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David Fleming (died 14 February 1406), Lord of Biggar, Lenzie and Cumbernauld was a Scottish nobleman. Life. David was the eldest son of Malcolm Fleming of Biggar.
- Battle of Otterburn
- Personal Affairs
- Service to The King
- Death
- Family
- Arms
He was part of the Scottish force at Otterburn in August 1388 accompanying the Earl of Douglas in his raids.
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 ...
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, an...
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 h...
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: 1. Janet Fleming, likely born about 1350, who married William of Seton, son of Alexander of Seton, and was the mother of Alexander Seton, afterwards Lord of Gordon. 2. Marion Fleming; who married William Maule of...
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.
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When Sir David Fleming of Biggar was born in 1343, in Biggar, Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, his father, Malcolm Fleming, was 54 and his mother, Christian Douglas, was 28. He married Jean Barclay about 1362, in Scotland. They were the parents of at least 2 daughters.
David was the founder of a respectable branch of the Fleming family, who settled at a place in Renfrewshire which was called BoghalL1 The elder son, Malcolm, succeeded to the family estates of Biggar and Cumbernauld. He married Elizabeth, daughter of the Duke of Albany, niece of Robert HI., and thus was closely connected with the royal family ...
Apr 27, 2020 · David Fleming was the second son, of the second marriage, of Sir David Fleming, of Cumbernauld and Biggar and Isabel Strathechin, heiress of Monycabock. He will become the founder of the Flemings of Boghall.
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When Sir David Fleming Lord of Biggar was born in 1330, in Biggar, Lanarkshire, Scotland, his father, Sir Malcolm Fleming, was 21 and his mother, Christina Keith, was 11. He married Jean Barclay before 1351, in Scotland. They were the parents of at least 2 daughters.
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When Sir David Fleming Lord of Biggar, Lenzie and Cumbernauld was born in 1330, in Biggar, Lanarkshire, Scotland, his father, Malcolm Fleming, was 18 and his mother, Christina Keith, was 20. He married Jean Barclay before 1351, in Scotland. They were the parents of at least 2 daughters.
