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Erchenbald le Fleming
b. circa 1100, d. circa 1173
Birth
Erchenbald le Fleming was born circa 1100.1
Parents
| Father | Stephen ("of Bratton"), Flandrensis (b. circa 1066, d. circa 1146) |
Children
| Son | Richard ("4a") le Fleming (b. circa 1150, d. 1176) |
| Daughter | Rose le Fleming (b. circa 1152) |
| Daughter | Joan le Fleming (b. circa 1155) |
| Son | Stephen le Fleming, 3rd palatine baron of Slane+ (b. circa 1156, d. 1213) |
| Son | Baldwin le Fleming (b. circa 1160) |
| Daughter | Alice le Fleming (b. circa 1161) |
Property
Erchenbald le Fleming possessed was granted manors on Somerset and Kent by King Henry I circa 1135.2 He succeeded to his father's fees in Devonshire and Cornwall in 1146 in Bratton Fleming, Devonshire. This may have included responsibility for Launceston Castle.3 He possessed possessed the family estates whereof his ancestor had been enfeoffed in the reign of Henry I in 1165 in Cornwall.4 He possessed may have owned an estate in 1170 at Crandon manor in Somersetshire.5 He possessed obtained Astmayn and Eskertenen in Tipperary and Newcastle and Slane on the river Boyne after 1171 at Ireland in Astmayn and Eskertenen in Tipperary and Newcastle and Slane on the river Boyne.4 He possessed participated in Hugh de Lacy's plantation of the Kingdom of Mide in 1172.6,7 He possessed obtained the lordships of Astmayn and Eskertenen in Tipperary and Newcastle and Slane on the River Boyne in 1173.8
Death
Erchenbald le Fleming died probably during the seige of Verneuil castle by the forces of King Louis VII of France circa 1173 at age ~73 in Verneuil, Normandy.9
Citations
- [S1] F Lawrence Fleming, Exploring the True Heritage of the Fleming family name, p46 & p95
- [S8] F Lawrence Fleming, A Genealogical History of the Barons Slane, p96
- [S1] F Lawrence Fleming, Exploring the True Heritage of the Fleming family name, p3 and 46
- [S99] William Sincock, Cornish Landholders circa 1200, number 20, pp 167-168
- [S8] F Lawrence Fleming, A Genealogical History of the Barons Slane, p99
- [S2] Various contributors, Various contributors, "Wikipaedia," database, Commons, Wikipaedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/: accessed ), ., Baron Slane
- [S10] Richard Bligh, The Slane Peerage Case, p 78
- [S1] F Lawrence Fleming, Exploring the True Heritage of the Fleming family name, p3 & 53
- [S1] F Lawrence Fleming, Exploring the True Heritage of the Fleming family name, p48 & p98
| Last Edited | 8 June 2025 |