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Elizabeth Fleming

b. circa 1568

Birth

Elizabeth Fleming was born circa 1568.

Parents

FatherSir John ("the Defiant") Fleming, 5th Lord Fleming (b. circa 1528, d. 6 September 1572)
MotherElizabeth Ross, sole heiress of Ross (b. circa 1542, d. after 14 April 1578)

Property1

Elizabeth Fleming possessed was decerned by the Privy Council to share the lordship of Fleming equally with her brother, three sisters and their cousin Jane, daughter of James, Lord Fleming on 24 September 1579.2

Citations

  1. [S148] editor P Hume Brown, "Complaint by Jean Fleming," 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=347 : viewed 11 Aug 2025), p 253.
  2. [S28] Sir James Balfour Paul, The Scots Peerage, vol viii, Fleming Earl of Wigtown pages 519 - 558
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Last Edited11 November 2023