Sir John Sempill of Eliotstoun (-) |
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| Father:1 | Thomas Sempill of Eliotstoun (-) | ||
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| John Sempill of Eliotstoun (-after 1445)2 | ||
| Jean Sempill (-)3 | ||
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| He obtained from King Robert II a charter confirming the grants which John, Earl of Carrick, had made to him as son and heir of Thomas Sympill of the lands of Glasford with the advocation of the church thereof, and with the tenandries of Corsraguel, of Ridren, and of Blackford, and the grant made by the said Earl of the park of Clounquarn, and other lands in the barony of Kilbryd in Lanarkshire, to him and the heirsmale of his body, whom failing, to his father and his heirs whatsoever, 22 July 1375. He witnessed a charter of John of Montgomery, Lord of Eagleshame, 8 October 1392, another by Adam Fullarton of Crosby in the same year, and a charter by John Blair of Adamtoun in 1397. The date of his death is uncertain, and it is sometimes not possible to distinguish whether references relate to Sir John or his son of the same name. In 1400 a pension from the customs of Edinburgh was granted to John Simple of Elyotstoun.4 | ||
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