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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

Child

Son	Unknown Fleming (b. circa 1582)

Children with Lilias Graham

Daughter	Ann Fleming (d. July 1625)
Daughter	Rachel Fleming
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	Alexander Fleming+ (b. circa 1600)
Daughter	Mary Fleming (b. 1604)
Daughter	Lilias Fleming+ (b. circa 1605)

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.^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.^1,6,7,4,8 He held the title of was formally invested as Earl of Wigtown on 1 July 1606 in Perth.^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.^1,11,12
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.¹³
On 5 March 1585 John ("the Arbitrator") Fleming, 1st Earl of Wigtown and 6th Lord Fleming, was occupied as was made bailie of the barony of Denny for three years by James Sandilands, Lord Torphichen, and his tutors in Barony of Denny.¹⁴
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.^{1,15,16,17,5,18}
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.^7,16
On 30 July 1587 John ("the Arbitrator") Fleming, 1st Earl of Wigtown and 6th Lord Fleming, was occupied as was granted by King James VI the office of janitor and principal usher of the king's house and bedchamber, heritably to him and his heirs male.¹⁹
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.^1,20,21
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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.^1,23,24
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.^25,7,26
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.^27,28
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.^1,29,30
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.^1,31,32
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.^1,33
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.^1,34,35
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.^1,36
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.³⁷
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.^1,38
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.^39,40,41
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.^1,38
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.^1,42
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.^43,44

