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Sir James Fleming, 7th (13th??) Baron Slane

b. circa 1421, d. 1491

Birth

Sir James Fleming, 7th (13th??) Baron Slane, was born circa 1421.

Parents

FatherSir William Fleming (b. circa 1397)
MotherGenetta Rochfort (b. circa 1400)

Family life

Sir James Fleming, 7th (13th??) Baron Slane, and Elizabeth Welles, dau of Lord Chancellor Welles, were married circa 1465.1

Children with Elizabeth Welles, dau of Lord Chancellor Welles (b. circa 1442, d. 1506)

SonSir Christopher Fleming, 8th (14th?) Baron Slane+ (b. before 1474, d. 1518)
SonSir George Fleming, of Stephenstown+ (b. circa 1475)
SonThomas Fleming, of Derpatrick+ (b. circa 1480)

Working life

  • In 1472 Sir James Fleming, 7th (13th??) Baron Slane, was occupied as Sheriff of Meath.1,2,3

Property

Sir James Fleming, 7th (13th??) Baron Slane, possessed inherited the Barony of Slane from his first cousin once removed (Thomas Fleming) in 1472.1,2,3,4

Death

Sir James Fleming, 7th (13th??) Baron Slane, died of sweating sickness in 1491 at age ~70.1,5

Citations

  1. [S2] Various contributors, "Wikipaedia," database, Commons, Wikipaedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/: accessed), James Fleming, 7th Baron Slane.
  2. [S10] Richard Bligh, The Slane Peerage Case: New Reports of Cases heard in the House of Lords and decided during the session 1836, vol x (London: Saunders and Benning, 1838), p 105; e-book, Google, GoogleBooks (https://archive.org/details/newreportscases06lordgoog/page/n14/mode/2up : accessed.
  3. [S8] F Lawrence Fleming, A Genealogical History of the Barons Slane (N.p.: Paragon Publishing, 2008), p60.
  4. [S10] Richard Bligh, The Slane Peerage Case: New Reports of Cases heard in the House of Lords and decided during the session 1836, vol x (London: Saunders and Benning, 1838), p 1; e-book, Google, GoogleBooks (https://archive.org/details/newreportscases06lordgoog/page/n14/mode/2up : accessed.
  5. [S1] F Lawrence Fleming, Exploring the True Heritage of the Fleming family name, first edition (N.p.: F Lawrence Fleming, 2018), p60.
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