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John ("the Covenanter") Fleming, 2nd Earl of Wigtown, 7th Lord Fleming

b. before 5 December 1589, d. 7 May 1650

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13 John 2nd Earl 7th Lord

Birth

John ("the Covenanter") Fleming, 2nd Earl of Wigtown, 7th Lord Fleming, was born before 5 December 1589 in Kincardine.¹ He was baptized on 5 December 1589 in Kincardine Castle.²

Parents

Father	John ("the Arbitrator") Fleming, 1st Earl of Wigtown and 6th Lord Fleming (b. 1567, d. after 12 August 1619)
Mother	Lilias Graham

Family life

John ("the Covenanter") Fleming, 2nd Earl of Wigtown, 7th Lord Fleming, and Margaret Livingstone, Countess of Wigtown, entered into a marriage contract on 20 February 1609.^1,3,4,5,6

Children with Margaret Livingstone, Countess of Wigtown (d. after 1634)

Son	Colonel John ("the Soldier") Fleming, 3rd Earl of Wigtown, 8th Lord Fleming+ (b. circa 1608, d. February 1665)
Son	Alexander Fleming+ (b. circa 1610, d. before 13 April 1661)
Son	Sir William Fleming, His Majesty's Gentleman Usher (b. circa 1611, d. before 26 June 1672)
Daughter	Jean Fleming (b. circa 1614, d. before 1646)
Daughter	Eleanor ("Helenor") Fleming (b. circa 1615, d. 20 April 1652)
Daughter	Ann Fleming (b. circa 1619, d. 20 April 1661)
Daughter	Lilias Fleming (b. circa 1621)

Titles

John ("the Covenanter") Fleming, 2nd Earl of Wigtown, 7th Lord Fleming, held the title of inherited the title of Lord Fleming on the elevation of his father as Earl of Wigtown on 1 July 1606.^7,3

He held the title of became 2nd Earl of Wigtown on the death of his father after 12 August 1619.⁸

