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Captain John Fleming, of Boghall

Person Exhibits

Stirling Castle, where Captain John Fleming of Boghall was imprisoned

Birth

Parents

Working life

• In 1563 Captain John Fleming, of Boghall, was occupied as Falconer. He had a fourth share in 88/-/- for falconry services provided to the king at Orkney.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. "Intromit" means to send or put something in; to insert or introduce. It can also mean to allow something to enter or be inserted. In older usage, particularly in Scots and old English law, it could also mean to interfere with the property of another.²
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• 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}
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• In 1578 Captain John Fleming, of Boghall, was occupied as captain in Biggar.⁷

Property

Death

Citations

1. [S44] Scotland Court of Exchequer, Rotuli scaccarii regum Scotorum, vol 19, p 252
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 Aug 2025), p 626.
3. [S51] Raphael Holinshed, Holinshed's Chronicle, England, vol iv, p 245-50
4. [S28] Sir James Balfour Paul, The Scots Peerage, vol viii, Fleming Earl of Wigtown pages 519 - 558
5. [S2] Various contributors, Various contributors, "Wikipaedia," database, Commons, Wikipaedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/: accessed ), ., 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, Scotland, vol v, p 649, https://archive.org/details/chroniclesofengl05holiuoft/page/649/mode/2up
7. [S83] George Vere Irving, The upper ward of Lanarkshire described and delineated, vol i, p 322
8. [S102] E Patricia Dennison and Russel Coleman, Historic Dumbarton, p 22
9. [S5] William Hunter, Biggar and the House of Fleming, p 541
10. [S21] George Crawford, The Peerage of Scotland, p 491-499, Fleming, Earl of Wigtown
11. [S5] William Hunter, Biggar and the House of Fleming, p 542
12. [S17] Francis J Grant (Ed), Charter Chest of the Earldom of Wigtown, Charter 109
13. [S17] Francis J Grant (Ed), Charter Chest of the Earldom of Wigtown, Charters 100-102
14. [S43] Scotland Court of Exchequer, Registrum Magni Sigilli Regum Scotorum, vol iv, ch 1237, p 276-277
15. [S58] Edinburgh, National Records of Scotland, "Online Catalogue," National Records of Scotland (https://catalogue.nrscotland.gov.uk/nrsonlinecatalogue: accessed ), ., In favour of John Flemying [Fleming], brother of James, Lord Flemyng, of the barony of Auchtermony and an annualrent on the lands of Kers in the sheriffdom of Striviling [Stirling] the barony of Leinzie [Lenzie] with the burgh of Kirkintillo [Kirkintilloch] and lands of Cumbernald [Cumbernauld] in the sheriffdom of Dumbartane [Dunbarton], lands of the Maynes of Boghall, burgh of Biggar, and barony of Thankertoun [Thankerton] and Biggar in the sheriffdom of Lanark, lands of Over Minzeoun, Over Kingildurris, Urisland and others in the sheriffdom of Peebles, half lands of Sunderland in sheriffdom of Selkirk, lands of Loure in the sheriffdom of Forfar, lands of Dunbullis in sheriffdom of Perth, and lands called Frissellislands in the constabulary of Haddington, following on a precept of sasine by the said James, Lord Flemyng, dated 19 Jan 1557/1558. Witnesses to the precept - William Vaitche [Veitch] of Dawick [Dawyck], John Flemyng, younger of Boighall [Boghall], William Flemyng and John Flemyng. Witnesses to the instrument - James Steill [Steel], curate of the kirk of Biggar, William Rob [Robb] in Westirraw [Westerhall], Nicholas Purdie, Walter Gray in Mosfennane [Mossfennan], John Bryssoune [Bryson] in Rachane [Rachan], John Jhonestoune [Johnston], younger in Mosfennane, John Frissell [Frizzell], Sebastian Thomesoune [Thomson], Sir John Blakfurd [Blackford], curate of the kirk of Thankertoun, Matthew Muire [Muir] in Thankertoun, James Liddell, Thomas Mure, John Young, William Stark, bailie of Kirkintilloch, Neil Cunynghame [Cunningham] and John Mochrie. Notary - (the said) James Harlaw, writer in Edinburgh., viewed; 11 September 2025; GD124/1/506, 29 Jan 1630, Decree of transumpt at instance of John, Earl of Wigtown, against Mr Alexander Hay, a clerk of Session
16. [S17] Francis J Grant (Ed), Charter Chest of the Earldom of Wigtown, Charter 105
17. [S17] Francis J Grant (Ed), Charter Chest of the Earldom of Wigtown, Charter 107
18. [S44] Scotland Court of Exchequer, Rotuli scaccarii regum Scotorum, vol 19, p 450
19. [S43] Scotland Court of Exchequer, Registrum Magni Sigilli Regum Scotorum, vol iv, ch 1651, p 394
20. [S43] Scotland Court of Exchequer, Registrum Magni Sigilli Regum Scotorum, vol iv, ch 1752, p. 433
21. [S68] KM Brown and others, Records of the Parliaments of Scotland to 1707, 1569/11/3
22. [S5] William Hunter, Biggar and the House of Fleming, p 537
23. [S68] KM Brown and others, Records of the Parliaments of Scotland to 1707, 1578/7/22
24. [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.
25. [S25] William M Metcalfe, A History of the County of Renfrew, p 417
26. [S43] Scotland Court of Exchequer, Registrum Magni Sigilli Regum Scotorum, vol v, ch 389, p 121
27. [S5] William Hunter, Biggar and the House of Fleming, p 483
28. [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 Aug 2025), p 373 and 411.
29. [S17] Francis J Grant (Ed), Charter Chest of the Earldom of Wigtown, Charter 126
30. [S43] Scotland Court of Exchequer, Registrum Magni Sigilli Regum Scotorum, vol v, ch 689, p 211
31. [S17] Francis J Grant (Ed), Charter Chest of the Earldom of Wigtown, Charter 131-33 and 135
32. [S43] Scotland Court of Exchequer, Registrum Magni Sigilli Regum Scotorum, vol v, ch 1616, p 553-554