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John ("the Arbitrator") Fleming, 1st Earl of Wigtown and 6th Lord Fleming

b. 1567, d. after 12 August 1619

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Birth

John ("the Arbitrator") Fleming, 1st Earl of Wigtown and 6th Lord Fleming, was born in 1567.¹

Parents

Father	Sir John ("the Defiant") Fleming, 5th Lord Fleming (b. circa 1528, d. 6 September 1572)
Mother	Elizabeth Ross, sole heiress of Ross (b. circa 1542, d. after 14 April 1578)

Family life

John ("the Arbitrator") Fleming, 1st Earl of Wigtown and 6th Lord Fleming, and Lilias Graham entered into a marriage contract on 20 May 1579.^2,3 He and Sarah ("relict of Sir James Johnston of Johnston") Maxwell, eldest daughter of John Lord Herries, were married after 6 April 1608.¹

Children with Lilias Graham

Daughter	Ann Fleming (d. July 1625)
Daughter	Rachel Fleming (d. after December 1624)
Daughter	Jean ("Johanna") Fleming, Lady Loudon (b. 1588, d. March 1612)
Son	John ("the Covenanter") Fleming, 2nd Earl of Wigtown, 7th Lord Fleming+ (b. before 5 December 1589, d. 7 May 1650)
Son	James Fleming, of Boghall+ (b. after 1589, d. October 1623)
Daughter	Margaret Fleming+ (b. circa 1590, d. before 6 June 1622)
Son	Malcolm Fleming, of Cardone+ (b. after 1590)
Son	Alexander Fleming+ (b. circa 1600)
Daughter	Mary Fleming (b. 1604)
Daughter	Lilias Fleming+ (b. circa 1605)

Child

Son	Unknown Fleming (b. circa 1582)

Children with Sarah ("relict of Sir James Johnston of Johnston") Maxwell, eldest daughter of John Lord Herries, (d. 29 March 1636)

Daughter	Sarah Fleming (b. circa 1609)
Daughter	Jean Fleming (b. circa 1610, d. 21 December 1638)

Residence information

John ("the Arbitrator") Fleming, 1st Earl of Wigtown and 6th Lord Fleming, went to London as a member of the Scottish Council after the king ascended the English throne in London in 1603. Lord Fleming was a great favourite of James VI., and received from him many tokens of his respect. After James ascended the English throne, Lord Fleming was one of the Scottish noblemen who were permitted to visit the court in London. He was appointed one of the members of the Scottish Council that sat in the English capital;^4,5

Titles

John ("the Arbitrator") Fleming, 1st Earl of Wigtown and 6th Lord Fleming, held the title of was advanced to the dignity of EARL OF WIGTOWN, LORD FLEMING AND CUMBERNAULD by patent dated at Whitehall, with remainder to his heirs-male of lawful and lineal descent on 19 March 1606 at Whitehall in London. with remainder to his heirs-male -of lawful and lineal descent

Hunter
The King, to mark his appreciation of Lord Fleming's services and attachment to the throne, created him Earl of Wigton, Lord Fleming of Biggar and Cumbernauld, by letters patent, dated at Whitehall 19th March 1606. This dignity was "to last and continue" to him, and his heirs male of lawful and lineal descent, in all time to come.

He appeared in only 16 sederunts between 1604 and 1607.^1,6,7,4,8 He held the title of was formally invested as Earl of Wigtown on 1 July 1606 in Perth. King James VI intended to grant him the lands of Galloway that had been formerly hald by Malcolm Eral of Wigtown, given him nby King David II, but this document was never signed by the king.

