WEMYSS, John of Methil and of Wemyss, Sir ¹

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  General Notes:

"John, styled variously John, son of Michael, John of Methil and John of Wemyss, first appears on record as a witness to a charter by William (Malvoisin), Bisliop of St. Andrews between 1202 and 1204. In 1212, he is styled John of Methil, which lands he held of the Bishop, in whose court he was present on an important occasion, a division of church property. Between 1227 and 1231 he gave large grants from his lands of Penshiel in Lammermoor to the monks of the Isle of May, and the Abbey of Melrose. About 1239 he conveyed all his right in the church of St. Mary of Wemyss to be held as alms for the poor in the hospital of Soutra, a small building some miles from Penshiel. This grant was confirmed in 1240 by David, Bishop of St. Andrews, who then styles the grantor Sir John of Methil, Knight, and in 1261 he is described by Gamelin, Bishop of St. Andrews, as Sir John of Wemyss, son of Michael of Wemyss."

from Scots Peerage (vol 8) ¹

John married.