My Maternal 25th. Great Scottish Grandfather, Lord Roger de Somerville I

Fishing boats in the harbour, Honfleur, France

Roger de Somerville, I
Gender: Male
Birth: circa 1118 in Sémerville, Haute-Normandie, France

 The village of Graveron-Sémerville is a small village located north of France. The town of Graveron-Sémerville is located in the department of Eure of the french region Haute-Normandie. The town of Graveron-Sémerville is located in the township of Évreux-Nord part of the district of Évreux. The area code for Graveron-Sémerville is 27298 (also known as code INSEE), and the Graveron-Sémerville zip code is 27110.

Death: 1190 (68-76) in Linton, Roxburghshire, Scotland
 
Immediate Family:

Son of Sir Gualter de Somerville and Cecily Somerville (Lunsie / Limesi)
Husband of Edilene Le Boteler of Ingleby, Derbyshire, England and Maud Matilda Boteler
Father of Roger de Somerville, II and John de Somerville, 1st Baron Somerville
Brother of William de Somerville, Lord of Carnwath and Walter Somervillle

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Lord Somerville is a title in the Peerage of Scotland which is subject to a number of ambiguities. The date of creation is not known with certainty but it was probably created about 1435 for Thomas Somerville, Justiciar of Scotland. The title was omitted in 1606 when an ordered list of the Scottish peerage was produced following the union of the Scottish and English crowns, and the title was not used during the 17th century. In 1723, however, the House of Lords ratified and acknowledged the title for James Somerville the 13th Lord. The consecutive numbers ascribed to the numerous Lords differ according to which authority is consulted. The list below uses the numbers favoured by Burkes Peerage.The Somervilles claim descent from William de Somerville, given Carnwath by David I of Scotland in the 12th century.
     A family history was written by James Somerville, 11th Lord Somerville in 1679. He related that William the Lion made John Somerville, his falconer, baron of Linton in Roxburghshire for killing a monstrous worm in 1174. The Worm of Linton was three Scots yards long and coloured like an adder. After stalking the beast for several days, Sir John killed it with a long iron-clad lance with a Catherine wheel fitted near its point. From this exploit the Somervilles used a wyvern in their heraldry. The poet Blind Harry mentions the knighting of Walter Somerville of Newbigging and his son David at the battle of Biggar by Alexander III of Scotland.

 

 Drum House, Gilmerton, Scotland

     The later family seat at Drum House, Gilmerton, near Edinburgh was acquired as a result of the marriage of Sir Walter Somerville of Linton and Carnwath to the daughter and heiress of Sir John Herring. Carnwath was sold in the 16th century and Hugh Somerville, the 7th Lord, built a substantial tower house at Drum in 1585 which was replaced between 1726 and 1734 with a Palladian mansion designed by architect William Adam. The Drum estate was sold in 1862.
     The family's earliest known ancestor is Sir Gualter de Somerville (anglicized as Walter de Somerville), a Norman knight and companion of William the Conqueror who, for his service during the Norman conquest of England, was awarded the lordship of Whichnour, in Stafford, and the land that is now known as Aston Somerville, in Evesham. One of Gualter's sons, William de Somerville, was close to King David I of Scotland and, for their friendship, David created for him the barony of Carnwath in the county of Lanark. He also acquired the barony of Linton in Roxburghshire. William's descendants, like himself, were close to royalty, and they went onto marry into prominent Scottish families. 
  
Thomas Somerville, 1st Lord Somerville (c. 1370–1444) 
William Somerville, 2nd Lord Somerville (c. 1400–1456) 
John Somerville, 3rd Lord Somerville (d. 1491) 
John Somerville, 4th Lord Somerville (c. 1484–1523) 
Hugh Somerville, 5th Lord Somerville (c. 1484–1549) 
James Somerville, 6th Lord Somerville (c. 1518–1569) 
Hugh Somerville, 7th Lord Somerville (1547–1597) 
Gilbert Somerville, 8th Lord Somerville (1568–1618) 
Hugh Somerville, 9th Lord Somerville (c. 1573–1640) 
James Somerville, 10th Lord Somerville (1595–1677) 
James Somerville, 11th Lord Somerville (1632–1693) 
James Somerville, 12th Lord Somerville (1674–1709) 
James Somerville, 13th Lord Somerville (1698–1765) 
James Somerville, 14th Lord Somerville (1727–1796) 
John Southey Somerville, 15th Lord Somerville (1765–1819) 
Mark Somerville, 16th Lord Somerville (1784–1842) 
Kenelm Somerville, 17th Lord Somerville (1787–1864) 
Hugh Somerville, 18th Lord Somerville (1839–1868) 
Aubrey John Somerville, 19th Lord Somerville (1838–1870) 

References 

Scott, Walter, ed., The Memorie of the Somervilles by James, 11th Lord Somerville, vol. 1, Ballantyne, Edinburgh (1815) 

Scott, Walter, ed., The Memorie of the Somervilles by James, 11th Lord Somerville, vol. 2, Ballantyne, Edinburgh (1815) 

Cassel's Old and New Edinburgh (1880s) James Grant Vol VI p346 

Somerville pedigree 

Leigh Rayment's Peerage Pages 

Archbold, William Arthur Jobson (1898). "Somerville, Hugh". In Lee, Sidney. Dictionary of National Biography 53. : 

Smith, Elder & Co. pp. 250,251 

Cameron, Annie I, ed., Scottish Correspondence of Mary of , SHS (1927), Calendar of State Papers , vol. 1 (1898), no. 751, 786. 

Papers , vol. 2 (1900), nos. 747, 774, 781. 

HMC, 11th report & Appendix, part VI, Manuscripts of the Duke of Hamilton, (1887), no. 108, p. 53. 

Memorie of the , vol. 1 (1815), pp. 6–8, 37-46. 

Battle Abbey Rolls located archives Battle Abbey 

Memorie of the Somervilles, vol. 1 (1815), pp. 6-8, 37-46. 

"The peerage of Scotland: containing an historical and genealogical account of the nobility of that kingdom, ... collected from the public records, and ancient chartularies of this nation, ... Illustrated with copper-plates. By Robert Douglas, Esq;". quod.lib.umich.edu. Retrieved 2018-02-26.