Hunter
Lord Fleming, in presence of a number of Scottish barons, assembled at Perth on the 1st of July following, delivered the warrant for this honour, under the sign-manual, to the Earl of Montrose, his Majesty's Commissioner, and received investiture in due and ancient form. In the first place, his banner was displayed, and he himself was brought forward attired in his appropriate robes, and supported by two noblemen; and then, after the ceremony of " belting," or girding his person with a sword, had been performed, the heralds, with a flare of trumpets, proclaimed his new style and titles.^1,9,3,4,10

Working life

On 18 September 1583 John ("the Arbitrator") Fleming, 1st Earl of Wigtown and 6th Lord Fleming, was occupied as was appointed by the King as Usher or Janitor of the Royal House for his lifetime.¹
On 7 December 1583 John ("the Arbitrator") Fleming, 1st Earl of Wigtown and 6th Lord Fleming, was occupied as attended a convention of the Estates in Holyrood House.¹¹
On 13 July 1587 John ("the Arbitrator") Fleming, 1st Earl of Wigtown and 6th Lord Fleming, was occupied as attended Parliament and had his appointment by the King as Usher or Janitor of the Royal House for his lifetime confirmed. In 1587, Lord Fleming was appointed to the office of chief gatekeeper and guardian of the house and bed-chamber of the King.

Hunter
We give this incident in the words of the venerable historian, David Moysie : — " The Parliament," says he, " beguid the xiij day of the monethe of Julij, quhair his Majestie accumpanied with his nobilitie red to the tolbuithe of Edinburgh. Bot befoir his vnlooping thaire arrose ane heiche contentioun betuix the erles of Crafurde and Bothuell, the lordis Fleming, Settoun, Home, and Innermeithe, anent thaire woites. The Counsell sat thairvpone, and fand that the erle of Crafurde sould have the prioritie of woite, and that the lord Flemyng sould have the woite afoir the rest of the lordis. Qubairvpone the Lord Home challendgit the Lord Flemyng with the singular combat, quho wer not suffered to fecht, albeit they were baith weill willing."^1,12,13,14,5
On 30 July 1587 John ("the Arbitrator") Fleming, 1st Earl of Wigtown and 6th Lord Fleming, was occupied as had a charter of the king as chief of the gatekeepers and guardians of the house and bedchamber of the king, a traditional office of the Lords Fleming since beyond the memory of men. THE KING, — because JOHN LORD FLEMYNG and his predecessors were, beyond the memory of men, the principal doorkeepers of the royal house and chamber, and having given good proof of their service in the said office, — appointed the said Jo., and his heirs male, hereditarily, — the principal doorkeepers and keepers of his house and chamber ; — • for the use of which office he granted them fees etc. incumbent upon the said office ; — with power to make deputies &c. : — Test, as in other charters &c. xxxvii. 239^7,13
On 2 October 1590 John ("the Arbitrator") Fleming, 1st Earl of Wigtown and 6th Lord Fleming, was occupied as Ambassador for Scotland to Christian IV of Denmark and to Johann VII, Duke of Mecklenburg and Henry Julius, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg in Denmark.^1,15,16
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On 14 December 1598 John ("the Arbitrator") Fleming, 1st Earl of Wigtown and 6th Lord Fleming, was occupied as was admitted a member of the Privy Council, but rarely attended. The PC was slimmed down to 31 members, including Lord Fleming.^1,18,19
On 9 July 1606 John ("the Arbitrator") Fleming, 1st Earl of Wigtown and 6th Lord Fleming, was occupied as was appointed on of the commissioners regarding the erections of temporal lordships and baronies in Edinburgh. Lanarkshire - was named one of the Commission for the Plantation of Kirks ^20,7
On 11 August 1607 John ("the Arbitrator") Fleming, 1st Earl of Wigtown and 6th Lord Fleming, was occupied as was reappointed one of the commissioners for erections and ministers' stipends in Edinburgh.²¹
Between 26 July 1608 and 30 July 1608 John ("the Arbitrator") Fleming, 1st Earl of Wigtown and 6th Lord Fleming, was occupied as assessor to the Earl of Dunbar, Lord High Commissioner to the General Assembly of the Kirk in Linlithgow. The Roman Catholics in the north of Scotland, under the direction of the Earls of Huntly, Angus, and Errol, had, in the early part of 1608, shown considerable dissatisfaction, and a disposition to disturb the peace of the realm. A General Assembly was therefore convened at Linlithgow in the month of July of that year, by the King's command, at which several strong resolutions were passed against them, and a committee appointed to lay a petition before his Majesty, praying for the enforcement of the laws against Popery. The Earl of Wigton was chosen a member of this committee ; and the King, in reply to the petition drawn up and presented by the Earl and his colleagues, said that he "would give order for a Convention of Estates, which should ratifie the conclusions of the Assembly, assuring them that the Church, keeping that course, should never lack his patrociny and protection.