Working life

On 27 June 1611 John ("the Covenanter") Fleming, 2nd Earl of Wigtown, 7th Lord Fleming, was occupied as was one of several commissioners charged with apprehending Alexander Hamilton and Samuel Inglius, horned rebels accused of the slaughter of the late James Veitch.⁹
On 27 August 1617 John ("the Covenanter") Fleming, 2nd Earl of Wigtown, 7th Lord Fleming, was occupied as was admitted to the Privy Council in Holyrood House.¹⁰
On 11 December 1617 John ("the Covenanter") Fleming, 2nd Earl of Wigtown, 7th Lord Fleming, was occupied as was given a commission to try William Gibson for murder in Edinburgh.¹¹
On 4 November 1618 John ("the Covenanter") Fleming, 2nd Earl of Wigtown, 7th Lord Fleming, was occupied as was given a commission by the Privy Council to try William Scott for the murder of William Hay.¹²
On 24 November 1620 John ("the Covenanter") Fleming, 2nd Earl of Wigtown, 7th Lord Fleming, was occupied as was appointed by the Privy Council to a committee on the Palatine defence in Edinburgh.¹³
On 15 May 1622 John ("the Covenanter") Fleming, 2nd Earl of Wigtown, 7th Lord Fleming, was occupied as was appointed by the Privy Council as a commissioner to try Thomas Stark in Drungone for witchcraft.¹⁴
On 4 June 1622 John ("the Covenanter") Fleming, 2nd Earl of Wigtown, 7th Lord Fleming, was occupied as was appointed an assessor to the Justice in the trial of Andrew Haddowie and his wife for the reset of George Mortimer, a trafficking Jesuit.¹⁵
On 13 June 1622 John ("the Covenanter") Fleming, 2nd Earl of Wigtown, 7th Lord Fleming, was occupied as was appointed to try Janet McIllwichill for witchcraft.^16,17
On 12 June 1623 John ("the Covenanter") Fleming, 2nd Earl of Wigtown, 7th Lord Fleming, was occupied as had a commission for the trial of John Braidwood for various thefts in Holyrood House.¹⁸
On 8 July 1623 John ("the Covenanter") Fleming, 2nd Earl of Wigtown, 7th Lord Fleming, was occupied as had a commission to try Roger Swanston for theft in Holyrood House.¹⁹
On 1 October 1623 John ("the Covenanter") Fleming, 2nd Earl of Wigtown, 7th Lord Fleming, was occupied as had a commission of justiciary to try William Ure, John Howie and Gilbert Fleming for theft in Holyrood House.²⁰
On 30 March 1624 John ("the Covenanter") Fleming, 2nd Earl of Wigtown, 7th Lord Fleming, was occupied as had a commission as justiciary to try James Hendrie and his wife for thefts in Kirkintilloch.²¹
On 8 July 1624 John ("the Covenanter") Fleming, 2nd Earl of Wigtown, 7th Lord Fleming, was occupied as had a commission of justiciary to try James Stevinson in Carwood for theft in Holyrood House.²²
On 2 November 1625 John ("the Covenanter") Fleming, 2nd Earl of Wigtown, 7th Lord Fleming, was occupied as was commissioned as justiciary to try three men and five women for picking pockets at Biggar Fair in Edinburgh.²³
On 23 March 1626 John ("the Covenanter") Fleming, 2nd Earl of Wigtown, 7th Lord Fleming, was occupied as was appointed by the king as one of 47 members of the newly reconstituted Privy Council in Holyrood House.^24,25,26
On 11 July 1626 John ("the Covenanter") Fleming, 2nd Earl of Wigtown, 7th Lord Fleming, was occupied as was appointed one of 68 commissioners for the surrenders under the King's policy of revocation of the alienation of church lands to private ownership since 1540.^27,28,29
On 25 October 1626 John ("the Covenanter") Fleming, 2nd Earl of Wigtown, 7th Lord Fleming, was occupied as was one of many commissioners appointed by the king to explore the Papist issue and try Papists in Whitehall.³⁰
On 17 January 1627 John ("the Covenanter") Fleming, 2nd Earl of Wigtown, 7th Lord Fleming, was occupied as was appointed one of many commissioners for Surrenders and Teinds that result from his Edict of Revocation in Whitehall.³¹
On 3 July 1627 John ("the Covenanter") Fleming, 2nd Earl of Wigtown, 7th Lord Fleming, was occupied as Privy Councillor.^32,33
