Thomas (Somerville) Somerville Ist Lord Somerville (abt. 1370 - abt. 1444)

Born about 1370 in Cambusnethan, Lanarkshire, Scotland

Ancestors

Husband of Elizabeth (Keith) Somerville — married after 1410 in Scotland

Descendants

Died about Dec 1444 at about age 74 in Carnwath, Lanarkshire, Scotland

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Thomas (Somerville) Somerville Ist Lord Somerville is a member of Clan Somerville.

Sir Thomas de Somerville was the son of Sir William de Somerville born about 1370^[1]

He married, firstly, Janet Stewart, daughter of Sir Alexander Stewart of Darnley.

He lived at Linton, Roxburghshire, Scotland and at Carnwarth, Lanarkshire, Scotland. In 1423 he was an ambassador to London to treat for the ransom of James I, King of Scotland.

"It is true, this John Barrone of Carnwarth took not title of a Lord upon him, but his sone Thomas, thairfore wee reckone him the first Lord Somervill." ^[2]

"Sir Alexander Stewart, 1n 1390, bestowed the lands of Cambusnethan on Janet, his daughter and her husband Sir Thomas Somerville of Carnwath, created in 1427, Lord Somerville."^[3]

He had many children of whom at least six survived infancy, including:^[4]

1. William, 1st Lord Somerville b. b 1400, d. 20 Aug 1456^[5]
2. Thomas^[5]
3. Marie, eldest daughter, m. Sir WIlliam Hay of Yester in 1427^[4][5]
4. Giles,^[5] second daughter, m. Robert Logan, laird of Restallrig^[5][6][7]
5. a daughter, m. Sir David Scott of Branxholm^[5]
6. Margaret, youngest daughter, m. Kirkpatrick, Laird of Closeburn in Nithsdale^[4][5]

Research notes

Scots Peerage provides that he had a wife Mary/Marie, daughter of Henry Sinclair, 1st Earl of Orkney, and makes no mention of Elizabeth Keith:

"1407, Lord Thomas married Lady Marie Sinclair, daughter of Henry Earl of Orkney and of Roslyn Castle, with whom he lived happily for twenty-seven years. Afther his marriage he retired from Court for a time.

"Lady 'Marie Sinclair' was the second wife of Thomas, 1st Lord Somerville, to whom he was married in 1407. We find he was previously married in 1392 to Janet, a daughter and co-heiress of Sir Alexander Stewart, Lor Darnley, who brought with her, as dowry, a large portion of lands in the barony of Cambusnethan, which, when added to those already in the possession of the Somerville family in Cambusnethan, made a very large and rich inheritance.

"On the occasion of this marriage, King Robert III granted a charter of Confirmation in these lands in favour of 'Thomas Somerville and Janet Stewart, his spouse, and the longest liver of them.' This charter is dated July 1392.

"The Author of 'The Memorie' makes no reference to this marriage whatever. Perhaps this lady died without issue, a circumstance which often induced genealogists to pass unnoticed an unfruitful union, as unworthy of a place in the pedigrees they compiled."^[8]

Sources

1. ↑ Paul, James Balfour. "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", Edinburgh: David Douglas, 1911, Vol. VIII, Archive.org, p. 6
2. ↑ Somerville, James, "Memorie of the Somervilles; being a History of the Baronial House of Somerville", Edinburgh: James Ballantyne and Co., 1815, Vol. I, Archive.org, pp. 8-9
3. ↑ Anderson, William, "The Scottish Nation; or. The surnames, families, literature, honours, and biographical history of the people of Scotland", Edinburgh: A. Fullerton & Co., 1867, Vol. I, Archive.org, p. 190
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1 4.2} Kirkpatrick, Richard Godman, "Memoir Respecting the Family of Kirkpatrick of Closeburn, in Nithsdale, with Notices of Some Collaterals", London: George Norman, 1858, Archive.org, p. 29
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 5.6} Paul, James Balfour. "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", Edinburgh: David Douglas, 1911, Vol. VIII, Archive.org, p. 9
6. ↑ Somerville, James, "Memorie of the Somervilles; being a History of the Baronial House of Somerville", Edinburgh: James Ballantyne and Co., 1815, Vol. I, Archive.org, pp. 168-9
7. ↑ Home, G. J. N Logan, "History of the Logan Family", Edinburgh: George Waterston & Sons Ltd.,1934, p. 38
8. ↑ Somerville, James, "Baronial House of Somerville; An Abridged and Condensed Narrative of the Principal Branches of this Ancient Family with the Outstanding Events (Political, Social and Personal) in the Lives of Each of the Old Barons and Lords so far as can be Traced from 'The Memorie' and other Sources of History and Tradition", Glasgow: MacLehose, Janckson and Co., 1920, Hathitrust, ' p. 26, footnote

See also:

• Wikipedia: Thomas Somerville, 1st Lord

• Wikidata: Item Q7794087, en:Wikipedia

• Cowthally Castle

• The Peerage: Thomas Somerville