Simon Fleming, 1st Lord of Slane

"Simon Fleming (died 1370) is the first Baron Slane whose holding of the title can be conclusively established.
Fleming was a descendant of Archembald le Fleming of Bratton Fleming, Devon, who was alive in 1087. Archembald's grandson, Archembald fitz Stephen le Fleming, came to Ireland with King Henry II of England in 1171 and participated in Hugh de Lacy's plantation of the Kingdom of Mide. He was a great-great-grandfather of Simon. Simon was the son of Sir Baldwin Fleming, and Maud de Geneville, daughter of Simon de Geneville of Culmullin and Joan Fitz Leones. Simon de Geneville was a younger son of Geoffrey de Geneville, 1st Baron Geneville, Justiciar of Ireland.
Simon was a member of the Irish Parliament of 1370. He became the lord of Slane in 1335 on the death of his father. In 1346 he served as Commissioner of the Peace in County Meath. In 1352 Slane was declared forfeit to the Crown, but Simon recovered it three years later. He had been knighted before 1365. He was in close attendance on Lionel of Antwerp, younger son of King Edward III, the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, during his years in Ireland. He spent much of his time in England, and acquired extensive lands in Devon and Cornwall (he was related by marriage to a number of prominent families in those counties, notably the Bassets and Champernownes).
In 1363–64 he was a prominent member of the "reform party", which campaigned against the widespread corruption and maladministration of the Irish Government: he was part of a powerful delegation sent by the Irish House of Commons to England to outline their grievances, and King Edward III appointed him to a royal commission to consider what reforms to government were necessary. The reform party had some success: in particular, they secured the removal from office, for a time, of Thomas de Burley, the notoriously corrupt Lord Chancellor of Ireland.
Simon married Cecily Champernowne, daughter of Sir Thomas Champernowne, of Modbury, Devon and his wife Eleanor de Rohart. The Champernownes were a distinguished and long-established Devonshire family: notable later members included Kat Ashley, née Champernowne, the much-loved governess of Queen Elizabeth I, and Sir Walter Raleigh, whose mother was a Champernowne.
Simon was succeeded by his son, Thomas (c. 1358 – c. 1434/1435), who with his own son Christopher cut a rather villainous path in the 1390s. He also had at least two daughters, Matilda, who married Luke Cusack, and Margaret, who married Sir William Basset of Tehidy, Cornwall."
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• 'Simon Fleming, 1st Lord Slane1
• 'M, d. 13 September 1370
• Father Sir Baldwin le Fleming, Baron of Slane2 b. c 1280
• Mother Maud Geneville2 b. c 1290
• ' Simon Fleming, 1st Lord Slane was born at of Slane, Meath, Ireland.1 He married Cecily Champernowne, daughter of Sir Thomas Champernoun and Eleanor Rohaut, before 1345.3 Simon Fleming, 1st Lord Slane died on 13 September 1370.1
• 'Family Cecily Champernowne
• Children
  • ◦Matilda Fleming+4 b. c 1345
  • ◦Sir Thomas Fleming, 2nd Lord Slane1 b. c 1358
  • ◦Margaret Fleming+ b. c 1359
• Citations
• 1.[S11568] The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom, by George Edward Cokayne, Vol. XII/1, p. 3-4, notes.
• 2.[S11568] The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom, by George Edward Cokayne, Vol. XII/1, p. 3, notes.
• 3.[S11568] The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom, by George Edward Cokayne, Vol. XII/1, p. 4.
• 4.[S61] Unknown author, Family Group Sheets, SLC Archives.
• http://our-royal-titled-noble-and-commoner-ancestors.com/p1488.htm#...
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• 'Cicely CHAMPERNOWNE
• Born: ABT 1347
• Father: Thomas CHAMPERNOWNE of Modbury (Sir Knight)
• Mother: Eleanor ROHART
• 'Married: Simon FLEMING (d. 13 Sep 1370) (son of Baldwin Fleming and Matilda Tenvile) ABT 1354
• Children:
  • 1. Margaret FLEMING (m. William Basset)
  • 2. Thomas FLEMING of Slane (b. 1358 - d. 1434) (m.1 Elizabeth Preston - m.2 Catherine Butler)
• http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/CHAMPERNOWNE.htm#Cicely CHAMPERNOWNE1
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Simon le Fleming
1327–13 September 1370 (Age {age})

When Simon le Fleming was born in 1327, in Slane Castle, County Meath, Ireland, his father, Baudouin Baldwin le Fleming Sir, was 22 and his mother, Mathilde de Geneville, was 23. He married Cicely de Champernon about 1347, in Devon, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 3 daughters. He died on 13 September 1370, in Irelands Eye, County Dublin, Ireland, at the age of 43.
Simon Fleming (died 1370) is the first Baron of Slane whose holding of the title can be conclusively established as Slane Castle, Co. Meath, Ireland.

Fleming was a descendant of Archembald le Fleming of Bratton Fleming, Devon, who was alive in 1087. Archembald's grandson, Archembald fitz Stephen le Fleming, came to Ireland with King Henry II of England in 1171 and participated in Hugh de Lacy's plantation of the kingdom of Kingdom of Mide. He was the great-great grandfather of Simon.

Simon was a member of the Irish Parliament of 1370. He became the lord of Slane in 1335 on the death of his father. In 1346 he served as Commissioner of the Peace in County Meath. He had been knighted before 1365.

Simon married Cecily Champernowne a native of Modbury, Devon. He was succeeded by his son, Thomas, born c. 1358, died c.1434/1435.

Spouse

Simon le Fleming
Male
1327–1370

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Male

Cicely de Champernon
Female
1330–1363

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Female
Marriage
about 1347
Devon, England, United Kingdom

Children (4)

Margaret le Fleming
Female
1347–1387

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Female

Johanna Fleming
Female
1350–1420

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Female

Mathilde Fleming
Female
1352–1387

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Female

Thomas Fleming "Flandrensis"
Male
1358–1434

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Male

Parents

Baudouin Baldwin le Fleming Sir
Male
1305–1335

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Male

Mathilde de Geneville
Female
1304–1346

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Female
Siblings (1)

Simon le Fleming
Male
1327–1370

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Male