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Johanna ("Janet") Fleming

b. 1526, d. 19 January 1596

Birth

Johanna ("Janet") Fleming was born in 1526 in Biggar.1,2

Parents

FatherSir Malcolm ("the Brave") Fleming, 3rd Lord Fleming (b. 14 January 1494, d. 10 September 1547)
MotherJanet ("la Belle Écossaise") Stewart, Lady Fleming (b. 17 July 1502, d. 20 February 1562)

Family life

John Livingstone, Master of Livingstone, and Johanna ("Janet") Fleming were married in September 1547.2 She and John Sandilands, 8th of Calder, entered into a marriage contract on 24 May 1560.2 David Crawford, 5th of Kerse, and she were married before November 1567.2

Partner with John Livingstone, Master of Livingstone (d. 10 September 1547)

Child with John Sandilands, 8th of Calder (b. circa 1500, d. circa 1565)

SonJames Sandilands (b. between 1560 and 1563)

Property345

Johanna ("Janet") Fleming possessed on 4 November 1572.67

Death

Johanna ("Janet") Fleming died on 19 January 1596 at age ~70.2

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. [S95] Various contributors, The Peerage website (https://thepeerage.com/ : accessed 13 April 2025), Johanna Fleming at https://thepeerage.com/p59485.htm#i594844.
  3. [S58] Edinburgh, National Records of Scotland, "Online Catalogue," National Records of Scotland (https://catalogue.nrscotland.gov.uk/nrsonlinecatalogue: viewed 25 September 2025), RH 2343, 10 Dec 1527, Malcolm, Lord Fleming, in favour of John Sandelandis of lands of Myddilrig (Wiston.)
  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 iv, ch 1461, p 332; online image, Internet Archive, archive.org (https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=njp.32101038096846&seq=7&q1=flemyng : accessed 13 April 2025.
  5. [S58] Edinburgh, National Records of Scotland, "Online Catalogue," National Records of Scotland (https://catalogue.nrscotland.gov.uk/nrsonlinecatalogue: viewed 25 September 2025), GD119/213, 26 Mar 1564, Feu Charter by John Sandelandis of Calder to Johanna Flemyng his spouse in liferent.
  6. [S58] Edinburgh, National Records of Scotland, "Online Catalogue," National Records of Scotland (https://catalogue.nrscotland.gov.uk/nrsonlinecatalogue: viewed 10 October 2026), GD2 2202, (Interchangeable) Contracts of Wadset (2) between Gilbert, Earl of Cassillis, and David Craufurd of Kerss with Jane Flemmyng, his spouse.
  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 v, ch 564, p 173; online image, Internet Archive, archive.org (https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=njp.32101038096846&seq=7&q1=flemyng : viewed 14 April 2025.
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