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Jean Fleming

b. circa 1565, d. October 1630

Birth

Jean Fleming was born circa 1565.

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)

Family life

William Bruce, of Airth, 9G grandson of Robert I, and Jean Fleming were married in 1583.1

Child with William Bruce, of Airth, 9G grandson of Robert I,

SonPatrick Bruce

Property21

Jean Fleming possessed was due 56/10/7 from Thankerton and 49/12/- from Biggar as well as produce as her sixth part of her late father's estate and she undertook to refund any surplus to be divided equally amongst her father's bairns on 24 September 1579.3 She possessed retained a liferent in the lands Newtown in the barony of Bothkennar granted in a royal charter to Patrick Bruce and his future wife Jonette Jackson on 5 July 1627 in Newtown in the barony of Bothkennar.4

Death

Jean Fleming died in October 1630 at age ~65.1 She had her estate probated on 24 November 1630 at Stirling in Commissary Court.5

Citations

  1. [S28] Sir James Balfour Paul, The Scots Peerage, vol viii, Fleming Earl of Wigtown pages 519 - 558
  2. [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.
  3. [S148] editor P Hume Brown, "Caution by Sir James Maxwell," 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 220-221.
  4. [S43] Scotland Court of Exchequer, Registrum Magni Sigilli Regum Scotorum, vol viii, 1620-1633, ch 1101, p 387
  5. [S47] HM General Register House, HM General Register House, "ScotlandsPeople," database, National Records of Scotland, Scotland's People website (https://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/: accessed ), ., SP Will CC21/5/4, Jeane Fleming, Lady Airth, parish of Bothkenner
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