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Janet ("la Belle Écossaise") Stewart, Lady Fleming

b. 17 July 1502, d. 20 February 1562

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Lady Fleming, Janet Stewart

Birth

Janet ("la Belle Écossaise") Stewart, Lady Fleming, was born on 17 July 1502.1,2

Parents

FatherKing James Stewart, IV of Scotland (b. 17 March 1473, d. 9 September 1513)
MotherAgnes ("Isabel") Stewart, Countess of Bothwell (b. circa 1469, d. 20 February 1557)

Family life

Sir Malcolm ("the Brave") Fleming, 3rd Lord Fleming, and Janet ("la Belle Écossaise") Stewart, Lady Fleming, were married on 26 February 1525.3

Child with King Henry, II of France (b. 31 March 1519, d. 10 July 1559)

SonDuc Henri ("bâtard de Valois") de Valois-Angoulême, Grand Prior of France (b. 1551, d. 2 June 1586)

Children with Sir Malcolm ("the Brave") Fleming, 3rd Lord Fleming (b. 14 January 1494, d. 10 September 1547)

DaughterElizabeth Fleming+ (b. 1525)
DaughterJohanna ("Janet") Fleming+ (b. 1526, d. 19 January 1596)
SonSir James ("the loyal") Fleming, 4th Lord Fleming+ (b. circa 1527, d. 18 December 1558)
SonSir John ("the Defiant") Fleming, 5th Lord Fleming+ (b. circa 1528, d. 6 September 1572)
DaughterAgnes Fleming+ (b. circa 1530, d. 1597)
DaughterMargaret ("the witch") Fleming, Countess of Atholl+ (b. 1532, d. 1586)
DaughterMary ("one of the Four Marys") Fleming+ (b. 1543, d. after 1584)

Titles

Working life

Property3,833,93,10,11,12,13,14,15,16,17

Janet ("la Belle Écossaise") Stewart, Lady Fleming, possessed was served heir to her terce as relict on 2 November 1547.3,1819 She possessed was in ferme arrears by 30 salmon in 1551 in Bothkennar.20 She possessed was granted the escheat of all the property of rebels John Fleming young laird of Boghall and John Fleming of Glenheid, both put to the horn on 28 July 1551 in Dumfries.2122,23 She possessed was in ferme arrears by 30 salmon in 1556 in Bothkennar.24 She possessed borrowed 250/-/- from the Bishop of Dunblane secured by a gold chain weighing 36.5 ounces in April 1559 in Dunblane.25 She possessed paid 2300 merks to William Lord Livingston as tocher for her daughter Agnes' marriage to himself on 16 September 1560.26

Death

Janet ("la Belle Écossaise") Stewart, Lady Fleming, was named an executor for the will of Sir Malcolm ("the Brave") Fleming, 3rd Lord Fleming, on 15 February 1547.3,27,28,29 She died on 20 February 1562 at age 59 in Boghall.1,3,30

