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Patrick Fleming, 1st of Bord

b. circa 1330, d. 1410

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Birth

Patrick Fleming, 1st of Bord, was born circa 1330.1

Parents

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

Family life

Patrick Fleming, 1st of Bord, and Isabelle Fleming, the Lady of Dalnottar, entered into a marriage contract circa 1354 in Dalnottar.

Children with Isabelle Fleming, the Lady of Dalnottar (b. circa 1334)

SonJames Fleming, of Bord+ (b. circa 1355)
SonWilliam Fleming, of Bord (b. circa 1360)

Working life

  • On 22 June 1397 Patrick Fleming, 1st of Bord, was occupied as Sheriff of Peebles in Peeblesshire.2

Property

Patrick Fleming, 1st of Bord, possessed resigned the lands of Dalnotter and Garscadden formerly held of the Lord of Lennox in feu and heritage, to be invested in Sir Robert de Erskine of that ilk on 8 January 1369 in Dalnottar.3,4,5 He possessed exchanged his land at Dalnotter and Garscadden (in the Earldom of Lennox in Dunbartonshire) with Sir Robert of Erskine for the lands of Bord within the Barony of Lenzie on 18 April 1369 in Bord, Tweouris, Wester Croy, Easter Croy, Smethestoun, Balloch and Ardre.6,7,8,9,10,11,12 He possessed had a charter of confirmation from King Robert II for an estate at Bord in Lenzie in exchange for Dalnotter and Garscadden on 24 August 1373 in Bord.8,13,14,15 He possessed received Overmenzean and Glenrusco in Oliver from his father Malcolm Fleming of Biggar for the payment of a penny if asked for on 1 November 1395 at Barony of Oliver Castle in Overmenzean and Glenrusco.16,7,17 He possessed had a charter of confirmation of the lands of Overmenzean and Glenrusco within the barony of Olivercastle on 22 June 1397 in Overmenzean and Glenrusco.2,18,19,20,2122,237,24,25,26,27,28 He possessed matriculated arms in the Lyon Register as descended from Patrick Fleming of Bord, second son to Malcolm, Lord Fleming. on 6 July 1757.7

Death

Patrick Fleming, 1st of Bord, died murdered, probably by his nephew Malcolm Fleming of Biggar, Lenzie and Cumbernauld in 1410 at age ~80.

