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The Flemings and the Maule family
Allies, c1387 - 1711

The Maules of Panmure in Angus married into the Flemings three times. In the last years of the earldom of Wigtown they stood by the family as trustees and guarantors.

Three marriages

Around 1387 Marion Fleming, daughter of Sir David Fleming of Biggar, married William Maule of Panmure, and later Lords Fleming were overlords of lands at Panmure. In December 1677 Lady Jean Fleming, only child of the 4th Earl of Wigtown, married George Maule, 3rd Earl of Panmure. In March 1695 Lady Mary Fleming, sister of the 6th Earl, married the Hon. Harry Maule of Kellie.

Trustees and guarantors

Harry Maule became a mainstay of his brother-in-law John, 6th Earl of Wigtown. In 1710 he returned to the earl a decree of adjudication over the forfeited estates of their uncle, the Earl of Dunfermline. In 1711 he stood guarantor for the earl’s debt to Sir James Dick. In 1742, when the earl placed all his estates in trust, his trustees included William Maule, 1st Earl of Panmure, and John Maule.