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Sir David Fleming, of Monycabock

b. circa 1463, d. between 1486 and 3 March 1489

Birth

Sir David Fleming, of Monycabock, was born circa 1463.

Parents

FatherSir Malcolm Fleming, of Monycabock (b. circa 1445, d. circa 1477)
MotherEuphemia ("Elizabeth") Livingstone (b. circa 1445, d. circa 1493)

Family life

Sir David Fleming, of Monycabock, and Elizabeth Drummond, G-grandmother of Henry Stewart Lord Darnley, were married circa April 1482.1,2

Partner with Elizabeth Drummond, G-grandmother of Henry Stewart Lord Darnley (b. circa 1463, d. after April 1502)

Property1,3

Sir David Fleming, of Monycabock, possessed had his sasine for these lands broken by John, Lord Kennedy on 3 January 1480 in Thankerton.45,6,7 He possessed was granted a ratification charter of the lands and baronies of Lenzie, Cumbernauld, Biggar, Thankerton, Monycabo, part of Lour and part of Dunbulls on 24 October 1480.1,8,9,10 He possessed was granted a charter by King James III of all of the lands recently resigned by his grandfather on 24 October 1480.5 He possessed Mathew Forrester granted that Easter Seymore, disponed to him by Robert, Lord Fleming, could be redeemed by Sir David, Lord Fleming's grandson and apparent heir, for 400 merks on 2 November 1480 in Easter Seymore.11 He possessed had sasine of the barony of Biggar under a Great Seal charter on the resignation of his grandfather Robert, Lord Fleming on 27 November 1480 in Biggar.12 He possessed obtained instruments of sasine for investing him in the barony of Lenzie and the lands of Cumbernauld Castle and the forest thereof on 2 December 1480 in Lenzie.5 He possessed had sasine of the 24 merk lands of Dunbulls on the resignation of his grandfather Robert, Lord Fleming (precept 21 Nov 1480) on 19 February 1481 in Dunbulls.13 He possessed had a Great Seal charter of £40 a year out of Abbotskers and the messuage of Olivercastle on the resignation of his grandfather Robert, Lord Fleming, who kept the liferent (procuratory 20 Dec 1480; resignation 19 Apr 1481; transumpt 18 Oct 1483) on 1 June 1482 in Abbeylands of Kerse.14,15,165 He possessed had a charter of the baronies of Lenzie, Cumbernauld, Biggar, Thankerton and Monycabo in 1486.17 He possessed was mentioned in a charter as a former holder of Balhousy before 3 March 1489 in Balhousy.181920,21,221,231,24

Death

Sir David Fleming, of Monycabock, died between 1486 and 3 March 1489.1,17,10,25,26 He had his estate probated on 20 March 1491 in Abbeylands of Kerse.27

Citations

  1. [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.
  2. [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.
  3. [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 414.
  4. [S58] Edinburgh, National Records of Scotland, "Online Catalogue," National Records of Scotland (https://catalogue.nrscotland.gov.uk/nrsonlinecatalogue: viewed 22 September 2025), GD2 27, 3 Jan 1480, Notarial Instrument narrating breaking by John, Lord Kennedy, of sasine granted by him to Sir David Flemyng.
  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), Charters 48 - 52.
  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), Charter 637.
  7. [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 787.
  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 ii, 1424-1513, ch 1453, p 302; online image, Internet Archive, archive.org (https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=njp.32101038096846&seq=7&q1=flemyng : accessed.
  9. [S83] George Vere Irving, The upper ward of Lanarkshire described and delineated (Glasgow: Thomas Murray and Son, 1864), vol i, p 478; online image, Internet Archive (https://archive.org/details/upperwardoflanar02irvi/page/n9/mode/2up : accessed 28 March 2025.
  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 494.
  11. [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 638.
  12. [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 429.
  13. [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 785–786.
  14. [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 829–832.
  15. [S169] Eric Robertson Collection of Fleming Family Charters (Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library), "MSS gen ovs 3," Item 1.6, 20 December 1480, Edinburgh. Robert, Lord Fleming, procuratory to resign to James III the £40 annualrent from Abbotskers and the chief messuage of Olivercastle; University of Toronto, Canada.
  16. [S169] Eric Robertson Collection of Fleming Family Charters (Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library), "MSS gen ovs 3," Item 3.5, 1 June 1482, Edinburgh. James III to Sir David Fleming, grandson of Robert, Lord Fleming: £40 annualrent from Abbotskers and the chief messuage of Olivercastle; University of Toronto, Canada.
  17. [S83] George Vere Irving, The upper ward of Lanarkshire described and delineated (Glasgow: Thomas Murray and Son, 1864), vol i, p 313; online image, Internet Archive (https://archive.org/details/upperwardoflanar02irvi/page/n9/mode/2up : accessed 28 March 2025.
  18. [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 2470, p 525; online image, Internet Archive, archive.org (https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=njp.32101038096846&seq=7&q1=flemyng : accessed.
  19. [S44] Scotland Court of Exchequer, Rotuli scaccarii regum Scotorum: The Exchequer rolls of Scotland (Edinburgh: General Register House, 1878), vol 10, p 767; online image, Internet Archive, archive.org (https://archive.org/details/rotuliscaccariir01scot/page/n9/mode/2up : accessed.
  20. [S29] Various, "WikiTree," pedigree, Commons, WikiTree (https://www.wikitree.com/wiki: online 9 November 2023), John (Fleming) Fleming Second Lord Fleming (1465 - abt. 1524) at https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Fleming-181.
  21. [S83] George Vere Irving, The upper ward of Lanarkshire described and delineated (Glasgow: Thomas Murray and Son, 1864), vol ii, p 294; online image, Internet Archive (https://archive.org/details/upperwardoflanar02irvi/page/n9/mode/2up : accessed 28 March 2025.
  22. [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 790–791.
  23. [S135] Joseph Robertson and George Grub, Editors, Collections for a history of the Shires of Aberdeen and Banff: Illustrations of the topography and antiquities of the Shires of Aberdeen and Banff (Aberdeen: The Spalding Club, 1843), p 235-236; online image, Internet Archive (https://archive.org/details/collectionsforhi00spal/page/n11/mode/2up : viewed 20 June 2025.
  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 53.
  25. [S58] Edinburgh, National Records of Scotland, "Online Catalogue," National Records of Scotland (https://catalogue.nrscotland.gov.uk/nrsonlinecatalogue: viewed 22 September 2025), GD2 1154, 3 Mar 1489, Instrument bearing that John Lord Kennedy compeared before James Lord Hamilton Sheriff of the County of Lanark.
  26. [S68] KM Brown and others, Records of the Parliaments of Scotland to 1707, online (St Andrews: University of St Andrews, between 2007 and 2025), 1493/5/9; online transcription and translation, (https://www.rps.ac.uk/ : accessed 9 March 2025.
  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 833.
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