It is apparent the Wigtown was pro-Reformation and anti-Catholic at this point.^1,22,23
On 4 March 1609 John ("the Arbitrator") Fleming, 1st Earl of Wigtown and 6th Lord Fleming, was occupied as assessor to the Justice in the trial of Lord Balmerino in St Andrews.^1,24,25
On 16 March 1609 John ("the Arbitrator") Fleming, 1st Earl of Wigtown and 6th Lord Fleming, was occupied as commissioned by the Privy Council to reconcile Lord Sempill and the Earl of Glencairn. For success in this endeavour he received the Council's thanks 1 June 1609.^1,26
In May 1609 John ("the Arbitrator") Fleming, 1st Earl of Wigtown and 6th Lord Fleming, was occupied as appointed as one of the Lords of the Articles in the Parliament.^1,27
Between 4 May 1609 and 5 May 1609 John ("the Arbitrator") Fleming, 1st Earl of Wigtown and 6th Lord Fleming, was occupied as commissioner for the King in the clerical conferences at Falkland.^1,28
In June 1609 John ("the Arbitrator") Fleming, 1st Earl of Wigtown and 6th Lord Fleming, was occupied as was appoined as JP for Stirlingshire, Clackmannshire, Lanarkshire, Dumfriesshire and Dunbartonshire.²⁹
On 13 June 1609 John ("the Arbitrator") Fleming, 1st Earl of Wigtown and 6th Lord Fleming, was occupied as commissioned to report on the complaints against Patrick, Earl of Orkney.^1,30
On 20 January 1610 John ("the Arbitrator") Fleming, 1st Earl of Wigtown and 6th Lord Fleming, was occupied as reappointed a member of Privy Council.¹
On 13 February 1610 John ("the Arbitrator") Fleming, 1st Earl of Wigtown and 6th Lord Fleming, was occupied as was appointed by the King to a reduced Privy Council as a non-ministerial member in Edinburgh. His Majesty, it appears, had found the existing Privy Council of his Scottish realm too unwieldy, over ninety nominal members of it "of all estaits and conditiounis," some of them of rather shady character, and many of them attending only when it suited their convenience. In future, therefore, the Council was to consist of thirty-five persons and no more, specially nominated by his Majesty, and of whom seven were to be a quorum. This Council was to hold two ordinary meet-ings every week, -on Tuesdays for matters of State, and on Thursdays for judicial business; none except the Councillors themselves and the Clerk of Council were to be present at the meetings; and any Councillor who should be absent from four consecutive meetings without leave, or should allow himself to remain at the horn for debt or any other cause unrelaxed for forty days, or should not give proof of good character and sound church-manship by receiving the communion at least once a year, was ipso facto to be deprived of his office. The persons nominated by his Majesty to constitute the new Council under these conditions they are called thirty-five in the Royal Letter, but are only thirty-four^31,32,33
On 15 February 1610 John ("the Arbitrator") Fleming, 1st Earl of Wigtown and 6th Lord Fleming, was occupied as appointed as one of the Ecclesiastical High Commissioners anfd granted leave for two months.^1,30
On 14 June 1610 John ("the Arbitrator") Fleming, 1st Earl of Wigtown and 6th Lord Fleming, was occupied as entrusted with the transportation of Sir John Bruce of Airth from Stirling Castle to Edinburgh Castle.¹
On 15 November 1610 John ("the Arbitrator") Fleming, 1st Earl of Wigtown and 6th Lord Fleming, was occupied as appointed a Commissioner of Exchequer in Whitehall. He was one of six royal commissioners in the business of the now conjoined offices of the Treasurership, nthe Comptrollership and the Collectorship. This probably coincided with the return of the Treasurer, Earl Dunbar, to England. After his death two more were added to the commission, but Wigton lost his place.^1,34
On 8 June 1612 John ("the Arbitrator") Fleming, 1st Earl of Wigtown and 6th Lord Fleming, was occupied as was appointed to commissions for the peace for Dumfriesshire and Lanarkshire.^35,36

