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Stephen le Fleming, 3rd palatine baron of Slane

b. circa 1156, d. 1213

Person Exhibits

Effigy of Stephen le Fleming, Knight, in St Mary's Church Botus Fleming

Birth

Stephen le Fleming, 3rd palatine baron of Slane, was born circa 1156.¹

Parents

Father

Erchenbald le Fleming, 1st Palatine Baron Slane (b. circa 1100, d. circa 1173)

Children

Son	Sir Erchenbald ("Archibald") le Fleming (b. circa 1200)
Son	Baldwin le Fleming, 4th palatine baron of Slane+ (b. circa 1205, d. after 1264)

Working life

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From 1189 to 1192 Stephen le Fleming, 3rd palatine baron of Slane, was occupied as a knight who may have fought in the Third Crusade.²

Property

Stephen le Fleming, 3rd palatine baron of Slane, possessed inherited the fees in Devonshire, Cornwall, Slane, Newcastle, Astmayn and Eskertenen from his older brother Richard in 1176.³ He possessed inherited the fees in Botus (Cornwall) and Chymwell (in Bratton Fleming) from his older brother Richard in 1176.⁴ He possessed inherited the fees of the Irish lands previously granted to his late cousin Richard le Fleming in 1186.⁵ He possessed and built castles at Slane and Newcastle de Eskertenen in County Meath in 1187.⁵ He possessed brought a writ of mort d'ancestor against Adam Rudypac and Reginald le Poer in defence of land in Meath and Tipperary in 1199.¹ He possessed held 7 knight's fees in Devon and Cornwall in 1200 in Devon and Cornwall.⁶

Death

Stephen le Fleming, 3rd palatine baron of Slane, died in 1213 at age ~57.⁶ He died after 1230.⁷

Citations

[S10] Richard Bligh, The Slane Peerage Case: New Reports of Cases heard in the House of Lords and decided during the session 1836, vol x (London: Saunders and Benning, 1838), p 78; e-book, Google, GoogleBooks (https://archive.org/details/newreportscases06lordgoog/page/n14/mode/2up : accessed.
[S8] F Lawrence Fleming, A Genealogical History of the Barons Slane (N.p.: Paragon Publishing, 2008), p100.
[S1] F Lawrence Fleming, Exploring the True Heritage of the Fleming family name, first edition (N.p.: F Lawrence Fleming, 2018), p52-3.
[S1] F Lawrence Fleming, Exploring the True Heritage of the Fleming family name, first edition (N.p.: F Lawrence Fleming, 2018), p52-4.
[S1] F Lawrence Fleming, Exploring the True Heritage of the Fleming family name, first edition (N.p.: F Lawrence Fleming, 2018), p53.
[S99] William Sincock, "Cornish Landholders circa 1200," Journal of the Royal Institution of Cornwall, vol x (between 1890 and 091): number 13, Stephen Flandrensis, p 172.
[S1] F Lawrence Fleming, Exploring the True Heritage of the Fleming family name, first edition (N.p.: F Lawrence Fleming, 2018), p53 & p55.

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Last Edited

16 April 2025