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Ann Fleming

b. circa 1619, d. 20 April 1661

Birth

Ann Fleming was born circa 1619.

Parents

FatherJohn ("the Covenanter") Fleming, 2nd Earl of Wigtown, 7th Lord Fleming (b. before 5 December 1589, d. 7 May 1650)
MotherMargaret Livingstone, Countess of Wigtown (d. after 1634)

Family life

Ann Fleming and Robert Boyd, 8th Lord Boyd, entered into a marriage contract on 10 September 1639.1 She and George Ramsay, 2nd Earl of Dalhousie, entered into a marriage contract on 10 December 1644.1

Partner with Robert Boyd, 8th Lord Boyd (b. circa 1618, d. 17 November 1640)

Partner with George Ramsay, 2nd Earl of Dalhousie (b. circa 1617, d. 1674)

Titles

Property2

Ann Fleming possessed had a royal charter of confirmation of liferent in the baronies of Grugar and Kilbride as a marriage settlement on 17 September 1641 in Baronies of Grugar and Kilbride.3 She possessed let her liferent lands of the Little Dean Mains of Kilmarnock to James, Lord Boyd, for 400 merks a year (tack dated at Glasgow) on 2 December 1641 in Glasgow.4 She possessed discharged James, Lord Boyd, of 600 merks tack duty of the half lands and barony of Medross (dated at Cumbernauld) on 5 August 1642 in Cumbernauld.5 She possessed discharged James, Lord Boyd, of a further 600 merks tack duty of Medross (dated at Cumbernauld) on 24 November 1642 in Cumbernauld.6 She possessed discharged James, now Lord Boyd, of 600 merks tack duty of Medross (dated at Cumbernauld) on 4 July 1643 in Cumbernauld.7 She possessed with Sir William Cochrane of Cowden, for James, Lord Boyd, discharged 600 merks tack duty of the half lands of Medross (dated at Cumbernauld) on 8 December 1643 in Cumbernauld.8 She possessed discharged James, Lord Boyd, of 600 merks tack duty of Medross (dated at Cumbernauld) on 15 July 1644 in Cumbernauld.9 She possessed with Sir William Cochrane of Cowden, discharged James, Lord Boyd, of 600 merks tack duty of Medross (dated at Edinburgh) on 11 December 1644 in Edinburgh.10 She possessed as Lady Ramsay, with her husband's consent, discharged James, Lord Boyd, of a further 600 merks tack duty of Medross (dated at Dalhousie) on 4 July 1645.11 She possessed as Lady Ramsay, with consent of her husband George, Lord Ramsay, discharged James, Lord Boyd, of 600 merks tack duty of the half of Medross (dated at Dalhousie) on 8 December 1645.12 She possessed as Lady Ramsay, with her husband's consent, discharged Sir William Cochrane of Cowden, for James, Lord Boyd, of 1,200 merks tack duty of Medross (dated at Edinburgh) on 17 November 1646 in Edinburgh.13 She possessed as Lady Ramsay, with her husband's consent, discharged Sir William Cochrane of Cowden and James, Lord Boyd, of 600 merks tack duty of Medross (dated at Dalhousie) on 24 June 1647.14 She possessed was conjointly infested, with her husband George Ramsay, in Abbottishall in Fife that had been resigned by her father-in-law on 16 August 1647 in Abbottishall.15 She possessed as wife of George, Lord Ramsay, Master of Dalhousie, and formerly of Robert, Lord Boyd, disponed her liferent of the lands and barony of Growgar to James, Lord Boyd (dated at Edinburgh) on 26 October 1647 in Edinburgh.16 She possessed ratified the disposition by her and her husband George, Lord Ramsay, to James, Lord Boyd, of her liferent of the lands and barony of Growgar for 28,000 merks (extract from the Act Books of the Burgh Court of Edinburgh) on 26 October 1647 in Edinburgh.17 She possessed as Lady Ramsay, with her husband's consent, discharged James, Lord Boyd, of £423 10s 3d tack duty of Medross (dated at Dalhousie) on 6 December 1647.18 She possessed as Lady Ramsay, discharged James, Lord Boyd, of 600 merks tack duty of Medross (dated at Cumbernauld) on 29 May 1648 in Cumbernauld.19 She possessed consented to her husband George, Lord Ramsay's disposition of the lands of Abbotshall to Robert White, burgess of Kirkcaldy, and Janet Tennant, his spouse, in liferent, and to their son John in fee in 1654.20

