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Marjory Fleming

b. circa 1320, d. after 18 October 1365

Birth

Marjory Fleming was born circa 1320.

Parents

FatherMalcolm ("the Good") Fleming, of Fulwood, 1st Earl of Wigtown (b. circa 1280, d. before 11 January 1358)
MotherMarjory the Queen's nurse, foster-mother to King David II, Countess of Wigtown (b. circa 1290, d. before 7 July 1361)

Family life

William, de Fawsyde, and Marjory Fleming were married circa 1340.1,2

Partner with William, de Fawsyde, (b. circa 1315)

Working life

  • Circa 1340 Marjory Fleming was occupied as mistress to King David II.3,4

Property

Marjory Fleming possessed had a charter (with her husband) of the mill of Tollygart, called Lyndmill, part of the Crown lands of Clackmannan on 18 October 1364 in Lyndmill.2,5,6,7 She possessed her liferent rights to this land were reserved in a charter on 18 April 1369 in Grandtully.89

Death

Marjory Fleming died after 18 October 1365.1,10

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. [S28] Sir James Balfour Paul, The Scots Peerage, vol viii, Fleming Earl of Wigtown pages 519 - 558
  3. [S41] Richard Oram, The making and breaking of a comital family, p19 and endnote 100
  4. [S44] Scotland Court of Exchequer, Rotuli scaccarii regum Scotorum, vol 1, p clxvii
  5. [S24] William Robertson, An Index of many Records of Charters granted by different Sovereigns of Scotland, p 76, ch 98, David II
  6. [S43] Scotland Court of Exchequer, Registrum Magni Sigilli Regum Scotorum, vol i, 1306-1424, ch 194
  7. [S43] Scotland Court of Exchequer, Registrum Magni Sigilli Regum Scotorum, vol i, 1306-1424, app 2, ch 1503
  8. [S58] Edinburgh, National Records of Scotland, "Online Catalogue," National Records of Scotland (https://catalogue.nrscotland.gov.uk/nrsonlinecatalogue: accessed ), ., viewed; 18 September 2025; GD39/1/5, 18/4/1369, Charter by King David II to "our cousin" William de Cunningham Knight, and Margaret his wife, of the lands of Kinclevyne
  9. [S44] Scotland Court of Exchequer, Rotuli scaccarii regum Scotorum, vol 10, p 48 and 179
  10. [S39] Bruce Webster, Regesta Regum Scottorum, The Acts of David II, King Of Scots 1329-1371, p 380 charter 348+
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