Property

John ("the Arbitrator") Fleming, 1st Earl of Wigtown and 6th Lord Fleming, possessed had been forfeited on 5 January 1574 in Barony of Lenzie and Cumbernauld.³⁷ He possessed remained in the possession of Fleming of Biggar William Stark of Dillatour and others despite having been forfeited to the king who had appointed John Livingstone of Donipace as his chamberlain, factor and baillie for these lands on 29 July 1578 in Lenzie, Ochtermony, Thankerton and Biggar.³⁸ He possessed was directed by the Privy Council to divide his later father's estate into six parts, five for his children and one for his niece Jane Fleming daughter and heiress of James Lord Fleming on 5 January 1579.³⁹⁴⁰¹ He possessed was restored to the estates which had been forfeited by his father on 7 November 1579.^{1,41,42,43,14,44} He possessed was retoured heir to his mother, father, uncle, and grandfather in their whole lands on 26 July 1580.^1,45 He possessed had sasine of the baronies of Thankertoun and Biggar aftert eight years in ward of the king on 26 September 1580 at Lanark in Baronys of Thankertoun and Biggar.⁴⁶ He possessed had sasine of FDunbulls in Perthshire after eight years in ward of the king on 26 September 1580 at Perth in Dunbulls.⁴⁶ He possessed had sasine of Sunderland in Selkirk after eight years in ward of the king on 26 September 1580 at Selkirk in Sunderland.^46,47 He possessed had sasine in Overkingledoors, Overmynyen, Glenrusco, Olivercastle, the mill of Urrisland, Logan, Quarter, Chapelgill and Cardron, Frisselland within Hadington on 26 September 1580 at Peebles in Overkingledoors, Overmynyen, Glenrusco, Olivercastle, the mill of Urrisland, Logan, Quarter, Chapelgill and Cardron, Frisselland within Hadington.⁴⁶ He possessed had sasine in the whole and entire lands of Kers with the appurtenances, belonging to the abbot and convent of the Holy Cross on 26 September 1580 at Stirling in Abbeylands of Kers.⁴⁶ He possessed had sasine in Auchtermony, Lenzie, Kirkintilloch, Cumbernauld after eight years in ward of the king on 26 September 1580 at Dumbarton in Auchtermony, Lenzie, Kirkintilloch, Cumbernauld.⁴⁶ He possessed was reinstated to the superiority in 1581 in Edmonstoun.^48,14^1,49,50,51^1,52 He possessed granted a letter of reversion of granting the lands of Boghall, Milton and Arratshill, lying in manner therein mentioned, to be redeemable to the said John Fleming and the heirs male of his body, for a rose noble on 10 May 1582 in Boghall and Milltown and Arretshole.^53,49²^1,54,7,55 He possessed was granted by the king and Parliament pacification and reinstatement of all property previously held by his father as if this property had never been forfeit on 22 May 1584 in Edinburgh.⁵⁶ He possessed submitted before Parliament to adjudicate on any contorversy between him and Archibald Douglas over the land of Kilbucho on 29 July 1587 in Kilbucho.⁵⁷ He possessed was paid 5/-/- rent on Henderland in 1589 in Henderland.⁵⁸ He possessed had a charter of the lands of Lenzie and Biggar united in the barony of Cumbernauld in 1589 in Cumbernauld.⁷ He possessed had a charter of his whole lands therein mentioned erected into a lordship and barony, to be called the lordship of Cumbernauld, and the towns of Biggar and Kirkintilloch into burghs of barony on 18 January 1589 in Holyrood Abbey.