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Sir David Fleming
(Abt 1325 - 14 Feb 1406)
[[Category:Battle of Otterburn]]
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==Biography==
}According to both Balfour Paul and William Hunter, David was the son of Sir Malcolm Fleming of Biggar and his wife, stated as Christian in Balfour Paul[[#S-1]] Balfour Paul; Vol 8, [https://archive.org/stream/scotspeeragefoun08pauluoft#page/524/mode/2up page 525] and by William Hunter.[[#S-2]] William Hunter; [https://archive.org/stream/biggarhouseoffle1867hunt#page/478/mode/2up page 479]
Sir David Fleming was probably that beloved and faithful "bachellarius" David Fleming to whom King David II., on 27 October 1362, granted certain annual rents. The English interpretation of "bachellarius" is not clear; generally meaning apprentice but it appears that David Fleming was, at this time, of age.[[#S-1]] Balfour Paul; Vol 8, [https://archive.org/stream/scotspeeragefoun08pauluoft#page/526/mode/2up page 527] It would seem probable that he was in the King's Household and likely one of the Household Knights at this time.
He seems to have been a religious man and gave considerable time and money to the church, particularly Holyrood, where he was known as "Davie Fleming of Biggar".
===[[:Category:Battle of Otterburn|Battle of Otterburn]]===William Hunter[[#S-2]] William Hunter; [https://archive.org/details/biggarhouseoffle1867hunt#page/478/mode/2up page 479] suggests he was part of the Scottish force at Otterburn in August 1388 accompanying the Earl of Douglas in his raids.
===Personal Affairs===In 1391, from King Robert III., he had a charter on 14 March, of 50 pounds of annualrent due to the King by the Abbot and convent of the monastery of Holyroodhouse, payable from the lands of Kerse in Stirlingshire.
In 1392, 12 August, he received a grant of the lands of Auchloun, from Thomas of Lask and John of Futhes, son of Allan of Futhes. This Charter was confirmed by [[Ross-1119|Euphemia]], Countess of Ross on 1 Oct 1393, confirming that the lands were held to the Earldom of Ross and then by the King, under the Great Seal, 1 May 1401. The notice of Euphemia is therefore after her divorce from [[Stewart-1007|Alexander Stewart]], Earl of Buchan.
In 1393 he appears as son and heir of Sir Malcolm Fleming of Biggar, in a Charter to the Abbey of Holyrood, when he granted an annualrent of 10 pounds, payable from the barony of Kerse. This Charter, dated 20 October 1392, was confirmed by King Robert III. on 7 March 1393.
On 10 May 1399 he had a charter under the Great Seal of the lands of Cambusbarron and Blairegis in Stirlingshire, which had been resigned by Hugh of Aldiston and William of Aldiston, his son. Under the same Charter he received title to the chapels of Kirkintilloch and the lands of Drumtablay, with the mill thereof, in Dumbartonshire; of the lands of Woodland and Meiklegall in the barony of Monycabock in Aberdeenshire; and of the lands of Cavers and office of sheriffship of Roxburgh, which had fallen into the hands of the Crown.
Also in 1399 he mortifiedIn Scots law, this was the act of disposing of lands for religious or charitable purposes. the lands of Drumtablay, with the pertinents and the mill thereof lying in the barony of Lenzie, to Almighty God, the Blessed Virgin, and to the Chapel of the Blessed Virgin in Kirkintilloch, for the salvation of his own soul and the souls of his parents, his wife, and others, which deed was confirmed by charter under the Great Seal on 17 August 1399.
He further mortified, with consent of Malcolm his son and heir, the lands of Mureton for the welfare of the souls of Malcolm and Christian, his progenitors and himself, and Isabella his wife, to the Monastery of Cambuskenneth, on 8 November 1399, and certain annualrents to the canons of Holyrood Abbey where he directed his burial to be, for pious purposes, among which may be mentioned the repairing of St. Nicholas's altar and the erection of glass windows with his arms thereon. This latter grant is dated 25 November 1399 where he is recorded as Davi, Lord of Biggar and Lenzie.[[#S-2]] William Hunter; [https://archive.org/details/biggarhouseoffle1867hunt#page/480/mode/2up page 480]
===Service to the King===In 1399, he was Deputy of the Chamberlain, and is noted as receiving payment for service.
In 1404, 24 August, under the Great Seal, he was provided the lands of Barbethe, Oaslis, Galnethe, and Glentall, in parish of Straiton, Ayrshire (not to be confused with the Barony of Straiton in Midlothian).
