Simon de Ramsay

Of southern origin, the first of the name of Ramsay who appears on record in Scotland is Simon de Ramsay, who witnesses a charter of Turstan, the son of Levingus, granting to the monks of Holyrood the church of Livingston, dated before 1178, and he also witnessed a charter whereby William de Moreville, Constable of Scotland, between 1189 and 1196, confirmed the lands of Gillemmorestun, co Peebles, to Edulph, the son of Uthred (from whom they took the name of Eddleston). Scots Peerage, 3:87.