^1,59,60 He possessed was paid 5/-/- rent for Henderland in 1590 in Henderland.⁶¹ He possessed granted a charter to William Stark of Auchinstarie in liferent and William Stark his grandchild in fee of the two merk land of Dullatour on 21 July 1590 in Dullatour in Lenzie.⁶² He possessed was paid 5/-/-/ rent on Henderland in 1591 in Henderland.⁶³^1,51 He possessed was described as "fewar of Henderland" on 12 July 1593 in Henderland.⁶⁴ He possessed was beneficiary of a resignation of the four merk land of Dullatour on 11 August 1593 in Dullatour in Lenzie.⁶⁵¹^1,66⁶⁷ He possessed had a charter of his lands on his own resignation for new infeftment to himself and the heirs-male of his body, whom failing, Alexander Fleming of Barrochan and the heirs-male of his body, whom failing, to his own nearest heirs-male whatsoever bearing the arms and surname of Fleming, on 31 January 1596 in all his lands.^1,68,7,69 He possessed lost the lands of Kilbocko by escheat to John Stark on 19 June 1596 in Kilbotho.⁷⁰ He possessed revoked all of the grants and concessions that he had made during his minority on 13 March 1597.⁷¹^1,72^1,73⁷⁴ He possessed had a letter of reversion from Alexander and Thomas Somerveills for Overcroy in Lenzie, redeemable for 800 merks on 5 January 1602 in Overcroy within Lenzie.⁷⁵ He possessed paid a tocher of 8000 merks to John Lindsay of Covington upon his marriage to Agnes daughter of John Fleming of Bord on 13 November 1602.⁷⁶⁷⁷ He possessed was granted a charter of redemption of the lands of Kirkintilloch and others, by Kilsyth on 26 October 1605.⁷⁸ He possessed owned the superiority over these lands on 11 September 1608 in Harbertschyre.⁷⁹⁸⁰ He possessed renounced these lands to William Earl of Morton following a devreet of 19 Jul 1594 on 20 June 1609 in Kilbocho.⁸¹ He possessed had sasine in these lands on 15 July 1609 in Barony of Denny.⁸²^83,84^85,7 He possessed consented to his brother-in-law James Forrester renouncing reversionary rights over lands formerly held on 16 June 1612.⁸⁶ He possessed resigned his feudal superiority in this land on 19 March 1613 in Half a tenement in Biggar.⁸⁷ He possessed appealed to the king to intervene in a legal dispute with John Gib about Wigtown's right to the patronage of the Kirk of Glenquhome on 6 October 1613 in Kirk of Glenquhome.⁸⁸⁸⁹ He possessed was granted a charter of the office of keeper of the king's house, numerous land estates, burghs, fishing rights and limiting his legal liability to that imposed by the courts of Dumbarton on 25 August 1614.⁹⁰ He possessed sold the Barony of Denny to John Kneland of Tannochie on 31 December 1615 in Barony of Denny.⁹¹⁹² He possessed granted several estates to his son, master of Wigtown, and his heirs on 23 December 1618.⁹³ He possessed executed a revocation of several deeds granted by him in favour of Sarah Maxwell, since her marriage to him, alleged to have been obtained by her craft and circumvention on 23 December 1618.^1,94 He possessed granted the fee of Mill Duntillie as Patron of the Chapelry of the Virgin Mary at Kirkintilloch to his son and heir John Fleming master of Wigtown on 28 April 1619 at Mill Duntillie in Kirkintilloch.⁹⁵

