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Captain William Fleming, of Bord

b. circa 1540, d. before 2 April 1571

Birth

Captain William Fleming, of Bord, was born circa 1540.

Parents

Father	William Fleming, of Bord (b. circa 1510)
Mother	Agnes Livingstone, of Manerstoun (b. circa 1515)

Partner with Janet Crichton (b. circa 1545, d. after 17 November 1593)

Working life

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Property

Captain William Fleming, of Bord, possessed had a precept of clare constat from James, Lord Fleming, as heir of William, his father, on 7 March 1549 on 7 March 1549.^3,4 He possessed had sasine of the lands of Auchinreoch from James, Lord Fleming, as son and heir of the late William Fleming of Bord on 11 September 1550 in Nether Auchinreoch in the barony of Auchtermony.⁵⁶

Death

Captain William Fleming, of Bord, died before 2 April 1571.³

Citations

[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 537.
[S132] Thomas Watson, Kirkintilloch: Town and Parish (Glasgow: John Smith and Son, 1894), p 26.
[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.
[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.
[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.
[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 105.

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Last Edited

29 April 2025