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John Fleming

b. circa 1313, d. before September 1357

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Birth

John Fleming was born circa 1313.

Parents

FatherMalcolm ("the Good") Fleming, of Fulwood, 1st Earl of Wigtown (b. circa 1282, d. before 11 January 1358)
MotherMarjory the King's nurse, foster-mother to King David II, Countess of Wigtown (b. circa 1290, d. before 7 July 1361)

Family life

John Fleming was married circa 1329.1,2

Children

SonThomas ("the Pragmatic") Fleming, of Fulwood, 2nd Earl of Wigtown (b. circa 1333, d. after 1382)
DaughterIsabelle Fleming, the Lady of Dalnottar+ (b. circa 1334)

Working life

  • In 1342 John Fleming was occupied as clerk of the king's wardrobe, for which he was paid 10 pounds pa.3,4,5,6
  • In 1342 John Fleming was occupied as recieved as clerk of the wardrobe 22/15/4 cash and 18/10/1.5 worth of cloth, furs and wardrobe materials.7,8
  • In 1342 John Fleming was occupied as was paid a further 10/-/- as clerk of the wardrobe.9

Death

John Fleming died before September 1357.10,11,12,1,13,14,15

Citations

  1. [S41] Richard Oram, "The making and breaking of a comital family: Malcolm Fleming, first Earl of Wigtown, and Thomas Fleming, second Earl of Wigtown," The International Review of Scottish Studies, volume 42 (2017), print (https://www.irss.uoguelph.ca/index.php/irss/article/view/3558/4045 : downloaded 13 January 2025), page 42.
  2. [S44] Scotland Court of Exchequer, Rotuli scaccarii regum Scotorum: The Exchequer rolls of Scotland (Edinburgh: General Register House, 1878), vol 1, p 216; online image, Internet Archive, archive.org (https://archive.org/details/rotuliscaccariir01scot/page/n9/mode/2up : accessed.
  3. [S44] Scotland Court of Exchequer, Rotuli scaccarii regum Scotorum: The Exchequer rolls of Scotland (Edinburgh: General Register House, 1878), p 477; online image, Internet Archive, archive.org (https://archive.org/details/rotuliscaccariir01scot/page/n9/mode/2up : accessed.
  4. [S44] Scotland Court of Exchequer, Rotuli scaccarii regum Scotorum: The Exchequer rolls of Scotland (Edinburgh: General Register House, 1878), vol 1, p 479; online image, Internet Archive, archive.org (https://archive.org/details/rotuliscaccariir01scot/page/n9/mode/2up : accessed.
  5. [S44] Scotland Court of Exchequer, Rotuli scaccarii regum Scotorum: The Exchequer rolls of Scotland (Edinburgh: General Register House, 1878), vol 1, p 510; online image, Internet Archive, archive.org (https://archive.org/details/rotuliscaccariir01scot/page/n9/mode/2up : accessed.
  6. [S44] Scotland Court of Exchequer, Rotuli scaccarii regum Scotorum: The Exchequer rolls of Scotland (Edinburgh: General Register House, 1878), vol 1, p 508; online image, Internet Archive, archive.org (https://archive.org/details/rotuliscaccariir01scot/page/n9/mode/2up : accessed.
  7. [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 274; online image, Internet Archive (https://archive.org/details/accountsofgreatc00bann/page/92/mode/2up : viewed 7 May 2025.
  8. [S44] Scotland Court of Exchequer, Rotuli scaccarii regum Scotorum: The Exchequer rolls of Scotland (Edinburgh: General Register House, 1878), p 504; online image, Internet Archive, archive.org (https://archive.org/details/rotuliscaccariir01scot/page/n9/mode/2up : accessed.
  9. [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 282; online image, Internet Archive (https://archive.org/details/accountsofgreatc00bann/page/92/mode/2up : viewed 7 May 2025.
  10. [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.
  11. [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 VIII.
  12. [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.
  13. [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.
  14. [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 477.
  15. [S176] Michael A Penman, David II: 1329-71 (Edinburgh: John Donald, 2005), p 168-172; digital images, Internet Archive (https://archive.org/details/davidii1329710000penm/page/n5/mode/2up : accessed 7 September 2026.
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