Sir William Sempill of Eliotstoun (-) |
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| Father:1 | Sir Robert Sempill of Eliotstoun (-), Sheriff of Renfrew | ||
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| Married:2 | Marion Cathcart (-) | ||||
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| Thomas Sempill of Elliotstoun (-11 June 1488), Sheriff of Renfrew3 | ||
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| Mary Sempill (-)4 | ||
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| He 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 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, LordLyle, 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 1480.5 | ||
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