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'''John Fleming, |
'''John Fleming, 5th Lord Fleming''' (1529–6 September 1572), was a Scottish nobleman and a supporter of Mary, Queen of Scots. |
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==Life== |
==Life== |
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He was the son of [[Malcolm Fleming, 3rd Lord Fleming]], lord high chamberlain, by his wife Johanna or Jonet Stewart, natural daughter of [[James IV of Scotland|James IV]]. |
He was the son of [[Malcolm Fleming, 3rd Lord Fleming]], lord high chamberlain, by his wife [[Lady Janet Stewart|Johanna or Jonet Stewart]], natural daughter of [[James IV of Scotland|James IV]]. He succeeded his brother [[James Fleming, 4th Lord Fleming]]. |
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He succeeded his brother [[James Fleming, 4th Lord Fleming]]. |
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He was Governor of [[ |
He was Governor of [[Dumbarton Castle]] in 1565 and was made the Principal Master Usher of the Queen's Chamber.<ref>''Register of the Privy Seal of Scotland'', vol. 5 part 1 (Edinburgh, 1957), p. 648 no. 2150, p. 634 no. 2208.</ref> He supported [[Mary, Queen of Scots]], fighting for her at the Battles of [[Battle of Carberry Hill|Carberry Hill]] and [[Battle of Langside|Langside]]. He accompanied her on her flight to England in 1568. Mary sent Fleming to France to ask for the support of [[Charles IX of France|Charles IX]] and to prevent [[jewels of Mary, Queen of Scots|sales of her jewels]] there.<ref>William Barclay Turnbull, ''Letters of Mary Stuart'' (London: Dolman, 1845), 161.</ref> He returned to Scotland in 1569. During the [[Marian Civil War]] he held Dumbarton Castle for the Queen. |
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He supported of [[Mary, Queen of Scots]], fighting for her at the [[Battle of Carberry Hill]], and the [[Battle of Langside]]. |
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While John was defending Dumbarton Castle against the supporters of [[James VI of Scotland|James VI]] in 1570 in the cause of Mary, Queen of Scots, his young family was harassed at his houses at [[Biggar, South Lanarkshire|Biggar]] and [[Cumbernauld Castle]] by [[Regent Lennox|Regent Lennox's]] men. It was reported:<blockquote>"they wald noct suffir his wyf within na boundes [expelled from her home], thre infantis with hir, the eldest of thame nocht thre yeir auld, schaiking thame furct of ther claythes and bedding most schamefullie ... and ther is twa of thame can noct speik."<br>"they would not suffer his wife within any bounds, three infants with her, the eldest of them not yet three years old, shaking them out of their clothes and bedding most shamefully ... and two of them cannot speak yet."</blockquote> As well as the farm livestock, the King's men took his deer and [[White Park cattle|wild white cattle]] of [[Cumbernauld]] for Lennox's table in Edinburgh.<ref>Boyd, William K., ed., ''Calendar State Papers Scotland'', vol. 3 (Edinburgh, 1903), p. 455.</ref> |
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He accompanied her, on her flight to England in 1568, and returned to Scotland in 1569. |
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He held Dunbarton Castle for the Queen until 1571, when he escaped to France and returned shortly before his death in 1572.<ref>http://www.cracroftspeerage.co.uk/online/content/index1707.htm</ref> |
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When Dumbarton fell on 1 April 1571, Lord Fleming escaped to France. Lady Fleming was left behind in Scotland and [[Regent Lennox]] allowed her to keep her goods and some of her landed income.<ref>Ian MacPhail, ''Dumbarton Castle'' (John Donald: Edinburgh, 1979), pp. 70–1.</ref> |
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In 1572 Fleming again returned to Scotland, landing at [[Blackness Castle]] with money to pay Marian troops. Shortly after joining [[William Kirkcaldy of Grange]], who still held [[Edinburgh Castle]] for Mary, Fleming was wounded in the knee by a musket ball which had ricocheted after being fired by a French soldier. When the wound became infected, he was carried in a litter to [[Boghall Castle]] in [[Biggar, South Lanarkshire|Biggar]], where he died two months later.<ref>Potter, Harry, ''Edinburgh Under Siege 1571 - 1573'' (Tempus, 2003), p. 103</ref><ref>Fleming, Alexander & Mason, Roger, ''Scotland and the Flemish People'' (Birlinn, 2019), p. 167.</ref> |
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==Family== |