Citations

  1. [S2] Various contributors, "Wikipaedia," database, Commons, Wikipaedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/: online 8 November 2023), Janet Stewart, Lady Fleming at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Janet_Stewart,_Lady_Fleming.
  2. [S29] Various, "WikiTree," pedigree, Commons, WikiTree (https://www.wikitree.com/wiki: online 10 November 2023), Agnes (Stewart) Stewart Dowager Countess of Bothwell (abt. 1469 - 1557) at https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Stewart-589.
  3. [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.
  4. [S51] Raphael Holinshed, Holinshed's Chronicle, 1587 edition edited by Abraham Fleming (London: Henry Denham, 1587), Scotland, vol v, p 558, https://archive.org/details/chroniclesofengl05holiuoft/page/558/mode/2up; online image, Internet Archive (https://archive.org/details/firstsecondvolum00holi/page/n1/mode/2up?q=fleming : accessed 18 February 2025.
  5. [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 519-20.
  6. [S111] Joseph Robertson, Editor, Inventaires de la Royne Descosse Douairiere de France: Catalogues of the Jewels, Dresses, Furniture, Books and Paintings (Edinburgh: The Bannatyne Club, 1863), p xlvi, note 4; online image, Internet Archive (https://archive.org/details/inventairesdela00robegoog/page/n8/mode/2up?q=fleming : viewed 12 May 2025.
  7. [S111] Joseph Robertson, Editor, Inventaires de la Royne Descosse Douairiere de France: Catalogues of the Jewels, Dresses, Furniture, Books and Paintings (Edinburgh: The Bannatyne Club, 1863), p li, note 2; online image, Internet Archive (https://archive.org/details/inventairesdela00robegoog/page/n8/mode/2up?q=fleming : viewed 12 May 2025.
  8. [S83] George Vere Irving, The upper ward of Lanarkshire described and delineated (Glasgow: Thomas Murray and Son, 1864), vol i, p 314; online image, Internet Archive (https://archive.org/details/upperwardoflanar02irvi/page/n9/mode/2up : accessed 28 March 2025.
  9. [S83] George Vere Irving, The upper ward of Lanarkshire described and delineated (Glasgow: Thomas Murray and Son, 1864), vol i, p 479; online image, Internet Archive (https://archive.org/details/upperwardoflanar02irvi/page/n9/mode/2up : accessed 28 March 2025.
  10. [S83] George Vere Irving, The upper ward of Lanarkshire described and delineated (Glasgow: Thomas Murray and Son, 1864), vol i, p 299; online image, Internet Archive (https://archive.org/details/upperwardoflanar02irvi/page/n9/mode/2up : accessed 28 March 2025.
  11. [S83] George Vere Irving, The upper ward of Lanarkshire described and delineated (Glasgow: Thomas Murray and Son, 1864), vol i, p 319; online image, Internet Archive (https://archive.org/details/upperwardoflanar02irvi/page/n9/mode/2up : accessed 28 March 2025.
  12. [S92] Francis Grose, The Antiquities of Scotland (High Holborn: Hooper and Wigstead, 1797), vol i, p 136-137; online image, Internet Archive (https://archive.org/details/antiquitiesofsco001gros/page/n5/mode/2up?q=fleming&view=theater : accessed; The Collegiate Church of Biggar.
  13. [S91] Various contributors, Miscellany of the Spalding Club (Aberdeen: The Spalding Club, between 1841 and 052), vol v, ch xxxv, p 296-308; online image, Internet Archive (https://archive.org/details/miscellanyofspal05spaluoft/page/n9/mode/2up?view=theater : viewed 15 April 2025.
  14. [S91] Various contributors, Miscellany of the Spalding Club (Aberdeen: The Spalding Club, between 1841 and 052), vol v, preface re ch xxxv, p 26-28; online image, Internet Archive (https://archive.org/details/miscellanyofspal05spaluoft/page/n9/mode/2up?view=theater : viewed 15 April 2025.
  15. [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 515.
  16. [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 569.
  17. [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 529–530.
  18. [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 88.
  19. [S136] Robert Kerr Hannay, Editor, Acts of the Lords of Council in Public Affairs: 1501-1554 (Edinburgh: General Register House, 1932), p 580; online image, HathiTrust (https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=inu.30000047600931&seq=7&q1=fleming : viewed 20 June 2025.
  20. [S44] Scotland Court of Exchequer, Rotuli scaccarii regum Scotorum: The Exchequer rolls of Scotland (Edinburgh: General Register House, 1878), vol 17, p 168; online image, Internet Archive, archive.org (https://archive.org/details/rotuliscaccariir01scot/page/n9/mode/2up : accessed.
  21. [S163] Matthew, and Gordon Donaldson Livingstone, editors, Registrum Secreti Sigilli Regum Scotorum: The Register of the Privy Seal of Scotland, 11 vols (Edinburgh: General Register Hous, between 1908 and 1990), IV, 209 (ch. 1312); online image, Internet Archive (https://archive.org/details/registrumsecret00scotgoog/page/46/mode/2up : accessed.
  22. [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 iv, ch 851, p 190; online image, Internet Archive, archive.org (https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=njp.32101038096846&seq=7&q1=flemyng : accessed 12 April 2025.
  23. [S111] Joseph Robertson, Editor, Inventaires de la Royne Descosse Douairiere de France: Catalogues of the Jewels, Dresses, Furniture, Books and Paintings (Edinburgh: The Bannatyne Club, 1863), p xliii, note 4; online image, Internet Archive (https://archive.org/details/inventairesdela00robegoog/page/n8/mode/2up?q=fleming : viewed 12 May 2025.
  24. [S44] Scotland Court of Exchequer, Rotuli scaccarii regum Scotorum: The Exchequer rolls of Scotland (Edinburgh: General Register House, 1878), vol 17, p 354; online image, Internet Archive, archive.org (https://archive.org/details/rotuliscaccariir01scot/page/n9/mode/2up : accessed.
  25. [S151] Alexander Laing, "An Incident at the Era of the Reformation: from a contemporary manuscript," Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, vol 11 (between 1874 and 075), online image (https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=coo.31924082044912&seq=581 : online image 12 August 2025), p 517-525.
  26. [S58] Edinburgh, National Records of Scotland, "Online Catalogue," National Records of Scotland (https://catalogue.nrscotland.gov.uk/nrsonlinecatalogue: viewed 25 September 2025), GD10 22/12, 16 Sep 1560, Discharge by William, Lord Levingstoun, to Jane, Lady Flemyng, relict of Malcome, Lord Flemyng, for 2300 merks.
  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 86.
  28. [S91] Various contributors, Miscellany of the Spalding Club (Aberdeen: The Spalding Club, between 1841 and 052), vol v, charter xxxvi, p 308; online image, Internet Archive (https://archive.org/details/miscellanyofspal05spaluoft/page/n9/mode/2up?view=theater : accessed 2 April 2025; Testament of Malcolm Lord Fleming.
  29. [S91] Various contributors, Miscellany of the Spalding Club (Aberdeen: The Spalding Club, between 1841 and 052), vol v, preface re Lord Fleming, p 29; online image, Internet Archive (https://archive.org/details/miscellanyofspal05spaluoft/page/n9/mode/2up?view=theater : viewed 15 April 2025.
  30. [S44] Scotland Court of Exchequer, Rotuli scaccarii regum Scotorum: The Exchequer rolls of Scotland (Edinburgh: General Register House, 1878), vol 19, p 266; online image, Internet Archive, archive.org (https://archive.org/details/rotuliscaccariir01scot/page/n9/mode/2up : accessed.
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