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Baldwin Flandrensis, 1st de Biggar

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An effigy of Baldwin of Biggar in the Biggar Museum

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Working life

• In 1135 Baldwin Flandrensis, 1st de Biggar, was occupied as knight in the household of Waleran de Beaumont (Count of Meulan.)¹
• In 1141 Baldwin Flandrensis, 1st de Biggar, was occupied as knight in the household of Alan of Brittany.³
• Between 1147 and 1164 Baldwin Flandrensis, 1st de Biggar, was occupied as Sheriff in Lanarkshire, Scotland.⁴
• In 1162 Baldwin Flandrensis, 1st de Biggar, was occupied as Sheriff of Lanarkshire in Biggar.^3,5,6,7,4
• In 1164 Baldwin Flandrensis, 1st de Biggar, was occupied as fought at the Battle of Renfrew in Paisley.⁵

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Citations

1. [S1] F Lawrence Fleming, Exploring the True Heritage of the Fleming family name, first edition (N.p.: F Lawrence Fleming, 2018), p103.
2. [S2] Various contributors, "Wikipaedia," database, Commons, Wikipaedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/: online 11 November 2023), Alan, 1st Earl of Richmond at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan,_1st_Earl_of_Richmond.
3. [S1] F Lawrence Fleming, Exploring the True Heritage of the Fleming family name, first edition (N.p.: F Lawrence Fleming, 2018), p 104.
4. [S79] C Innes, Liber S Marie de Calchou: Registrum Cartarum Abbacie Tironensis de Kelso (Edinburgh: The Bannatyne Club, 1846), charter 336, p 270-271; online image, Internet Archive (https://archive.org/details/libersmariedecal01kels/page/n11/mode/2up?view=theater : viewed 18 April 2025.
5. [S2] Various contributors, "Wikipaedia," database, Commons, Wikipaedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/: online 11 November 2023), Baldwin of Biggar at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baldwin_of_Biggar.
6. [S34] J Arnold Fleming, Flemish Influence in Britain (Glasgow: Jackson, Wylie & Co, 1930), vol 2, p13-19, Baldwin Fleming.
7. [S5] William Hunter, Biggar and the House of Fleming: an account of the Biggar District, Archeological, Historical and Biographical, second edition (Edinburgh: William Paterson, 1867), p 465.
8. [S32] Various contributors, "People of Medieval Scotland," database, Universities of Glasgow and Edinburgh et al, People of Medieval Scotland (https://poms.ac.uk/: accessed), Document 2/73/2 (Kel. Lib., nos. 107, 116) Gift of the land above Douglas.
9. [S64] Cosmos Nelson Innes, Editor for the Bannatyne Club, Origines Parochiales Scotiae: the antiquities ecclesiastical and territorial of the parishes of Scotland (Edinburgh: WH Lizars, 1851), vol i, p 83; online image, Internet Archive (https://archive.org/details/originesparochia01bann/page/n7/mode/2up?q=fleming&view=theater : accessed 3 March 2025.
10. [S2] Various contributors, "Wikipaedia," database, Commons, Wikipaedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/: accessed 28 March 2025), Hugh de Paduinan, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugh_de_Paduinan.
11. [S32] Various contributors, "People of Medieval Scotland," database, Universities of Glasgow and Edinburgh et al, People of Medieval Scotland (https://poms.ac.uk/: online 25 November 2023), Document 3/89/1 (Pais. Reg., 112-13), Gift of church of Inverkip (RNF) at https://poms.ac.uk/record/source/4396/.
12. [S61] Cosmo Innes, Editor, Registrum Monasterii de Passalet: cartas privilegia conventiones aliaque munimenta complectens 1163-1526 (Edinburgh: Maitland Club, 1832), p 112; online image, Internet Archive (https://archive.org/details/registrummonaste00mait/page/n5/mode/2up?q=fleming : accessed 28 February 2025.
13. [S64] Cosmos Nelson Innes, Editor for the Bannatyne Club, Origines Parochiales Scotiae: the antiquities ecclesiastical and territorial of the parishes of Scotland (Edinburgh: WH Lizars, 1851), vol i, p 87; online image, Internet Archive (https://archive.org/details/originesparochia01bann/page/n7/mode/2up?q=fleming&view=theater : accessed 3 March 2025.