Euphemia (Livingston) Fleming (abt. 1445 - abt. 1493)

Born about 1445 in Callendar House, Stirling, Stirlingshire, Scotland

Ancestors

Descendants

Biography

She was born a daughter to Sir James Livingston, 1st Lord Livingston of Callendar, and his wife Marion. She was likely born about 1445.

She married, certainly before 2 April 1472, Malcolm Fleming, the eldest son and heir to Robert Fleming, 1st lord Fleming and his first wife, Janet Douglas, third daughter of James Douglas, 7th Earl of Douglas.^[1]

She survived him and married, secondly, William Fleming of Bord. On 1 June 1493 the Lords Auditors decreed that the Earl of Huntly should pay to William Fleming of the Bord and Euphame, his spouse, relict of Malcolm Fleming, sixteen merks for the mails and annual-rent of the lands of Monycabo.^[2] The lands of Moncabo thus being her dowry lands. There is contention at this point with William Hunter in his history of the family.^[3] He suggests that Malcolm married Euphemia, daughter of Lord Crichton. Wikitree has chosen Balfour Paul as source due to, primarily the connection with the dowry lands. It is clear that Malcolm married Eupheme Livingston as the Records of Parliament show that, in 1493, her then husband, William Fleming of Bord, was in a dispute against George Gordon, Earl of Huntly, regarding rentals from the lands of Monycabo. The terms of the dispute provide "William Fleming of the Bord and Euphamy, his spouse, the spouse of the late Malcolm Fleming."^[4]

References

1. ↑ #S-1 Balfour Paul; Vol 8, page 534
2. ↑ #S-1 Balfour Paul; Vol 8, page 532
3. ↑ #S-2 William Hunter; page 494
4. ↑ The Records of the Parliaments of Scotland to 1707, K.M. Brown et al eds (St Andrews, 2007-2015), 1493/5/12.

Sources

• Source S-1 Balfour Paul. The Scots peerage : founded on Wood's ed. of Sir Robert Douglas's Peerage of Scotland; containing an historical and genealogical account of the nobility of that kingdom. Vol. 8. Edinburgh: Douglas, 1904. archive.org

• Source S-2 William Hunter. Biggar and the House of Fleming: an account of the Biggar district, archaeological, historical, and biographical. Edinburgh: Paterson, 1867. archive.org

Acknowledgements

• WikiTree profile Livingston-244 created through the import of MOORMAN FAMILY.GED on May 31, 2011 by Mary Elizabeth Stewart. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Mary Elizabeth and others.

• WikiTree profile Livingstone-46 created by Susan Shirey. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Susan and others.