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James Fleming, of Bord

b. circa 1475, d. September 1531

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Birth

James Fleming, of Bord, was born circa 1475.

Parents

FatherWilliam Fleming, of Bord (b. circa 1415, d. before 30 April 1506)

Child

SonWilliam Fleming, of Bord+ (b. circa 1510)

Property

James Fleming, of Bord, possessed had a precept of clare constat as grandchild and heir of William Fleming of Bord, from John, Lord Fleming on 30 April 1506.1,2,3 He possessed had resigned part of these lands subsequently granted by the king to John Stirling of Cragbernard before 31 May 1508 in Glorate.4 He possessed had reversion rights from John Murray to these lands and the lands of Bord upon payment of 237/-/- on 9 April 1511 in Nether Auchinreoch in the barony of Auchtermony.5 He possessed he had a discharge under the signet of all unlaws (lawlessness) due by his father on 21 July 1513.1,6 He possessed was mentioned as a former landowner in a charter of the king in favour of Walter Chapman, burgess of Edinburgh on 1 August 1513 in Edinburgh.7 He possessed resigned the lands of Auchinreoch and Auchtermony to John, Lord Fleming, and had a letter of reversion from him, redeemable for 120 merks; witness Thomas Kincaid of that Ilk (transumpt 27 March 1533) on 13 December 1515 in Nether Auchinreoch in the barony of Auchtermony.8,9,10

Death

James Fleming, of Bord, died in September 1531 at age ~56.11 He had his estate probated on 3 October 1531 in Bord.11,12,13

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. [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 286.
  3. [S169] Eric Robertson Collection of Fleming Family Charters (Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library), "MSS gen ovs 3," Item 1.12, 30 April 1506, Cumbernauld. John, Lord Fleming, precept of clare constat for James Fleming, grandson and heir of William Fleming of Bord, in Nether Auchinreoch; University of Toronto, Canada.
  4. [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 3237, p 691; online image, Internet Archive, archive.org (https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=njp.32101038096846&seq=7&q1=flemyng : accessed.
  5. [S58] Edinburgh, National Records of Scotland, "Online Catalogue," National Records of Scotland (https://catalogue.nrscotland.gov.uk/nrsonlinecatalogue: viewed 22 September 2025), GD3 206, 9/4/1511, Letters of reversion by Mr Johnne of Murray and Isabell Hoppar.
  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 287.
  7. [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 3872, p 844; online image, Internet Archive, archive.org (https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=njp.32101038096846&seq=7&q1=flemyng : accessed.
  8. [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 261–262.
  9. [S169] Eric Robertson Collection of Fleming Family Charters (Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library), "MSS gen ovs 3," Item 3.12, [13] December 1515, Edinburgh. John, Lord Fleming, letter of reversion to James Fleming of Bord for Auchinreoch in the barony of Auchtermony; University of Toronto, Canada.
  10. [S169] Eric Robertson Collection of Fleming Family Charters (Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library), "MSS gen ovs 3," Item 3.13, Transumpt, 27 March 1533, Edinburgh, before the commissary of Lothian, at the instance of Malcolm, Lord Fleming: the instrument of 13 December 1515 recording James Fleming of Bord's resignation of Auchinreoch to John, Lord Fleming; University of Toronto, Canada.
  11. [S152] Record Commission of Great Britain, Inquisitionum ad capellam domini regis retornatarum: Quae in publicis archivis Scotiae adhuc servantur, Abbreviatio (London: HM King George III, 1811), 1531 1003, Dunbarton, 89, James Fleming of Borde; online image, Internet Archive, (https://archive.org/details/inquisitionumadc00grea/page/n5/mode/2up : accessed.
  12. [S183] Scotland. Chancery Office, Decennial Indexes to the Services of Heirs in Scotland, Commencing January 1, 1700, Ending December 31, 1859: continued as Index to the Services of Heirs in Scotland, annual volumes from 1860 (Edinburgh: HMSO, between 1863 and 1889), 1531 1003, Decennial 1770-1779, No 12, James Fleming of Borde; online image, FamilySearch, FamilySearch Catalog (https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/1004156 : accessed.
  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), Charters 263–265.
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