Property

John ("the Arbitrator") Fleming, 1st Earl of Wigtown and 6th Lord Fleming, possessed had been forfeited on 5 January 1574 in Baronies of Lenzie and Cumbernauld.⁴⁵ He possessed as eldest son of the late John, Lord Fleming, had a feu charter from Mark, Commendator of Newbattle, of Glentoirs for six merks 3s 4d and two bolls of multure oats (sasine 9 Mar 1575) on 21 February 1576 in Easter and Wester Glentoirs.^46,47 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.⁴⁸ 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 1579.⁴⁹ He possessed named in crown charter to James, earl of Mortoun, of the offices of admiral and sheriff of Edinburgh (forfeited by the earl of Bothuile), the lands of Grange and half Tyrie (forfeited by William Kirkcaldie) and the lands and barony of… on 24 February 1579.⁵⁰⁵¹¹ He possessed was restored to the estates which had been forfeited by his father on 7 November 1579.^{1,52,53,54,17,55,56} He possessed had a tack from King James VI of Henderland for nineteen years for £20 a year on 29 May 1580 in Henderland.⁵⁷ He possessed was retoured heir to his mother, father, uncle, and grandfather in their whole lands on 26 July 1580.^1,58 He possessed had a precept from Edward Sinclair, fiar, and Sir William Sinclair, liferenter, for infefting him as heir to his father in Castlerankine, allowed by the king under the Pacification (instrument on the king's precept 5 Sep; sasines 5 and 10 Oct 1580) on 25 September 1580 in Castlerankine.⁵⁹ 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.⁶⁰ 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 Kerse.^60,61 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.^60,62 He possessed had sasine of Sunderland in Selkirk after eight years in ward of the king on 26 September 1580 at Selkirk in Sunderland.^60,63,64 He possessed had sasine of FDunbulls in Perthshire after eight years in ward of the king on 26 September 1580 at Perth in Dunbulls.⁶⁰ 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 Baronies of Biggar and Thankerton.⁶⁰ He possessed was reinstated to the superiority in 1581 in Edmonston.^65,17^1,66,67,68^1,69 He possessed decreet in a multiplepoinding by the tenants of Edmonstoun against the Earl of Morton and Lord Maxwell finding he had the best right to their farms on 24 January 1582 in Edmonston.⁷⁰ He possessed contract with his cousin Jean Fleming and her husband John Maitland of Thirlestane: she to enter heir to her grandfather Malcolm in Thankerton and the Kerse annualrent, and give him a reversion for 2000 merks; her retour 2 May 1583 on 16 March 1582 in Thankerton.⁷¹ He possessed granted to John Fleming of Boghall a letter of reversion of the lands of Boghall, Milton and Arratshill, declaring them redeemable by 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.^72,66² He possessed had a gift of the escheat of the Commendator of Cambuskenneth on 16 September 1583.⁷³^1,74,7,75 He possessed signature by King James VI of the £10 land of Henderland, formerly held by his predecessors in tack (apparently never completed) in 1584 in Henderland.⁷⁶ He possessed had a precept of sasine from John, Earl of Morton, of the barony of Kilbucho; sasines 14 April; gift of the nonentry duties 26 May 1584 on 12 April 1584 in Kilbocho.⁷⁷ 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.^78,79 He possessed had a letter of reversion from John Wallace in Johnstoun and Isabell Fleming his spouse of an annualrent of 200 merks out of the Wester Mains of Kirkintilloch, which John, Lord Fleming had disponed to them with consent of his curators, redeemable for 200 merks on 19 July 1585 in Easter and Wester Mains of Kirkintilloch.⁸⁰ He possessed had a tack for nineteen years of the teinds of Lenzie for £80 a year from Alexander Livingstone, Commendator of Cambuskenneth, with a second tack of the same date binding him to renew for 200 merks on 4 September 1585 in Lenzie Parish.⁸¹ He possessed named in charter granted by John, Lord Fleming, to Andrew Brown of Hartree, of the lands of Hartree in 1586.⁸² He possessed named in charter by John, Lord Fleming with consent of his curators in favour of Lady Lillias Graham, only daughter to John, Earl of Montrose, Treasurer and one of the Lords of Session, his future spouse, of the barony of Auchtermeny in… in 1586.⁸³ He possessed Mungo and John Graham renounced their possession of Wester Dunbulls to him on 23 May 1586 in Dunbulls.⁸⁴ He possessed as superior gave a precept of clare constat for infefting Andrew Brown of Hartree as heir to his grandfather Andrew Brown in Logan in the barony of Glenholm in 1587 in Logan.⁸⁵ He possessed contract with Adam, Commendator of Cambuskenneth, who set him the teinds of Lenzie for £80 a year on the security of the lands of Drips; with tacks for his life and nineteen years, and to his heirs male, and a bond to renew the tacks for 300 merks of grassum on 6 February 1587 in Lenzie Parish.⁸⁶ He possessed had a letter of reversion from Sir Alexander Bruce of Airth and his third son John Bruce of an annualrent of six merks out of the barony of Lenzie, redeemable for 160 merks on 12 June 1587 in Lenzie.⁸⁷ 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 Kilbocho.^88,89 He possessed borrowed 1000 merks Scots from Alexander Bruce of Airth secured by the barony of Lenzie in 1588.^90,91 He possessed had a charter of the lands of Lenzie and Biggar united in the barony of Cumbernauld in 1589 in Cumbernauld and pertinents.⁷ He possessed was paid 5/-/- rent on Henderland in 1589 in Henderland.⁹² 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.^1,93,94 He possessed had a letter of reversion from John Geddes, brother of Charles Geddes of Rachan, of Smellhope, Urisland and the mill of Glenholm, with Havyside in Biggar in warrandice on 8 April 1589 in Smailhope in Peebleshire.⁹⁵ He possessed had letters of reversion of annualrents of £42 out of Edmonstoun, from John Jackson, merchant in Edinburgh, and from George Geddes, brother of Charles Geddes of Rachan, and Esther Fleming his spouse, each redeemable for £420 in 1590 in Edmonston.⁹⁶ He possessed was paid 5/-/- rent for Henderland in 1590 in Henderland.⁹⁷ 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.⁹⁸ He possessed named in instrument of sasine in favour of John, Lord Flemyng [Fleming], as heir of his father, John, Lord Flemyng, in the lands of Smelhope in the sheriffdom of Peiblis [Peebles] following on precept of clare constat by Charles Geddes of… on 17 September 1590.