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William ("Peter") Fleming, 8th of Barochan

b. circa 1455, d. 9 September 1513

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Birth

William ("Peter") Fleming, 8th of Barochan, was born circa 1455.

Parents

Mother

William Fleming, 7th of Barochan (b. circa 1390)

Family life

William ("Peter") Fleming, 8th of Barochan, and Marion Houston, daughter of the Laird of Houston, were married circa 1475.

Children with Marion Houston, daughter of the Laird of Houston (b. circa 1455)

Daughter	Janet Fleming, Possibly Of This Generation
Son	William Fleming, of Barochan (b. circa 1470, d. 1513)
Son	James ("9th") Fleming, of Barochan+ (b. 1480)

Working life

Before 1513 William ("Peter") Fleming, 8th of Barochan, was occupied as Sheriff in Lanark.^1,2

Property

William ("Peter") Fleming, 8th of Barochan, possessed had sasine of Barachane in 1492 in Barochan.³ He possessed had, along with his spouse Marion Houston, a charter of the king for the ancient lands of Barrochane including Kilellanis, Barlogane, Crukis on 15 February 1507 in Barochan.⁴

Death

William ("Peter") Fleming, 8th of Barochan, died killed in battle, along with 6 of his sons on 9 September 1513 at age ~58 in Flodden.^5,6,7,8,2

Citations

[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.
[S170] William Anderson, The Scottish Nation: The Surnames, Families, Literature, Honours, and Biographical History of the People of Scotland (Edinburgh: A Fullarton & Co, 1877), ii, 221; online image, Internet Archive (https://archive.org/details/scottishnationor02ande/page/n7/mode/2up : accessed.
[S44] Scotland Court of Exchequer, Rotuli scaccarii regum Scotorum: The Exchequer rolls of Scotland (Edinburgh: General Register House, 1878), vol 10, p 765; online image, Internet Archive, archive.org (https://archive.org/details/rotuliscaccariir01scot/page/n9/mode/2up : accessed.
[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 ii, 1424-1513, ch 3058, p 653; online image, Internet Archive, archive.org (https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=njp.32101038096846&seq=7&q1=flemyng : accessed.
[S44] Scotland Court of Exchequer, Rotuli scaccarii regum Scotorum: The Exchequer rolls of Scotland (Edinburgh: General Register House, 1878), vol 16, p 615; online image, Internet Archive, archive.org (https://archive.org/details/rotuliscaccariir01scot/page/n9/mode/2up : accessed.
[S72] Stirnet Limited, "Families database," online pedigree, Stirnet.com (https://www.stirnet.com/ : accessed 13 March 2025), Fleming08, Fleming of Barochan.
[S25] William M Metcalfe, A History of the County of Renfrew: from the Earliest Times (Paisley: Alexander Gardner, 1905), p 127.
[S64] Cosmos Nelson Innes, Editor for the Bannatyne Club, Origines Parochiales Scotiae: the antiquities ecclesiastical and territorial of the parishes of Scotland (Edinburgh: WH Lizars, 1851), vol i, p 82; online image, Internet Archive (https://archive.org/details/originesparochia01bann/page/n7/mode/2up?q=fleming&view=theater : accessed 23 April 2025.

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12 August 2026