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Alexander ("12th") Fleming, of Barochan

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Arms of the Flemings of Barochan

Birth

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Working life

• In 1589 Alexander ("12th") Fleming, of Barochan, was occupied as was given a commission as justiciary.¹
• On 13 March 1595 Alexander ("12th") Fleming, of Barochan, was occupied as sheriff in Renfrewshire.²
• In 1596 Alexander ("12th") Fleming, of Barochan, was occupied as was appointed one of the commissioners to inquire into the fitness of a creek in Little Cunrae to be a new harbour bfor the burgh of Irvine.³
• In 1600 Alexander ("12th") Fleming, of Barochan, was occupied as commissioner for the shire of Renfrew.⁴
• In 1610 Alexander ("12th") Fleming, of Barochan, was occupied as Sheriff in Stirlingshire.⁵
• In 1616 Alexander ("12th") Fleming, of Barochan, was occupied as JP for Renfrewshire.⁶

Property^7,8,9

Citations

1. [S44] Scotland Court of Exchequer, Rotuli scaccarii regum Scotorum, vol 22, p 435
2. [S44] Scotland Court of Exchequer, Rotuli scaccarii regum Scotorum, vol 23, p 375
3. [S148] David Masson, "Commission for enqiring into the fitness of a creek in Little Cumrae," The Register of the Privy Council of Scotland, first series, vol v, 1592-1599 (1882), online image (https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=msu.31293027205800&seq=401 : accessed), p 293.
4. [S148] editor David Masson, "Hew Montgomery," The Register of the Privy Council of Scotland, vol vi, 1599-1604 (1884), online image (https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=msu.31293027205818&seq=814 : viewed 14 Aug 2025), p 668.
5. [S148] editor David Masson, "Laird of Houston," The Register of the Privy Council of Scotland, vol viii, 1607-1610 (1882), online image (https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=msu.31293027205834&seq=519 : viewed 14 Aug 2025), p 418.
6. [S148] editor David Masson, "Commission of the Peace for Renfrewshire," The Register of the Privy Council of Scotland, vol x, 1613-1616 (1882), online image (https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=msu.31293027205859&seq=759 : viewed 14 Aug 2025), p 637.
7. [S28] Sir James Balfour Paul, The Scots Peerage, vol viii, Fleming Earl of Wigtown pages 519 - 558
8. [S17] Francis J Grant (Ed), Charter Chest of the Earldom of Wigtown, Charter 131-33 and 135
9. [S43] Scotland Court of Exchequer, Registrum Magni Sigilli Regum Scotorum, vol v, ch 1616, p 553-554
10. [S44] Scotland Court of Exchequer, Rotuli scaccarii regum Scotorum, vol 22, p 494
11. [S17] Francis J Grant (Ed), Charter Chest of the Earldom of Wigtown, Charters 142-152
12. [S83] George Vere Irving, The upper ward of Lanarkshire described and delineated, vol i, p 325
13. [S43] Scotland Court of Exchequer, Registrum Magni Sigilli Regum Scotorum, vol vi, 1593-1608, ch 402, p 135-136
14. [S126] William Hamilton of Wishaw, Descriptions of the Sheriffdoms of Lanark and Renfrew, p 96, note 2