William Sempill, 2nd

Lord Sempill Lord Sempill (also variously rendered as Semple or Semphill) is a title in the Peerage of Scotland. It was created in circa 1489 for Sir John Sempill, founder of the collegiate Church of Lochwinnoch. Sempill was killed at the Battle of Flodden ...

(died 1552) was a Scottish lord and Sheriff of Renfrewshire.

Early life

William was the son of

John Sempill, 1st Lord Sempill John Sempill, 1st Lord Sempill of Eliotstoun (died 9 September 1513) was a Scottish peer. Career John Sempill was the founder of Castle Semple Collegiate Church near Lochwinnoch. He was created Lord Sempill in the Peerage of Scotland around 148 ...

and Margaret Colville, daughter of the Laird of Ochiltree. John was killed at

Flodden The Battle of Flodden, Flodden Field, or occasionally Branxton, (Brainston Moor) was a battle fought on 9 September 1513 during the War of the League of Cambrai between the Kingdom of England and the Kingdom of Scotland, resulting in an English ...

in 1513, while William was still a minor and he was not made Lord Sempill until 1515.

Feuding

When the

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returned to Scotland as governor on 20 September 1523, he sent from

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to Lord Sempill for oxen to pull the new guns brought from France. Following his father, William continued a feud with the

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and the Cunningham family. In September 1527, he and the

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were declared traitors. In 1540, William had to pay the

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£66-13s-4d as the cost of a pardon or a remission for a crime committed by himself and his friends.

Family

William's first wife, was Lady Margaret Montgomery, eldest daughter of

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. Margaret Montgomery was descended from

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through 5 generations. So descendants of this marriage are descended from many Scottish monarchs up to Robert II, and also from Anglo-Saxon kings (through the marriage of

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). The marriage was commemorated with carved stone heraldry at

Castle Semple Collegiate Church Castle Semple Collegiate Church is located in Renfrewshire, Scotland. It is situated near the eastern end of Castle Semple Loch, within Clyde Muirshiel Regional Park, and west of Howwood on the B787, then on to the B776. The late Gothic church ...

. William's eldest son with Lady Margaret, Robert, Master of Sempill, served at the court of

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along with his first cousin William, the son of Gabriel Sempill of Ladymure and

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. In April 1534 Robert had reached his majority, and James V exacted a financial penalty for his "non-entry" to the Semple lands. Other children of this marriage include; * David Sempill of Craiginfeoch * Helen Sempill, married Allan,

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, who was killed at Pinkie. * Marion Sempill, married Stirling of Keir. Secondly, William married Elizabeth Arnot Thirdly, William married Mariota or Marion Montgomery, daughter of John Montgomerie of

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. Marion Montgomery had previously been married to Crawfurd of Auchinarmes, her eldest son John Crawfurd was killed at the

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in 1547. After William Sempill's death, she married John Campbell of

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, their daughter Jean was an ancestor of the

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. Paterson, James, ''History of the County of Ayr'', vol.1 (1847), 290

References

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