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Marjory the Queen's nurse, foster-mother to King David II, Countess of Wigtown

b. circa 1290, d. before 7 July 1361

Birth

Marjory the Queen's nurse, foster-mother to King David II, Countess of Wigtown, was born circa 1290.

Family life

Malcolm ("the Good") Fleming, of Fulwood, 1st Earl of Wigtown, and Marjory the Queen's nurse, foster-mother to King David II, Countess of Wigtown, were married circa 1312 in Biggar.1

Children with Malcolm ("the Good") Fleming, of Fulwood, 1st Earl of Wigtown, (b. circa 1280, d. before 11 January 1358)

DaughterMary Fleming+ (b. circa 1312)
SonJohn Fleming+ (b. circa 1313, d. before September 1351)
DaughterMarjory Fleming (b. circa 1320, d. after 18 October 1365)
DaughterEvota Fleming (b. circa 1322)

Residence information

Titles

Marjory the Queen's nurse, foster-mother to King David II, Countess of Wigtown, held the title of Countess of Wigtown circa 1358.2

Property

Marjory the Queen's nurse, foster-mother to King David II, Countess of Wigtown, possessed was given cloth and furs by the King in 1329.3 She possessed was given 4/13/4 by the king while her daughter Evota revieved 0/40/- in 1342.4 She possessed was favoured in retaining estates that, by law, were meant to be resumed by the crown circa 1359.2 She possessed had an interest in land at Cronyanton before 1361 in Cronyanton.5 She possessed resigned lands within the Sheriffdom of Dumfreis circa 1363.3,6,78,9,10

Death

Marjory the Queen's nurse, foster-mother to King David II, Countess of Wigtown, died her executors were Duncan Wallace and Martin, prior of Stirling before 7 July 1361.5 She died after 1363.11

Citations

  1. [S23] Peter Barns-Graham, Peter Barns-Graham, "Families Database," pedigrees, Stirnet Limited, Families Database (https://www.stirnet.com/: accessed ), ., downloaded; 2000; Fleming of Boghall and Wigtown at https://www.stirnet.com/genie/data/british/ff/fleming01.php
  2. [S44] Scotland Court of Exchequer, Rotuli scaccarii regum Scotorum, vol 2, p xl, note 3
  3. [S28] Sir James Balfour Paul, The Scots Peerage, vol viii, Fleming Earl of Wigtown pages 519 - 558
  4. [S107] Thomas Thomson, The accounts of the great chamberlains of Scotland, vol i, p 280
  5. [S65] The Ballantyne Club, Registrum Honoris de Morton, vol ii, p 61-2
  6. [S24] William Robertson, An Index of many Records of Charters granted by different Sovereigns of Scotland, p 50, ch 2
  7. [S43] Scotland Court of Exchequer, Registrum Magni Sigilli Regum Scotorum, vol i, 1306-1424, app 2, ch 1351
  8. [S43] Scotland Court of Exchequer, Registrum Magni Sigilli Regum Scotorum, vol i, 1306-1424, ch 632
  9. [S24] William Robertson, An Index of many Records of Charters granted by different Sovereigns of Scotland, p 121, ch 77, Crawmond
  10. [S5] William Hunter, Biggar and the House of Fleming, p 479
  11. [S41] Richard Oram, The making and breaking of a comital family, downloaded; 13 January 2025; page 42
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