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Margaret Stewart
b. before 1492, d. after 1 May 1528
Birth
Margaret Stewart was born before 1492.1
Parents
| Father | Matthew Stewart, 2nd Earl of Lennox |
| Mother | Margaret Lyle |
Family life
Margaret Stewart and William Cunningham, son of Cuthbert, Earl of Glencairn, entered into a marriage contract on 15 December 1507. Vice-admiral John ("the Ambassador") Fleming, 2nd Lord Fleming, 12th of Biggar, Cumbernauld, and she were married circa 1508.2,1,3,4 Vice-admiral John ("the Ambassador") Fleming, 2nd Lord Fleming, 12th of Biggar, Cumbernauld, and she were divorced on 17 December 1509 in Glasgow.2,5,4
Partner with William Cunningham, son of Cuthbert, Earl of Glencairn (b. circa 1490)
Child with Vice-admiral John ("the Ambassador") Fleming, 2nd Lord Fleming, 12th of Biggar, Cumbernauld (b. circa 1465, d. 1 November 1524)
| Son | James Fleming, Page of honour to the King (b. circa 1512, d. after 1532) |
Property67
Margaret Stewart possessed signed a charter of resignation to her former husband John Lord Fleming her interest in the baronies of Biggar and Thankerton on 26 October 1515 in Baronies of Biggar and Thankerton.3,8
Death
Margaret Stewart died after 1 May 1528.
Citations
- [S29] Various, "WikiTree," pedigree, Commons, WikiTree (https://www.wikitree.com/wiki: online 9 November 2023), Margaret Stewart (abt. 1492 - 1560) at https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Stewart-1344.
- [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.
- [S83] George Vere Irving, The upper ward of Lanarkshire described and delineated (Glasgow: Thomas Murray and Son, 1864), vol i, p 315; online image, Internet Archive (https://archive.org/details/upperwardoflanar02irvi/page/n9/mode/2up : accessed 28 March 2025.
- [S87] Joseph Bain, Editor, Rental book of the diocese of Glasgow: Liber protocollorum M. Cuthberti Simonis notarii publici et scribæ capituli glasguensis 1499-1513 (London: The Grampian Club, 1875), vol i, p 452-53; online image, Internet Archive (https://archive.org/details/liberprotocollo00rogegoog/page/n6/mode/2up : accessed; Charter 394, Dispensation of Lord Flemyng and Margaret Stewart, spouses.
- [S87] Joseph Bain, Editor, Rental book of the diocese of Glasgow: Liber protocollorum M. Cuthberti Simonis notarii publici et scribæ capituli glasguensis 1499-1513 (London: The Grampian Club, 1875), vol ii, p 311-312; online image, Internet Archive (https://archive.org/details/liberprotocollo00rogegoog/page/n6/mode/2up : accessed 30 March 2025; Dispensation Lord Flemyng and Margaret Stewart.
- [S58] Edinburgh, National Records of Scotland, "Online Catalogue," National Records of Scotland (https://catalogue.nrscotland.gov.uk/nrsonlinecatalogue: viewed 22 September 2025), GD22 61961, 12 Mar 1509/1510, Precept under quarter seal of sasine in favour of Margaret Stewart.
- [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 453–454.
- [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 iii, ch 50, p. 11, xix. 81; online image, Internet Archive, archive.org (https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=njp.32101038096846&seq=7&q1=flemyng : accessed 31 March 2025.
| Last Edited | 2 April 2025 |