Wigtown Revisited

Wigtown Revisited

The Deed, number 3, January 2025

Some historians have portrayed the Fleming clan’s third chief, Thomas Fleming of Fulwood (c.1333 - c.1383), as a weak and ineffectual leader because he sold off the earldom of Wigtown and most of the estates that his admired grandfather, Malcolm Fleming, had acquired. But closer analysis of the circumstances of his life suggests that this depiction may be unfair.

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