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- The House of Fleming were a local family of rank and influence who occupied a prominent place in the Biggar district. One of their homes was Boghall Castle (an excellent, detailed model of which is displayed in the museum).
www.biggarmuseumtrust.co.uk/museum/biggar-and-the-house-of-fleming/Biggar and the House of Fleming - Main Collection - Biggar Museum
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One of these Flemish leaders, it is said, obtained a grant of the lands of Biggar from David I., and settled there with his followers; and thus became the founder of a family that for several centuries reigned as lords superior in that parish.
The Clan Fleming were Jacobites and the 6th earl attended James II of England and VII of Scotland after the Glorious Revolution of 1688. [3] Fleming opposed the Treaty of Union and voted against every article in the Parliament of 1706. [3] During the Jacobite rising of 1715 he was arrested by the governor of Edinburgh Castle. [3]
THE House or Castle of Boghall was one of the largest and most imposing edifices in the south of Scotland. It stood, as its name imports, in the midet of a bog, which in former times was impassable, even on foot, and which contributed greatly to its security.
John Brown, and his son Richard, involved their affairs and estate in pecuniary difficulties; but from what cause, does not appear; and wadsets were granted over the lands to Sir James Lockhart of Lee, Malcolm Fleming, younger, of Cardon, Menzies of Coulterallers and Carlops, and Walter Carmichael.
May 19, 2014 · Cumbernauld Castle, the home of an important medieval Fleming family, occupied a strategic position in the centre of Scotland. In its day the castle was probably one of the largest in Scotland. Today not much can be seen of its remains but it is hoped that shortly-to-be-commissioned archaeological research will shed light on the size and ...
Description. A selection of almost 400 printed items relating to the history of Scottish families, mostly dating from the 19th and early 20th centuries. Includes memoirs, genealogies and clan histories, with a few produced by emigrant families. The earliest family history goes back to AD 916.
