Malcolm Fleming, 3rd Lord Fleming

Brief biography

Malcolm Fleming was the son and heir of John Fleming, 2nd Lord Fleming, Lord Chamberlain of Scotland 1524. He was taken prisoner by the English at the Battle of Solway Moss, November 1542, but released at a ransom of 1000 marks on 1 July 1548.

He was granted a dispensation on 26 February 1524/5, and subsequently married Lady Janet Stewart, illegitimate daughter of King James IV of Scotland He died 10 September 1547, in his 53rd year, being slain at the Battle of Pinkie.

Chamberlain of Scotland

killed at the Battle of Pinkie

The Battle of Pinkie Cleugh, along the banks of the River Esk near Musselburgh, Scotland on 10 September 1547, was part of the War of the Rough Wooing. It was the last battle to be fought between the Scottish and the English Royal armies and the first "modern" battle to be fought in the British Isles. It was a catastrophic defeat for the Scots caused by the use of naval artillery by the English for the first time in a land battle in Britain. In Scotland it is known as Black Saturday.

This was historically significant as the first "modern" battle fought in Britain, demonstrating active cooperation between the infantry, artillery and cavalry with a naval bombardment in support of the land forces.

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John, second Lord Fleming, claimed the superiority of Fruid and the ward and marriage of Katherine Fraser, who not only held Fruid, but also Mossfennan and lands in Glenholm. His design was that she should marry his son Malcolm and it has been said that this marriage actually took place. But that is unlikely. John Tweedie of Drumelzier cherished the same design for his nephew James, and this was quite natural, for the two families were friendly, and in 1521 Elizabeth Douglas, the widow of William Fraser, Katherine's grand-father, had disponed to Tweedie the rents of Fruid and Mossfennan during the nonage of her bairns. On 1st November, 1524, Lord Fleming, with his eldest son and heir Malcolm, and a small retinue, was hawking in Glenholm, about two or three miles from Drumelzier. There he was met or waylaid by John Tweedie and his relatives and friends to the number of about fifty. Words passed and then blows, and Lord Fleming was killed, and Malcolm, his eldest son, was captured. This Malcolm obtained his liberty by consenting to the marriage of Katherine with James Tweedie; and his brother [this] Malcolm, along with Robert Stewart, younger of Minto, and William Fleming of Boghall, were imprisoned in the 'Place of Drumelzier' as pledges for the fulfilment of the contract. Katherine, with the writs of her lands, was handed over, and she was promptly married to James Tweedie. [2]

References

• Tweedie of Drummelzier, J. W. Buchan and Rev. H. Paton, (Published 1925-7 http://www.tweedie.org/421-433.htm)
• The Scots Peerage, Vol. VIII, edited by Sir James Balfour Paul, p. 537. < Archive.Org >
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malcolm_Fleming,_3rd_Lord_Fleming
• https://www.stirnet.com/genie/data/british/ff/fleming01.php#link4 (membership required to view without interruption)
• http://genealogics.org/getperson.php?personID=I00006085&tree=LEO
• http://www.clanmacfarlanegenealogy.info/genealogy/TNGWebsite/getper...
• Reference: Ancestry Genealogy - SmartCopy: Aug 23 2017, 13:57:04 UTC

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Malcolm Fleming was born c. 1494 to John Fleming, 2nd Lord Fleming[1] and his first wife Euphame Drummond, fifth daughter of John Drummond, 1st Lord Drummond.[2]

Murder of his Father
He was with his father, hawking, in 1524, when his father was murdered by John Tweedie of Drumelzier and was imprisoned by him at Drumelzier. In order to obtain his liberty, he had to grant the ward and marriage of Fruid to Tweedie and as a pledge that he would fulfil the agreement which he had made, he put into the custody of the Tweedies, Malcolm Fleming his brother, Robert Stewart of Minto, and William Fleming of Boghall; these being retained for some time at Drummelzier.[3]

As Lord Superior to Tweedie, he spent much of his early life as Lord Fleming attempting to force various court decisions against Tweedie who continued to hide and avoid penalty. Amongst those found guilty of the murder were: James Tweedy of Drummelzier, John Veitch of Kingside, James Tweedy of Kirkhall, James Tweedie of Kilbucho, Thomas Tweedie of Oliver Castle, James Tweedie of Wrae, David Newton of Mitchelhill, Walter Hunter of Polmood. and William Porteous of Glenkirk. On the 22 October 1528, the Tweedies were declared to be fugitives from the law, and were put to the horn, and their goods forfeited and conferred as a gift, under the Privy Seal, on Malcolm, Lord Fleming. In a hearing by the Privy Council in March 1530, the matter still not fully resolved, James Tweedie, heir-apparent of Drummelzier, and others, was banished from Scotland and England for a period of three years or until such time as the King agreed. The courts required Tweedie to grant to Lord Fleming the land of old extent of Mossfennan, the land of old extent of Smallhopes and the mill thereof and the land called Urisland, in compensation for the loss of Ward of Fruid.[4]