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Sir David ("the Trustworthy") Fleming, 9th of Biggar, Lenzie and Cumbernauld

b. circa 1328, d. 14 February 1406

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Birth

Sir David ("the Trustworthy") Fleming, 9th of Biggar, Lenzie and Cumbernauld, was born circa 1328 in Biggar.1

Parents

FatherMalcolm ("the Reliable") Fleming, 8th of Biggar (b. circa 1312, d. after 1395)
MotherChristian de Carric (b. circa 1308)

Family life

Sir David ("the Trustworthy") Fleming, 9th of Biggar, Lenzie and Cumbernauld, and Margaret ("Jean") Barclay were married circa 1350.1 He and Isobel de Strachan, heiress of Monycabock, were married circa 1371.1,2

Children with Margaret ("Jean") Barclay (b. circa 1330, d. circa 1370)

DaughterJanet Fleming+ (b. circa 1351, d. 1430)
DaughterMarion Fleming+ (b. circa 1367)

Children with Isobel de Strachan, heiress of Monycabock (b. circa 1340)

SonSir Malcolm ("the Murderer") Fleming, 10th of Biggar, Cumbernauld+ (b. circa 1372, d. 28 November 1440)
SonDavid Fleming, 1st of Boghall+ (b. circa 1380)

Working life

  • On 1 May 1343 Sir David ("the Trustworthy") Fleming, 9th of Biggar, Lenzie and Cumbernauld, was occupied as militibus in Aberdeen.3,4
  • In 1357 Sir David ("the Trustworthy") Fleming, 9th of Biggar, Lenzie and Cumbernauld, was occupied as milite, when he witnessed a charter to John Gray of Broxmouth, of the lands of Craigy.5
  • In 1358 Sir David ("the Trustworthy") Fleming, 9th of Biggar, Lenzie and Cumbernauld, was occupied as militibus and one of the auditors of the accounts of the Sheriff of Aberdeen.6
  • In 1359 Sir David ("the Trustworthy") Fleming, 9th of Biggar, Lenzie and Cumbernauld, was occupied as was released from the King's command.7
  • In 1362 Sir David ("the Trustworthy") Fleming, 9th of Biggar, Lenzie and Cumbernauld, was occupied as knight bachelor to the king, for which he was assigned certain annual rents.8,9
  • On 9 October 1363 Sir David ("the Trustworthy") Fleming, 9th of Biggar, Lenzie and Cumbernauld, was occupied as militibus.10
  • On 27 October 1363 Sir David ("the Trustworthy") Fleming, 9th of Biggar, Lenzie and Cumbernauld, was occupied as knight bachelor to King David II.11,12
  • On 10 December 1363 Sir David ("the Trustworthy") Fleming, 9th of Biggar, Lenzie and Cumbernauld, was occupied as chevalier.13
  • In 1365 Sir David ("the Trustworthy") Fleming, 9th of Biggar, Lenzie and Cumbernauld, was occupied as knight.14
  • On 18 February 1369 Sir David ("the Trustworthy") Fleming, 9th of Biggar, Lenzie and Cumbernauld, was occupied as was appointed by Parliament as one of the Judicial Committee.15,16,17,18
  • He served in the military as distinguished himself at the battle of Otterburn on 5 August 1388 in Otterburn.1,9
  • In 1399 Sir David ("the Trustworthy") Fleming, 9th of Biggar, Lenzie and Cumbernauld, was occupied as Deputy Chamberlain of Scotland.19,20
  • In 1403 Sir David ("the Trustworthy") Fleming, 9th of Biggar, Lenzie and Cumbernauld, was occupied as auditor of the accounts for the burgh of Edinburgh.21,15,22,23
  • In 1403 Sir David ("the Trustworthy") Fleming, 9th of Biggar, Lenzie and Cumbernauld, was occupied as auditor of Scotland's accounts.24,15,25,26
  • On 23 May 1404 Sir David ("the Trustworthy") Fleming, 9th of Biggar, Lenzie and Cumbernauld, was occupied as was tasked by the king to treat with the King of England Henry IV about the redemption of the Earls of Fife and Douglas prisoners after the battle of Homildon in Northumberland.27,28,21,1,29,30,31,25
  • In August 1404 Sir David ("the Trustworthy") Fleming, 9th of Biggar, Lenzie and Cumbernauld, was occupied as was sent as Ambassador with a letter to King Henry and to confer on certain matters in England.31,32
  • On 4 October 1404 Sir David ("the Trustworthy") Fleming, 9th of Biggar, Lenzie and Cumbernauld, was occupied as as Ambassador claimed expenses of 12/11/2 from Thomas More, treasurer to the English king's household.33
  • In 1405 Sir David ("the Trustworthy") Fleming, 9th of Biggar, Lenzie and Cumbernauld, was occupied as deputy Lord Chamberlain vice the Duke of Albany.15
  • On 10 August 1405 Sir David ("the Trustworthy") Fleming, 9th of Biggar, Lenzie and Cumbernauld, was occupied as sheriff in Roxburgh.34,35,36,37,15,38,1

