Robert Sempill
Robert Sempill, the younger (c. 1663), Scottish poet, son of James Sempill, was educated at the University of Glasgow, having matriculated in March 1613. During the Civil War he fought for the Stuarts, and seems to have suffered heavy pecuniary losses under the Commonwealth.
Also recorded as Robert Sempill the younger · Robert Sempill of Beltrees
Robert Sempill
- Occupation
- poet
- Education
- University of Glasgow
VALÉORINE Encyclopedia
VALÉORINE documentary reading
Documentary summary
Robert Sempill, the younger (c. 1663), Scottish poet, son of James Sempill, was educated at the University of Glasgow, having matriculated in March 1613. During the Civil War he fought for the Stuarts, and seems to have suffered heavy pecuniary losses under the Commonwealth.
Admitted source layer · organised and presented by VALÉORINE
Note VALÉORINE
No house-authored Note is published until its assertions and sources pass the VALÉORINE evidence contract. The documentary article remains available in full while that enrichment is being consolidated.
Documentary enrichment in progress · no unsupported statement published
Reference Check
Propose documentary evidence for Robert Sempill. A contribution is never written directly as fact: identity, source, rights and evidence gates still decide.
Sign in to contribute
World of VALÉORINE
Documentary connections
Only confirmed graph relationships appear here. Images are shown only when their identity and reuse rights both pass the documentary gate.
Documentary evidence
Evidence Panel
identity unresolved · checked 25 September 2026
- Identity
- unresolved
- Independent source families
- 0
- Admitted assertions
- 0
- Open conflicts
- 0
Authority files
wikidata · Q7349683 · wikipedia · Robert Sempill the younger
In this article
Biography
Born in 1590, died in 1660.
Robert Sempill studied at University of Glasgow.
Notes from the source article
Cited by Wikipedia
Notes from the source article
These works are cited by the source article, in its own numbering. They are recorded as its citations, not as sources VALÉORINE has verified.
Bibliography printed in the source article · 2
- Ferguson, Margaret, "The Bards o Beltrees", in Annand, J.K. (ed.), Lallans, Number 19, Mairtinmas 1982, Scots Language Society, pp. 15 - 19,
- Sempill, Sir James, Robert and Francis. Sempill, Sir James, Robert and Francis s.v. Robert Sempill [the younger]. 24. 633.
References
Citations
References
Each reference names the institution holding it, so a reader may go to the document itself.
reference work
Partially resolvedreference work
Partially resolved
The Encyclopedia exists whether or not anything is for sale. Corrections are recorded rather than overwritten, and every version of this record is kept. Published 26 August 2026.
Elsewhere in Books
38,661 published records in this field, each with its sources named.
- Robert Samuel MaclayAuthor
- Robert SchindelAuthor
- Robert SchneiderAuthor
- Robert SedgewickAuthor
- Robert ServiceAuthor
- Robert ShawAuthor
- Robert SheaAuthor
- Robert SheckleyAuthor
Best supported in this field
For owners
Own a work by Robert Sempill?
A specialist will read what you send and tell you what the house can establish, what it cannot, and whether the object is suited to sale. There is no charge and no obligation. The object stays with you throughout; nothing is shipped to us unless it is arranged in writing beforehand.