SINCLAIR or SAINT CLAIR, Sir WILLIAM (d. 1330), of Roslin, friend of Robert Bruce, was the son of Sir Henry Sinclair of Roslin [see under Sinclair, Sir William, (fl. 1266–1303)] by Alicia de Fenton. According to Father Hay, he received from Robert the Bruce the grant of Pentland Moor in free forestry and the office of great master-hunter of Scotland on account of the prowess of his two dogs, ‘Help’ and ‘Hold,’ in capturing a fleet white deer which repeatedly baulked the efforts of Bruce's hounds (Genealogy of the Sinclairs, p. 16). He was one of the knights chosen to accompany Sir James Douglas (1286?–1330) [q. v.] to the Holy Land with the heart of Bruce; and, in view of the service which he was expected to render him, received from Bruce a pension of 40l. (Exchequer Rolls, i. 209). He was slain, along with Douglas, on the plains of Andalusia by the Saracens on 25 Aug. 1330 (Wyntoun, Chronicle). By his wife Isabel—sometimes surnamed Sperra—daughter of Malise, earl of Strathearn, he had three sons and a daughter: Sir Henry Sinclair, earl or prince of Orkney [q. v.], William, David, and Margaret, who married first, Thomas, second earl of Angus, and secondly, Sir William Sinclair of Herdmanston.
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Sir William Sinclair of Roslin is my 16th great grandfather.
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your father → Rufus S. Nichols
his father → Tressie (King) Nichols
his mother → Michael O. King
her father → Margaret (Wright) King
his mother → James Wingfield Wright
her father → Mary Whitledge Grant
his mother → William Grant, of Crichie
her father → Elizabeth Grant
his mother → William Leslie, X. Baron of Balquhain
her father → William Leslie, Ninth Baron of Balquhain
his father → John Leslie, Eighth Baron of Balquhain
his father → Elizabeth Ogilvy
his mother → Margaret Sinclair of Deskford
her mother → Sir John Sinclair of Deskford
her father → Richard Sinclair of Deskford
his father → William Sinclair of Roslin
his father → Sir William Sinclair of Roslin
his father
http://www.geni.com/people/Sir-William-Sinclair-of-Roslin/6000000004533450985
Sir William Sinclair of Roslin is my 16th great grandfather.
You
→ Pop
your father → Rufus S. Nichols
his father → Tressie (King) Nichols
his mother → Michael O. King
her father → Margaret (Wright) King
his mother → James Wingfield Wright
her father → Mary Whitledge Grant
his mother → William Grant, of Crichie
her father → Elizabeth Grant
his mother → William Leslie, X. Baron of Balquhain
her father → William Leslie, Ninth Baron of Balquhain
his father → John Leslie, Eighth Baron of Balquhain
his father → Elizabeth Ogilvy
his mother → Margaret Sinclair of Deskford
her mother → Sir John Sinclair of Deskford
her father → Richard Sinclair of Deskford
his father → William Sinclair of Roslin
his father → Sir William Sinclair of Roslin
his father
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