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Fleming married on 10 May 1562, Elizabeth Ross (died after 14 April 1578), only child of Robert, Master of Ross, son of [[Ninian Ross, 3rd Lord Ross|Ninian, Lord Ross]], by his wife Agnes Scott. Elizabeth was a lady in waiting to [[Mary, Queen of Scots]] and she paid for the wedding banquet and a gown of silk taffeta with gold trimmings for the bride.<ref>Joseph Bain, ''Calendar State Papers Scotland'', vol. 1 (Edinburgh, 1898), p. 622: ''Accounts of the Treasurer'', vol. 11 (Edinburgh, 1916), p. 162.</ref> The celebrations were held in [[Holyrood Park]] at the side of the loch and there were "great triumphs", shows and masques involving a staged sea-battle or ''[[naumachia]]'' said by [[Robert Lindsay of Pitscottie]] to represent the "figure" of the [[siege of Leith]].<ref>[[Aeneas James George Mackay]], ''Chroniclis of Scotland'', vol. 2 (Edinburgh, 1899), p. 176: Pesala Bandara, 'Mary Queen of Scot's Aquatic Entertainments for the Wedding of John Fleming to Elizabeth Ross', Margaret Shewring, ''Waterborne Pageants and Festivities in the Renaissance: Essays in Honour of J. R. Mulryne'' (Ashgate, 2013).</ref><ref>[[John Graham Dalyell]], ''Annals of Scotland: From the Yeir 1514 to the Yeir 1591, by George Marioreybanks'' (Edinburgh, 1814), p. 14.</ref> The Earl of [[Wismar]] ambassador from Sweden attended.<ref>Robert Chambers, ''Domestic Annals of Scotland'', vol. 1 (Edinburgh, 1858), p. 28.</ref> |
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He married on 10 May 1562, Elizabeth Ross (died after 14 April 1578), only child of [[Robert Ross, Master of Ross]] by his wife Agnes Scott.<ref>http://www.cracroftspeerage.co.uk/online/content/index1707.htm</ref> |
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They had children: |
They had the following children: |
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* [[John Fleming, 1st Earl of Wigtown|John Fleming]], later 6th Lord Fleming later 1st [[Earl of Wigtown]] |
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* Hon Margaret Fleming, married after 19 April 1588, Sir [[James Forrester]] of Carden |
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* Margaret Fleming, married after 19 April 1588, Sir James Forrester of Garden |
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* Elizabeth Fleming (died after 24 September 1579) |
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* Jane Fleming (died October 1630), married after 1582/3 William Bruce of [[Airth]] |
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* Mary Fleming, married after 9 December 1581, Sir [[James Douglas, 8th of Drumlanrig]],<ref>''HMC Buccleuch Drumlanrig'', vol. 1 (London, 1897), pp. 29-30.</ref> and had issue. |
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Lord Fleming also had a daughter with an unknown mother, Lucrece Fleming, who married firstly, [[William Stewart (courtier)|John Stewart of Rosland]], a royal valet, and secondly, at Stirling on 4 August 1593,<ref>'Stirling Registers', ''Scottish Antiquary'', 7 (1892), p. 38.</ref> Robert Graham of the Fauld, an English borderer who died in 1600.<ref>Joseph Bain, [https://archive.org/details/borderpaperscale02grea/page/662/mode/2up ''Calendar of Border Papers'', vol. 2 (Edinburgh, 1894), p. 663]</ref> |
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An inventory of goods at [[Boghall Castle]] was made in October 1578 after the death of Elizabeth Ross, Lady Fleming. It includes her beds, riding clothes, and her wedding dress. Some items of jewellery were in the hands of an Edinburgh goldsmith [[Michael Gilbert (goldsmith)|Michael Gilbert]].<ref>William Hunter, ''Biggar and the House of Fleming'' (Edinburgh & Biggar, 1863), pp. 331-4.</ref> |
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Latest revision as of 21:10, 31 March 2024
John, Fifth Lord Fleming | |
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John Fleming, 5th Lord Fleming (1529–6 September 1572), was a Scottish nobleman and a supporter of Mary, Queen of Scots.
Life
[edit]He was the son of Malcolm Fleming, 3rd Lord Fleming, lord high chamberlain, by his wife Johanna or Jonet Stewart, natural daughter of James IV. He succeeded his brother James Fleming, 4th Lord Fleming.
He was Governor of Dumbarton Castle in 1565 and was made the Principal Master Usher of the Queen's Chamber.[1] He supported Mary, Queen of Scots, fighting for her at the Battles of Carberry Hill and Langside. He accompanied her on her flight to England in 1568. Mary sent Fleming to France to ask for the support of Charles IX and to prevent sales of her jewels there.[2] He returned to Scotland in 1569. During the Marian Civil War he held Dumbarton Castle for the Queen.
While John was defending Dumbarton Castle against the supporters of James VI in 1570 in the cause of Mary, Queen of Scots, his young family was harassed at his houses at Biggar and Cumbernauld Castle by Regent Lennox's men. It was reported:
"they wald noct suffir his wyf within na boundes [expelled from her home], thre infantis with hir, the eldest of thame nocht thre yeir auld, schaiking thame furct of ther claythes and bedding most schamefullie ... and ther is twa of thame can noct speik."