Death

John ("the Arbitrator") Fleming, 1st Earl of Wigtown and 6th Lord Fleming, was named an executor for the will of John Graham, 4th Earl of Montrose, on 31 December 1612 in Montrose. and keeper of the children after the decease of the Countess⁹⁶ John ("the Arbitrator") Fleming, 1st Earl of Wigtown and 6th Lord Fleming, signed a will on 1 November 1615.^1,97 He died after 12 August 1619.^1,7,3,98,99

Citations

[S28] Sir James Balfour Paul, The Scots Peerage, vol viii, Fleming Earl of Wigtown pages 519 - 558
[S17] Francis J Grant (Ed), Charter Chest of the Earldom of Wigtown, Charter 127
[S60] Bernard Burke, A Genealogical History of the Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited and Extinct Peerages of the British Empire, Fleming, Earl of Wigton, p 218-19
[S5] William Hunter, Biggar and the House of Fleming, p 547
[S132] Thomas Watson, Kirkintilloch, p 34
[S17] Francis J Grant (Ed), Charter Chest of the Earldom of Wigtown, Charter 174
[S83] George Vere Irving, The upper ward of Lanarkshire described and delineated, vol i, p 325
[S148] editor David Masson, "John Fleming, Lord Fleming," The Register of the Privy Council of Scotland, vol iii, 1578-1585 (1885), online image (https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uiug.30112079780349&seq=21 : viewed 11 Aug 2025), p xvii.
[S17] Francis J Grant (Ed), Charter Chest of the Earldom of Wigtown, Charters 175 & 176
[S21] George Crawford, The Peerage of Scotland, p 491-499, Fleming, Earl of Wigtown
[S148] editor P Hume Brown, "Sederunt," The Register of the Privy Council of Scotland, vol iii, 1578-1585 (1877), online image (https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uiug.30112079780356&seq=707 : viewed 11 Aug 2025), p 613.
[S68] KM Brown and others, Records of the Parliaments of Scotland to 1707, 1587/7/3
[S43] Scotland Court of Exchequer, Registrum Magni Sigilli Regum Scotorum, vol v, ch 1327, p 455
[S5] William Hunter, Biggar and the House of Fleming, p 545
[S2] Various contributors, Various contributors, "Wikipaedia," database, Commons, Wikipaedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/: accessed ), ., online; 12 November 2023; John Fleming, 1st Earl of Wigtown at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Fleming,_1st_Earl_of_Wigtown
[S148] editor David Masson, "Act in favour of Lord Fleming," The Register of the Privy Council of Scotland, vol iv, 1585-1592 (1881), online image (https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015073339064&seq=614 : viewed 11 Aug 2025), p 536.
[S43] Scotland Court of Exchequer, Registrum Magni Sigilli Regum Scotorum, vol v, ch 1985, p 673
[S148] editor David Masson, "Cassilis," The Register of the Privy Council of Scotland, vol vi, 1599-1604 (1884), online image (https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=msu.31293027205818&seq=40 : viewed 14 Aug 2025), p x, xxi, xxx.
[S148] editor David Masson, "Privy Council for the future," The Register of the Privy Council of Scotland, vol v, 1592-1599 (1882), online image (https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=msu.31293027205800&seq=609 : viewed 14 Aug 2025), p 500.
[S68] KM Brown and others, Records of the Parliaments of Scotland to 1707, 1605/6/52
[S68] KM Brown and others, Records of the Parliaments of Scotland to 1707, 1607/3/16
[S5] William Hunter, Biggar and the House of Fleming, p 548
[S148] editor David Masson, "Edinburgh 2 Aug," The Register of the Privy Council of Scotland, vol viii, 1607-1610 (1882), online image (https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=msu.31293027205834&seq=242 : viewed 14 Aug 2025), p 139, note 1.
[S85] Robert Pitcairn, Criminal Trials in Scotland, vol ii, part ii, p 574
[S148] editor David Masson, "Countess of Casillis and Lord Balmero's trial," The Register of the Privy Council of Scotland, vol viii, 1607-1610 (1882), online image (https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=msu.31293027205834&seq=358 : viewed 14 Aug 2025), p 256-257.
[S148] editor David Masson, "Lord Semple," The Register of the Privy Council of Scotland, vol viii, 1607-1610 (1882), online image (https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=msu.31293027205834&seq=365 : viewed 14 Aug 2025), p 263, 292, 585.
[S148] editor David Masson, "Acta 1609," The Register of the Privy Council of Scotland, vol viii, 1607-1610 (1882), online image (https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=msu.31293027205834&seq=402 : viewed 14 Aug 2025), p 304.
[S148] editor David Masson, "Edinburgh," The Register of the Privy Council of Scotland, vol viii, 1607-1610 (1882), online image (https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=msu.31293027205834&seq=383 : viewed 14 Aug 2025), p 281, note 1.