Property

Sir David ("the Trustworthy") Fleming, 9th of Biggar, Lenzie and Cumbernauld, possessed had a charter from King David II for one annual fourth of the thanage of Meikle Morphie in Kincardine, with the lands of Dorshan and West Park of Kincardine CA 1348–1371 in Meikle Morphie.39,40,41 He possessed was granted a pension of 20 merks plus 100 shillings by Kind David II on 27 October 1363.11,42,12,43 He possessed was the late owner of the Mill of Dumbarton in 1367 in Mill of Dumbarton.44 He possessed lands formerly held by him (the rent of Doschunet Inche and the ferme of Great Morphie in the sheriffdom of Kincardine, and Westpark in the sheriffdom of Clackmannan) were among the crown lands revoked to the king by Parliament at Scone in September 1367.44 He possessed was brought to the marriage by his wife circa 1370 in Monycabock (later Newmachar), Aberdeenshire.1,45 He possessed had an indenture setting out his agreement with the burgh of Montrose over property boundaries on 10 April 1375 in Hedderwick.4647,48 He possessed had a charter of King Robert III that clarified that his income from Holyrood Abbey's land of Kerse was 70 pounds annually on 5 April 1390 in Kerse.49 He possessed had a charter of the lands of Wodland and Meiklegall in the Barony of Monycabo, Aberdeen after 1390 at Barony of Monycabo, Aberdeen, in Wodland and Meiklegall.50,51,9 He possessed had a charter from Robert II of £50 a year due to the king out of Kerse, blench for a penny at Falkirk (date blank; the charter is wanting) circa 1391 in Kerse.52 He possessed had a charter of King Robert III to receive fifty pounds rent annually from the monastery of the Holy Cross in Edinburgh for use of land at Kars in the sheriffdom of Striveline on 14 March 1391 in Kerse.53,54,55,15,56,57,58,59 He possessed recieved these lands on the resignation of Christian of Brogan, an infected leper, wife of John of Allan and sister and heir of Henry of Brogan, Laird of Auchloun between 27 August 1392 and 28 August 1392 in Auchloun.60,61,62,63,64,65,66,67,68 He possessed donated to Holyrood Abbey ten pounds annually from his income from the Abbey's barony at Kers on 30 October 1392 in Stirling.69 He possessed had a confirmation charter from King Robert III for his 10 pound annual gift to Holyrood Abbey from his income from the barony of Kars on 7 March 1393.70 He possessed the King confirmed the lands of Kerse and others in the hands of Holyrood Abbey on 14 June 1393 in Kerse.71 He possessed had a charter of King Robert III to receive sixty pounds rent annually from the monastery of the Holy Cross in Edinburgh for use of land at Kars in the sheriffdom of Striveline on 5 April 1394 in Kerse.54,72,973 He possessed granted to Holyrood Abbey 20 marks (13/6/8) of his annual income from the Abbey's barony of Kerse in return for the provision at the Altar of St Nicholas of a burial place for himself and his wife Isabel to be called chorus David Fleming to be commemorated annually by a mass celebrated by one canon in 1398.74 He possessed had a charter from David Moore of Abercorn of the Forest of Torwood in Stirlingshire on 4 August 1398 in Forest of Torwood in Stirlingshire.75,76,77 He possessed had a precept of sasine under the Quarter Seal of King Robert III to the sheriff of Haddington for the lands of Blance, formerly his father's, notwithstanding his father's forfeiture on 27 November 1398 in Blance.78 He possessed gave the lands of Mureton to the monks of Cambuskenneth Abbey, with the consent of his son and heir Malcolm circa 1399 in Mureton.25,1 He possessed had a charter from King Robert III of half of Cambusbarron and Blair Regis in Stirling, on the resignation of Hugh of Aldistoun and his son William on 12 May 1399 in Cambusbarron and Blair Regis in Stirling.79,80,9,81,82 He possessed had a charter from King Robert III confirming his grant of a mortification of his lands of Drumtiblae to the chapel at Kirkintilloch on 17 August 1399 at Dunbartonshire in Drumtiblae.83,84,85,86,87,88 He possessed as Lord of Biggar made an indenture with John, Abbot of Holyrood, who set him Letham for life for ten merks a year, with the offices of justiciary, chamberlainry and bailiary of Kerse and the abbey's other lands in Stirlingshire and Linlithgow, and eleven oxgates for his fee on 16 November 1399 in Letham.89 He possessed IMPORTANT granted a charter to Hollyrood Abbey for donations of 20 merks, 5 merks and an annual rent of 10 pounds for prayer, singing, repairs and a glass window with his arms on 25 November 1399 in Holyrood Abbey.90,91,92,25,1 He possessed resigned Cambusbarron in favour of John Ross of Halkhead circa 1400 in Cambusbarron.93,94,9547,96,97 He possessed had a charter of confirmation of the lands of Auchlan in the barony of Kinnedward, Aberdeen on 1 May 1401 at Barony of Kinnedward in Auchloun.98,99,9,100,101 He possessed was granted by King Robert III the penny land of Barbethe, Caslis, Galnethe and Glentall (parish of Stratoun) in the Earldom of Carrick on 24 August 1404 at Barony of Straiton, Ayrshire, in Barbethe.102,103,104,9,1 He possessed was granted a charter by King Robert III of the land and barony of Cavers in Roxburgh on 10 August 1405 at Roxburghshire in Cavers.34,35,36,105,37,38,9,1,106 He possessed granted to Alexander Stewart Earl of Mar (in exchange for him quitting his pretences to Cavers) an indenture granting him use of Monycabo, which Sir David held through his wife, during the life of Isobel, Countess of Mar on 24 August 1405 in Monycabock (later Newmachar), Aberdeenshire.107,108

Death

Sir David ("the Trustworthy") Fleming, 9th of Biggar, Lenzie and Cumbernauld, died murdered by forces of James earl Douglas on 14 February 1406 at age ~78 in Longherdmanston.109,47,27,21,110,111,112,113,15,114,115,1 He was buried on 15 February 1406 at Under the altar of St Nicholas in Holyrood Abbey.47,111

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