Biography: Walter of Barochan

6th chief - Walter Fleming of Barochan
(c1278 - after 1359)
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The Walter Fleming who performed fealty to England's King Edward I in 1296 was probably the heir of co-signatory William Fleming of Barochan.

Events in his life

In 1309 he lodged a complaint with King Edward I of England.

He was granted  lands and rights in Kettins, Pitcur and Eassie by Robert I King of Scots on 20 March 1315. He benefited from a concession and quitclaim of Lambert Suitor on 1 May 1322. Before 1329 he witnessed a charter whereby Malcolm Fleming of Fulwood (probably his first cousin) gave an acre of land in the burgh of Dunbarton to the monks of Newbattle Abbey.

Elevation of his cousin

On 9 November 1341 his first cousin, Malcolm Fleming of Fulwood, was raised by King David II to the Earldom of Wigtown. Since Malcolm now held a title in the peerage, he outranked Walter and therefore assumed leadership of the Fleming family.

Old age

Walter probably lived into his eighties when, in 1359, he was paid 6 pounds 13 shillings and 4 pence in the king's accounts.