He was Auditor of Accounts in Exchequer in 1403, and a Commissioner for a truce with the English 6 July 1404, and he received two payments of 150 pounds on account of two successive embassies to England to take the oath of the English King in 1405 and 1406.
On 24 August 1405 there was an indenture between him and [[Stewart-2514|Alexander Stewart]], Earl of Mar, in reference to the lands of Cavers.
It does not appear that he was at either the Battle of Homildon Hill, in 1402, or Shrewsbury in 1403 but certainly antagonised Murdoch Stewart, Duke of Albany and Archibald Douglas, Earl of Douglas.
A loyal supporter of the Crown he was with James, Prince of Scotland, at the Bass Rock in February 1406, when he escaped Scotland and saw him safely on board the ship appointed to carry him to France, although that ship never made it and James was captured and imprisoned by the English.
===Death===On his return home, from seeing James safely away, he was attacked and killed at Longherdmanston, six miles out of Edinburgh, on the 14 February 1406, by Albany's men. The men, placed under the command of Sir James Douglas of Abercorn, second son of the Earl of Douglas, and at the instigation ("provocatus per Alexandrum de Seton"), it is said, of his own grandson, [[Seton-5|Alexander Seton]], "qui postea fuit dominus de Gordon" (who later was the Lord of Gordon).Fordun, vol. II. p. 439. Note Crawford's account is incorrect
He was buried, according to his wishes, under the altar of St. Nicolas at Holyrood.
Wyntoun has this to say: "''Schire Davy Flemyng of Cumbirnald, Lord, a Knight stout and bald Trowit and luvit wel with the King: This like gud and gentyl Knycht, That wes baith manful, lele and wycht.''"
===Family===
He is known to have married twice.
His first wife was Jean Barclay, only daughter of Sir David Barclay of Brechin. They had two children: Note a number of sources, William Hunter included and likely sourced to him, suggest, incorrectly, that there was only one daughter; Marion. It is however abundantly clear that there was a Janet and that she was the mother of the Alexander Seton that killed her father.
* [[Fleming-562|Janet Fleming]], likely born about 1350, who married [[Seton-212|William of Seton, son of Alexander of Seton, and was the mother of Alexander Seton, afterwards Lord of Gordon.
* Marion Fleming; who married William Maule of Panmure, who in her right claimed the barony of Brechin (her mother's lands). NisbetAn Essay on the Ancient and Modern Use of Armories; Nisbet; page 39 suggests she married Sir Thomas Maule of Panmure, the knight killed at the [[:Category:Battle of Harlaw|Battle of Harlaw]]. They had a charter of the lands of Skryne and others confirmed by King Robert III. on 3 September 1380. Her grandson, Thomas Maule, was, in 1437, acknowledged as heir of line of the lordship of Brechin.Balfour Paul; Vol 2, [https://archive.org/stream/scotspeeragefoun02pauluoft#page/222/mode/2up page 223]
His second wife was Isabel Strathechin, heiress of Monycabock. She may have been the daughter of that Donald Strathechin and Annabel, his wife, who had a charter from King David II. of the barony of Monycabock and others, in Aberdeenshire, on 16 April 1343 and is presumed to be on wikitree. They had two children:
* [[Fleming-322|Malcolm Fleming]]; who will become his heir and inherit the titles to Biggar and Cumbernauld. Malcolm was clearly of age before 1399 when he appears in the Charter, mentioned above.
* [[Fleming-645|David Fleming]]; to whom, as son of Sir David Fleming of Biggar, his cousin James Fleming of Bord granted all right he had as heir of his father to the lands of Bord and Menzean on 26 January 1426, and a bond that when he should recover the lands of Bord, Mynzean, and Monycabock he should infeft the said David in 10 pounds worth of land there, dated 30 January 1426. David will be the founder of a Fleming family, who settled at a place in Renfrewshire which was called Boghall.
===Arms===His arms are said to be those of his father that is Fleming of Biggar quartering Fraser of Oliver Castle. That is; 1st and 4th argent, a chevron within a double tressure, flory and couter-flory glues for Fleming; 2nd and 3rd, azure three cinquefoils, argent for Fraser.
