Sir Malcolm Fleming of Cumbernauld who was executed following the Black Dinner of 1440.

Malcolm Fleming was the 1st son and heir of Sir David Fleming (d. 1405) and his second wife Isabel, heiress of Monycabon.

He married Lady Elizabeth Stewart, 3rd dau. of Robert, Duke of Albany, Regent of Scotland, by her had issue

• 1. Malcolm
• 2. Robert
• 3. Margaret m. to Patrick, Master of Gray.

Origins

Sir David Fleming of Biggar, was high in royal favour, expanded the family properties and occupied several important appointments including two embassies to England. He was murdered by James Douglas of Balveny (who afterwards became 7th Earl of Douglas). His son Malcolm succeeded him, but he too died prematurely, under the axe

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2 - Malcolm had the Honour of Knighthood confer'd on him by King Robert III. by whose Favour he obtained the Lady Elizabeth Stewart, Daughter of Robert Duke of Albany, in Marriage. During the Government of Duke Murdo his Brother in Law, Sir Malcolm Fleming was frequently employed in managing Treaties with England, particularly with Relation to the Redemption of King James I. which being happily brought about, he was one of the Hostages for the Ransom; but all this signal Loyalty did not secure him upon the King's Return from being suspected of having concur'd in the Duke's illegal Administration; and therefore when the Duke of Albany was first arrested and made Prisoner, so was Sir Malcolm Flemingb, and others who had been in the Duke's greatest Confidence; but as his greatest Crime seems to have been his near Alliance with the late Regent, so the Court were soon so sensible of his Innocency, that he was shortly thereafter released without ever being charged with any particular Crime. 'Tis plain Sir Malcolm Fleming liv'd retir'd, and did not meddle in any Faction during the Reign of King James I. probably he was disgusted with the Treatment the Duke of Albany's Family had met with, yet he stuck close to his Friends the Douglasses, which cost him dear, for he was, together with the Earl of Douglass and his younger Brother, by the Contrivance of the Lord Crichton the Chancellor, all Three executed on the Mote of the Castle-Hill of Edinburgh, the 20th of November 1441. By the Lady Elizabeth Stewart his Wife aforesaid, he left Issue Robert his Son and Heir, and a Daughter Marion married to Sir Patrick Gray Lord of Foulis.

(The peerage of Scotland: containing an historical and genealogical account of the nobility of that Kingdom. ... By George Crawfurd, Esq; p 496.)

Notes

The Black Dinner of 1440 was a notorious event in Scottish history where the young Earl of Douglas and his brother were betrayed and executed at Edinburgh Castle, an event that inspired the Red Wedding in Game of Thrones. (see more at < The Stewart Society > )

References

1. "The Scots Peerage" Vol 8, Fleming, Earl of Wigtown, page 530-531. < Archive.Org >
2. A genealogical history of the dormant, abeyant, forfeited, and extinct ... By Sir Bernard Burke Pg. 611&612
3. Stirnet Genealogy at http://www.stirnet.com/HTML/genie/british/ff/fleming01.htm
4. http://thepeerage.com/p10802.htm#i108018
5. The barony of Biggar: from where the Flemings rule (dead link)
6. https://www.clanmacfarlanegenealogy.info/genealogy/TNGWebsite/getpe...