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Michael Fleming, Burgess of Glasgow

b. circa 1493, d. before 4 April 1541

Birth

Michael Fleming, Burgess of Glasgow, was born circa 1493.1

Parents

FatherAlexander Fleming, Burgess of Glasgow (b. circa 1466, d. before November 1514)
MotherJoneta Huchonsoun (b. circa 1462)

Children with Margaret Burn

SonAndrew Fleming (b. circa 1511)
SonWilliam ("Burgess of Glasgow") Fleming+ (b. circa 1519, d. before 10 June 1584)

Working life

  • Michael Fleming, Burgess of Glasgow, served in the military as fought for Scotland at the Battle of Flodden on 9 September 1513 in Flodden.2
  • On 3 February 1528 Michael Fleming, Burgess of Glasgow, was occupied as Notary Public in Glasgow.3
  • Between 1530 and 1537 Michael Fleming, Burgess of Glasgow, was occupied as Notary in Glasgow.4
  • Circa 1541 Michael Fleming, Burgess of Glasgow, was occupied as Court Clerk in Glasgow.5

Property

Michael Fleming, Burgess of Glasgow, possessed rented the lands of Capoch for 0/43/4, with consent of his mother on 31 January 1511 in Capoch.1,6 He possessed owned land at Ratonraw in 1513 in Ratonraw.7 He possessed purchased two acres at Burne from Thomas Dean, bailiff of the lord subdean of Glasgow on 16 June 1513 in Burne.8,910 He possessed consented to the rental of 0/7/2 worth of land at Capoch to James Wallace on 19 April 1529 in Capoch.11

Death

Michael Fleming, Burgess of Glasgow, signed a will on 18 August 1513 in Glasgow.12,7,2 He witnessed the death of William ("Peter") Fleming, 8th of Barochan, on 9 September 1513 in Flodden.13,14,15,16,17 Michael Fleming, Burgess of Glasgow, died before 4 April 1541 in Glasgow.5

Citations

  1. [S87] Joseph Bain, Editor, Rental book of the diocese of Glasgow: Liber protocollorum M. Cuthberti Simonis notarii publici et scribæ capituli glasguensis 1499-1513 (London: The Grampian Club, 1875), vol i, p 220; online image, Internet Archive (https://archive.org/details/liberprotocollo00rogegoog/page/n6/mode/2up : accessed.
  2. [S87] Joseph Bain, Editor, Rental book of the diocese of Glasgow: Liber protocollorum M. Cuthberti Simonis notarii publici et scribæ capituli glasguensis 1499-1513 (London: The Grampian Club, 1875), vol i, p 557; online image, Internet Archive (https://archive.org/details/liberprotocollo00rogegoog/page/n6/mode/2up : accessed; Charter 650, Flemyng.
  3. [S87] Joseph Bain, Editor, Rental book of the diocese of Glasgow: Liber protocollorum M. Cuthberti Simonis notarii publici et scribæ capituli glasguensis 1499-1513 (London: The Grampian Club, 1875), vol i, p 91; online image, Internet Archive (https://archive.org/details/liberprotocollo00rogegoog/page/n6/mode/2up : accessed; Rental by William Bogyll.
  4. [S58] Edinburgh, National Records of Scotland, "Online Catalogue," National Records of Scotland (https://catalogue.nrscotland.gov.uk/nrsonlinecatalogue: viewed 25 September 2025), NP1/5, 1530-1537, Notarial protocol book of Michael Fleming, Lanark, Register of Glasgow.
  5. [S87] Joseph Bain, Editor, Rental book of the diocese of Glasgow: Liber protocollorum M. Cuthberti Simonis notarii publici et scribæ capituli glasguensis 1499-1513 (London: The Grampian Club, 1875), vol i, p 118; online image, Internet Archive (https://archive.org/details/liberprotocollo00rogegoog/page/n6/mode/2up : accessed; Matthew Ottirburn.
  6. [S87] Joseph Bain, Editor, Rental book of the diocese of Glasgow: Liber protocollorum M. Cuthberti Simonis notarii publici et scribæ capituli glasguensis 1499-1513 (London: The Grampian Club, 1875), vol i, p 45; online image, Internet Archive (https://archive.org/details/liberprotocollo00rogegoog/page/n6/mode/2up : accessed; Capoch.
  7. [S87] Joseph Bain, Editor, Rental book of the diocese of Glasgow: Liber protocollorum M. Cuthberti Simonis notarii publici et scribæ capituli glasguensis 1499-1513 (London: The Grampian Club, 1875), vol ii, p 498-99; online image, Internet Archive (https://archive.org/details/liberprotocollo00rogegoog/page/n6/mode/2up : accessed.
  8. [S87] Joseph Bain, Editor, Rental book of the diocese of Glasgow: Liber protocollorum M. Cuthberti Simonis notarii publici et scribæ capituli glasguensis 1499-1513 (London: The Grampian Club, 1875), vol ii, p 492; online image, Internet Archive (https://archive.org/details/liberprotocollo00rogegoog/page/n6/mode/2up : accessed.
  9. [S87] Joseph Bain, Editor, Rental book of the diocese of Glasgow: Liber protocollorum M. Cuthberti Simonis notarii publici et scribæ capituli glasguensis 1499-1513 (London: The Grampian Club, 1875), vol i, p 553; online image, Internet Archive (https://archive.org/details/liberprotocollo00rogegoog/page/n6/mode/2up : accessed; Charter 640, Flemyng - Burne.
  10. [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 iii, ch 409, p. 91; online image, Internet Archive, archive.org (https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=njp.32101038096846&seq=7&q1=flemyng : accessed 31 March 2025.
  11. [S87] Joseph Bain, Editor, Rental book of the diocese of Glasgow: Liber protocollorum M. Cuthberti Simonis notarii publici et scribæ capituli glasguensis 1499-1513 (London: The Grampian Club, 1875), vol i, p 92; online image, Internet Archive (https://archive.org/details/liberprotocollo00rogegoog/page/n6/mode/2up : accessed; Rental by James Wallace.
  12. [S87] Joseph Bain, Editor, Rental book of the diocese of Glasgow: Liber protocollorum M. Cuthberti Simonis notarii publici et scribæ capituli glasguensis 1499-1513 (London: The Grampian Club, 1875), vol i, p 21; online image, Internet Archive (https://archive.org/details/liberprotocollo00rogegoog/page/n6/mode/2up : accessed.
  13. [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.
  14. [S72] Stirnet Limited, "Families database," online pedigree, Stirnet.com (https://www.stirnet.com/ : accessed 13 March 2025), Fleming08, Fleming of Barochan.
  15. [S25] William M Metcalfe, A History of the County of Renfrew: from the Earliest Times (Paisley: Alexander Gardner, 1905), p 127.
  16. [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.
  17. [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.
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