On 23 July 1629 John ("the Covenanter") Fleming, 2nd Earl of Wigtown, 7th Lord Fleming, was occupied as was appointed by the Privy Council to the committee for the suppression of Papists at Edinburgh in Holyrood House.³⁴
On 21 April 1630 John ("the Covenanter") Fleming, 2nd Earl of Wigtown, 7th Lord Fleming, was occupied as was appointed by the Privy Council as Commissioner to try William Watsoun, indweller and Banker, for theft at Edinburgh in Holyrood House.³⁵
On 23 June 1630 John ("the Covenanter") Fleming, 2nd Earl of Wigtown, 7th Lord Fleming, was occupied as was one of several commissioners appointed by the king to investigate and negotiate with Francis Errol Earth, the chief constable of Scotland, over the ancient privileges and fees of his office in Whitehall.³⁶
On 15 December 1630 John ("the Covenanter") Fleming, 2nd Earl of Wigtown, 7th Lord Fleming, was occupied as was appointed by the Privy Council as one of the Commissioners to examine Margaret Wood under slight and spaire torture for better discovery of the truth at Edinburgh in Holyrood House.³⁷
In June 1632 John ("the Covenanter") Fleming, 2nd Earl of Wigtown, 7th Lord Fleming, was occupied as was confirmed by the Privy Council as an arbiter nominated by Sir Thomas Boyd in the latter's dispute with Mr Hew Montgomerie at Edinburgh in Holyrood House.³⁸
In 1633 John ("the Covenanter") Fleming, 2nd Earl of Wigtown, 7th Lord Fleming, was occupied as was elected one of the commissioners anent the offices of Admiraltie and Chamberlainrie, to ascertain the honors, dignities, privileges, fees, and duties of the same, and how they may be best bruiked by the Duke of Lenox, heritable Great Admiral and Chamberlaine.³⁹
On 18 June 1633 John ("the Covenanter") Fleming, 2nd Earl of Wigtown, 7th Lord Fleming, was occupied as participated as Great Usher in the lavish coronation ceremony for King Charles I at Edinburgh in Holyrood Palace.⁴⁰
On 21 October 1634 John ("the Covenanter") Fleming, 2nd Earl of Wigtown, 7th Lord Fleming, was occupied as one of the Commissioners on the Supreme Commission.⁴¹
On 24 September 1638 John ("the Covenanter") Fleming, 2nd Earl of Wigtown, 7th Lord Fleming, was occupied as was appointed to superintend Covenant subscriptions in Lanarkshire, Stirlingshire, Clackmannanshire and (with his son Lord Fleming) Dunbartonshire, Argyllshire and Tarbet.⁴²
On 28 August 1639 John ("the Covenanter") Fleming, 2nd Earl of Wigtown, 7th Lord Fleming, was occupied as commissioner of the General Assembly of the University at University of Glasgow in Glasgow.⁴³
On 3 August 1640 John ("the Covenanter") Fleming, 2nd Earl of Wigtown, 7th Lord Fleming, was occupied as commissioner of the General Assembly of the University at University of Glasgow in Glasgow.⁴⁴
On 17 September 1641 John ("the Covenanter") Fleming, 2nd Earl of Wigtown, 7th Lord Fleming, was occupied as was nominated by the king as a councillor in Edinburgh.^45,46,47
On 13 November 1641 John ("the Covenanter") Fleming, 2nd Earl of Wigtown, 7th Lord Fleming, was occupied as was elected as a Privy Councillor in Edinburgh.^{48,39,49,50,51}
On 16 November 1641 John ("the Covenanter") Fleming, 2nd Earl of Wigtown, 7th Lord Fleming, was occupied as was appointed one of the commissioners of secret council in Edinburgh.^52,53
On 16 April 1644 John ("the Covenanter") Fleming, 2nd Earl of Wigtown, 7th Lord Fleming, was occupied as was appointed to the committee for the south charged with directing the war effort there in Edinburgh.^54,55
On 15 March 1647 John ("the Covenanter") Fleming, 2nd Earl of Wigtown, 7th Lord Fleming, was occupied as resigned the office of usher in echange for a sum of 1000/-/- in Edinburgh.^56,57
On 18 April 1648 John ("the Covenanter") Fleming, 2nd Earl of Wigtown, 7th Lord Fleming, was occupied as was named by Parliament to the committee of war for the sheriffdom of Peebles, with the Earl of Tweeddale and another earl whose name is illegible in the scan in Edinburgh.⁵⁸

