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Reverend Malcolm Fleming, Prior of Whithorn

b. circa 1490, d. circa 30 March 1569

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Whitorn Priory

Birth

Reverend Malcolm Fleming, Prior of Whithorn, was born circa 1490.1,2

Parents

FatherVice-admiral John ("the Ambassador") Fleming, 2nd Lord Fleming, 12th of Biggar, Cumbernauld (b. circa 1465, d. 1 November 1524)

Family life

Reverend Malcolm Fleming, Prior of Whithorn, and Catherine Fraser, Lady Fruid, were engaged circa 1524.2

Partner with Catherine Fraser, Lady Fruid (b. circa 1500)

Working life

  • On 29 October 1519 Reverend Malcolm Fleming, Prior of Whithorn, was occupied as rector and vicarius chori Glasgow at University of Glasgow in Glasgow.3,4
  • After 1524 Reverend Malcolm Fleming, Prior of Whithorn, was occupied as priest.2
  • In 1539 Reverend Malcolm Fleming, Prior of Whithorn, was occupied as Commendator in Whithorn Priory.2
  • After 1539 Reverend Malcolm Fleming, Prior of Whithorn, was occupied as Commendator and Prior in Whithorn Priory.2
  • In December 1541 Reverend Malcolm Fleming, Prior of Whithorn, was occupied as commendator and vicar-general at Galloway Diocese in Galloway.4

Property5,67

Reverend Malcolm Fleming, Prior of Whithorn, possessed granted a bond to his brother Malcolm, 3rd Lord Fleming, for 500 merks, for relief of his sister Margaret's tocher on 3 February 1540.2,8 He possessed granted a tack (lease) to John Fleming and Margaret Hamilton, his well-beloved servants, in the five merk land of Creathdo for a period of 19 years in 1558 in Creathdo.9 He possessed consented to a royal charter whereby the glebe of a church was granted to Robert Watson vicar of the parish church of Clochcant on 3 July 1568 in Holyrood House.10

Death

Reverend Malcolm Fleming, Prior of Whithorn, died circa 30 March 1569 at age ~79.1,2,11,12,4 He had his estate probated on 2 July 1569.13,12

Citations

  1. [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.
  2. [S29] Various, "WikiTree," pedigree, Commons, WikiTree (https://www.wikitree.com/wiki: online 9 November 2023), Malcolm Fleming (abt. 1505 - 1568) at https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Fleming-3863.
  3. [S124] Cosmo Innes, Editor, Records of the University of Glasgow: from its foundation till 1727 (Glasgow: The Maitland Club, 1854), vol ii, p 137; online image, Internet Archive (https://archive.org/details/munimentaalmeuni01mait : viewed 19 May 2025.
  4. [S117] David Laing, Editor, The Works of John Knox (Edinburgh: The Wodrow Society, 1846), vol ii, p 370, note 4; online image, Internet Archive (https://archive.org/details/worksofjohnknox2knox/page/n11/mode/2up : viewed 14 May 2025.
  5. [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 1079, p. 236; online image, Internet Archive, archive.org (https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=njp.32101038096846&seq=7&q1=flemyng : accessed 12 April 2025.
  6. [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 507.
  7. [S58] Edinburgh, National Records of Scotland, "Online Catalogue," National Records of Scotland (https://catalogue.nrscotland.gov.uk/nrsonlinecatalogue: viewed 25 September 2025), GD3 153, 31/5/1538, nstrument of Seisin in favour of William Fleming of Boghall in the lands of Miltoun and Heriotshole.
  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 85.
  9. [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.
  10. [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 654, p 201; online image, Internet Archive, archive.org (https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=njp.32101038096846&seq=7&q1=flemyng : viewed 27 August 2025.
  11. [S2] Various contributors, "Wikipaedia," database, Commons, Wikipaedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/: online 9 November 2023), Whithorn Priory at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whithorn_Priory.
  12. [S71] Scotland, National Records of Scotland, "Wills and Testaments 1513-1925," Scotland's People (https://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/: accessed 24 February 2025), CC 81, Malcolme Fleming, commendator of Whithorn, 30 Mar 1569 and 2 Jul 1569.
  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 118.
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