Family records of the Bruces and the Cumyns

584 GENEALOGY OF MARIE AND ELIZABETH DE HORNE.
is designed David de Bruce de Clackmannan, Alius et hseres quondem Domini
Roberti, etc., anno 1406," in the chartulary of Cambuskenneth, page 86, and
other public records.
He married Jean, daughter of Sir John Stewart, Lord of Innermeath and
Lorn, another considerable branch of the illustrious house of Stewart. By her
he had a son and successor.
IV. Sir John Bruce, fourth Baron of Clackmannan, who made a great figure
in the reigns of Kings James I. and II., which is fully instructed from our his-
tories, the chartularies of Cambuskenneth, and other authentic vouchers. He
married Elizabeth, daughter of Sir David Stewart of Rosyth, a branch of the
most ancient family of Stewart already mentioned. By her he had a son and
heir,
V. Sir David Bruce, fifth Baron of Clackmannan, who got a charter under
the Great Seal from King James III. of several lands and baronies, and is
therein designed " Filius et haeres quondam Johannis Bruce de Clackmannan,"
etc. The charter, which is recorded in the public archives of the nation, lib. vii.,
No. 213, is dated anno 1473. He afterwards had the honour of knighthood
conferred upon him by King James IV., with whom he was in great favour.
He married Marian, daughter of Sir Robert Hemes of Terregles, of whom
the most noble families of the Lords Herries and Earls of Nithsdale are de-
scended, which is instructed by all our historians. By her he had a son,
VI. Sir David Bruce, sixth Baron of Clackmannan, who succeeded him, and
got a charter under the Great Seal from King James IV, wherein he is designed
" David Bruce de Clackmannan, miles, filius et hseres quondam Davidis Bruce
de Clackmannan, milites," etc. The charter, which is in the General Register,
lib. xiii., No. 243, is dated 3d of February 1506. He was a man of great parts,
and possessed of an immense estate, which is instructed by many charters under
the Great Seal, of different lands and baronies, all recorded in the public ar-
chives of the nation, between the years 1530 and 1540. He married Jean,
daughter of Sir Patrick Blackadder of Tulliallan, a considerable free baron,
whose family flourished with lustre in Scotland for many centuries, and whose
armorial bearing, according to Mr Nisbet's ' System of Heraldry,' vol. i. p. 379,
was — quarterly, 1st and 4th, or, three crescents gules ; 2d and 3d, gules, on a
cheveron argent, three roses of the first. By this lady he had several children,
of whom we shall here mention only two, viz. : —
1st. Sir John of Clackmannan.
2d. Sir Edward Bruce of Blairhall, to whom and his issue we confine this
narration.
VII. Sir Edward Bruce, second son of Sir David, 6th Baron of Clackmannan,