A book by Sydney Horace Lee Wa****nton, The Early History of the =
Stricklands of Sizergh :Together with Some Account of the Allied =
Families of d'Eyncourt, Fleming, Greystoke, and Dunbar (Boston, MA: =
Rumford Press, 1942), pp. 63-73, at Heritage Quest and at ancestry.com, =
states that Michael le Fleming of Aldingham and his brother Rainer, lord =
of Beckermet, "very likely belonged to the family of le Fleming, barons =
of Wahull (now Odell) in Bedford****re":
*1 Saier de Wahull
2 Walter Flandrensis/le Fleming I
3 Walter le Fleming II
4 Simon le Fleming de Wahull
5 Michael le Fleming
2 Hugh le Fleming
*2 Rainer le Fleming (holder of "half a hide in Thurleigh and two hides =
in Milton Ernest"; "ancestor of the Flemings, baronets, of Rydal Hall")
3 Rainer le Fleming, lord of Beckermet
*3 Michael le Fleming I of Aldingham (died 1150) + daughter of Robert =
de Stuteville and Erneburga, daughter of Hugh fitz Baldric
4 Michael le Fleming II de Furness (died c1186) + Christian de =
Staynton/Stainton
5 William le Fleming de Furness (died c1203) + Eleanor, daughter of =
Thomas son of Gospatric, lord of Workington (second husband was William =
le Butler, lord of Warrington)
6 Michael le Fleming III (b. c1197) + Ada, daughter of Henry fitz =
Hervey, lord of Ravensworth (second husband was Marmaduke Darell of =
Sesay, Yorks)
7 William le Fleming=20
8 Michael le Fleming (dsp 1169)
8 William le Fleming, Rector of Aldingham
8 Eleanor le Fleming + Sir Richard de Cantsfield
8 Margery le Fleming + Henry de Clifton
5 Anselm le Fleming de Furness (died 1210/1217) + Alice/Agnes of Dunbar =
(daughter of Edgar and Alice de Greystoke)=20
5 Marsilius le Fleming
5 Jordan le Fleming
5 Daniel le Fleming, Rector of Aldingham and Little Urswick
6 Daniel le Fleming (benefactor of the priory of St. Bees)
5 Godith le Fleming + 1st William de Esseby + 2nd Ulf, son of Efward, =
lord of Hyton in county ***berland
=20
The book further states that Michael le Fleming "never possessed the =
manor of Beckermet" and that this error in Burke "appears to have =
originated with Sir Daniel Fleming, the seventeenth century historian of =
the house." This last statement probably refers to R. E. ****ter, =
transcriber, and W. G. Collingwood, editor, The Memoirs of Sir Daniel =
Fleming, in ***berland & Westmorland Antiquarian & Arch=E6ological =
Society, Tract Series No. XI (Kendal: Titus Wilson & Son, 1928). =20
Does anyone have sources that contradict this ancestry besides the =
statements that Michael le Fleming "was a near kinsman of William the =
Conqueror, and one of the commanders of the victorious army at the =
battle of Hastings" (Burke's Commoners) and he "was kinsman to Baldwin, =
Earl of Flanders, father-in-law to the Conqueror; by whom he was sent =
with some forces to assist William in his enterprise against England" =
(White's Lays and Legends of the English Lake Country) and The Memoirs =
of Sir Daniel Fleming ?
Nancy
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