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Agnes Fleming, of Bord

b. circa 1570

Birth

Agnes Fleming, of Bord, was born circa 1570.

Parents

Father

John ("presumably a younger son of William Fleming of Bord") Fleming, of Bord (b. circa 1547, d. before 27 October 1597)

Child with John Lindsay, the younger of Covington (b. circa 1565)

Daughter

George Lindsay, of Covington (b. circa 1600)

Property

Agnes Fleming, of Bord, possessed had a precept of clare constat from John, Lord Fleming, of the lands of Bord, Croy and others in Lenzie, and of Nether Auchinreoch in the parish of Campsie on 30 January 1598 in Bord.^1,2,3,4 She possessed resigned the lands of Bord to John Lord Fleming on 1 February 1598 in Bord.^1,5 She possessed with her future husband John Lindsay younger of Covington had sasine of Cowburn in the barony of Ballernock on a charter by John Lindsay elder of Covington under their marriage contract on 24 February 1598.⁶⁷

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 157-8.
[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 292.
[S169] Eric Robertson Collection of Fleming Family Charters (Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library), "MSS gen ovs 3," Item 5.10, 30 January 1597/8, Cumbernauld Castle. John, Lord Fleming, precept of clare constat for Agnes Fleming, daughter and heir of the late John Fleming of Bord, in Bord, Croy, Croyhill, the Ballochs, the Ardries and Nether Auchinreoch; University of Toronto, Canada.
[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 159-166.
[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 598.
[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 605.

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Last Edited

5 May 2025