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Richard Fleming, of Copeland, Chamberlain to William de Brus
b. circa 1170, d. circa 1234
Birth
Richard Fleming, of Copeland, Chamberlain to William de Brus, was born circa 1170.
Parents
| Father | John Fleming, of Copeland (d. after 1202) |
Children with Elizabeth de Urswick, daughter of Adam (d. after 1234)
| Son | John Fleming, of Beckermet and Coningston+ (b. circa 1220) |
| Son | Stephen Fleming, Baillie of Carrick+ (b. 1230) |
| Son | Peter Fleming (b. circa 1233) |
Working life
- Between 1194 and 1200 Richard Fleming, of Copeland, Chamberlain to William de Brus, was occupied as chamberlain to William de Brus.1
Property
Richard Fleming, of Copeland, Chamberlain to William de Brus, possessed was mentioned as Ricardi Fleming, a neighbouring landholder, in a charter of gift of the saltpan on the sand of Rainpatrick by William Bruce to Melrose Abbey between 1194 and 1200 at Dumfries in Saltpan at Rainpatrick.2,3 He possessed granted, as Ricardus Fleming Camerarius Willelmi de Brus, a saltpan at Rainpatrick to Melrose Abbey between 1194 and 1200 at Dumfries in Saltpan at Rainpatrick.1,4 He possessed recieved his father's lands in Rowthemel circa 1200 in Rowthemel.5 He possessed obtained Coningston through his marriage to Elizabeth de Urswick circa 1200 in Coningston.6 He possessed received his father's lands in Copeland by feoffment between 1202 and 1207 in Copeland.7,5,89
Death
Richard Fleming, of Copeland, Chamberlain to William de Brus, died as the late husband of widow Elizabeth daughter of Adam son of Gilbert who had a property in Urswick, Lancashire circa 1234 at age ~64.10
Citations
- [S32] Various contributors, "People of Medieval Scotland," database, Universities of Glasgow and Edinburgh et al, People of Medieval Scotland (https://poms.ac.uk/: accessed), Document 3/225/1 (Melr. Lib., ii, App., no. 5), Transaction: Gift of saltpan in Rainpatrick (DMF.)
- [S32] Various contributors, "People of Medieval Scotland," database, Universities of Glasgow and Edinburgh et al, People of Medieval Scotland (https://poms.ac.uk/: accessed), Document 3/106/11 (Melr. Lib., ii, App., no. 4), Transaction: Gift of saltpan on the sand of Rainpatrick (DMF.)
- [S105] Melrose Abbey, Liber Sancte Marie de Melros: munimenta vetustiora Monasterii Cisterciensis de Melros (Edinburgh: The Bannatyne Club, 1837), vol ii, app, ch 4, p 668; online image, Internet Archive (https://archive.org/details/libersanctemari01innegoog/page/n11/mode/2up : viewed 23 April 2025.
- [S105] Melrose Abbey, Liber Sancte Marie de Melros: munimenta vetustiora Monasterii Cisterciensis de Melros (Edinburgh: The Bannatyne Club, 1837), vol ii, app, ch 54, p 669; online image, Internet Archive (https://archive.org/details/libersanctemari01innegoog/page/n11/mode/2up : viewed 23 April 2025.
- [S174] Sir Daniel Fleming, The Memoirs of Sir Daniel Fleming: originally recorded ca 1684, Edited by WG Collingwood (Kendal: Titus Wilson & Son, 1928), p 16-17; online image, Internet Archive (https://archive.org/details/tractseries11cumb/page/n9/mode/2up : accessed.
- [S174] Sir Daniel Fleming, The Memoirs of Sir Daniel Fleming: originally recorded ca 1684, Edited by WG Collingwood (Kendal: Titus Wilson & Son, 1928), p 19-20; online image, Internet Archive (https://archive.org/details/tractseries11cumb/page/n9/mode/2up : accessed.
- [S172] The National Archives, "Catalogue," Description, United Kingdom, The National Archives at Kew (https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ : accessed), Records of le Fleming family of Rydal Hall, WD RY/BOX 92/21, Feoffment undated 13th century John and Richard Fleming.
- [S174] Sir Daniel Fleming, The Memoirs of Sir Daniel Fleming: originally recorded ca 1684, Edited by WG Collingwood (Kendal: Titus Wilson & Son, 1928), p 98; online image, Internet Archive (https://archive.org/details/tractseries11cumb/page/n9/mode/2up : accessed.
- [S174] Sir Daniel Fleming, The Memoirs of Sir Daniel Fleming: originally recorded ca 1684, Edited by WG Collingwood (Kendal: Titus Wilson & Son, 1928), p 21; online image, Internet Archive (https://archive.org/details/tractseries11cumb/page/n9/mode/2up : accessed.
- [S172] The National Archives, "Catalogue," Description, United Kingdom, The National Archives at Kew (https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ : accessed), Records of the Duchy of Lancaster, DL 25/379/315 and 316, Elizabeth daughter of Adam son of Gilbert de Ursewyk, late the wife of Sir Richard le Flaming, to Furness Abbey: quitclaim of land in Urswick, [1234–1300].
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