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William de Somerville of Carnwath
- Preferred Name: William de Somerville of Carnwath[1] [2] [3]
- Gender: M
- Death: in Linton, Roxburghshire, Scotland at LATI: N5.5289 LONG: E2.3557 with note: death date is suspect because children are born after that
death date
- Burial: 1215 in Linton Tower Church, Linton, Roxburghshire, Scotland at LATI: N5.5289 LONG: E2.3557 with note: Sir William de Somerville
Birth 1175
Stockton, Stratford-on-Avon District, Warwickshire, England
Death 1215 (aged 35–36)
Linton, Scottish Borders, Scotland
Burial
Linton Church Cemetery
Linton, Scottish Borders, Scotland
Memorial ID 144414901
- Birth: 1183 in Carnwath, Lanarkshire, Scotland at LATI: N5.6833 LONG: E3.6333
- FSID: LBHB-8MH
- Notes:
=== Life Sketch ===
Name: Sir William de Somerville, of Linton
Birth: 1175 in Stockton, Stratford-on-Avon District, Warwickshire, England
Death: 1215 (aged 35–36) in Linton, Scottish Borders, Scotland
Marriage: about 1195 in Lanarkshire, Scotland to Isabella
Children: (1) Baron William John de Somerville (1198-1230)
Burial: 1215 Linton Church Cemetery, Linton, Scottish Borders, Scotland
Findagrave Memorial ID #144414901
=== William de Somerville, son of the above, ===
William de Somerville, son of the above, confirmed to Joceline, Bishop of Glasgow, between 1180 and 1189, the grant he had made to Bishop Ingelram of the church of Carnwath with half a carucate of land, a toft and croft, common pasturage and other privileges of the township. In the reign of William the Lion one Grim, son of Guy, a waggoner of Roxburgh, granted to the Abbey of Melrose a toft in Berwick for the salvation of his Lord, William de Somerville, and for the souls of himself and his ancestors, saving the service due to his said Lord. He may have been the William de Somerville who died in 1242, and was buried at Melrose. [The Scots Peerage VIII:2-3]
Preferred Parents:
Father: William de Somerville, b. 1140 in Carnwath, Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom d. in Carnwath, Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Mother: William de Somerville of Lanarkshire,
Family 1: Margaret of Newbigging, b. 1190 in Newbigging, Lanarkshire, Scotland
- Thomas de Somerville of Carnwath, b. 1232 in Linton, Roxburghshire, Scotland d. 1300 in Linton, Roxburghshire, Scotland
Family 2: Isabella ,
Sources:
- Title: William de Somerville, "Find A Grave Index"
Author: "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QK1V-BWBD : 4 July 2020), William de Somerville, ; Burial, , ; citing record ID , Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.
Publication: Name: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QK1V-BWBD;
- Title: William de Somerville, "Find A Grave Index"
Author: "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2DV-3KY1 : 3 August 2020), William de Somerville, ; Burial, Melrose, , Scottish Borders, Scotland, Melrose Abbey; citing record ID 172169080, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.
Publication: Name: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2DV-3KY1;
- Title: Legacy NFS Source: William de Somerville -
Author: The Scots Peerage; Sir James Balfour Paul {1904-1914, 2000 rev} with Addenda et Corrigenda {2000}, Page number: VIII:2-3
Note: Source Media Type: Book
Page: Migrated from user-supplied source citation: urn:familysearch:source:2736741135
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