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Sir James ("the loyal") Fleming, 4th Lord Fleming

b. circa 1527, d. 18 December 1558

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Birth

Sir James ("the loyal") Fleming, 4th Lord Fleming, was born circa 1527.1

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

Sir James ("the loyal") Fleming, 4th Lord Fleming, and Lady Barbara Hamilton, dau of the Duke of Chatelherault and formerly Lady Gordon, were married on 22 December 1553.2,3,4

Children

SonThomas Fleming, bailey of Perth+ (b. circa 1545)
SonWilliam Fleming, bailey of Perth (b. circa 1548)

Child with Lady Barbara Hamilton, dau of the Duke of Chatelherault and formerly Lady Gordon (b. after 1535, d. before 26 November 1577)

DaughterJean ("Jane") Fleming, Countess of Cassilis+ (b. circa 1555, d. 23 June 1609)

Titles

Working life

  • On 25 October 1546 Sir James ("the loyal") Fleming, 4th Lord Fleming, was occupied as student at University of Glasgow in Glasgow.5
  • 2,1,6,7,8,9
  • He served in the military as taken prisoner by the English during the war of the rough wooing before November 1549.
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  • Before 23 September 1552 Sir James ("the loyal") Fleming, 4th Lord Fleming, was occupied as sheriff in Dumfries.10
  • On 19 June 1553 Sir James ("the loyal") Fleming, 4th Lord Fleming, was occupied as Privy Councillor in Perth.11
  • On 28 August 1553 Sir James ("the loyal") Fleming, 4th Lord Fleming, was occupied as Privy Councillor in Edinburgh.12
  • On 12 November 1553 Sir James ("the loyal") Fleming, 4th Lord Fleming, was occupied as Great Chamberlain of Scotland for life.2,13,14,15,16,17,18,19
  • On 20 January 1556 Sir James ("the loyal") Fleming, 4th Lord Fleming, was occupied as Justiciary for the apprehension, judging and punishment of John Lennie in Auchmony for suspected theft in Edinburgh.20,21
  • On 10 October 1556 Sir James ("the loyal") Fleming, 4th Lord Fleming, was occupied as Warden of the West Marches and Lieutenant of the Middle Marches, with power of justiciary within those bounds in East and Middle Marches.2,22,14,17,18,23
  • On 14 December 1557 Sir James ("the loyal") Fleming, 4th Lord Fleming, was occupied as was one of the eight commissioners elected by Parliament to represent the Scottish nation at the nuptials of Queen Mary and Francis the Dauphin in Paris on 24 April 1558.2,24,25,14,26,27

Property

Sir James ("the loyal") Fleming, 4th Lord Fleming, possessed a reversion of these lands was assigned to the King by James Douglas Earl of Morton on 13 September 1541 in Kilbocho.282,29302,31 He possessed had a precept of clare constat from Sir William Sinclair of Roslin, baron of Harbertshire, for infefting him as heir to his father in Castlerankine (sasine 3 Jun) on 27 March 1549 in Castlerankine.32 He possessed was served heir to his father in the lands of Castlerankine on 20 May 1549 in Castlerankine.2,33 He possessed Had sasine of Auchtermony, Cumbernauld, Biggar and Boghall on 25 September 1549 in Auchtermony, Cumbernauld, Biggar and Boghall.34 He possessed had sasine in Lour on 25 September 1549 in Lour.34 He possessed had sasine in Dunbulls on 25 September 1549 in Dunbulls.34,35 He possessed had sasine of Cumbernauld, Boghall, Lenzie and Mosfennan baronies and Loure in Forfar and Dunbulls in Perth on 25 September 1549 in Cumbernauld, Boghall, Lenzie and Mosfennan baronies and Loure in Forfar and Dunbulls in Perth.34,36 He possessed had sasine in Overkingledoors, Overmynyen, Glenrusco, Olivercastle, Logane, Mosfennan, Quarter, Chapelgill and Cardrono, Hadington on 25 September 1549 in Overkingledoors, Overmynyen, Glenrusco, Olivercastle, Logane, Mosfennan, Quarter, Chapelgill and Cardrono, Hadington.34,3637 He possessed had a precept of clare constat from James, Earl of Morton, as heir of his father in the barony of Kilbucho and patronage of the church; sasine 16 Sep 1550 on 2 September 1550 in Kilbocho.3839 He possessed had a feu charter from Robert, Commendator of Holyrood, of the lands of Sauchton and Plewlands, the mills of Sauchton and half of Sauchtonhall, for his payments towards repairing the monastery after it was burned by the English on 5 March 1551 in Sauchton and Plewlands.40,41 He possessed had a charter from Robert Commendator of Holyrood for the lands of Plewlands and Slaughton and mill lands and multures in Midlothian in 1552 in Plewlands and Slaughton.26 He possessed was granted the ward and nonentry duties of several lands of the late William Lord Crichton of Sanquar (his brother-in-law) on 24 June 1553.422,43,4445 He possessed recieved a summons initiated by James Douglas Earl of Morton re Kilbocho in 1554 in Kilbocho.46 He possessed had a tack from Queen Mary for thirteen years of the £10 land of Henderland for £20 a year (another tack 1552) on 18 November 1554 in Henderland.47,48 He possessed was served heir to his father in the lands of Glenquotho and Quarter Chapel on 7 May 1555 in Glenquotho and Quarter Chapel.2,4950,5152 He possessed had a letter of reversion at Dunblane from Henry Drummond of Riccarton, Janet Crichton his wife and Henry their son, of Drips, Cambusdrenny, Westwood and Bad, which he had sold to them for 1200 merks on 4 September 1556 in Bady and Dripps.5354,9,92,55,56,57,58,59 He possessed on going to France assigned to his brother John reversions by William Dishington (half of Lour and Dunbulls, 500 merks), Henry Drummond of Riccarton (Drips, Cambusdrennie, Westwood and Bad, 1200 merks), James and Katherine Adamson (Auchtermony), John Gray and Katherine Auchinleck (half of Lour), Thomas Fleming and Isabel Gray (annualrents from Edmonstoun) and Margaret Hamilton (Lenzie) on 15 January 1558 in Dunbulls.60 He possessed granted Harbertshire to his brother John (later 5th Lord), redeemable by himself and the heirs male of his body (sasine 25 Feb) on 2 February 1558 in Harbertschyre.61 He possessed bound himself to his brother John, on going abroad as a commissioner for the queen's marriage, having infeft John in his lands to keep up the family, reserving his liferent and a reversion; a second similar undated obligation on 3 February 1558.62,63,64,65 He possessed had a letter of reversion from Mr Thomas Fleming, burgess of Edinburgh, of an annualrent of £32 out of Edmonstoun, redeemable for 400 merks on 3 February 1558 in Edmonston.66,67 He possessed IMPORTANT granted in favour of his brother John Fleming the Charter and precept of Sasine of his estate on 4 February 1558.6869,70,71 He possessed assigned land to "young Boghall and his other friends" on 13 March 1558 in Paris.72692,7374

Death

Sir James ("the loyal") Fleming, 4th Lord Fleming, was named an executor for the will of Sir Malcolm ("the Brave") Fleming, 3rd Lord Fleming, on 15 February 1547.2,75,76,77 Sir James ("the loyal") Fleming, 4th Lord Fleming, signed a will on 8 November 1558.78 He died probably died from malarial fever on 18 December 1558 at age ~31 in France.79,2,25,14,43,18

Citations

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