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Lieutenant-Colonel John Fleming, of Dunblane, cousin and tutor to John Fleming of Boghall

b. circa 1620, d. April 1684

Birth

Lieutenant-Colonel John Fleming, of Dunblane, cousin and tutor to John Fleming of Boghall, was born circa 1620.

Parents

FatherMalcolm Fleming, of Cardone (b. circa 1572)
MotherHelen Bruce, 9G grandaughter of Robert I

Titles

Property123

Lieutenant-Colonel John Fleming, of Dunblane, cousin and tutor to John Fleming of Boghall, possessed resigned the lands of Milntoun and Arretshoul that he had inherited from his fatuous cousin John Fleming of Boghall to Matthew Brisbane, presumably a close relative of Boghall's mother Janet on 13 September 1667 in Milntoun and Arretshoul.4 He possessed English draft of Latin charter granting the lands of Boghall to Colin Campbell and Janet Muir his wife on 12 January 1668 in Boghall.5 He possessed the lands of Boghall and Milltown and Arretshole were resigned by Matthew Brisbane (with the consent of his wife Ann Fleming) for regrant to Robert Campbell secured by a 35,000 merk mortgage given by Campbell on 11 June 1668 in Boghall and Milltown and Arretshole.62,7,8

Death

Lieutenant-Colonel John Fleming, of Dunblane, cousin and tutor to John Fleming of Boghall, witnessed the will of Captain William ("the Builder") Fleming, 5th Earl of Wigtown, 10th Lord Fleming, on 2 March 1681 in Cumbernauld and pertinents.9 Lieutenant-Colonel John Fleming, of Dunblane, cousin and tutor to John Fleming of Boghall, died in April 1684 at age ~64.2 He had his estate probated on 6 October 1684.2,10

Citations

  1. [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 ix, 1634-1651, ch 1611, p 609-610; online image, Internet Archive, archive.org (https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=njp.32101038096846&seq=7&q1=flemyng : viewed 8 September 2026.
  2. [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.
  3. [S124] Cosmo Innes, Editor, Records of the University of Glasgow: from its foundation till 1727 (Glasgow: The Maitland Club, 1854), vol i, p 370; online image, Internet Archive (https://archive.org/details/munimentaalmeuni01mait : viewed 26 August 2025.
  4. [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 xi, 1660-1668, ch 1094, p 516; online image, Internet Archive, archive.org (https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=njp.32101038096846&seq=7&q1=flemyng : viewed 9 September 2026.
  5. [S58] Edinburgh, National Records of Scotland, "Online Catalogue," National Records of Scotland (https://catalogue.nrscotland.gov.uk/nrsonlinecatalogue: accessed), SIG 2337, 12 Jan 1668, Signature of the lands of Boghall granted to Colin Campbell and Janet Muir, his wife.
  6. [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 xi, 1660-1668, ch 1189, p 597-598; online image, Internet Archive, archive.org (https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=njp.32101038096846&seq=7&q1=flemyng : viewed 10 September 2026.
  7. [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 558.
  8. [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 221.
  9. [S71] Scotland, National Records of Scotland, "Wills and Testaments 1513-1925," Scotland's People (https://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/: accessed), CC 744, images 214 to 216 (folios 215 to 217), Testament of William Fleming, Earl of Wigtoun (1681.)
  10. [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), 1684 1006, Dunbarton, 76, Jean, Helen and Mary, heiresses of Vice Colonel John Fleming of Dunblane; online image, Internet Archive, (https://archive.org/details/inquisitionumadc00grea/page/n5/mode/2up : accessed.
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