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William Fleming, 2nd of Barochan RR signatory

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Working life

• Between 1272 and 1286 William Fleming, 2nd of Barochan RR signatory, was occupied as militibus.²
• On 12 November 1292 William Fleming, 2nd of Barochan RR signatory, was occupied as soldier in Berwick-upon-Tweed.³
• Circa 1306 William Fleming, 2nd of Barochan RR signatory, was occupied as sheriff in Lanark.⁴

Property^5,6,7,8

Death

Citations

1. [S25] William M Metcalfe, A History of the County of Renfrew: from the Earliest Times (Paisley: Alexander Gardner, 1905), Fleming of Barochan, p 126 at https://chuckspeed.com/balquhidder/Malcolm_Census/County%20of%20Renfrew%20History-sr.pdf.
2. [S100] Alexander Campbell, Editor, Cartularium comitatus de Levenax: from early 13th century to 1398 (Edinburgh: The Maitland Club, 1833), p 40-41; online image, HathiTrust (https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015070200798&seq=7 : viewed 17 April 2025.
3. [S63] J. Caley and W. Illingworth D. Macpherson, Editors, Rotuli Scotiae: in Turri Londinensi et in Domo Capitulari Westmonasteriensi Asservati (by Command of His Majesty King George III, 1814), i, p 11; online image, Internet Archive (https://archive.org/details/RotuliScotiaeVolume1/page/n7/mode/2up?q=ada : accessed 1 March 2025.
4. [S2] Various contributors, "Wikipaedia," database, Commons, Wikipaedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/: accessed), Sheriff of Lanark.
5. [S32] Various contributors, "People of Medieval Scotland," database, Universities of Glasgow and Edinburgh et al, People of Medieval Scotland (https://poms.ac.uk/: online 26 November 2023), Document 1/53/63 (RRS, v, no. 56), Gift of lands and rights in Kettins, Pitcur and Eassie (ANG) at https://poms.ac.uk/record/source/9761/.
6. [S38] Archibald Duncan, editor, Regesta Regum Scottorum, The Acts of Robert I, King Of Scots 1306-1329: vol V of VI (Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 1988), p 340 charter 56; image, Internet Archive, Wayback Machine (http://archive.org/details/the-acts-of-robert-i-king-of-scots-1306-1329-book : online 21 December 2024; knight, of lands and rights at Kettins, Pitcur, and Eassie (Angus), for the eighth part of a knight’s service. Arbroath, 20 March a.r.g [1315].
7. [S80] William Fraser, The Red Book of Menteith (Edinburgh: William Fraser, 1880), vol ii, p 224; online image, Internet Archive (https://archive.org/details/redbookofmentev100fras : accessed 26 March 2025.
8. [S58] Edinburgh, National Records of Scotland, "Online Catalogue," National Records of Scotland (https://catalogue.nrscotland.gov.uk/nrsonlinecatalogue: viewed 16 September 2025), GD181/96, 20 Mar [1315], Charter by Robert I, King of Scots, to Walter Fleming, son of William Fleming of Barrichan [Barrochan], kt, of half mill of Kettenes [Kettins].

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4 September 2026