William de Somerville, Lord of Carnwath

SIR WILLIAM SOMERVILLE OF LINTON AND CARNWATH

Sheriff-Depute of Lanark

Sir William Somerville, here treated, is the son and heir of Sir Thomas Somerville of Linton and Carnwath. George William Campbell did not identify the name of his mother in his account of the family. The Scots Peerage VIII: 5-7 He was one of the hostages for the release of David II, King of Scots, 1331-71, who had been taken prisoner following the battle of Neville's Cross, near Durham, on 17 October 1346. CDS III: 434

Evidence from English Documents Relating to Scotland

3 October 1357: MEMORANDUM OF THE DELIVERY OF THE HOSTAGES FOR KING DAVID'S RANSOM. Endenture faite a Barwyk sur Twyde le tiers jour Doctobre lan de grace m.ccclvij sur la deliverance le noble prince sire David Roy descoce. . . . . . William filz et heire a Thomas Somerville fut delivrez a monsire messire Jehan de Eure . . . . . CDS III: 434

Evidence from the National Records of Scotland

27 June 1372: Charter by which Robert II, King of Scots, confirms that he has given one half of the barony of Manuel in Stirlingshire to William of Somerville, to be held by William and his wife Katerine and their heirs, who failing by William's heirs. This land had previously been held by Cristiane Crousure, who resigned the same into the king's hands. RMS: 416

Note: See also RMS: 543

Printed Evidence

Calendar of Documents Relating to Scotland preserved in Her Majesty's Public Record Office, London. Edited by Joseph Bain. Vol. III. A.D. 1307-1357. (H.M. General Register House, Edinburgh, 1887), 608 pp. including index plus Corrigenda and Addenda

Genealogy

The Scots Peerage : founded on Wood's ed. of Sir Robert Douglas's Peerage of Scotland; containing an historical and genealogical account of the nobility of that kingdom. Edited Sir James Balfour Paul. Volume VIII (David Douglas, Edinburgh, 1911), 606 pp. For the family of Somerville, Lord Somerville, see pp. 1-45

Alternative Genealogy

1. The Somervilles
2. Clan MacFarlane and associated clans genealogy
3. Electric Scotland
4. Eighteenth Century Collections Online