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Patrick ("Sheriff of Peebles") Fleming, 7th of Biggar

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• Patrick ("Sheriff of Peebles") Fleming, 7th of Biggar, witnessed the military service of Malcolm ("the Good") Fleming, of Fulwood, 1st Earl of Wigtown, between 23 June 1314 and 24 June 1314 in Bannockburn.^11,7,12
• In 1327 Patrick ("Sheriff of Peebles") Fleming, 7th of Biggar, was occupied as Sheriff of Peebles in Peebles.¹³
• On 8 September 1346 Patrick ("Sheriff of Peebles") Fleming, 7th of Biggar, was occupied as Sheriff of Tweeddale in Tweedale.^14,15,2,7,16

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2. [S21] George Crawford, The Peerage of Scotland: Containing an Historical and Genealogical account of the Nobility of that Kingdom (Edinburgh: George Stewart, 1716), p 491-499, Fleming, Earl of Wigtown.
3. [S23] Peter Barns-Graham, "Families Database," pedigrees, Stirnet Limited, Families Database (https://www.stirnet.com/: downloaded 2000), Fleming of Boghall and Wigtown at https://www.stirnet.com/genie/data/british/ff/fleming01.php.
4. [S3] Sir Robert Douglas, The peerage of Scotland: Containing an historical and genealogical account of the nobility of that kingdom (N.p.: n.p., 1764), Fleming Earl of Wigtown VI.
5. [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.
6. [S50] James Taylor, The great historic families of Scotland (London: JS Virtue & Co, 1889), vol ii, p 272; online image, Internet Archive (https://archive.org/details/greathistoricfam02tayluoft/page/n5/mode/2up?q=fleming&view=theater : accessed.
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 470.
8. [S138] George Crawford, The Lives and Characters of the Officers of the Crown and of the State in Scotland: from the reign of David I to the Union of the Two Kingdoms (Edinburgh: Robert Fleming and Company, 1726), vol i, p 272; online image, Google Books (https://books.googleusercontent.com/books/content?req=AKW5QaeF7OOoPX_jz_rpIWmVw98CS9aSWZ-X-NPouUwyreK7NNj4y5Y8MKARfg9uxTMfSC-dRJGmfjrQQn71_T-tFexW7f0KdrmGXfIgtkw5160BgkniHLzAlZzH3rGcfgSN0qzQ8QENYaqyEL7r1MQqq7cxiCO4iKBt2n24OCTWgESzuKciowmNz-BXkjbfzJR56xWb6jUwBa2zMdo_TqqntjBCijW0ft3AOB8HTq64IvfmUyVXu3tOKvJkZuHtoFSlXalqkNXb7C3Lp6H0qeDp-TU0mTcpKGOyhd5hHs0E6fI-Vc8m6GY : accessed.
9. [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 7, p 417-423.
10. [S161] Alexander Fraser, 17th Lord Saltoun, The Frasers of Philorth, 3 vols (Edinburgh: Privately printed, between 1879 and 1880), I, xiii; online image, Internet Archive ( : accessed.
11. [S34] J Arnold Fleming, Flemish Influence in Britain (Glasgow: Jackson, Wylie & Co, 1930), vol 2, p 35.
12. [S32] Various contributors, "People of Medieval Scotland," database, Universities of Glasgow and Edinburgh et al, People of Medieval Scotland (https://poms.ac.uk/: online 8 October 2024), Document 1/53/495 (RMS, i, no. 80), Gift of barony of Kirkintilloch (DNB.)
13. [S58] Edinburgh, National Records of Scotland, "Online Catalogue," National Records of Scotland (https://catalogue.nrscotland.gov.uk/nrsonlinecatalogue: viewed 16 September 2025), GD43 12, c 1327, Charter by Wiliam Byset of Mertoun to Gilbert Hunter.
14. [S32] Various contributors, "People of Medieval Scotland," database, Universities of Glasgow and Edinburgh et al, People of Medieval Scotland (https://poms.ac.uk/: online 26 November 2023), Patrick Fleming, sheriff of Tweeddale at https://poms.ac.uk/record/person/23262/.
15. [S39] Bruce Webster, editor, Regesta Regum Scottorum, The Acts of David II, King Of Scots 1329-1371: vol VI of VI (Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 1982), p 139 charter 108; image, Internet Archive, Wayback Machine (https://archive.org/details/the-acts-of-david-ii-king-of-scots-1329-1371-book/page/304/mode/2up : online 22 December 2024; Charter to Malcolm Fleming of the land of . . . in Galloway in theCharter to Patrick Fleming of the office of sheriff of Tweeddale in fee and heredity, with the leadership of the men of the sheriffdom.
16. [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 1/54/117 (RRS, vi, no. 108) Gift of the office of sheriff of Tweeddale with leadership of the men of sheriffdom (PEB.)
17. [S2] Various contributors, "Wikipaedia," database, Commons, Wikipaedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/: online 31 October 2023), Simon Fraser (died 1306) at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_Fraser_(died_1306.)
18. [S65] The Ballantyne Club, Registrum Honoris de Morton: A series of ancient charters of the Earldom of Morton with other original papers (Edinburgh: 1853), vol ii, p 21-22; digital images, Internet Archive (https://archive.org/details/registrumhonoris01bann/page/n5/mode/2up or https://archive.org/details/registrumhonoris02bann/page/n5/mode/2up : viewed 16 February 2026; charter 29: Resignation of Edmideston.
19. [S83] George Vere Irving, The upper ward of Lanarkshire described and delineated (Glasgow: Thomas Murray and Son, 1864), vol i, p 329; online image, Internet Archive (https://archive.org/details/upperwardoflanar02irvi/page/n9/mode/2up : accessed 28 March 2025.
20. [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 275; online image, Internet Archive (https://archive.org/details/RotuliScotiaeVolume1/page/n7/mode/2up?q=ada : accessed 1 March 2025.
21. [S32] Various contributors, "People of Medieval Scotland," database, Universities of Glasgow and Edinburgh et al, People of Medieval Scotland (https://poms.ac.uk/: online 26 November 2023), Malcolm Fleming of Biggar at https://poms.ac.uk/record/person/23327/.
22. [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 1, ch 140; online image, Internet Archive, archive.org (https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=njp.32101038096846&seq=7&q1=flemyng : accessed.
23. [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 1321; online image, Internet Archive, archive.org (https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=njp.32101038096846&seq=7&q1=flemyng : accessed.
24. [S24] William Robertson, An Index of many Records of Charters granted by different Sovereigns of Scotland: between the years 1309 and 1413 (Edinburgh: Murray and Cochrane, 1798), p 62, ch 26, Blancaurig.
25. [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 1/54/253 (RMS, i, App. 1, no. 140) Confirmation of ploughgate in Hazeldean (LAN) and Breckonridge (LAN.)