Baron Thomas Fleming 
Baron Thomas was born in 1358 in Slane, Meath, Ireland. Baron Thomas' father was Baron Simon Fleming and his mother was Cicely Champernon. His paternal grandparents were Baron Baldwin Le Fleming and Matilda De Grenville. He died at the age of 76 in 1434 in Youghal, Cork, Ireland Youghal, Ireland.Death Notes
General Notes
Thomas (1358) a knight, became third Lord Fleming, Palatinate Baron of
Slane. He sat in Parliament during the reign of King Richard II, being
of age in 1378. He married Elizabeth Preston, daughter of Sir Robert
Preston, Lord of Gormanstown by whom he had among other children,
Christopher his heir and William. He died 1434 during the reign of King
Henry VI; In 1407 Thomas had a pardon of intrusion into his estates
without livery. That "intrusion into his estates with livery" refers to
the Irish claiming English lands. The Irish were trying to establish an
Irish kingdom patterned after the Kingdom of England. King Richard II,
divided Irishmen into three groups: "the Wild Irish" (the enemy), the
"English Rebels" and the "Obedient English". The King landed with an
army in Waterford on 2 Oct 1394, and marched northward to Dublin,
bolstering all his English Baronies. He also promised to pardon the
English rebels of the Bronies if they would give him more allegiance.
Our Baron Thomas Fleming was one of the English Barons who accepted that
pardon in 1407.
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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*There are earlier generations for the ancestor(s) indicated. See their page(s) for details (click name)
<Unknown>- b.1234
<Unknown>- b.1265
- b.1298 in Slane, Meath, Ireland d.1332
- b.1330 in Slane, Meath, Ireland d.13 Sep 1370
- b.1358 in Slane, Meath, Ireland d.1434 in Youghal, Cork, Ireland Youghal, Ireland
- b.1347 in Modbury, Devonshire, England d.1367
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Children
William Fleming
William was born in 1408 in Newcastle, Meath, Ireland. He died at the age of 32 in 1440.