Hugh Fleming (abt. 1488 - 1557)

Born about 1488 in Rydal, Westmorland, England

Ancestors

Descendants

Biography

Hugh Fleming of Rydal, Westmorland

Occupation

• Escheator for Cumberland and Westmorland

Death

Hugh Fleming died in 1557 holding the manor of the queen in socage as of the late abbey of Furness; William his grandson and heir was twenty-six years old in 1561. (fn. 14)

In 1557 the Fleming estate in Blawith was held of the queen as of the late Earl of Wiltshire in socage by a rent of 7d.^[1]

Receipt, 2 February [1543/4] of John Whytfeld, esquire, for the payment by Hugh Flemynge, esquire, of £5 for the half year's farm of the manor of Rydall and Lowgherigge. Endorsed b and 50.

Will

BET 1557 AND 1558 Westmorland

Note: C 142/112/167

Residence

• 20 AUG 1536: Coniston Manor, Furness

Between William Flemyng, clerk, plaintiff, and Hugh Fleming, esq., deforciant of the manor of Conyston in Fournes [Coniston in Furness], with the appurtenances, and of one messuage, 40 a. of land, 12 a. of meadow, 70 a. of pasture, 30 a. of wood, and 500 a. of moor in Conyston [Church Coniston].

m. 56. Monday next after the Assumption, 28 Henry VIII. [20 August, 1536].^[2]

Marriage

m. Joan Huddlestone EST 1510

one of ye Sisters & Heirs of Richard Hodleston Esq. & one of Daughters & Heirs of Sr Richard Hodleston of Millurn-Castle in ye County of Cumberland, Knight.^[3]

Children

Child: Anthony Fleming

Child: David Fleming

Child: Thomas Fleming

Child: Daniel Fleming

Child: Joan Fleming

Sources

1. ↑ Duchy of Lanc. Inq. p.m. xi, no. 49; William was son of Anthony son of Hugh Fleming. A settlement had been made of the manor of Coniston in 1536 by Hugh Fleming, the remainders being to Thomas Fleming his son for life and then to Hugh's heirs.
2. ↑ 'Lancashire Fines: 21-30 Henry VIII', Final Concords for Lancashire, Part 4: 1509-1558 (1910), pp. 13-25. URL: https://www.british-history.ac.uk/lancs-final-concords/vol4/pp13-25#p61 westmorland OR cumberland OR lancashire OR furness OR rydal Date accessed: 14 August 2023.
3. ↑ Source: #S120

• Source: S120 Title: Cumberland & Westmorland Antiquarian & Archaelogical Society, Tract Series, No. XI, The Memoirs of Sir Daniel Fleming Abbreviation: Fleming Memoirs Author: Sir Daniel Fleming, Editor: W.G.Collingwood Publication: Titus Wilson & Son, Kendal, 1928
• Source: S184 Title: British History Online, Url: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/ Abbreviation: British History Online