for the county of Renfrew in 1616, and in 1623 for Ayr, Kyle, Carrick, and Cunningha, as well as Renfrew. He was in Parliament 1617, 1625, 1630, and 1633. He had a charter to himself and his son Francis of the barony of Craiginfeoch, in Renfrewshire, 22 February 1634. In 1636 he surrendered the hereditary sheriffship of Renfrew and the hereditary bailiary of the regality of Paisley into the hands of the King. In exchange he was to receive 3000 acres in the intended plantation in Connaught, in Ireland, and in the event of not being sufficiently secured in the land to be reponed in these offices. He, however, did not receive the expected acres, and subsequently L5000, to be paid out of the Irish Exchequer, was promised in their stead. In 1636 the offices were conveyed to Bryce Sempill of Cathcart by Crown charter, dated 7 August 1642. Ultimately these offices appear to have been in possession of the Lords Sempill, who conveyed them, subject to a right of redemption, to the Earl of Eglinton, in whose family they remained until 1748, when the then Lord Eglinton received from Government L5000 as compensation for their extinction. He died 19 September 1639. He married, in 1611 (contract 7 November 1611), first, Anne Hamilton, eldest daughter of James, first Earl of Abercorn. He married, secondly (contract 27 November 1620), Elizabeth Hay, fourth daughter of Francis, ninth Earl of Erroll. She survived him, and married, secondly, James, first Lord Mordington (disposition dated 3 July 1649).

By his first wife Lord Sempill had issue:-

1. Marian

2. Anne

By his second wife Lord Sempill had issue:-

3. Francis, sixth Lord Sempill

4. William

5. Robert, seventh Lord Sempill

6. Archibald Sempill of Dykehead

7. James

8. Elizabeth

9. Jean

1. ↑ ^1.0 1.1 Hugh Sempill, 5th Lord Sempill, in Lundy, Darryl. The Peerage: A genealogical survey of the peerage of Britain as well as the royal families of Europe.
2.   Marquis Of Ruvigny And Raineval. The Jacobite Peerage, Baronetage, Knightage and Grants of Honour: Extracted, By Permission, From The Stuart Papers Now In Possession Of His Majesty The King At Windsor Castle, And Supplemented By Biographical And Genealogical Notes. (Edinburgh, Scotland: T.C. & E.C. Jack, 1904)
   Page 164, 165.
3.   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 553 thru 556.

   Page 553 – William. In the will of Robert Sempill of Craigbait (see p. 534), which is dated at Castle Semple on 11 January 1591, the testator provided that in case of the death of his son Hew he left his free right and title of his haill heritage to William Sempill, second son to my Lord Sempill, whom failing, to Lord Sempill’s next son, whom failing, his eldest son Hew Sempill. On 11 June 1618 a charter of the lands of Craigbait, etc., was granted to the above Hew Sempill of Craigbait, whom failing, to James, brother-german of Hugh, Lord Sempill, whom failing, to -----Sempill, second lawful son of the said Lord (if he has such), whom failing, to Hugh Sempill, lawful son of William Sempill of Bruntshils.
   
   Page 554, 555, 556 – Hugh, fifth Lord Sempill, the eldest son, was a Justice of the Peace for the county of Renfrew in 1616, and in 1623 for Ayr, Kyle, Carrick, and Cunningha, as well as Renfrew. He was in Parliament 1617, 1625, 1630, and 1633. He had a charter to himself and his son Francis of the barony of Craiginfeoch, in Renfrewshire, 22 February 1634. In 1636 he surrendered the hereditary sheriffship of Renfrew and the hereditary bailiary of the regality of Paisley into the hands of the King. In exchange he was to receive 3000 acres in the intended plantation in Connaught, in Ireland, and in the event of not being sufficiently secured in the land to be reponed in these offices. He, however, did not receive the expected acres, and subsequently L5000, to be paid out of the Irish Exchequer, was promised in their stead. In 1636 the offices were conveyed to Bryce Sempill of Cathcart by Crown charter, dated 7 August 1642. Ultimately these offices appear to have been in possession of the Lords Sempill, who conveyed them, subject to a right of redemption, to the Earl of Eglinton, in whose family they remained until 1748, when the then Lord Eglinton received from Government L5000 as compensation for their extinction. He died 19 September 1639. He married, in 1611 (contract 7 November 1611), first, Anne Hamilton, eldest daughter of James, first Earl of Abercorn. He married, secondly (contract 27 November 1620), Elizabeth Hay, fourth daughter of Francis, ninth Earl of Erroll. She survived him, and married, secondly, James, first Lord Mordington (disposition dated 3 July 1649).
   By his first wife Lord Sempill had issue:-
   1. Marian
   2. Anne
   By his second wife Lord Sempill had issue:-
   3. Francis, sixth Lord Sempill
   4. William
   5. Robert, seventh Lord Sempill
   6. Archibald Sempill of Dykehead.
   7. James
   8. Elizabeth
   9. Jean

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

   Hereditary Sempill Lords of Lochwinnoch & Clan Sempill