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Alexander ("12th") Fleming, of Barochan

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• 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

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Citations

1. [S44] Scotland Court of Exchequer, Rotuli scaccarii regum Scotorum: The Exchequer rolls of Scotland (Edinburgh: General Register House, 1878), vol 22, p 435; online image, Internet Archive, archive.org (https://archive.org/details/rotuliscaccariir01scot/page/n9/mode/2up : accessed.
2. [S44] Scotland Court of Exchequer, Rotuli scaccarii regum Scotorum: The Exchequer rolls of Scotland (Edinburgh: General Register House, 1878), vol 23, p 375; online image, Internet Archive, archive.org (https://archive.org/details/rotuliscaccariir01scot/page/n9/mode/2up : accessed.
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 August 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 August 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 August 2025), p 637.
7. [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.
8. [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 131-33 and 135.
9. [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 v, ch 1616, p 553-554; online image, Internet Archive, archive.org (https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=njp.32101038096846&seq=7&q1=flemyng : viewed 14 April 2025.
10. [S17] Francis J Grant (Ed), Charter Chest of the Earldom of Wigtown: 1214-1681 (Edinburgh: James Skinner & Company for the Scottish Record Society, 1910), Charters 142-152.
11. [S83] George Vere Irving, The upper ward of Lanarkshire described and delineated (Glasgow: Thomas Murray and Son, 1864), vol i, p 325; online image, Internet Archive (https://archive.org/details/upperwardoflanar02irvi/page/n9/mode/2up : accessed 28 March 2025.
12. [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 vi, 1593-1608, ch 402, p 135-136; online image, Internet Archive, archive.org (https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=njp.32101038096846&seq=7&q1=flemyng : viewed 27 August 2026.
13. [S126] William Hamilton of Wishaw, Descriptions of the Sheriffdoms of Lanark and Renfrew: compiled about 1710 (Glasgow: The Maitland Club, 1831), p 96, note 2; online image, Internet Archive (https://archive.org/details/descriptionsofsh00mait/page/96/mode/2up : viewed 21 May 2025.
14. [S71] Scotland, National Records of Scotland, "Wills and Testaments 1513-1925," Scotland's People (https://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/: accessed 24 February 2025), CC 719, Alexander Fleming of Barochan Testament Dative, confirmed 1 February 1623.