Property

John ("the Covenanter") Fleming, 2nd Earl of Wigtown, 7th Lord Fleming, possessed as Master (later Earl) of Wigtown feued Overcroy, Craigend and Escheinbeuch in Lenzie to William Fleming for eight merks 13s 4d with the teinds (undated bundle) in Overcroy within Lenzie.⁵⁹⁶⁰ He possessed drew up an unsigned precept of clare constat for infefting Sir James Forrester of Garden as heir to his father in Myetthill in the barony of Denny in Myetthill.⁶¹⁶² He possessed as Master of Fleming had a tack from Alexander Fleming, parson and vicar of Glenholm, with consent of his father as patron, of the parsonage and vicarage of Glenholm for 300 merks; two further tacks dated 20 Feb 16[0]1 on 5 December 1600 in Kirk of Glenquhome.⁶³ He possessed as Master of Fleming had tacks from William Fleming, parson and vicar of Biggar, with consent of his father as patron, of the teinds of Biggar for £40 a year; discharge of the tack duty 30 July 1605 on 19 June 1605 in Biggar.⁶⁴⁶⁵^66,67 He possessed following disposal of Drips and Glenquotho and Quarter Chapell and Smellhope and Glentoirs was granted procuratory control (power of attorney) over extensive estates by his father in connection with his contract matrimonial on 2 September 1609 in Drips and Glenquotho and Quarter Chapell and Smellhope and Glentoirs.^3,68,69⁷⁰⁷¹⁷² He possessed as Master of Wigtown bought the barony of Denny from John Cleland, held of the king for £12 feu (sasine 4 Jan 1616; Great Seal confirmations 9 Jan 1616 and 18 Jan 1619) on 3 January 1616 in Barony of Denny.⁷³ He possessed granted to his wife Margaret and her son John and his heirs male the barony of Thankerton and fishing rights on the river Carron on 23 April 1617 in Barony of Thankerton.⁷⁴ He possessed as Master of Wigtown had a tack of the teinds of Glenholm from Mr James Lowrie, prebendary of Glenholm in the Chapel Royal of Stirling, for fifty merks and the minister's stipend; decreet of prorogation 29 July 1618; confirmed by King James VI 2 Dec 1623 on 26 July 1618 in Kirk of Glenquhome.⁷⁵⁷⁶ He possessed had an assignation from his father of the reversion of Denny granted by Mrs Jean Fleming, the earl's daughter, so that he could redeem the wadset (subscribed by notars because of the earl's infirmity) on 1 April 1619 in Barony of Denny.⁷⁷⁷⁸ He possessed John Cuthell of Stoniewood and his son disponed to him and Countess Margaret Livingstone the corn mill on the Carron at Stoniewood, part of the barony of Denny (resignation 5 Feb 1620) on 10 September 1619 in Stoniewood.⁷⁹ He possessed granted in feu-ferme to John Cuthbertson of Biggar fifty acres of the Cote Croft, burgage lands in the east part of the burgh of Biggar; signed at Boghall with his seal appended on 2 December 1619 in Boghall.⁸⁰ He possessed granted a precept of clare constat to James Fleming of Clochern, elder brother and heir of conquest to William Fleming of Overcroy, in the four pound lands of Overcroy and others on 22 February 1620 in Overcroy within Lenzie.⁸¹ He possessed had a precept of clare constat from Sir James Cleland of Monkland, superior, for infefting him as heir to his father in Glentoirs (sasines 18 May 1620) on 15 March 1620 in Easter and Wester Glentoirs.⁸² He possessed was granted anew the lands of Kingledoors alia Chappell Kingledoors with the customs in the dominion and regality of Melrose, formerly Melrose Abbey on 28 March 1620 in Kingledoors.^83,84,85¹ He possessed had precept of clare constat in these lands as heir of his late father on 12 July 1620 in Smailhope in Peebleshire.⁸⁶ He possessed resigned Kingledoors (Chapel Kingledoors), with John, Viscount of Lauderdale, resigning the patronages of Drumelzier, Stobo, Dawick and Broughton, and had a Great Seal charter of them; sasines 13 Aug 1621 on 17 July 1621 in Kingledoors.⁸⁷ He possessed was obliged to pay the king 9/-/- in blench duty of the lands of Kengledors within the barony of Melrose, resigned by the earl of Melrose in favour of the earl of Wigtown on 4 August 1621 in Kingledoors.^88,89 He possessed bought from John, Viscount of Lauderdale, for 21,000 merks, with consent of Mr Thomas Hog, parson, the patronage and teinds of Stobo, Drumelzier, Dawick and Broughton (formerly granted in 1593 to John, Lord Thirlestane, and Dame Jean Fleming); date of registration on 20 November 1621.