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William Fleming, Commissary clerk of Glasgow

b. between 1544 and 1599, d. before 20 November 1636

Birth

William Fleming, Commissary clerk of Glasgow, was born between 1544 and 1599.¹

Parents

Father

William ("Burgess of Glasgow") Fleming (b. circa 1519, d. before 10 June 1584)

Children with Margaret Brodie (b. circa 1555)

Daughter	Margaret Fleming (b. between 1572 and 1636)
Son	Archibald Fleming, of Catgill, afterwards 1st Baronet of Ferme+ (b. circa 1599, d. January 1662)
Daughter	J Fleming (b. before 3 August 1609)

Working life

On 19 June 1629 William Fleming, Commissary clerk of Glasgow, was occupied as notary in a charter involving James Archbishop of Glasgow and his wife Mariot Boill in Glasgow.²

Property

William Fleming, Commissary clerk of Glasgow, possessed had a royal charter to himself and Agnes Gibson wife of his son Archibald Fleming for the lands of Nether Phillipshill on 16 November 1633 in Nether Phillipshill.^3,4

Death

William Fleming, Commissary clerk of Glasgow, died before 20 November 1636.^1,5,6

Citations

[S27] Various genealogists, "World Family Tree," pedigree, MyHeritage Ltd, Geni (https://www.geni.com/: online 12 March 2025), William Fleming, Commissary clerk of Glasgow.
[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 viii, 1620-1633, ch 1425, p 481-482; online image, Internet Archive, archive.org (https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=njp.32101038096846&seq=7&q1=flemyng : viewed 7 September 2026.
[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 viii, 1620-1633, ch 2234, p 754; online image, Internet Archive, archive.org (https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=njp.32101038096846&seq=7&q1=flemyng : viewed 7 September 2026.
[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 viii, 1620-1633, ch 719, p 262-262; online image, Internet Archive, archive.org (https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=njp.32101038096846&seq=7&q1=flemyng : viewed 7 September 2026.
[S96] George E Cokayne, Complete Baronetage (Exeter: William Pollard & Co, 1903), vol iii, p 331-333; online image, Internet Archive (https://archive.org/details/cu31924092524390/page/n7/mode/2up : viewed 15 April 2025; Fleming or Flyming.
[S71] Scotland, National Records of Scotland, "Wills and Testaments 1513-1925," Scotland's People (https://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/: accessed 24 February 2025), CC 727, William Fleming, Commissary Court of Glasgow, 12 Aug 1637.

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Last Edited

10 October 2026