Sir William SINCLAIR of Roslin 
William's father was Sir William SINCLAIR. His paternal grandparents were Henry (Sir) (7th Baron of Rosslyn) Sinclair and Alice de FENTON. He was an only child. He died about 1358 in Spain,on crusade.1 General Notes
Alexander Nisbet (1722) states that this Sir William Sinclair [sic] was one of the subscribers of the famous Letter by the nobility of Scotland to the Pope, in the reign of Robert the Bruce [1306-1329]; and that in the reign of Alexander III [1249-1286] was Sheriff of Edinburgh, and afterwards one of the arbitrators betwist The Bruce and Baliol.
He adds that Sir William and his son Henry subsequently swore allegiance to Edward I of England and quotes Prynne's Collect.p301. Amongst the gentry of Berwickshire also said to have sworn allegiance was a Gregory Sinclair whom Nisbet alleges was the brother of Henry and the first of the family of Sinclair of Longformacus.
Another reference on this famous family is "The Saint-Clairs of the Isles" by Roland William Saint-Clair, Auckland, 1898.
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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*There are earlier generations for the ancestor(s) indicated. See their page(s) for details (click name)
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- b.~ 1190 d.1270
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- b.~ 1240 d.1297 in Tower of London.
- b.~ 1275 d.1336
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- b.~ 1300 d.1330 in Andalusia,k by Saracens,dvp
- d.~ 1358 in Spain,on crusade
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Children
Henry SINCLAIR Earl of Orkney
Henry was born in 1345 and his baptism took place in 1379. He died at the age of 59 in 1404 in Orkney Islands,k in battle.1
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