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James Fleming, of Boghall
b. after 1589, d. October 1623
Birth
James Fleming, of Boghall, was born after 1589.
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
James Fleming, of Boghall, and Janet Brisbane, daughter of John Brisbane of Bishopton, entered into a marriage contract on 7 November 1612.1,2
Children with Janet Brisbane, daughter of John Brisbane of Bishopton (b. circa 1590)
| Daughter | Ann Fleming |
| Son | John Fleming, of Boghall (b. circa 1613, d. after 22 August 1656) |
Property
James Fleming, of Boghall, possessed had a charter of these lands from his father on 10 April 1593 in Boghall and Milltown and Arretshole.1,3
Death
James Fleming, of Boghall, died in October 1623.1,4,5 He had his estate probated in July 1625 at Commissary Court in Glasgow.5 He had his estate probated on 9 September 1646 in Boghall.6,7,1
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.
- [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 333.
- [S5] William Hunter, Biggar and the House of Fleming: an account of the Biggar District, Archeological, Historical and Biographical, second edition (Edinburgh: William Paterson, 1867), p 483.
- [S126] William Hamilton of Wishaw, Descriptions of the Sheriffdoms of Lanark and Renfrew: compiled about 1710 (Glasgow: The Maitland Club, 1831), p 96, note 2; online image, Internet Archive (https://archive.org/details/descriptionsofsh00mait/page/96/mode/2up : viewed 21 May 2025.
- [S71] Scotland, National Records of Scotland, "Wills and Testaments 1513-1925," Scotland's People (https://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/: accessed 24 February 2025), CC 720, 1625 0712 Fleming James of Boghall TDTestament Dative, confirmed July 1625.
- [S152] Record Commission of Great Britain, Inquisitionum ad capellam domini regis retornatarum: Quae in publicis archivis Scotiae adhuc servantur, Abbreviatio (London: HM King George III, 1811), 1646 0909, Lanark, 224, James Fleming of Boghall second lawful brother of John Earl of Wigtown; online image, Internet Archive, (https://archive.org/details/inquisitionumadc00grea/page/n5/mode/2up : accessed.
- [S152] Record Commission of Great Britain, Inquisitionum ad capellam domini regis retornatarum: Quae in publicis archivis Scotiae adhuc servantur, Abbreviatio (London: HM King George III, 1811), 1646 0909, Renfrew, 126, James Fleming of Boghall second lawful brother of John Earl of Wigtown; online image, Internet Archive, (https://archive.org/details/inquisitionumadc00grea/page/n5/mode/2up : accessed.
| Last Edited | 17 October 2026 |