Death

Ann Fleming died on 20 April 1661 at age ~42.1

Citations

  1. [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.
  2. [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 873.
  3. [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 995, p 363-364; online image, Internet Archive, archive.org (https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=njp.32101038096846&seq=7&q1=flemyng : viewed 9 September 2026.
  4. [S58] Edinburgh, National Records of Scotland, "Online Catalogue," National Records of Scotland (https://catalogue.nrscotland.gov.uk/nrsonlinecatalogue: viewed 3 November 2026), GD8/696, 1641, Tack by Dame Anna Fleming, Lady Boyd, to James, Lord Boyd, of her life-rent lands called 'The Little Dean Mains' of Kilmarnock for yearly payment of….
  5. [S58] Edinburgh, National Records of Scotland, "Online Catalogue," National Records of Scotland (https://catalogue.nrscotland.gov.uk/nrsonlinecatalogue: viewed 3 November 2026), GD8/702, 1642, Discharge by Dame Anna Fleming, Lady Boyd, to James, Lord Boyd, of 600 marks of tack duty of the half lands and barony of Medross.
  6. [S58] Edinburgh, National Records of Scotland, "Online Catalogue," National Records of Scotland (https://catalogue.nrscotland.gov.uk/nrsonlinecatalogue: viewed 3 November 2026), GD8/703, 1642, Discharge by Dame Anna Fleming, Lady Boyd, to James, Lord Boyd, of 600 marks of the tack duty of the said lands.
  7. [S58] Edinburgh, National Records of Scotland, "Online Catalogue," National Records of Scotland (https://catalogue.nrscotland.gov.uk/nrsonlinecatalogue: viewed 3 November 2026), GD8/709, 1643, Discharge by Dame Anna Fleming, Lady Boyd, to James, now Lord Boyd, of 600 marks said tack duty.
  8. [S58] Edinburgh, National Records of Scotland, "Online Catalogue," National Records of Scotland (https://catalogue.nrscotland.gov.uk/nrsonlinecatalogue: viewed 3 November 2026), GD8/708, 1643, Discharge by Dame Anna Fleming, Lady Boyd, and Sir William Cochrane of Cowden, knight, in name of James, Lord Boyd, of 600 marks of the tack duty of….
  9. [S58] Edinburgh, National Records of Scotland, "Online Catalogue," National Records of Scotland (https://catalogue.nrscotland.gov.uk/nrsonlinecatalogue: viewed 3 November 2026), GD8/719, 1644, Discharge by Dame Anna Fleming, Lady Boyd, to James, Lord Boyd of 600 marks tack duty of Medross.
  10. [S58] Edinburgh, National Records of Scotland, "Online Catalogue," National Records of Scotland (https://catalogue.nrscotland.gov.uk/nrsonlinecatalogue: viewed 3 November 2026), GD8/718, 1644, Discharge by Dame Anna Fleming, Lady Boyd, and Sir William Cochrane of Cowden, to James, Lord Boyd of 600 marks tack duty of Medross.
  11. [S58] Edinburgh, National Records of Scotland, "Online Catalogue," National Records of Scotland (https://catalogue.nrscotland.gov.uk/nrsonlinecatalogue: viewed 3 November 2026), GD8/728, 1645, Discharge by Dame Anna Fleming, Lady Ramsay, with the consent of her husband, to James, Lord Boyd, of a similar sum, etc.
  12. [S58] Edinburgh, National Records of Scotland, "Online Catalogue," National Records of Scotland (https://catalogue.nrscotland.gov.uk/nrsonlinecatalogue: viewed 3 November 2026), GD8/727, 1645, Discharge by Dame Anna Fleming, Lady Ramsay with consent of George, Lord Ramsay, now her spouse, to James, Lord Boyd, of 600 marks tack duty of the….
  13. [S58] Edinburgh, National Records of Scotland, "Online Catalogue," National Records of Scotland (https://catalogue.nrscotland.gov.uk/nrsonlinecatalogue: viewed 3 November 2026), GD8/730A, 1646, Discharge by Dame Anna Fleming, Lady Ramsay, with the consent of her husband to Sir William Cochrane of Cowden, knight, in name of James, Lord Boyd,….
  14. [S58] Edinburgh, National Records of Scotland, "Online Catalogue," National Records of Scotland (https://catalogue.nrscotland.gov.uk/nrsonlinecatalogue: viewed 3 November 2026), GD8/743, 1647, Discharge by Dame Anna Fleming, Lady Ramsay, with the consent of her husband, to Sir William Cochrane of Cowden, and James, Lord Boyd, of 600 marks….
  15. [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 1833, p 685; online image, Internet Archive, archive.org (https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=njp.32101038096846&seq=7&q1=flemyng : viewed 9 September 2026.
  16. [S58] Edinburgh, National Records of Scotland, "Online Catalogue," National Records of Scotland (https://catalogue.nrscotland.gov.uk/nrsonlinecatalogue: viewed 3 November 2026), GD8/746, 1647, Disposition by Dame Anna Fleming, sometime spouse to Robert, Lord Boyd, now spouse to George, Lord Ramsay, Master of Dalhousie, to James, Lord Boyd….
  17. [S58] Edinburgh, National Records of Scotland, "Online Catalogue," National Records of Scotland (https://catalogue.nrscotland.gov.uk/nrsonlinecatalogue: viewed 3 November 2026), GD8/742, 1647, Ratification by Dame Anna Fleming of disposition granted by her and George, Lord Ramsay, her spouse, to James, Lord Boyd, of her life-rent right to….
  18. [S58] Edinburgh, National Records of Scotland, "Online Catalogue," National Records of Scotland (https://catalogue.nrscotland.gov.uk/nrsonlinecatalogue: viewed 3 November 2026), GD8/745, 1647, Discharge by Dame Anna Fleming, Lady Ramsay, with the consent of her husband, to James, Lord Boyd, of £423 10s 3d tack duty of the lands of Meddrois.
  19. [S58] Edinburgh, National Records of Scotland, "Online Catalogue," National Records of Scotland (https://catalogue.nrscotland.gov.uk/nrsonlinecatalogue: viewed 3 November 2026), GD8/751, 1648, Discharge by Dame Anna Fleming. Lady Ramsay, to James, Lord Boyd, of 600 marks of the tack duty of Meddrois.
  20. [S58] Edinburgh, National Records of Scotland, "Online Catalogue," National Records of Scotland (https://catalogue.nrscotland.gov.uk/nrsonlinecatalogue: viewed 3 November 2026), GD4 162735, 1654, Eighteenth century copies (2) of extract contract by which George, Lord Ramsay, with consent of Dame Anna Fleming, his spouse, dispones to Robert….
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