Malcolm FLEMING

3rd Lord Fleming Tracing backward, the FLEMING Lords in Scotland were STUART courtiers, and suffered their ups and downs with the Stuarts. Malcolm, the third Lord FLEMING, was a well known retainer who did not live long. He accompanied Kg. James V in his matrimonial expedition to France in Aug 1537, was made prisoner at the rout of Solway in Nov 1542, was released after paying a ransom of 1000 merks [sic] sterling on 1 Jul 1543, but died at the Battle of Pinkie Clough, 10 Sep 1547. However, Lady Janetrful career as a widow of the blood royal. Adjudged a suitable governess, she accompanied the six-year-old Mary Queen of Scots to France in 1548 for her betrothal to the Dauphin. In the train were "four Marys": her daughter, Mary FLEMING and three other girls of the same age, all named Mary. At the French court Lady Janet caught the eye of Kg. Henry II, father of the Dauphin, and in due course of time they had an illegitimate son named Henry [Harry de Valois]. This indiscretion aroused the enmity of Henry II's wife, Catherine de Medici and, perhaps more importantly, of his mistress Diane de Poitiers, who brooked no interlopers. Lady Janet was sent packing back to Scotland. "The four Marys" remained attached to the ill-fated Queen of Scots throughout her life, and the name of Mary FLEMING is said to have been perpetuated in the family from that time forward....[Brøderbund WFT Vol. 2, Ed. 1, Tree #2853, Date of Import: Jul 28, 1997] Malcolm Fleming was born about 1494. Malcolm was served heir to his father in the lands of Castlerakine and others, February 21, 1524-25. On January 16, 1545, he founded the Collegiate Church of Biggar - for the safety of the souls of Kg. James V , the Cardinal Legate and his own soul and Joan Stewart his wife, sister to the Kg.. He had married January 27, 1524, Janet Stewart, natural daughter of Kg. James IV by Isabel Stewart, Countess of Bothwell, daughter of James, third Earl of Buchan. Malcolm died September 10, 1547. Janet died after 1560 and before 1564. Malcolm third Lord Fleming, was the son of John Fleming, second Lord Fleming and Eupheme Drummond. ( The Scots Peerage, Edited by Sir James Balfour Paul Vol 8 pp 537-40)

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