Photocopy of a detailed inventory of the papers and documents of the family of Fleming of Cumbernauld and Biggar, Lords Fleming, and Earls of Wigtown presented to the National Library of Scotland in 1960; compiled at the time, with some corrections and additions, and the current references added., 1960.
Scope and Contents
The family estates of Cumbernauld and Lenzie in East Dunbartonshire extended into the neighbouring parishes of Monkland in Lanarkshire and Dunipace in Stirlingshire. That of Biggar in Lanarkshire included also some lands in Peeblesshire, where the Flemings were in conflict with the Tweedies of Drumelzier. Members of the family were prominent in public affairs in the 16th and 17th centuries, but the later Earls took little part in them. The male line failed in 1747, and the estates passed to Clementina, wife of Charles, 10th Lord Elphinstone.
Dates
- Creation: 1960.
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Extent
94 Leaves ; Folio.
Language of Materials
From the Fonds: Undetermined
Arrangement
94 folios.
Genre / Form
Repository Details
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