William Fleming (1474 - 1556)

Born 1474 in Boghall, Renfrewshire, Scotland

Ancestors

Husband of Elizabeth (Brisbane) Fleming — married 1516 in Boghall, Lanarkshire

Descendants

Biography

In 1518, and contemporary to John Fleming, 2nd Lord Fleming and William Fleming, of Bord, there is notice of a William Fleming of Boghall.^[1] There is some confusion regarding the estates "of Boghall". There is a Boghall castle, and its surrounding estate, that was part, indeed the principal seat, of the barony of Biggar, located in Lanarkshire. This estate was held by Lord Fleming of Biggar and Cumbernauld. However the estate, mentioned here, was the estates of Boghall, located in Renfrewshire. These lands, of Boghall in Renfrewshire, are in the Parish of Houston and Killellan and likely passed to the Flemings in a marriage to a Houston of Boghall, that married Malcolm Fleming, grandfather to the person depicted in this profile.

The Charter, noticed above, dated 6 June 1518, was an Agreement between William Fleming of Boghall and Alexander Rattray in Pitcur and George Halyburton of Gask. They become obliged to pursue the said William for warrandice of the lands and milne of Pitcur and others. It appears from this Charter that the superior lordship of Pitcur and its mill, held by Alexander Rattray, were being transferred from William Fleming of Boghall to George Halyburton of Gask. They would become part of the estates of the family known as Halyburton of Pitcur.

The Wigtown Charter Chest contains an Instrument, dated 11 June 1536 in front of Davud Hugons, notary, taken at the marriage of Robert Stirling of Ballinkeir and Mariota Fleming, stated as a natural daughter to William Fleming of Boghall, in the church of Calder, on a Dispensation from Mr. Gilbert Strachan, canonist of Aberdeen and commissionary from the apostolic See for that effect.^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ Grant, Francis James, "Charter Chest of the Earldom of Wigtown", Edinburgh: James Skinner & Co., 1910 #S-1 Grant; page 11, Charter 61.
2. ↑ #S-1 Grant; page 13, Charter 74.

• Source S-1 Francis Grant, Ed.. Charter Chest of the Earldom of Wigtown. Vol. 8. Wigtown: Charter Chest, 1910. Family Search

* Source: "Re: Veitch-Fleming-Stewart Connection???" posted by Ray Isbell on 21 Mar 1999, <http://genforum.genealogy.com/veitch/messages/3.html>.