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Persoonlijke gegevens William SINCLAIR 

• Hij is geboren in het jaar 1280 in Rosslyn Castle, Rosslyn, Midlothian, Scotland.
• Titel: 3rd Lord of Rosslyn
• (Nickname) : "The Crusader".
• Hij is overleden op 25 augustus 1330 in Teba, Malaga, Andalucia, Spain, hij was toen 50 jaar oud.
• Een kind van Henry SINCLAIR en Alicia FENTON

Gezin van William SINCLAIR

(1) Hij is getrouwd met ROSABELLE.

Zij zijn getrouwd in het jaar 1310 te Roslin, Midlothian, Scotland, hij was toen 30 jaar oud.

Kind(eren):

1. Margaret SINCLAIR  1328-???? 
2. William SINCLAIR  1312-1358 

(2) Hij heeft/had een relatie met Isabelle STRATHEARN.

Kind(eren):

1. John SINCLAIR  1323-> 1377 
2. Katherine SINCLAIR  1313-????

Notities over William SINCLAIR

In Burke's Peerage, Article Earls of Caithness, has it that he was appointed viscount (sheriff) of the County of Edinburgh for life in 1271; but the "Memorial of the ancient family of St.Clair of Roslin" sets forth that "He executed the office of high-sheriff of the shire of Edinburgh in the 30th year of Alexander III anno 1278". [From Nisbet's Heraldry].

There are several notices of Sir William in the Exchequer Rolls of Scotland, where he figures as sheriff of various shires from 1264 to 1290, that is: Haddington, 1264-66; Linlithgow, 1264; Edinburgh, 1266; Dumfries, 1288; Edinburgh, 1288-90; and Linlitligow, 1290. In 1288 be was allowed 18 shillings 4 pence for wages to a gardener at Haddington and outlay on garden, but notified that he must in future keep the garden at his own cost. He was Justiciarius Galwythie 1288-89, and in 1288 returned his lucra for one year as 9 pounds, 1 shilling and 8 pence He figures as Guardian of the Prince of Scotland 1279-8 This is shown by the following letters from Prince Alexander of Scotland to his uncle Edward I of England: - Alexander his nephew, and first born son of Alexander King of Scotland, to his most hearty uncle the King, expresses the warmest affection for himself, the Queen and their children, and wishes to hear of them more frequently. He prays him to grant the petition which Sir Ingram de Umfraville is about to make for the lands of his late father Sir Robert de Umfraville on whose behalf his lord father has also written. He believes the King will be glad to hear good news of himself and kindred, and having no seal of his own he appends that of Sir William de St.Clair his guardian (29th March 1279). Again, about 1281, Alexander his consanguineous, first-born of Alexander, King of Scotland, to his uncle the King, as he is greatly delighted to hear of his health begs him to send accounts of it oftener and assures him of his own well-being, having no seal of his own he appends that of Sir William de St.Clair his guardian.

With regard to his ancestry, the History of the St.Clairs, [Van Bassan, fabulist], while doubtless recording many incidents based on facts, is considerably at variance with contemporary annals. The best theory seems to be that this Sir William was second son to the Robert de Saintclair in Normandy who married Eleanor, relict of Hugh, Lord of Chateaunef, daughter to Robert, the second Earl of Dreux in France, by Joland of Coucy. [from Hay's Genealogie].

Crossing to Scotland, he became a great favourite with King Alexander, who bestowed on him the baxter lands of Innerleith on the 8th April 1280; while on the 14th September following, on the resignation of Henry of Roskelyn, he acquired from King Alexander a further charter of the lands and barony of Rosslyn, to be held for half a knight's service. [From Van Bassan, fabulist].

Father Hay thinks that Sir William obtained with the lands of Innerleith the appointment or office of Panetarius. Although the office was also held by his successor Sir Henry, it does not seem to have been hereditary, as in 1348 it had gone to John Comyn, Earl of Menteith, and thereafter upon his forfeiture to the Moray family. [From Nisbet's Heraldry]

The foregoing digression is inserted to account for the confusion in Hay's Genealogie in applying incidents such as the office of cupbearer to a Sir William St.Clair of the time of Malcolm Canmore, being evidently an antedating of the Sir William, Pantier du Roi of the time of Alexander III. The charter of 1280 is the earliest record of the connection of the St.Clairs with Roslin, unless the previous owners were also of the same surname, which is not clear. A Thomas de Roslyn attests a charter granted by Robert de Monteforte (see Chartulary of Arbroath), and Roger of Roselyn attests several charters of William of Lysuris, Laird of Gourton. [from Hay's Genealogie].

About the same time Sir William St.Clair acquired the Temple lands of Gourton from Walter fitz Stephen de Melville, which lands are further referred to in a charter from Thomas Modok to (his son) John, and in the attestation thereto are Dominus Willielmus de Sancto Claro, miles, and Henricus de Sancto Claro. [from Hay's Genealogie].

Sir William sat in the Scottish Parliament at Scone, 5th February 1283-4, when the succession to the crown of Scotland was settled in the event of the demise of King Alexander III [Burke's Peerage, Article Earl of Caithness]

In 1284 one William de Saint Clair is joined with William de Hamilton as keeper of the Bishopric of Winchester in England, which had become void by the death of Nicholas de Ely. [from Hay's Genealogie].

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