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Richard ("4a") le Fleming
b. circa 1150, d. 1176
Birth
Richard ("4a") le Fleming was born circa 1150.
Parents
| Father | Erchenbald le Fleming (b. circa 1100, d. circa 1173) |
Residence information
Richard ("4a") le Fleming possibly at Crandon manor in Somersetshire in 1170.1
Property
Richard ("4a") le Fleming possessed he or his father was granted land in County Meath probably by Hugh de Lacy in 1172.2 He possessed inherited estates in Devonshire, Cornwall and Ireland from his father circa 1174.
Death
Richard ("4a") le Fleming died in battle defending the Hill of Slane from Irish forces in 1176 at age ~26 in Slane, Ireland. The Annals of Tigernach (Continuation) record a “hosting by MaelSechlainn son of MacLochlainn and by the Kindred of Eogan and the men of Oriel” in 1176 when they attacked “the castle of Slane” and killed “Richard Fleming the Foreigner who was commander therein”. Annals of Tigernach II, Continuation, p. 442.3
Citations
- [S8] F Lawrence Fleming, A Genealogical History of the Barons Slane, p99
- [S8] F Lawrence Fleming, A Genealogical History of the Barons Slane, p50
- [S8] F Lawrence Fleming, A Genealogical History of the Barons Slane, p50, 53 & 99
| Last Edited | 14 March 2019 |