===References===
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==Biography==
}According to both Balfour Paul and William Hunter, David was the son of Sir Malcolm Fleming of Biggar and his wife, stated as Christian in Balfour Paul[[#S-1]] Balfour Paul; Vol 8, [https://archive.org/stream/scotspeeragefoun08pauluoft#page/524/mode/2up page 525] and by William Hunter.[[#S-2]] William Hunter; [https://archive.org/stream/biggarhouseoffle1867hunt#page/478/mode/2up page 479]
Sir David Fleming was probably that beloved and faithful "bachellarius" David Fleming to whom King David II., on 27 October 1362, granted certain annual rents. The English interpretation of "bachellarius" is not clear; generally meaning apprentice but it appears that David Fleming was, at this time, of age.[[#S-1]] Balfour Paul; Vol 8, [https://archive.org/stream/scotspeeragefoun08pauluoft#page/526/mode/2up page 527] It would seem probable that he was in the King's Household and likely one of the Household Knights at this time.
He seems to have been a religious man and gave considerable time and money to the church, particularly Holyrood, where he was known as "Davie Fleming of Biggar".
===[[:Category:Battle of Otterburn|Battle of Otterburn]]===William Hunter[[#S-2]] William Hunter; [https://archive.org/details/biggarhouseoffle1867hunt#page/478/mode/2up page 479] suggests he was part of the Scottish force at Otterburn in August 1388 accompanying the Earl of Douglas in his raids.
===Personal Affairs===In 1391, from King Robert III., he had a charter on 14 March, of 50 pounds of annualrent due to the King by the Abbot and convent of the monastery of Holyroodhouse, payable from the lands of Kerse in Stirlingshire.
In 1392, 12 August, he received a grant of the lands of Auchloun, from Thomas of Lask and John of Futhes, son of Allan of Futhes. This Charter was confirmed by [[Ross-1119|Euphemia]], Countess of Ross on 1 Oct 1393, confirming that the lands were held to the Earldom of Ross and then by the King, under the Great Seal, 1 May 1401. The notice of Euphemia is therefore after her divorce from [[Stewart-1007|Alexander Stewart]], Earl of Buchan.
In 1393 he appears as son and heir of Sir Malcolm Fleming of Biggar, in a Charter to the Abbey of Holyrood, when he granted an annualrent of 10 pounds, payable from the barony of Kerse. This Charter, dated 20 October 1392, was confirmed by King Robert III. on 7 March 1393.
On 10 May 1399 he had a charter under the Great Seal of the lands of Cambusbarron and Blairegis in Stirlingshire, which had been resigned by Hugh of Aldiston and William of Aldiston, his son. Under the same Charter he received title to the chapels of Kirkintilloch and the lands of Drumtablay, with the mill thereof, in Dumbartonshire; of the lands of Woodland and Meiklegall in the barony of Monycabock in Aberdeenshire; and of the lands of Cavers and office of sheriffship of Roxburgh, which had fallen into the hands of the Crown.
Also in 1399 he mortifiedIn Scots law, this was the act of disposing of lands for religious or charitable purposes. the lands of Drumtablay, with the pertinents and the mill thereof lying in the barony of Lenzie, to Almighty God, the Blessed Virgin, and to the Chapel of the Blessed Virgin in Kirkintilloch, for the salvation of his own soul and the souls of his parents, his wife, and others, which deed was confirmed by charter under the Great Seal on 17 August 1399.
He further mortified, with consent of Malcolm his son and heir, the lands of Mureton for the welfare of the souls of Malcolm and Christian, his progenitors and himself, and Isabella his wife, to the Monastery of Cambuskenneth, on 8 November 1399, and certain annualrents to the canons of Holyrood Abbey where he directed his burial to be, for pious purposes, among which may be mentioned the repairing of St. Nicholas's altar and the erection of glass windows with his arms thereon. This latter grant is dated 25 November 1399 where he is recorded as Davi, Lord of Biggar and Lenzie.[[#S-2]] William Hunter; [https://archive.org/details/biggarhouseoffle1867hunt#page/480/mode/2up page 480]
===Service to the King===In 1399, he was Deputy of the Chamberlain, and is noted as receiving payment for service.
In 1404, 24 August, under the Great Seal, he was provided the lands of Barbethe, Oaslis, Galnethe, and Glentall, in parish of Straiton, Ayrshire (not to be confused with the Barony of Straiton in Midlothian).
He was Auditor of Accounts in Exchequer in 1403, and a Commissioner for a truce with the English 6 July 1404, and he received two payments of 150 pounds on account of two successive embassies to England to take the oath of the English King in 1405 and 1406.
On 24 August 1405 there was an indenture between him and [[Stewart-2514|Alexander Stewart]], Earl of Mar, in reference to the lands of Cavers.
It does not appear that he was at either the Battle of Homildon Hill, in 1402, or Shrewsbury in 1403 but certainly antagonised Murdoch Stewart, Duke of Albany and Archibald Douglas, Earl of Douglas.