Citations

  1. [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.
  2. [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 1883; online image, Internet Archive, archive.org (https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=njp.32101038096846&seq=7&q1=flemyng : accessed.
  3. [S34] J Arnold Fleming, Flemish Influence in Britain (Glasgow: Jackson, Wylie & Co, 1930), vol 2, p 407-412, Flemings of Bord.
  4. [S137] William Fraser, The Chiefs of Colquhoun: and their Country (Edinburgh: Sir James Colquhoun of Colquhoun and Luss, 1869), vol i, p 10; online image, Electric Scotland (https://electricscotland.com/webclans/atoc/chiefsofcolquhoun1.pdf : viewed 26 June 2025.
  5. [S17] Francis J Grant (Ed), Charter Chest of the Earldom of Wigtown: 1214-1681 (Edinburgh: James Skinner & Company for the Scottish Record Society, 1910), Charter 245.
  6. [S17] Francis J Grant (Ed), Charter Chest of the Earldom of Wigtown: 1214-1681 (Edinburgh: James Skinner & Company for the Scottish Record Society, 1910), Charters 245-6.
  7. [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.
  8. [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, ch 491; online image, Internet Archive, archive.org (https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=njp.32101038096846&seq=7&q1=flemyng : accessed.
  9. [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 116, ch 64, Bord, Tweouris, Wester Croy, Easter Croy, Smethestoun, Balloch and Ardre.
  10. [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 479.
  11. [S169] Eric Robertson Collection of Fleming Family Charters (Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library), "MSS gen ovs 3," Item 1.1, 18 April 1369, Edinburgh. Robert of Erskine to Patrick Fleming: excambion of Bord and other lands in Lenzie for Dalnotter and Garscadden; University of Toronto, Canada.
  12. [S137] William Fraser, The Chiefs of Colquhoun: and their Country (Edinburgh: Sir James Colquhoun of Colquhoun and Luss, 1869), vol ii, p 250; online image, Electric Scotland (https://electricscotland.com/webclans/atoc/chiefsofcolquhoun1.pdf : viewed.
  13. [S81] Joseph Irving, The History of Dumbartonshire: Civil, Ecclesiastical and Territorial, Second Edition (Dumbarton: Joseph Irving, 1860), p 75, William Fleming, son to Symon Fleming; online pdf, Internet Archive (https://archive.org/details/historyofdumbar00irvi/page/n7/mode/2up : accessed 26 March 2025.
  14. [S169] Eric Robertson Collection of Fleming Family Charters (Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library), "MSS gen ovs 3," Item 2.7, 24 August 1373, Stirling. Robert II confirms Robert Erskine's charter of excambion of Bord and other Lenzie lands to Patrick Fleming (1369); University of Toronto, Canada.
  15. [S184] "Scottish Court of Session and United Kingdom House of Lords Decisions," database, British and Irish Legal Information Institute, BAILII (https://www.bailii.org/ : downloaded 4 November 2026), John Grant younger of Rothmaise, and Robert Fleming, great-grandson of John Fleming of Board, v Lady Cementina Fleming, and Charles Elphinston, Esq; her Husband. [1760] Mor 6724 (23 December 1760); Scottish Court of Session Decisions.
  16. [S17] Francis J Grant (Ed), Charter Chest of the Earldom of Wigtown: 1214-1681 (Edinburgh: James Skinner & Company for the Scottish Record Society, 1910), Charters 400-01.
  17. [S169] Eric Robertson Collection of Fleming Family Charters (Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library), "MSS gen ovs 3," Item 2.9, 1 November 1395, Cumbernauld. Sir Malcolm Fleming of Biggar to his son Patrick: Overmenzean and Glenrusco in the barony of Olivercastle; University of Toronto, Canada.
  18. [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 146, ch 37, Honemener, Glenrosco within Oliver Castle.
  19. [S64] Cosmos Nelson Innes, Editor for the Bannatyne Club, Origines Parochiales Scotiae: the antiquities ecclesiastical and territorial of the parishes of Scotland (Edinburgh: WH Lizars, 1851), vol i, p 206; online image, Internet Archive (https://archive.org/details/originesparochia01bann/page/n7/mode/2up?q=fleming&view=theater : accessed 3 March 2025.
  20. [S17] Francis J Grant (Ed), Charter Chest of the Earldom of Wigtown: 1214-1681 (Edinburgh: James Skinner & Company for the Scottish Record Society, 1910), Charter 405.
  21. [S169] Eric Robertson Collection of Fleming Family Charters (Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library), "MSS gen ovs 3," Item 2.8, 22 June 1397 or 1398, Linlithgow. Robert III confirms Malcolm Fleming of Biggar's charter to his son Patrick of Overmenzean and Glenrusco in Olivercastle (Peeblesshire); University of Toronto, Canada.
  22. [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), Seton, William p571-3.
  23. [S58] Edinburgh, National Records of Scotland, "Online Catalogue," National Records of Scotland (https://catalogue.nrscotland.gov.uk/nrsonlinecatalogue: viewed 19 September 2025), RH 2166, 14 May 1402, William de Seton, Knight, in favour of Patrick Fleming, of Borde in the barony of Lenze.
  24. [S17] Francis J Grant (Ed), Charter Chest of the Earldom of Wigtown: 1214-1681 (Edinburgh: James Skinner & Company for the Scottish Record Society, 1910), Charter 248.
  25. [S58] Edinburgh, National Records of Scotland, "Online Catalogue," National Records of Scotland (https://catalogue.nrscotland.gov.uk/nrsonlinecatalogue: viewed 19 September 2025), RH 2185 and RH1/2/186, 3 Nov 1421, James Flemyng, son of umquhile Patrick Flemyng in favour of Malcolm Flemyng, Lord of Bygate, of Ovirmynyane and Glenruscow in the Sheriffdom of Peebles; and Le Borde in the Sheriffdom of Donbretan.
  26. [S17] Francis J Grant (Ed), Charter Chest of the Earldom of Wigtown: 1214-1681 (Edinburgh: James Skinner & Company for the Scottish Record Society, 1910), Charter 249.
  27. [S17] Francis J Grant (Ed), Charter Chest of the Earldom of Wigtown: 1214-1681 (Edinburgh: James Skinner & Company for the Scottish Record Society, 1910), Charter 406.
  28. [S169] Eric Robertson Collection of Fleming Family Charters (Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library), "MSS gen ovs 3," Item 2.11, 3 November 1421, Cumbernauld. Malcolm Fleming, lord of Biggar, to his cousin James Fleming, son of the late Patrick: an annualrent of 10 merks from Thankerton, in satisfaction for Patrick's death; University of Toronto, Canada.
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