"they would not suffer his wife within any bounds, three infants with her, the eldest of them not yet three years old, shaking them out of their clothes and bedding most shamefully ... and two of them cannot speak yet."
As well as the farm livestock, the King's men took his deer and wild white cattle of Cumbernauld for Lennox's table in Edinburgh.[3]
When Dumbarton fell on 1 April 1571, Lord Fleming escaped to France. Lady Fleming was left behind in Scotland and Regent Lennox allowed her to keep her goods and some of her landed income.[4]
In 1572 Fleming again returned to Scotland, landing at Blackness Castle with money to pay Marian troops. Shortly after joining William Kirkcaldy of Grange, who still held Edinburgh Castle for Mary, Fleming was wounded in the knee by a musket ball which had ricocheted after being fired by a French soldier. When the wound became infected, he was carried in a litter to Boghall Castle in Biggar, where he died two months later.[5][6]
Family
[edit]Fleming married on 10 May 1562, Elizabeth Ross (died after 14 April 1578), only child of Robert, Master of Ross, son of Ninian, Lord Ross, by his wife Agnes Scott. Elizabeth was a lady in waiting to Mary, Queen of Scots and she paid for the wedding banquet and a gown of silk taffeta with gold trimmings for the bride.[7] The celebrations were held in Holyrood Park at the side of the loch and there were "great triumphs", shows and masques involving a staged sea-battle or naumachia said by Robert Lindsay of Pitscottie to represent the "figure" of the siege of Leith.[8][9] The Earl of Wismar ambassador from Sweden attended.[10]
They had the following children:
- John Fleming, later 6th Lord Fleming later 1st Earl of Wigtown
- Margaret Fleming, married after 19 April 1588, Sir James Forrester of Garden
- Elizabeth Fleming (died after 24 September 1579)
- Jane Fleming (died October 1630), married after 1582/3 William Bruce of Airth
- Mary Fleming, married after 9 December 1581, Sir James Douglas, 8th of Drumlanrig,[11] and had issue.
Lord Fleming also had a daughter with an unknown mother, Lucrece Fleming, who married firstly, John Stewart of Rosland, a royal valet, and secondly, at Stirling on 4 August 1593,[12] Robert Graham of the Fauld, an English borderer who died in 1600.[13]
An inventory of goods at Boghall Castle was made in October 1578 after the death of Elizabeth Ross, Lady Fleming. It includes her beds, riding clothes, and her wedding dress. Some items of jewellery were in the hands of an Edinburgh goldsmith Michael Gilbert.[14]
Notes
[edit]- ^ Register of the Privy Seal of Scotland, vol. 5 part 1 (Edinburgh, 1957), p. 648 no. 2150, p. 634 no. 2208.
- ^ William Barclay Turnbull, Letters of Mary Stuart (London: Dolman, 1845), 161.
- ^ Boyd, William K., ed., Calendar State Papers Scotland, vol. 3 (Edinburgh, 1903), p. 455.
- ^ Ian MacPhail, Dumbarton Castle (John Donald: Edinburgh, 1979), pp. 70–1.
- ^ Potter, Harry, Edinburgh Under Siege 1571 - 1573 (Tempus, 2003), p. 103
- ^ Fleming, Alexander & Mason, Roger, Scotland and the Flemish People (Birlinn, 2019), p. 167.
- ^ Joseph Bain, Calendar State Papers Scotland, vol. 1 (Edinburgh, 1898), p. 622: Accounts of the Treasurer, vol. 11 (Edinburgh, 1916), p. 162.
- ^ Aeneas James George Mackay, Chroniclis of Scotland, vol. 2 (Edinburgh, 1899), p. 176: Pesala Bandara, 'Mary Queen of Scot's Aquatic Entertainments for the Wedding of John Fleming to Elizabeth Ross', Margaret Shewring, Waterborne Pageants and Festivities in the Renaissance: Essays in Honour of J. R. Mulryne (Ashgate, 2013).
- ^ John Graham Dalyell, Annals of Scotland: From the Yeir 1514 to the Yeir 1591, by George Marioreybanks (Edinburgh, 1814), p. 14.
- ^ Robert Chambers, Domestic Annals of Scotland, vol. 1 (Edinburgh, 1858), p. 28.
- ^ HMC Buccleuch Drumlanrig, vol. 1 (London, 1897), pp. 29-30.
- ^ 'Stirling Registers', Scottish Antiquary, 7 (1892), p. 38.
- ^ Joseph Bain, Calendar of Border Papers, vol. 2 (Edinburgh, 1894), p. 663
- ^ William Hunter, Biggar and the House of Fleming (Edinburgh & Biggar, 1863), pp. 331-4.