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Captain John Fleming, of Boghall

b. circa 1507

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Stirling Castle, where Captain John Fleming of Boghall was imprisoned

Birth

Captain John Fleming, of Boghall, was born circa 1507.

Parents

FatherWilliam Fleming, of Boghall (b. circa 1483)
MotherElizabeth Brisbane (b. circa 1482)

Child with Margaret Hamilton (b. circa 1500)

SonJohn Fleming, young laird of Boghall (b. circa 1525)

Working life

  • In 1563 Captain John Fleming, of Boghall, was occupied as Falconer.1
  • He served in the military as was pronounced a rebel and put to the horn while Robert Lord Semple was commissioned by the Privy Council to intromit with Boghall on 24 May 1568 in Boghall Castle.2
  • 3
  • He witnessed the military service of Sir John ("the Defiant") Fleming, 5th Lord Fleming, on 2 April 1571 in Dumbarton Castle.4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11
  • 4,5,6,12,10
  • In 1578 Captain John Fleming, of Boghall, was occupied as captain in Biggar.7

Property

Captain John Fleming, of Boghall, possessed.134,14,15,16,17,181920 He possessed had sasine of Boghall on 26 August 1559 in Boghall.21 He possessed served heir to his father on 16 September 1559 in Boghall.422 He possessed had a charter of the king and queen in the ancient lands of North Syntoun with castles, towers, forts, advowsons of churches, benefices and chapelties, tenants on 2 December 1566 at Roxburgshire in North Syntoun.234,24,7,25,26 He possessed his erstwhile property of Boghall and Milton was given to James Cunningham master of Glencairn in July 1578 in Boghall and Milton.2728 He possessed on 28 February 1581 at disponed the lands of Boghall, Milntoun, and Arretshole to John, Lord Fleming, and the heirs-male of his body, in Boghall.4,29,30,31 He possessed was confirmed as restored to Boghall by the King who ordered the Earl of Glencairn to vacate the premises on 22 April 1581 in Boghall.3233,29344,35,36

Death

Captain John Fleming, of Boghall, witnessed the death of Elizabeth Ross, sole heiress of Ross, after 14 April 1578.4,7

Citations

  1. [S44] Scotland Court of Exchequer, Rotuli scaccarii regum Scotorum: The Exchequer rolls of Scotland (Edinburgh: General Register House, 1878), vol 19, p 252; online image, Internet Archive, archive.org (https://archive.org/details/rotuliscaccariir01scot/page/n9/mode/2up : accessed.
  2. [S148] editor John Hill Burton, "Charge to render houses," The Register of the Privy Council of Scotland, vol i, 1545-1569 (1894), online image (https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=msu.31293106399409&seq=755 : viewed 19 August 2025), p 626.
  3. [S51] Raphael Holinshed, Holinshed's Chronicle, 1587 edition edited by Abraham Fleming (London: Henry Denham, 1587), England, vol iv, p 245-50; online image, Internet Archive (https://archive.org/details/firstsecondvolum00holi/page/n1/mode/2up?q=fleming : accessed 18 February 2025.
  4. [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.
  5. [S2] Various contributors, "Wikipaedia," database, Commons, Wikipaedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/: online 11 November 2023), John Fleming, 5th Lord Fleming at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Fleming,_5th_Lord_Fleming.
  6. [S51] Raphael Holinshed, Holinshed's Chronicle, 1587 edition edited by Abraham Fleming (London: Henry Denham, 1587), Scotland, vol v, p 649, https://archive.org/details/chroniclesofengl05holiuoft/page/649/mode/2up; online image, Internet Archive (https://archive.org/details/firstsecondvolum00holi/page/n1/mode/2up?q=fleming : accessed 18 February 2025.
  7. [S83] George Vere Irving, The upper ward of Lanarkshire described and delineated (Glasgow: Thomas Murray and Son, 1864), vol i, p 322; online image, Internet Archive (https://archive.org/details/upperwardoflanar02irvi/page/n9/mode/2up : accessed 28 March 2025.
  8. [S102] E Patricia Dennison and Russel Coleman, Editors, Historic Dumbarton: the archeological implications of development (Trowbridge: Historic Scotland, 1999), p 22; online pdf, Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland, RCAHMS Archives (https://i.rcahms.gov.uk/canmore-pdf/WP00004568.pdf : accessed.
  9. [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 541.
  10. [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.
  11. [S137] William Fraser, The Chiefs of Colquhoun: and their Country (Edinburgh: Sir James Colquhoun of Colquhoun and Luss, 1869), vol i, p 92; online image, Electric Scotland (https://electricscotland.com/webclans/atoc/chiefsofcolquhoun1.pdf : viewed.
  12. [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 542.
  13. [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 109.
  14. [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 100-102.
  15. [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 1237, p 276-277; online image, Internet Archive, archive.org (https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=njp.32101038096846&seq=7&q1=flemyng : accessed 13 April 2025.
  16. [S58] Edinburgh, National Records of Scotland, "Online Catalogue," National Records of Scotland (https://catalogue.nrscotland.gov.uk/nrsonlinecatalogue: viewed 11 September 2025), GD12 1506, 29 Jan 1630, Decree of transumpt at instance of John, Earl of Wigtown, against Mr Alexander Hay, a clerk of Session.
  17. [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 547–549.
  18. [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 795–796.
  19. [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 105.
  20. [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 107.
  21. [S44] Scotland Court of Exchequer, Rotuli scaccarii regum Scotorum: The Exchequer rolls of Scotland (Edinburgh: General Register House, 1878), vol 19, p 450; online image, Internet Archive, archive.org (https://archive.org/details/rotuliscaccariir01scot/page/n9/mode/2up : accessed.
  22. [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 1651, p 394; online image, Internet Archive, archive.org (https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=njp.32101038096846&seq=7&q1=flemyng : accessed 13 April 2025.
  23. [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 1752, p. 433; online image, Internet Archive, archive.org (https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=njp.32101038096846&seq=7&q1=flemyng : accessed 12 April 2025.
  24. [S68] KM Brown and others, Records of the Parliaments of Scotland to 1707, online (St Andrews: University of St Andrews, between 2007 and 2025), 1569/11/3; online transcription and translation, (https://www.rps.ac.uk/ : accessed 9 March 2025.
  25. [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 537.
  26. [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 57-58; online image, Hathitrust, Hathitrust (https://babel.hathitrust.org/ : viewed 3 November 2026.
  27. [S68] KM Brown and others, Records of the Parliaments of Scotland to 1707, online (St Andrews: University of St Andrews, between 2007 and 2025), 1578/7/22; online transcription and translation, (https://www.rps.ac.uk/ : accessed 9 March 2025.
  28. [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 August 2025), p 40.
  29. [S25] William M Metcalfe, A History of the County of Renfrew: from the Earliest Times (Paisley: Alexander Gardner, 1905), p 417.
  30. [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 389, p 121; online image, Internet Archive, archive.org (https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=njp.32101038096846&seq=7&q1=flemyng : viewed 14 April 2025.
  31. [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 483.
  32. [S148] editor P Hume Brown, "John Fleming of Boghall," 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=467 : viewed 11 August 2025), p 373 and 411.
  33. [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 126.
  34. [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 689, p 211; online image, Internet Archive, archive.org (https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=njp.32101038096846&seq=7&q1=flemyng : viewed 14 April 2025.
  35. [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 131-33 and 135.
  36. [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 1616, p 553-554; 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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