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Robert ("the Legend") Fleming
b. circa 1260, d. before 1308
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Arms of Robert Fleming
Detailed biography
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Birth
Robert ("the Legend") Fleming was born circa 1260.
Parents
| Father | Patrick ("1296 Ragman Rolls signatory") Fleming (b. circa 1220) |
Family life
Robert ("the Legend") Fleming and FirstWife were married circa 1279. He and Marjory, heiress of Biggar, were married circa 1292. Hunter p 467 -
It has been asserted by some writers, that the Lairds of Biggar, to whom we have already referred, were a different family from the Flemings who afterwards were proprietors and superiors of this barony. A Fleming, they say, married one of the daughters of Sir Nicholas de Biggar just referred to, and receiving with her the lands of Biggar, became the progenitor of the family of Fleming, who possessed the Biggar estate for some centuries. This assertion, although it has not been fully substantiated, is far from being improbable.1
It has been asserted by some writers, that the Lairds of Biggar, to whom we have already referred, were a different family from the Flemings who afterwards were proprietors and superiors of this barony. A Fleming, they say, married one of the daughters of Sir Nicholas de Biggar just referred to, and receiving with her the lands of Biggar, became the progenitor of the family of Fleming, who possessed the Biggar estate for some centuries. This assertion, although it has not been fully substantiated, is far from being improbable.1
Child with FirstWife (b. circa 1260, d. before 1292)
| Son | Malcolm ("the Good") Fleming, of Fulwood, 1st Earl of Wigtown+ (b. circa 1280, d. before 11 January 1358) |
Child with Marjory, heiress of Biggar, (b. circa 1279)
| Son | Patrick ("Sheriff of Peebles") Fleming, of Biggar+ (b. circa 1293, d. before 26 January 1360) |
Working life
- Robert ("the Legend") Fleming served in the military as fought with Sir William Wallace at the Battle on 11 September 1297 in Stirling Bridge, Scotland.2
Property
Robert ("the Legend") Fleming possessed received a grant of land from King Robert I circa 1310 at Barony of Cumbernauld and Lenzie in Dunbarton.3,4,5,6,7
Death
Robert ("the Legend") Fleming died before 1308.4,8,7,9 He had his estate probated before 1308 in Fulwood+.
Citations
- [S34] J Arnold Fleming, Flemish Influence in Britain, vol 2, p13-19, Baldwin Fleming
- [S34] J Arnold Fleming, Flemish Influence in Britain, vol 2, p 29
- [S21] George Crawford, The Peerage of Scotland, p 491-499, Fleming, Earl of Wigtown
- [S28] Sir James Balfour Paul, The Scots Peerage, vol viii, Fleming Earl of Wigtown pages 519 - 558
- [S37] Alexander Nisbet, A System of Heraldry, Appendix p 134
- [S51] Raphael Holinshed, Holinshed's Chronicle, Scotland, vol v, p 349
- [S60] Bernard Burke, A Genealogical History of the Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited and Extinct Peerages of the British Empire, Fleming, Earl of Wigton, p 218-19
- [S83] George Vere Irving, The upper ward of Lanarkshire described and delineated, vol i, p 307
- [S5] William Hunter, Biggar and the House of Fleming, p 469
| Context | Ch forebears (#1) Ch forebears (#2) Ch forebears (#3) Ch forebears (#4) Ch forebears (#5) Ch forebears (#6) |
| Last Edited | 18 September 2025 |