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William Fleming, of Bord

b. circa 1510

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Birth

William Fleming, of Bord, was born circa 1510.1

Parents

FatherJames Fleming, of Bord (b. circa 1475, d. September 1531)

Family life

William Fleming, of Bord, and Agnes Livingstone, of Manerstoun, were married circa 1536.1,2

Children with Agnes Livingstone, of Manerstoun (b. circa 1515)

SonCaptain William Fleming, of Bord (b. circa 1540, d. before 2 April 1571)
SonJames Fleming, of Bord+ (b. circa 1545, d. after 2 April 1571)
SonJohn ("presumably a younger son of William Fleming of Bord") Fleming, of Bord+ (b. circa 1547, d. before 27 October 1597)

Working life

  • William Fleming, of Bord, served in the military as was exempted by the Privy Council for service in England in order to stregthen the forces protecting the queen at Stirling on 10 July 1545 in Stirling Castle.3

Property14,5

William Fleming, of Bord, possessed George Colquhoun judicially confessed that he had given to William Fleming, senior, a reversion of the lands of Smythfield for the sum of 120 merks on 4 November 1535.1,6 He possessed redeemed some of the lands of Croy from William Livingstone of Kilsyth, who discharged and renounced his infeftment on 23 May 1537 in Croy in Lenzie.78 He possessed had a letter of reversion from John Livingstone of Manerston and Janet Livingstone his daughter of an annualrent of 16 merks, redeemable for 220 merks on 22 August 1540.9,10 He possessed had a charter and precept of sasine of the lands of Auchinreoch, held blench, from Malcolm, Lord Fleming, after a decreet of the Lords of Session found the lands lawfully redeemed by him on 18 February 1542 in Nether Auchinreoch in the barony of Auchtermony.11,121,1314

Death

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 76.
  3. [S148] editor John Hill Burton, "Stirling Castle," The Register of the Privy Council of Scotland, vol i, 1545-1569 (1894), online image (https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=msu.31293106399409&seq=138 : viewed 19 August 2025), p 12.
  4. [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 275–276.
  5. [S169] Eric Robertson Collection of Fleming Family Charters (Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library), "MSS gen ovs 3," Item 4.1, 6 May 1533, Edinburgh. Malcolm, Lord Fleming, precept of sasine (under compulsion) for William Fleming, son and heir of James Fleming of Bord, in the lands of Bord; University of Toronto, Canada.
  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 277.
  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 278.
  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), Charter 84.
  9. [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 279.
  10. [S169] Eric Robertson Collection of Fleming Family Charters (Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library), "MSS gen ovs 3," Item 4.7, 22 August 1540, Croy. Helen Bruce, wife of John Livingston of Mannerstoun, and Janet Livingston their daughter, letter of reversion to William Fleming of Bord of an annualrent of 16 merks from Bord, redeemable for eleven score (220) merks; University of Toronto, Canada.
  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), Charters 280–281.
  12. [S169] Eric Robertson Collection of Fleming Family Charters (Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library), "MSS gen ovs 3," Item 4.8, 18 February 1541/2, Edinburgh. Malcolm, Lord Fleming, charter (in obedience to a decreet of the Lords of Council) to William Fleming of Bord of the lands of Nether Auchinreoch, found lawfully redeemed; University of Toronto, Canada.
  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 282–283.
  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 284.
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