⁹⁹ He possessed borrowed 3000 merks from William Monteith of Kerse with 240 pounds payable from the barony of Lenzie until repaid on 5 October 1590 in Barony of Lenzie.^100,101 He possessed had a letter of reversion from Mr Thomas Harvie, advocate, and Alison Fleming his spouse, for 60 bolls of meal out of Easter and Wester Seymore, on payment of £1000; later William Harvie, Thomas's grandson, acknowledged payment and renounced (both wanting) on 8 October 1590 in Harbertschyre.¹⁰² He possessed was paid 5/-/-/ rent on Henderland in 1591 in Henderland.¹⁰³ He possessed had a letter of reversion from Sir John Taylor of Cumbertrees of an annualrent of victual out of Milton and Arrotshole in Kilbride, for 1800 merks; consignation 18 May 1594 and decreet of declarator of redemption 7 Mar 1594 in 1592.^104,105^1,68 He possessed was described as "fewar of Henderland" on 12 July 1593 in Henderland.¹⁰⁶ He possessed was beneficiary of a resignation of the four merk land of Dullatour on 11 August 1593 in Dullatour in Lenzie.¹⁰⁷^1,108^1,109 He possessed was granted by Parliament an extension of time to repossess his lands because he had been a minor when the original deadline expired in 1585 on 8 June 1594 in Edinburgh.^110,111¹¹² He possessed had a discharge from William Scott of bygone mails and his renunciation of nine and a half oxgangs in Biggar on 19 February 1595 in Biggar.¹¹³ He possessed John Geddes renounced his tack of Glenholm mill, Smellhope and Urisland (18 Mar 1595) and granted redemption of the wadset for 1000 merks on 11 November 1595 in Smailhope in Peebleshire.¹¹⁴ 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.^1,115,7,116 He possessed was denounced for not renouncing the lands of Kilbocko to the Earl of Mar; the gift of his escheat was made to John Stark for Lord Fleming's own behoof on 19 June 1596 in Kilbocho.¹¹⁷ He possessed granted a feu charter of half of Dunbulls to David Brown and Margaret Home his spouse for £16 a year, with a bond of warrandice and the tack of the teinds; Brown gave a bond of relief over the teinds set to John Graham of Balgowan on 14 December 1596 in Dunbulls.¹¹⁸ He possessed revoked all of the grants and concessions that he had made during his minority on 13 March 1597.¹¹⁹^{1,120,121,122}^1,123 He possessed gave a precept on which Sir Walter Forrester of Torwood had sasine of Easter Seymore on 28 November 1598 in Easter Seymore.¹²⁴ He possessed renounced Kilbucho on 12 December 1598.¹²⁵ He possessed made a contract with Sir William Sinclair of Roslin, who disponed to him the barony of Harbertshire for 14,000 merks; Sinclair's charter of 25 Jul 1600 to him and Lady Lilias Graham his spouse (sasine 30 Apr 1602); discharge for 7000 merks, 19 Nov 1601 on 25 June 1600 in Harbertschyre.¹²⁶¹²⁷ He possessed named in tack by Alexander Flemyng, parson and vicar of the parish kirk of Glenquhom, with consent of the General Assembly, and of John, Lord Flemyng, his patron, to John, Master of Flemyng, son and apparent heir of said Lord Flemyng, for… on 5 December 1600.¹²⁸ He possessed had a letter of reversion from Alexander and Thomas Somerveills for Overcroy in Lenzie, redeemable for 800 merks on 5 January 1601 in Overcroy within Lenzie.¹²⁹ 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 1602.¹³⁰¹³¹ He possessed had a letter of reversion from Malcolm Fleming of Cardrona of Smellhope and Glenholm for 2000 merks on 14 June 1604 in Smailhope in Peebleshire.¹³²¹³³ He possessed Mr Thomas Rollock (Rollo), advocate, and Grizel Scott his spouse renounced to him and his lady Westwood in Kincardine and Castlerankine, Brakenleys, Doups and Cowdounhill, held under a reversion for 3000 merks on 26 October 1605 in Castlerankine.¹³⁴ He possessed was granted a charter of redemption of the lands of Kirkintilloch and others, by Kilsyth on 26 October 1605.¹³⁵ He possessed named in bond by William McKennell of Hillhouse, sheriff clerk of Ayr in favour of Robert Graham of Auchinhowie, restricting the absolute warrandice contained in a contract of vendition of several lands in Carrick made between William and… on 4 January 1606.¹³⁶ He possessed had a liferent tack of the teinds of Biggar from Mr Thomas Campbell, parson and vicar, for four chalders of oatmeal; decreet of the Lords of Session 17 Dec 1607 for him and his son against the heritors and tenants on 13 February 1607 in Biggar.¹³⁷ He possessed owned the superiority over these lands on 11 September 1608 in Harbertschyre.¹³⁸¹³⁹ He possessed renounced these lands to William Earl of Morton following a devreet of 19 Jul 1594 on 20 June 1609 in Kilbocho.¹⁴⁰ He possessed had sasine in these lands on 15 July 1609 in Barony of Denny.^141,142^143,144,145^146,7 He possessed as superior granted a precept of clare constat to Gilbert Brown of Hartree, grandson of Andrew Brown, for the lands of Logan on 6 May 1611.¹⁴⁷ He possessed consented to his brother-in-law James Forrester renouncing reversionary rights over lands formerly held on 16 June 1612.¹⁴⁸ He possessed resigned his feudal superiority in this land on 19 March 1613 in Half a tenement in Biggar.¹⁴⁹ He possessed granted his son John, Master of Wigtown, and Lady Margaret Livingstone a charter of Glentoirs under their marriage contract, reserving his liferent (sasine 13 Sep 1613, with Harbertshire, Drips, Smailhope and Bad) on 6 July 1613 in Easter and Wester Glentoirs.¹⁵⁰ He possessed granted his son John, Master of Wigtown, and his lady Margaret Livingstone a charter a me of his Harbertshire lands (sasine 18 Sep 1613) on 16 July 1613 in Harbertschyre.¹⁵¹ 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.¹⁵² He possessed leased the Mains of Cumbernauld to John Fleming in April 1614 at Mains of Cumbernauld in Cumbernauld.¹⁵³¹⁵⁴ 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 1614.¹⁵⁵ He possessed sold the Barony of Denny to John Kneland of Tannochie on 31 December 1615 in Barony of Denny.^156,157¹⁵⁸ 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.^1,159 He possessed granted several estates to his son, master of Wigtown, and his heirs on 23 December 1618.¹⁶⁰¹⁶¹ He possessed consented, as patron of the chaplainry of the Virgin Mary at Kirkintilloch, to the chaplain Thomas Stark's feu charter of the mill called Mill Duntillie to his son and heir John Fleming, master of Wigtown on 28 April 1619 at Mill Duntillie in Kirkintilloch.¹⁶² He possessed James Inglis, Provost of Glasgow, disponed to him the mill of the barony of Denny with its multures (resignation 10 Aug 1619) on 5 August 1619 in Barony of Denny.¹⁶³

