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Sir James Fleming, 7th Baron Slane
b. circa 1421, d. 1491
Birth
Sir James Fleming, 7th Baron Slane, was born circa 1421.
Parents
| Father | Sir William Fleming (b. circa 1397) |
| Mother | Genetta Rochfort (b. circa 1400) |
Family life
Sir James Fleming, 7th Baron Slane, and Elizabeth Welles, dau of Lord Chancellor Welles, were married circa 1465. She was a daughter of Sir William Welles (d. 1463), Lord Chancellor of Ireland, and his wife Anne Barnewall; Elizabeth, who had previously been married to the second Baron Killeen.1
Children with Elizabeth Welles, dau of Lord Chancellor Welles, (b. circa 1442, d. 1506)
| Son | Sir Christopher Fleming, 8th Baron Slane+ (b. before 1474, d. 1518) |
| Son | Sir George Fleming, of Stephenstown+ (b. circa 1475) |
| Son | Thomas Fleming, of Derpatrick+ (b. circa 1480) |
Working life
Property
Sir James Fleming, 7th Baron Slane, possessed inherited the Barony of Slane from his first cousin once removed (Thomas Fleming) in 1472.1,2,3
Death
Sir James Fleming, 7th Baron Slane, died of sweating sickness in 1491 at age ~70. This was due to the first recorded outbreak of this illness in Ireland.1,4
Citations
- [S2] Various contributors, Various contributors, "Wikipaedia," database, Commons, Wikipaedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/: accessed ), ., James Fleming, 7th Baron Slane
- [S10] Richard Bligh, The Slane Peerage Case, p 105
- [S8] F Lawrence Fleming, A Genealogical History of the Barons Slane, p60
- [S1] F Lawrence Fleming, Exploring the True Heritage of the Fleming family name, p60
| Last Edited | 30 January 2019 |