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John Sandilands, 8th of Calder
b. circa 1500, d. circa 1565
Birth
John Sandilands, 8th of Calder, was born circa 1500.
Family life
John Sandilands, 8th of Calder, and Johanna ("Janet") Fleming entered into a marriage contract on 24 May 1560.1
Child with Johanna ("Janet") Fleming (b. 1526, d. 19 January 1596)
| Son | James Sandilands (b. between 1560 and 1563) |
Property23
John Sandilands, 8th of Calder, possessed gave a charter of liferent feu in these lands to his wife Johanna Fleming and their son James on 26 March 1564 in Nether Williamstoun and Nether Murestoun in the barony of Calder.4
Death
John Sandilands, 8th of Calder, died circa 1565 at age ~65.
Citations
- [S95] Various contributors, The Peerage website (https://thepeerage.com/ : accessed 13 April 2025), Johanna Fleming at https://thepeerage.com/p59485.htm#i594844.
- [S58] Edinburgh, National Records of Scotland, "Online Catalogue," National Records of Scotland (https://catalogue.nrscotland.gov.uk/nrsonlinecatalogue: viewed 25 September 2025), RH 2343, 10 Dec 1527, Malcolm, Lord Fleming, in favour of John Sandelandis of lands of Myddilrig (Wiston.)
- [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 iv, ch 1461, p 332; online image, Internet Archive, archive.org (https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=njp.32101038096846&seq=7&q1=flemyng : accessed 13 April 2025.
- [S58] Edinburgh, National Records of Scotland, "Online Catalogue," National Records of Scotland (https://catalogue.nrscotland.gov.uk/nrsonlinecatalogue: viewed 25 September 2025), GD119/213, 26 Mar 1564, Feu Charter by John Sandelandis of Calder to Johanna Flemyng his spouse in liferent.
| Last Edited | 25 September 2025 |