[S148] editor David Masson, "List of commissioners," The Register of the Privy Council of Scotland, vol ix, 1610-1613 (1885), online image (https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uiug.30112089254848&seq=187 : viewed 11 Aug 2025), p 76-77.
[S148] editor David Masson, "Courts of High Commission," The Register of the Privy Council of Scotland, vol viii, 1607-1610 (1882), online image (https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=msu.31293027205834&seq=520 : viewed 14 Aug 2025), p 418, 421, 441, 461.
[S148] editor David Masson, "Non-ministerial members," The Register of the Privy Council of Scotland, vol ix, 1610-1613 (1885), online image (https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uiug.30112089254848&seq=11 : viewed 11 Aug 2025), p vii.
[S148] editor David Masson, "Edinburgh 15 Feb," The Register of the Privy Council of Scotland, vol viii, 1607-1610 (1882), online image (https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=msu.31293027205834&seq=516 : viewed 14 Aug 2025), p 414.
[S148] editor David Masson, ", "," The Register of the Privy Council of Scotland, online image (: accessed ).," The Register of the Privy Council of Scotland, vol viii, 1607-1610 (1882), online image (https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=msu.31293027205834&seq=516 : viewed 14 Aug 2025), p xii, 617, 815.
[S148] editor David Masson, "Whitehall Royal commission," The Register of the Privy Council of Scotland, vol ix, 1610-1613 (1885), online image (https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uiug.30112089254848&seq=197 : viewed 11 Aug 2025), p 85.
[S148] editor David Masson, "Commissioners," The Register of the Privy Council of Scotland, vol ix, 1610-1613 (1885), online image (https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uiug.30112089254848&seq=599 : viewed 11 Aug 2025), p 419, 488.
[S148] editor David Masson, "Commission of Peace for Dumfriesshire, Lanarkshire," The Register of the Privy Council of Scotland, vol x, 1613-1616 (1882), online image (https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=msu.31293027205859&seq=195 : viewed 14 Aug 2025), p 73, 211, 266.
[S148] editor P Hume Brown, "Stirling 6 January," The Register of the Privy Council of Scotland, vol ii, 1569-1578 (1877), online image (https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uiug.30112089254764&seq=439 : viewed 11 Aug 2025), p 321.
[S148] editor P Hume Brown, "Livingston of Dunipace against Fleming of Biggar," The Register of the Privy Council of Scotland, vol iii, 1578-1585 (1877), online image (https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uiug.30112079780356&seq=134 : viewed 11 Aug 2025), p 40.
[S148] editor P Hume Brown, "Complaint by Jean Fleming," The Register of the Privy Council of Scotland, vol iii, 1578-1585 (1877), online image (https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uiug.30112079780356&seq=347 : viewed 11 Aug 2025), p 253.
[S148] editor P Hume Brown, "Caution by Sir James Maxwell," The Register of the Privy Council of Scotland, vol iii, 1578-1585 (1877), online image (https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uiug.30112079780356&seq=134 : viewed 11 Aug 2025), p 220-221.
[S17] Francis J Grant (Ed), Charter Chest of the Earldom of Wigtown, Charter 121
[S83] George Vere Irving, The upper ward of Lanarkshire described and delineated, vol i, p 324
[S83] George Vere Irving, The upper ward of Lanarkshire described and delineated, vol i, p 32
[S148] editor P Hume Brown, "George Dougla of Parkhead," The Register of the Privy Council of Scotland, vol iii, 1578-1585 (1877), online image (https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uiug.30112079780356&seq=134 : viewed 11 Aug 2025), p 231.
[S17] Francis J Grant (Ed), Charter Chest of the Earldom of Wigtown, Charter 122-5
[S44] Scotland Court of Exchequer, Rotuli scaccarii regum Scotorum, vol 21, p 436-7
[S64] Cosmos Nelson Innes, Origines Parochiales Scotiae, vol i, p 275
[S83] George Vere Irving, The upper ward of Lanarkshire described and delineated, vol i, p 330
[S25] William M Metcalfe, A History of the County of Renfrew, p 417
[S43] Scotland Court of Exchequer, Registrum Magni Sigilli Regum Scotorum, vol v, ch 389, p 121
[S5] William Hunter, Biggar and the House of Fleming, p 483
[S43] Scotland Court of Exchequer, Registrum Magni Sigilli Regum Scotorum, vol v, ch 290, p 95
[S17] Francis J Grant (Ed), Charter Chest of the Earldom of Wigtown, Charter 126
[S44] Scotland Court of Exchequer, Rotuli scaccarii regum Scotorum, vol 21, p 484
[S43] Scotland Court of Exchequer, Registrum Magni Sigilli Regum Scotorum, vol v, ch 622, p 193
[S68] KM Brown and others, Records of the Parliaments of Scotland to 1707, 1584/5/38
[S68] KM Brown and others, Records of the Parliaments of Scotland to 1707, 1587/7/82
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