⁹⁰ He possessed borrowed 5000 merks, in conjunction with other leading nobles, from Nicoll Edgar, merchant burgess of Edinburgh on 10 June 1624 in Edinburgh.⁹¹ He possessed was given a tenement of land in Glasgow called the Rector of Ancrum's manse lying on the north of the Metropolitan Church of Glasgow by John Earl of Montrose for love and favour on 29 December 1624 in Glasgow tenement.^92,93 He possessed as superior confirmed the charter (9 Nov 1626) by John Govan of Cardrona to his son William and Marjory Murray of Cardrona (scroll only) in 1626 in Cardrona and Glencotho.⁹⁴⁸¹ He possessed resigned this outfield land in favour of James Wast, smith in Biggar on 7 November 1627 in Greinland in Biggar burgh.⁹⁵ He possessed received the resignation ad remanentiam of the land of Overcroy by James Fleming of Clochern on 28 February 1628 in Overcroy within Lenzie.⁸¹ He possessed had a retour as heir to John 1st Earl of Wigtown in the lands of Glenquotho and Quarter Chappell in the barony of Olivercastle and sheriffdom of Peebles on 17 April 1628 in Glenquotho and Quarter Chapel.⁹⁶ He possessed required John, Lord Hay of Yester, Sheriff of Peebles, to infeft him in Glenquotho and Quarter; the sheriff-depute also refused (4 Sep 1628) on 29 August 1628 in Glenquotho and Quarter Chapel.⁹⁷ He possessed had a letter of reversion from John Dickson of the barony of Biggar on 5 March 1629 in Biggar.⁹⁸ He possessed had a disposition from the burgh of Kirkintilloch of part of its common muir in 1630 in Kirkintilloch.⁹⁹ He possessed ordered a transumpt of the 15 Jan 1558 grant of the whole of his lands by James 4th Lord Fleming to his brother german John 5th Lord on 20 January 1630.¹⁰⁰ He possessed was found, by decreet arbitral of the Lords of Council and Session in the process between John Earl of Cassillis and Wigtown and John Earl of Lauderdale, to own the baronies of Lenzie and Thankerton, Easter and Wester Mains and others; Cassillis was absolved from Wigtown's claims to the lands in the three old charters he possessed on 17 December 1630.¹⁰¹^102,103,104 He possessed was granted a letter of reversion by Mr John Hay, parson of Renfrew, and his spouse, of two annual rents out of Lenzie and Cumbernauld, redeemable for 10,000 merks on 22 May 1632 in Lenzie and Cumbernauld Baronies.^105,106 He possessed had a royal charter for the lands of lands of East Castelrankine, East and West Samoir, Blaksmiddeis, Ballinkeir with the mill, the lands of Ballinnuk East and West, East and West Thomastoun, Dovanes and Braikinleyis, Cowdounhill and Glenheid, as parts of Castelrankin, with tenants &c, in the barony of Harbartshyre, Stirlingshire — which William Sinclair of Roslin irredeemably resigned in favour of the said dominion on 16 June 1632 in East Castlerankine and many others.^107,108 He possessed had the fourth part of the lands of Rachan, Glenhighden, Glenhowden and Glenquholm, in the barony of Glenquholm and sheriffdom of Peebles, apprised from him by John Earl of Lauderdale, John Fleming of Cardon and Beatrix Douglas his spouse, for payment of 25,032 pounds Scots (and 1,251 pounds of sheriff fee) on 9 July 1632 in Rachan, Glenhighden, Glenhowden and Glenquholm.¹⁰⁹ He possessed with William Livingstone of Kilsyth, as assignees of the reversion granted by Sir James Douglas of Mordington to Alexander, Earl of Linlithgow, granted a procuratory for redeeming the barony of Callendar (wadset for 100,000 merks); premonition 5 March 1633; decreet of declarator in their favour 1634 on 16 February 1633 in Barony of Callendar.^110,111 He possessed purchased the teind-sheaves and other teinds, parsonage and vicarage of the parochin of Lenzie from John Earl of Mar, Lord Erskine and Garrioch on 15 March 1633 in Lenzie Parish.^112,113,114 He possessed with his son John, Lord Fleming, sold Drips, Cambusdrennie, Westwood and Bad with the Cambusdrennie mill and Forth fishings to John, Earl of Perth (contract 22 and 27 March) on 22 March 1633 in Drips.¹¹⁵ He possessed with his son John, Lord Fleming, heritable proprietors of Easter and Wester Glentoirs in the barony of Monkland, had a tack for three nineteen years of the teinds of Glentoirs from Walter, Bishop of Brechin and Sub-dean of Glasgow, for eight bolls meal a year (after the Act of Parliament of 28 June 1633) after 1633 in Easter and Wester Glentoirs.