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Constable William Fleming, Steward of Lennox

b. circa 1242

Birth

Constable William Fleming, Steward of Lennox, was born circa 1242.

Parents

Children

SonSimon Fleming, of Tranent+ (b. circa 1262, d. before 1296)
SonGilbert ("the Prosaic") Fleming, 6th of Biggar+ (b. circa 1265, d. after 1322)

Working life

  • In 1288 Constable William Fleming, Steward of Lennox, was occupied as Constable at Dumbarton Castle in Dumbartonshire.1,2,3,4
  • Between 3 October 1303 and 19 July 1333 Constable William Fleming, Steward of Lennox, was occupied as steward of Lennox.5,1,6

Property

Constable William Fleming, Steward of Lennox, possessed was granted as Willelmo Fleming de Dunbretane a lifetime exemption from paying annual rent of ten merks by King Robert after 24 June 1314 in Kirkmichael, Dumbarton.7,8,9,10

Citations

  1. [S34] J Arnold Fleming, Flemish Influence in Britain (Glasgow: Jackson, Wylie & Co, 1930), vol 2, p 99-100.
  2. [S44] Scotland Court of Exchequer, Rotuli scaccarii regum Scotorum: The Exchequer rolls of Scotland (Edinburgh: General Register House, 1878), vol 1, p 38; online image, Internet Archive, archive.org (https://archive.org/details/rotuliscaccariir01scot/page/n9/mode/2up : accessed.
  3. [S81] Joseph Irving, The History of Dumbartonshire: Civil, Ecclesiastical and Territorial, Second Edition (Dumbarton: Joseph Irving, 1860), p 48, William Fleming; online pdf, Internet Archive (https://archive.org/details/historyofdumbar00irvi/page/n7/mode/2up : accessed 26 March 2025.
  4. [S107] Thomas Thomson, editor, The accounts of the great chamberlains of Scotland: and some other officers of the crown (Edinburgh: The Bannatyne Club, 1817), vol i, p 60*; online image, Internet Archive (https://archive.org/details/accountsofgreatc00bann/page/92/mode/2up : viewed 7 May 2025.
  5. [S32] Various contributors, "People of Medieval Scotland," database, Universities of Glasgow and Edinburgh et al, People of Medieval Scotland (https://poms.ac.uk/: viewed 25 June 2025), Document 3/17/73 (Lenn. Cart., 83), Gift of island within Loch Lomond which is called 'Elannabot' (DMB.)
  6. [S100] Alexander Campbell, Editor, Cartularium comitatus de Levenax: from early 13th century to 1398 (Edinburgh: The Maitland Club, 1833), p 83; online image, HathiTrust (https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015070200798&seq=7 : viewed 17 April 2025; Elannabot.
  7. [S81] Joseph Irving, The History of Dumbartonshire: Civil, Ecclesiastical and Territorial, Second Edition (Dumbarton: Joseph Irving, 1860), p 356; online pdf, Internet Archive (https://archive.org/details/historyofdumbar00irvi/page/n7/mode/2up : accessed 26 March 2025.
  8. [S43] Scotland Court of Exchequer, editor, Registrum Magni Sigilli Regum Scotorum: The Register of the Great Seal of Scotland (Edinburgh: General Register House, 1912), vol i, 1306-1424, app 2, ch 196; online image, Internet Archive, archive.org (https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=njp.32101038096846&seq=7&q1=flemyng : accessed.
  9. [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), Concession that William Fleming of Dumbarton may be quit of rent for Kirkmichael for his lifetime, Document 1/53/497 (RMS, i, no. 82) at https://poms.ac.uk/record/source/10432/.
  10. [S43] Scotland Court of Exchequer, editor, Registrum Magni Sigilli Regum Scotorum: The Register of the Great Seal of Scotland (Edinburgh: General Register House, 1912), vol i, 1306-1424, ch 82; online image, Internet Archive, archive.org (https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=njp.32101038096846&seq=7&q1=flemyng : accessed.
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