A loyal supporter of the Crown he was with James, Prince of Scotland, at the Bass Rock in February 1406, when he escaped Scotland and saw him safely on board the ship appointed to carry him to France, although that ship never made it and James was captured and imprisoned by the English.
===Death===On his return home, from seeing James safely away, he was attacked and killed at Longherdmanston, six miles out of Edinburgh, on the 14 February 1406, by Albany's men. The men, placed under the command of Sir James Douglas of Abercorn, second son of the Earl of Douglas, and at the instigation ("provocatus per Alexandrum de Seton"), it is said, of his own grandson, [[Seton-5|Alexander Seton]], "qui postea fuit dominus de Gordon" (who later was the Lord of Gordon).Fordun, vol. II. p. 439. Note Crawford's account is incorrect
He was buried, according to his wishes, under the altar of St. Nicolas at Holyrood.
Wyntoun has this to say: "''Schire Davy Flemyng of Cumbirnald, Lord, a Knight stout and bald Trowit and luvit wel with the King: This like gud and gentyl Knycht, That wes baith manful, lele and wycht.''"
===Family===
He is known to have married twice.
His first wife was Jean Barclay, only daughter of Sir David Barclay of Brechin. They had two children: Note a number of sources, William Hunter included and likely sourced to him, suggest, incorrectly, that there was only one daughter; Marion. It is however abundantly clear that there was a Janet and that she was the mother of the Alexander Seton that killed her father.
* [[Fleming-562|Janet Fleming]], likely born about 1350, who married [[Seton-212|William of Seton, son of Alexander of Seton, and was the mother of Alexander Seton, afterwards Lord of Gordon.
* Marion Fleming; who married William Maule of Panmure, who in her right claimed the barony of Brechin (her mother's lands). NisbetAn Essay on the Ancient and Modern Use of Armories; Nisbet; page 39 suggests she married Sir Thomas Maule of Panmure, the knight killed at the [[:Category:Battle of Harlaw|Battle of Harlaw]]. They had a charter of the lands of Skryne and others confirmed by King Robert III. on 3 September 1380. Her grandson, Thomas Maule, was, in 1437, acknowledged as heir of line of the lordship of Brechin.Balfour Paul; Vol 2, [https://archive.org/stream/scotspeeragefoun02pauluoft#page/222/mode/2up page 223]
His second wife was Isabel Strathechin, heiress of Monycabock. She may have been the daughter of that Donald Strathechin and Annabel, his wife, who had a charter from King David II. of the barony of Monycabock and others, in Aberdeenshire, on 16 April 1343 and is presumed to be on wikitree. They had two children:
* [[Fleming-322|Malcolm Fleming]]; who will become his heir and inherit the titles to Biggar and Cumbernauld. Malcolm was clearly of age before 1399 when he appears in the Charter, mentioned above.
* [[Fleming-645|David Fleming]]; to whom, as son of Sir David Fleming of Biggar, his cousin James Fleming of Bord granted all right he had as heir of his father to the lands of Bord and Menzean on 26 January 1426, and a bond that when he should recover the lands of Bord, Mynzean, and Monycabock he should infeft the said David in 10 pounds worth of land there, dated 30 January 1426. David will be the founder of a Fleming family, who settled at a place in Renfrewshire which was called Boghall.
===Arms===His arms are said to be those of his father that is Fleming of Biggar quartering Fraser of Oliver Castle. That is; 1st and 4th argent, a chevron within a double tressure, flory and couter-flory glues for Fleming; 2nd and 3rd, azure three cinquefoils, argent for Fraser.
===References===
== Sources ==
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Events
| Birth | Abt 1325 | Biggar, Lanarkshire, Scotland | |||
| Marriage | 1350 | Jean Barclay | |||
| Marriage | 1360 | Isabel Strathechin | |||
| Death | 14 Feb 1406 | Longherdmanston, Midlothian, Scotland | |||
| Alt name | Lord of Biggar | ||||
| Reference No | 1005949 | ||||
| Reference No | 1027270 | ||||
| Reference No | 60 |
Families
| Spouse | Jean Barclay (1330 - 1360) |
| Child | Janet "Jonet" Fleming (1350 - 1430) |
| Child | Marion "Marjory, of Biggar" Fleming (1346 - 1390) |
| Spouse | Isabel Strathechin (1347 - 1383) |
| Child | Sir Malcolm Fleming of Biggar (1383 - 1440) |
| Child | David Fleming (1390 - ) |
| Father | Malcolm Fleming (1312 - 1395) |