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Nicholas, 5th of Biggar

b. circa 1240, d. before 13 December 1292

Birth

Nicholas, 5th of Biggar, was born circa 1240.

Parents

Father

Hugh Flandrensis, 4th of Biggar (b. circa 1193)

Children with Mary, wife of Nicholas de Biggar (d. after 13 December 1292)

Daughter	Marjory, heiress of Biggar+ (b. circa 1279)
Daughter	Ada, of Biggar (b. circa 1282)

Working life

In 1269 Nicholas, 5th of Biggar, was occupied as knight.¹
In 1270 Nicholas, 5th of Biggar, was occupied as sheriff in Lanarkshire, Scotland.^2,3
Circa 1280 Nicholas, 5th of Biggar, was occupied as Sheriff of Lanarkshire in Carstairs.⁴

Property

Nicholas, 5th of Biggar, possessed reached an agreement with Sir Robert de Bruce of Annandale for his support in suing Sir John de Bailliol and Sir John of Hastings in relation to tenements held in Garioch on 19 April 1290 in Lochmaben.⁵ He possessed had been the overlord of land worth 12 pounds 15 shillings and sixpence annually and owing him the service of half a knight by Sir John of Seagrave and Sir John Baird on 20 January 1303 at Elemston, Strathaven, in Lanark.⁶

Death

Nicholas, 5th of Biggar, died before 13 December 1292.^7,4,8,2,3 He had his estate probated after 1292 in Biggar.

Citations

[S79] C Innes, Liber S Marie de Calchou: Registrum Cartarum Abbacie Tironensis de Kelso (Edinburgh: The Bannatyne Club, 1846), charter 189, p 154-155; online image, Internet Archive (https://archive.org/details/libersmariedecal01kels/page/n11/mode/2up?view=theater : accessed 25 March 2025.
[S83] George Vere Irving, The upper ward of Lanarkshire described and delineated (Glasgow: Thomas Murray and Son, 1864), vol i, p 305; online image, Internet Archive (https://archive.org/details/upperwardoflanar02irvi/page/n9/mode/2up : accessed 28 March 2025.
[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 467.
[S34] J Arnold Fleming, Flemish Influence in Britain (Glasgow: Jackson, Wylie & Co, 1930), vol 2, p 19-24.
[S32] Various contributors, "People of Medieval Scotland," database, Universities of Glasgow and Edinburgh et al, People of Medieval Scotland (https://poms.ac.uk/: online 31 October 2023), Document 4/26/18 (Stones and Simpson, ii, 342-3), Agreement between Sir Nicholas de Biggar and Sir Robert de Bruce of Annandale, 12 Apr 1290, DL36, vol 3, no. 152 at https://www.poms.ac.uk/record/source/7401/.
[S32] Various contributors, "People of Medieval Scotland," database, Universities of Glasgow and Edinburgh et al, People of Medieval Scotland (https://poms.ac.uk/: online 31 October 2023), Inquisition at Lanark, 20x29 January 1303, Document 4/38/29 (CDS, ii, no. 1343) at https://www.poms.ac.uk/record/source/8154/.
[S28] Sir James Balfour Paul, The Scots Peerage: founded on Wood's edition of Sir Robert Douglas's Peerage of Scotland (Edinburgh: T and A Constable, 1911), vol viii, Fleming Earl of Wigtown pages 519 - 558.
[S63] J. Caley and W. Illingworth D. Macpherson, Editors, Rotuli Scotiae: in Turri Londinensi et in Domo Capitulari Westmonasteriensi Asservati (by Command of His Majesty King George III, 1814), p 14; online image, Internet Archive (https://archive.org/details/RotuliScotiaeVolume1/page/n7/mode/2up?q=ada : accessed 1 March 2025.

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