^116,117 He possessed with his son sold the teinds of the £5 lands of Badenheath in Lenzie to Lord Boyd in 1634 in Gartshoar and Badenheath.⁹⁹ He possessed disponed to his son John, Lord Fleming, Master of Wigtown, the Earl of Mar's disposition of the teinds of Lenzie, reserving his own liferent (registered 11 July 1636) on 4 January 1634 in Lenzie Parish.¹¹⁸ He possessed resigned the barony of Denny for new infeftment in his son John Lord Fleming and the heirs male to be procreated betwixt him and Lady Jean Drummond, his spouse on 31 January 1634 in Barony of Denny.^119,120 He possessed resigned to the king certain parts of the baronies of Cumbernauld and Lenzie for new liferent investment in Lady Jean Drummond, spouse of John Lord Fleming on 1 February 1634 in Baronies of Lenzie and Cumbernauld.¹²¹¹⁰⁹ He possessed resigned the estate of Wigtown for new investment of part thereof to John Lord Fleming his heir and Lady Jean Drummond, spouse of John Lord Fleming on 1 February 1634 in Estate of Wigtown.¹²² He possessed resigned the teind-sheaves and other teinds, parsonage and vicarage of the parochin of Lenzie for new investment in favour of his son and heir John Lord Fleming on 1 February 1634 in Lenzie Parish.¹¹² He possessed resigned his lands at Easter Jaw for regrant to James Lord Livingston of Almond on 12 July 1634 in Easter Jaw.¹²³^124,125 He possessed was owed 6000 merks by several nobles following a restructuring of their debt to William Carnagie of Edinburgh on 17 November 1634.¹²⁶ He possessed was granted 12 bovates, 1 acre and 2 rigs in the town and lands of Blackness in West Lothian that formerly belonged to Alexander Lord Livingston, his wife's father on 1 December 1634 in Blackness in West Lothian.¹²⁷¹²⁸ He possessed had a charter of Cattiscleuche in the Barony of Harbertschyre part of the barony of Callendar that had been irredeemably resigned by James Lord Livingston of Almond (his wife's nephew) on 24 December 1634 in Catscleuch.^129,130^1,131,132 He possessed resigned the lands of Kingledoors and half of Over Kingledoors for legal transfer to Alexander Tweedie of Wastsyde of Hairstanes and hhis son John on 31 July 1636 in Kingledoors.¹³³ He possessed had a royal grant of Drumgryne and other lands from the barony of Amisfield that had been resigned by John Charteris of Amisfield, widower of Fleming's sister Margaret on 30 January 1637 in Drumgryne and other lands from the barony of Amisfield.¹³⁴ He possessed resigned his liferent and his son's fee in the lands of Easter Hoipcailzie for grant to John Earl of Traquair on 6 February 1638 in Easter Hoipcailzie.¹³⁵ He possessed must have previously resigned the barony of Edmestound which was now included in the county, barony, and regality of Morton owned by William Douglas, earl of Morton and his son Robert, Lord Dalkeith on 16 March 1638 in Barony of Edmestoun.¹³⁶^137,138 He possessed contracted with the town of Kirkintilloch, disponing to them the teinds of their acres and lands for nineteen times nineteen years in 1641 in Kirkintilloch.⁹⁹¹³⁹¹⁴⁰ He possessed a new church was built in 1644 in Kirkintilloch. He possessed discharged and renounced to his son John, Lord Fleming, the infeftment of Dame Margaret Livingstone in the lands of Thankerton (wanting in 1681) on 6 March 1644 in Thankerton.¹⁴¹ He possessed pledged to contribute towards a bond valued at 10,000 pounds in favour of William Gray of Pittindrum on 15 July 1644 in Cumbernauld and pertinents.^142,143 He possessed Sir David Murray of Stanhope granted a backbond for the Earl's bond of 10,000 merks, to be used only for apprising the lands of Glenquotho and Quarter Chapel, which the Earl and his son John had disponed to him irredeemably on 20 February 1645 in Glenquotho and Quarter Chapel.¹⁴⁴ He possessed granted tenancy in two bovates of the Templelands of Biggar to John Smyth and family, with consent of his son and Jean Drummond, daughter-in-law on 17 March 1645 in Templelands of Biggar.¹⁴⁵ He possessed on 25 March 1647.¹⁴⁶ He possessed James Geddes renounced to him an annualrent and his infeftment in Edmonstoun on 20 July 1649 in Edmonston.¹⁴⁷^1,148^1,149

