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- Sir David Fleming was probably that beloved and faithful 'bachellarius' David Fleming to whom King David II, on 27 October 1362, granted certain annual rents. From King Robert III he had a charter on 14 March 1390-91 of ÂÐ50 of annual rent due to the King by the Abbot and convent of the monastery of Holyrood house, payable from the lands of Kerse in Stirlingshire; of the lands of Auchloun, which had been granted ot him by Thomas of Lask and John of Futhes, son of Allan of Futhes, on 12 August 1392, which charter was confirmed by Euphemia, Countess of Ross, on 1 October following, and thereafter under the Great Seal on 1 May 1401; and of the lands of Barbethe, Caslis, Galnethe, and Glentall, in parish of Straiton, Ayrshire, 24 August 1404. To the Abbey of Holyrood he, as son and heir of Sir Malcolm Fleming of Biggar, granted an annualrent of ÂÐ10, payable from the barony of Kerse, on 20 October 1392, which was confirmed by King Robert III on 7 March 1392-93. He was Deputy of the Chamberlain, and as such received various payments in 1399. On 10 May 1399 he had a charter under the Great Seal of the lands of Cambusbarron and Blairegis in Stirlingshire, which had been resigned by Hugh of Aldiston and William of Aldiston, his son, on 10 May 1399; of the chapels of Kirkintilloch and the lands of Drumtablay, with the mill thereof, in Dumbartonshire; of the lands of Woodland and Meiklegall in the barony of Monycabock in Aberdeenshire; and of the lands of Cavers and office of sheirffship of Roxburgh, which had fallen into the hands of the Crown by reason of recognition, by disposition of Isabell, Countess of Mar, to Archibald, Earl of Douglas, on 10 August 1405 without the licence of the King. He mortified the lands of Drumtablay, with the pertinents and the mill thereof lying in the barony of Lenzie, to Almighty God, the Blessed Virgin, and to the Chapel of the Blessed Virgin in Kirkintilloch, for the salvation of his own soul and the souls of his parents, his wife, and others, which deed was confirmed by charter under the Great Seal on 17 August 1399. He further mortified, with consent of Malcolm his son and heir, the lands of Mureton for the welfare and souls of Malcolm and Christian, his progenitors and himself, and Isabella his wife to the Monastery of Cambuskenneth, on 8 November 1399, and certain annual rents to the canons of Holyrood Abbey, where he directed his burial to be, for pious purposes, among which may be mentioned the reparing of St Nicholas's altar and the erection of glass windows with his arms thereon. This grant is dated 25 November 1399. He was Auditor of Accounts in Exchequer in 1403, and a Commissioner for a truce with the English 6 July 1404, and he received two payments of ÂÐ150 on account of two successive embassies to England to take the oath of the English king in 1405 and 1406. On 24 August 1405 there was an indenture between him and Alexander Stewart, Earl Of Mar, in reference to the lands of Cavers. He attended James, Prince of Scotland, to the Bass in February 1405-6, and saw him safely on board the ship appointed to carry him to France; but on his return home he was attacked and killed at Longherdmanston, six miles out of Edinburgh, on the 14 of that month, by James Douglas of Balveny, afterwards seventh Earl of Douglas, at the instigation, it is said, of the victim's own grandson, Alexander Seton, and was buried under the altar of St Nicholas at Holyrood. Of him Wyntoun says: -
'Schire Davy Flemyng of Cumbirnald
Lord, a Knight stout and bald
Trowit and luvit wel with the King:
This like gud and gentyl Knycht
That was balth manful, lele and wycht.'
He married, first, Jean, only daughter of Sir David Barclay of Brechin, and had issue.
Sir David Fleming married, secondly, Isabel, heiress of Monycabock. She may have been the daughter of that Donald Strathechin and Annabel, his wife, who had a charter from King David II of the barony of Monycabock and others, in Aberdeenshire, on 16 April 1343.
[The Scots Peerage VIII:527-530]
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Sir David Fleming of Bigger and Cumernauld, the elder son, received a safe-conduct pass into England, 20th May 1365. He distinguished himself at the battle of Otterburn in 1388; and on 6th July 1394 he was one of the commissioners for a truce with the English. He attended James prince of Scotland to the Bass in February 1405, and saw him safe on board the ship appointed to carry him to France, when on the voyage he was taken prisoner by the English. On his return home Sir David was attacked by James Douglas of Balvony, afterwards seventh earl of Douglas, and killed, at Langherdmanstoun, six miles west of Edinburgh, on the 14th of that month. He was buried at Holyroodhouse. Wintoun says of him:
"Schire Davy Fleming of Cumbirnald
Lord, a knycht stout and bald,
Trowit and luvit wel wyth ye King,
This like gud and gentyl knycht
That was balth Manful, laid, and wycht.
[Scotish National II:219]
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The death of Sir David Fleming is attributed by some modern historians to the malignant resentment of the Duke Of Albany against Fleming, for his reputed assistance in the escape of Northumberland and the Prince, although, if that were true in the case of the latter, he unwittingly co-operated in facilitating what one suggests was a concerted plot between Albany and the English King for the capture of the Prince. Yet Fleming was allied to the Duke Of Albany by the marriage of his son Sir Malcolm Fleming and Lady Elizabeth Stewart, Albany's daughter, and was moreover held in the highest repute by both King Robert and the Duke, and employed by them in the most weighty concerns of the State. Proof is needed for the assertion that Albany caused Fleming to be put to death, but none in afforded. Both Wyntoun and Bower record the circumstances of Fleming's death, yet nowhere is the remotest hint given of Albany's connection with it; and the language of the latter historian planly indicated its cause to have been a private quarrel betwixt Sir Alexander Seton, who afterwards became Lord of Gordon, and Sir David Fleming. After stating the fact of Sir David's convoying the Prince to the Bass, and that there was with him a strong party of the chiefs of the Lothians, he adds that in returning he was pursued by Sir James Douglas, second son of the Earl of Douglas, and overtaken at Langhirdmanstone Moor, where, after a severe battle, he was slain on the 14th of February 1406. Divers nobles and knights were taken, but they were afterwards released. Sir James Douglas was instigated to the deed by Sir Alexander Seton.
[The Red Book of Menteith I:191]
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Abt 1328 - Yes, date unknown