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Mary Fleming
b. circa 1562
Birth
Mary Fleming was born circa 1562.
Parents
| Father | Sir John ("the Defiant") Fleming, 5th Lord Fleming (b. circa 1528, d. 6 September 1572) |
| Mother | Elizabeth Ross, sole heiress of Ross (b. circa 1542, d. after 14 April 1578) |
Family life
James Douglas, of Drumlanrig, and Mary Fleming were married on 9 December 1581. Her dowry was 6000 merks1
Partner with James Douglas, of Drumlanrig,
Property21
Mary Fleming possessed had a charter from her husband of the lands of Chanlofute and others in Dumfriesshire on 10 December 1581.1,3 She possessed on 12 December 1581 at Lanarkshire in Kirkhoip, Quhitcampt.4
Citations
- [S28] Sir James Balfour Paul, The Scots Peerage, vol viii, Fleming Earl of Wigtown pages 519 - 558
- [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.
- [S43] Scotland Court of Exchequer, Registrum Magni Sigilli Regum Scotorum, vol v, ch 290, p 95
- [S43] Scotland Court of Exchequer, Registrum Magni Sigilli Regum Scotorum, vol v, ch 291, p 95
| Last Edited | 14 April 2025 |