Francis Sempill [SEP] date of death
Francis Sempill
Francis Sempill (1616? – March 1682) was a Scottish poet, the son of Robert Sempill the younger.
No details of his education are known. His fidelity to the Stuarts involved him in money difficulties, to meet which he alienated portions of his estates to his son. Before 1677 he was appointed sheriff-depute of Renfrewshire. He died at Paisley in March 1682.
Sempill wrote many occasional pieces, and his fame as a wit was widespread. Among his most important works is the
Tate (probable) – "Absalom and Achitophel", part 2
Births.
- "Unknown date" – Jacopo Facciolati, Paduan lexicographer and philologist (died 1769)
Deaths.
- March 12 – Francis Sempill, Scottish poet and wit (born c. 1616)
- October 19 – Sir Thomas Browne, English polymath and poet (born 1605)
- November 14 – Rijcklof van Goens, Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies 1678-1681 and travel writer (born 1619)
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