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He is mentioned in his mother's testament, who, along with his father and others, on 20 August 1533, was charged to underlie the law for the slaughter of William Cuningham of Craigends. He, as familiaris servitor of King James V received a charter of the lands of Craigbait and others to him and his wife, Marion Kirkcaldy, on 10 January 1540-41. He purchased from his brother Gabriel the lands of Cathcart on 12 January 1550-51, and at the same time sold him the lands of Craigbait.¹⁰

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¹ Sir James Balfour Paul, Lord Lyon King of Arms, 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, Volume VII: (Edinburgh: David Douglas, 1910), Sempill, p. 531-35, I Sir John Sempill.
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