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.¹⁶⁴ John ("the Arbitrator") Fleming, 1st Earl of Wigtown and 6th Lord Fleming, signed a will on 1 November 1615.^1,165 He died after 12 August 1619.^{1,7,3,166,167} He had his estate probated on 17 April 1628.¹⁶⁸

Citations

[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), Charter 127.
[S60] Bernard Burke, A Genealogical History of the Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited and Extinct Peerages of the British Empire (London: Harrison, 1866), Fleming, Earl of Wigton, p 218-19; online image, Internet Archive (https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_K3MaAAAAYAAJ/page/n7/mode/2up?q=fleming : accessed 27 February 2025.
[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 547.
[S132] Thomas Watson, Kirkintilloch: Town and Parish (Glasgow: John Smith and Son, 1894), p 34.
[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 174.
[S83] George Vere Irving, The upper ward of Lanarkshire described and delineated (Glasgow: Thomas Murray and Son, 1864), vol i, p 325; online image, Internet Archive (https://archive.org/details/upperwardoflanar02irvi/page/n9/mode/2up : accessed 28 March 2025.
[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 August 2025), p xvii.
[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 175 & 176.
[S21] George Crawford, The Peerage of Scotland: Containing an Historical and Genealogical account of the Nobility of that Kingdom (Edinburgh: George Stewart, 1716), p 491-499, Fleming, Earl of Wigtown.
[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 295.
[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 308.
[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 August 2025), p 613.
[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 744.
[S68] KM Brown and others, Records of the Parliaments of Scotland to 1707, online (St Andrews: University of St Andrews, between 2007 and 2025), 1587/7/3; online transcription and translation, (https://www.rps.ac.uk/ : accessed 11 March 2025.
[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 1327, p 455; online image, Internet Archive, archive.org (https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=njp.32101038096846&seq=7&q1=flemyng : viewed 14 April 2025.
[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 545.
[S157] Thomas Thomson and Cosmo Innes, editors, The Acts of the Parliaments of Scotland: 12 vols in 13 (Edinburgh: Record Commission, between 1814 and 1875), vol iii, p 427-429; online image, Hathitrust, Hathitrust (https://babel.hathitrust.org/ : viewed 3 November 2026.
[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 296.
[S2] Various contributors, "Wikipaedia," database, Commons, Wikipaedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/: 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 August 2025), p 536.
[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 1985, p 673; online image, Internet Archive, archive.org (https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=njp.32101038096846&seq=7&q1=flemyng : viewed 14 April 2025.
[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 August 2025), p x, xxi, xxx.
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