The Barony of Clackmannan

1405 – 1428 Sir David Bruce - 4th Baron of Clackmannan

Sir David Bruce renounced the rights to the mills of Clackmannan from the Canons of Cambuskenneth on October 6th, 1406. Died around 1428.

Barony passed from father to son

1428 – 1473 Sir John Bruce - 5th Baron of Clackmannan

Mentioned in a charter decree between himself and Luke Stirling of Ratherns in April 1435. In 1456 had Sasine for the lands of Rait in Perthshire.

Barony passed from father to son

1473 – 1497 Sir David Bruce - 6th Baron of Clackmannan

Received the charter for the lands of Clackmannan and Rait on the event of his father's death in 1473. Knighted by King James IV.

Gave eldest son Robert and his wife a charter for the lands of Rait in Perthshire in August 1481. Resigned the charter for Clackmannan in favour of his son David on 11th September 1497. Died around 1506.

a1 Sir John Bruce, 5th Baron of Clackmannan & Rait
x Elizabeth Stewart of Rossyth

b1 Sir David Bruce, 6th Baron of Clackmannan & Rate
x Janet Stirling, of Keir

b1c1 Robert Bruce, of Rait d before November 29, 1491
x Elizabeth Lindsay

b1c1d1 David Bruce of Rait (b c 1485 - about 21yrs in 1506)

xx Mariot "Marion" Herries

b1c2 Sir David Bruce, 7th Baron Of Clackmannan x Lady Janet Bruce, Baroness of O'Lack

From the Charters of Clackmannan

8th March, 1428— Charter of Confirmation of John Bruce of Rate and Clackmannan, ratifying and confirming the Charter No. 9, granted by his grandfather, Robert de Bruys, to his son Thomas de Bruys, of the lands of Wester Kennet, &c.

22d Dec, 1447— Discharged by John de Bruce of Clackmannan to his eldest cousin, David, the Bruce of the Kennet, of the sum of 50 merks money of Scotland, addebted to the said John the Bruce, by Peter the Bruce, grandfather of the above-mentioned David.

26th March 1473— Crown Charter of Resignation and Confirmation by King James III., to David Bruce, son, and apparent heir to John Bruce of Clackmannan, of the lands and Barony of Clackmannan and pertinents thereof, lying in the county of Clackmannan, and the lands and Barony of Rait lying in the county of Perth, proceeding on the Procuratory of Resignation, granted by the said John Bruce. To be holden by the above mentioned David Bruce, his heirs of the King, and his successors in fee and heritage for payment, and performance of services used and wont ; but reserving to the said John Bruce his liferent of the said Baronies,
and the third thereof to Elizabeth Stewart, his wife.

20th March 1478— Charter by David Bruce of Clackmannan to Andrew Meffane and Margaret his spouse, of a tenement Yard and Croft with pasturage of a cow.

John Bruce of Clackmannan, for the purpose of insuring the recognition of his son David as the next proprietor, resigns his right to the King, who bestows it on David under reservation of John Bruce's liferent. The 1478 doc shows that John Bruce died between 1473 and 1478, for David now exercises the full rights of a proprietor.

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BRUCE, EARLS OF ELGIN AND AILESBURY Balfour Paul, James, ed. (1906). The Scots Peerage, Vol. III. Edinburgh: David Douglas. pp. 467–468. ISBN 0-9711966-2-1.

John Bruce, the eldest son, succeeded his father, before 23 May 1422, when he appears as a witness 3 to a notarial instrument executed at Dunfermline ; on 28 March 1428/ he ratified and confirmed the charter of 2 May 1389 granted by his grandfather Robert De Bruys to his son Thomas de Bruys of the lands of Wester Kennet, and on 24 September 1428 he gave sasine to Peter de Bruys of these lands to which he had acquired right as heir to his father. He resigned his estates of Clackmannan and Rait in favour of David Bruis, his son and heir, reserving his own liferent and a reasonable terce to Elizabeth Stewart, his wife, during her life- time, at Edinburgh, 26 March 1473, in which year he died, having married Elizabeth, daughter of Sir David Stewart of Rosyth, by whom he had issue two sons, viz. : —
1. Sir David, who succeeded.
2. Robert, ancestor of the Bruces of Cultmalundie in Perthshire, and of Muness in Zetland.