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David Wemyss of Methil and Wemyss
circa - prior to 1418 -1430
Christian Douglas, his wife
Sir David Wemyss of Methil and Wemyss was also known as Davy of the Wemyss and is believed to be the eldest son of Sir John Wemyss by his marriage to Isobel
Erskine. In October of 1423 he obtained a charter of Tillybreak, Duke of Albany and Earl of Fife. Davy married Dame Christian Douglas in February 1424. Immediately on his marriage, he and his wife received, upon his resignations, a charter from Henry Wardlaw, bishop of St. Andrews, granting to them and their heirs the lands of Methil, in which they were then duly infeft. These lands must have been granted at an earlier date by Sir John Wemyss to his son David. In 1427, he entered into a special agreement with his mother’s sister and co-parcener, Margaret Erskine of Inchmartin, widow of Sir John Glen, binding himself, in the first place, to take possession of the half of Inchmartin and Pitmiddil, belonging to him as heir of line. This seems to have lead to the origin of the distinction of Wemyss into East and West Wemyss which has continued to subsist from that time to the present day. The two portions remained with separate owners until 1630, when Sir John Wemyss, afterwards the first Earl of Wemyss, purchased the barony of East Wemyss from its then possessor, Lord Colville of Culross, and the whole of the Wemyss became again united under one proprietor. David Wemyss only survived his father Sir John by two years, expiring in September of 1430. Christian Douglas survived her husband and married again prior to 1443.
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The Earliest Wemyss 3
