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William Fleming, bailey of Perth

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• In 1567 William Fleming, bailey of Perth, was occupied as a bailie and Commissioner in Parliament for the city of Perth.^1,2
• On 19 August 1568 William Fleming, bailey of Perth, was occupied as sat in Parliament as a commissioner for Perth in Edinburgh.^3,4
• On 20 October 1579 William Fleming, bailey of Perth, was occupied as sat in Parliament as a commissioner for Perth in Edinburgh.⁵
• On 29 July 1587 William Fleming, bailey of Perth, was occupied as sat in Parliament as commissioner for Perth and was named to commissions on the customs, the coinage and the complaints of unequal taxation in Edinburgh.^6,7

Citations

1. [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.
2. [S157] Thomas Thomson and Cosmo Innes, editors, The Acts of the Parliaments of Scotland: 12 vols in 13 (Edinburgh: Record Commission, between 1814 and 1875), vol ii, p 545-548; online image, Hathitrust, Hathitrust (https://babel.hathitrust.org/ : viewed 3 November 2026.
3. [S157] Thomas Thomson and Cosmo Innes, editors, The Acts of the Parliaments of Scotland: 12 vols in 13 (Edinburgh: Record Commission, between 1814 and 1875), vol iii, p 47-49; online image, Hathitrust, Hathitrust (https://babel.hathitrust.org/ : viewed 3 November 2026.
4. [S157] Thomas Thomson and Cosmo Innes, editors, The Acts of the Parliaments of Scotland: 12 vols in 13 (Edinburgh: Record Commission, between 1814 and 1875), vol iii, p 56; online image, Hathitrust, Hathitrust (https://babel.hathitrust.org/ : viewed 3 November 2026.
5. [S157] Thomas Thomson and Cosmo Innes, editors, The Acts of the Parliaments of Scotland: 12 vols in 13 (Edinburgh: Record Commission, between 1814 and 1875), vol iii, p 124, 128; online image, Hathitrust, Hathitrust (https://babel.hathitrust.org/ : viewed 3 November 2026.
6. [S157] Thomas Thomson and Cosmo Innes, editors, The Acts of the Parliaments of Scotland: 12 vols in 13 (Edinburgh: Record Commission, between 1814 and 1875), vol iii, p 427-429; online image, Hathitrust, Hathitrust (https://babel.hathitrust.org/ : viewed 3 November 2026.
7. [S157] Thomas Thomson and Cosmo Innes, editors, The Acts of the Parliaments of Scotland: 12 vols in 13 (Edinburgh: Record Commission, between 1814 and 1875), vol iii, p 437, 517, 521, 524; online image, Hathitrust, Hathitrust (https://babel.hathitrust.org/ : viewed 3 November 2026.

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14 April 2025