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Margaret Lindsay

b. circa 1420

Birth

Margaret Lindsay was born circa 1420.

Parents

Father

John Lindsay, of Covington

Family life

Sir Robert ("the Rebel") Fleming, 1st Lord Fleming, 11th of Biggar of Cumbernauld, and Margaret Lindsay were married after 1461.¹

Partner with Sir Robert ("the Rebel") Fleming, 1st Lord Fleming, 11th of Biggar of Cumbernauld, (b. circa 1405, d. 1491)

Property

Margaret Lindsay possessed had a charter of donation from her husband Robert Fleming of the barony of Thankerton, Westraw (barony of Biggar), Cormeston and Quodquen, Wolfclide, Baitlaw, Bissyberry, Hevilyside on 29 September 1480 in Thankerton.^2,3 She possessed on 2 October 1480.^1,4

Citations

[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.
[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 ii, 1424-1513, ch 1452, p 302; online image, Internet Archive, archive.org (https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=njp.32101038096846&seq=7&q1=flemyng : accessed.
[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 426–427.
[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 428.

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Last Edited

11 April 2025