Death

John ("the Covenanter") Fleming, 2nd Earl of Wigtown, 7th Lord Fleming, was named an executor for the will of John Graham, 4th Earl of Montrose, on 31 December 1612 in Montrose.¹⁵⁰ John ("the Covenanter") Fleming, 2nd Earl of Wigtown, 7th Lord Fleming, witnessed the death of John Graham, 4th Earl of Montrose, on 14 November 1626 in Kincardine.¹⁵¹ John ("the Covenanter") Fleming, 2nd Earl of Wigtown, 7th Lord Fleming, died on 7 May 1650 in Cumbernauld and pertinents.^1,152,148

Citations

[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.
[S2] Various contributors, "Wikipaedia," database, Commons, Wikipaedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/: online 12 November 2023), John Fleming, 1st Earl of Wigtown at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Fleming,_1st_Earl_of_Wigtown.
[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 177.
[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 vii, 1609-1620, ch 1110, p 405-406; online image, Internet Archive, archive.org (https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=njp.32101038096846&seq=7&q1=flemyng : viewed 27 August 2026.
[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 331.
[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 600.
[S17] Francis J Grant (Ed), Charter Chest of the Earldom of Wigtown: 1214-1681 (Edinburgh: James Skinner & Company for the Scottish Record Society, 1910), Charters 175 & 176.
[S148] editor David Masson, "Commission," The Register of the Privy Council of Scotland, vol xi, 1616-1619 (1894), online image (https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=msu.31293027205867&seq=770 : viewed 14 August 2025), p 589, 591, 592, 593.
[S148] editor David Masson, "Commissions," The Register of the Privy Council of Scotland, vol ix, 1610-1613 (1885), online image (https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uiug.30112089254848&seq=317 : viewed 11 August 2025), p 205.
[S148] editor David Masson, "Lord Fleming admitted of the Council," The Register of the Privy Council of Scotland, vol xi, 1616-1619 (1894), online image (https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=msu.31293027205867&seq=391 : viewed 14 August 2025), p 214.
[S148] editor David Masson, "Lord Fleming to try William Gibson," The Register of the Privy Council of Scotland, vol xi, 1616-1619 (1894), online image (https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=msu.31293027205867&seq=458 : viewed 14 August 2025), p 280.
[S148] editor David Masson, "Lord Fleming to try William Scott," The Register of the Privy Council of Scotland, vol xi, 1616-1619 (1894), online image (https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=msu.31293027205867&seq=638 : viewed 14 August 2025), p 460.
[S148] editor David Masson, "Committee on the defence of the Palatinate," The Register of the Privy Council of Scotland, vol xii, 1619-1622 (1894), online image (https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=msu.31293027205875&seq=499 : viewed 19 August 2025), p 379.
[S148] editor David Masson, "Trial of Thomas Stark for Sorcery," The Register of the Privy Council of Scotland, vol xii, 1619-1622 (1894), online image (https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=msu.31293027205875&seq=840 : viewed 19 August 2025), p 720.
[S148] editor David Masson, "Trial of Andrew Haddowie," The Register of the Privy Council of Scotland, vol xii, 1619-1622 (1894), online image (https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=msu.31293027205875&seq=842 : viewed 19 August 2025), p 722-723.
[S148] editor David Masson, "Trial of Janet McIllwichill," The Register of the Privy Council of Scotland, vol xii, 1619-1622 (1894), online image (https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=msu.31293027205875&seq=858 : viewed 19 August 2025), p 738.
[S148] editor David Masson, "Introduction," The Register of the Privy Council of Scotland, vol xiii, 1622-1625 (1896), online image (https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.35112103825313&seq=14 : viewed 21 August 2025), p vii and x.
[S148] editor David Masson, "John Braidwood for various thefts," The Register of the Privy Council of Scotland, vol xiii, 1622-1625 (1896), online image (https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.35112103825313&seq=344 : viewed 21 August 2025), p 256.
[S148] editor David Masson, "Roger Swanston for various thefts," The Register of the Privy Council of Scotland, vol xiii, 1622-1625 (1896), online image (https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.35112103825313&seq=367 : viewed 21 August 2025), p 279.
[S148] editor David Masson, "William Ure, John Howie and Gilbert Fleming for theft," The Register of the Privy Council of Scotland, vol xiii, 1622-1625 (1896), online image (https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.35112103825313&seq=460 : viewed 21 August 2025), p 372.
[S148] editor David Masson, "James Hendrie and his wife for thefts," The Register of the Privy Council of Scotland, vol xiii, 1622-1625 (1896), online image (https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.35112103825313&seq=573 : viewed 21 August 2025), p 485.
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