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William St Clair (died c. 1554) was a Scottish noble and the 13th Baron of Roslin.


Early life

He was the eldest surviving son of
Oliver St Clair, 12th Baron of Roslin Oliver St Clair (died 1523) was a Scottish noble and the 12th Baron of Roslin. Early life He was the eldest son of the second marriage of William Sinclair, 1st Earl of Caithness, 2nd Lord Sinclair and 11th Baron of Roslin to Marjory Sutherland ...
who died before 1523 when William is found in possession of Roslin. That year William gave some land to the Prebendars of the College of Roslin.


Baron of Roslin

William St Clair, Baron of Roslin was given the right to
patronage Patronage is the support, encouragement, privilege, or financial aid that an organization or individual bestows on another. In the history of art, arts patronage refers to the support that kings, popes, and the wealthy have provided to artists su ...
the Collegiate Chapel of Roslin and Chapel of St. Mathew. In 1533,
James V of Scotland James V (10 April 1512 – 14 December 1542) was List of Scottish monarchs, King of Scotland from 9 September 1513 until his death in 1542. He was crowned on 21 September 1513 at the age of seventeen months. James was the son of James IV of Sco ...
gave him a
charter A charter is the grant of authority or rights, stating that the granter formally recognizes the prerogative of the recipient to exercise the rights specified. It is implicit that the granter retains superiority (or sovereignty), and that the rec ...
renewing some of the older ones that had been granted to his ancestor,
Henry I Sinclair, Earl of Orkney Henry I Sinclair, Earl of Orkney, Lord of Roslin () was a Scottish and a Norwegian nobleman. Sinclair held the title Earl of Orkney (which refers to Norðreyjar rather than just the islands of Orkney) and was Lord High Admiral of Scotland unde ...
. He executed an
entail In English common law, fee tail or entail is a form of trust established by deed or settlement which restricts the sale or inheritance of an estate in real property and prevents the property from being sold, devised by will, or otherwise alien ...
of Roslin and Herbertshire to his sons William, Gilbert, Patrick, Alexander, John, Oliver, Mathew and Edward successively, upon whom failing to his brothers Oliver, Alexander, Arthur and James. William St Clair, Baron of Roslin received an annual pension of 300
merks The merk is a long-obsolete Scottish silver coin. Originally the same word as a money mark of silver, the merk was in circulation at the end of the 16th century and in the 17th century. It was originally valued at 13 shillings 4 pence (exactly ...
from
Mary of Guise Mary of Guise (french: Marie de Guise; 22 November 1515 – 11 June 1560), also called Mary of Lorraine, was a French noblewoman of the House of Guise, a cadet branch of the House of Lorraine and one of the most powerful families in France. She ...
for his allegiance to the Crown. He was in high favor with James V of Scotland who by his special writ of summons frequently called him to sit in Parliament. He died before 1554.


Family

William Sinclair, Baron of Roslin married Alison, daughter of
George Home, 4th Lord Home George Home, 4th Lord Home (died 1549) was a Scottish nobleman and Warden of the Eastern March. The son of Alexander Home, 2nd Lord Home and his wife Nicola Ker, daughter of George Ker of Samuelston, he succeeded his brother, Alexander Home, 3 ...
and had the following children: #
William St Clair, 14th Baron of Roslin William St Clair (died 1602) was a Scottish nobleman and the 14th Baron of Roslin. Early life He was the son of William St Clair, 13th Baron of Roslin and Alison, daughter of George Home, 4th Lord Home. Baron of Roslin In 1554, William St Cla ...
, heir and successor. #Gilbert St Clair. #Patrick St Clair. #Alexander St Clair, of Cuthilton and Little Denny, who in turn had a son, Hercules who was possibly the reverend iconoclast of
Shetland Shetland, also called the Shetland Islands and formerly Zetland, is a subarctic archipelago in Scotland lying between Orkney, the Faroe Islands and Norway. It is the northernmost region of the United Kingdom. The islands lie about to the no ...
. #John St Clair. #Oliver St Clair of Westravensneuk. #Mathew St Clair. #Edward St Clair of Dryden and Ethay in
Orkney Orkney (; sco, Orkney; on, Orkneyjar; nrn, Orknøjar), also known as the Orkney Islands, is an archipelago in the Northern Isles of Scotland, situated off the north coast of the island of Great Britain. Orkney is 10 miles (16 km) north ...
.


See also

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Lord Sinclair Lord Sinclair is a title in the Peerage of Scotland. According to James Balfour Paul's ''The Scots Peerage'', volume VII published in 1910, the first person to be styled Lord Sinclair was William Sinclair, 3rd Earl of Orkney and 1st Earl of C ...
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Earl of Caithness Earl of Caithness is a title that has been created several times in the Peerage of Scotland, and it has a very complex history. Its first grant, in the modern sense as to have been counted in strict lists of peerages, is now generally held to have ...
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Lord Herdmanston Lord Herdmanston was a title in the Peerage of Scotland that was held by the Sinclair or St Clair family. History Herdmanston in East Lothian had been held from the 12th century, when Henry St Clair received a grant of the lands of Herd ...


References

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William William is a male given name of Germanic origin.Hanks, Hardcastle and Hodges, ''Oxford Dictionary of First Names'', Oxford University Press, 2nd edition, , p. 276. It became very popular in the English language after the Norman conquest of Engl ...
William William is a male given name of Germanic origin.Hanks, Hardcastle and Hodges, ''Oxford Dictionary of First Names'', Oxford University Press, 2nd edition, , p. 276. It became very popular in the English language after the Norman conquest of Engl ...
William William is a male given name of Germanic origin.Hanks, Hardcastle and Hodges, ''Oxford Dictionary of First Names'', Oxford University Press, 2nd edition, , p. 276. It became very popular in the English language after the Norman conquest of Engl ...