Robert Bruce, son of King Robert I (illeg.)

Biography: Robert Bruce was the illegitimate son of Robert I. His mother and date of birth are unknown. An active figure by 1321-2 when he received the lands of Sprouston and the major border lordship of Liddesdale, the latter forfeited by William Soulis because of his part in the 1320 conspiracy against Robert’s father Robert I. On 6 August 1332 Bruce was part of the Scottish army that faced Edward Balliol’s invasion force at Dupplin Moor. In advance of the battle Robert accused the then Scottish Guardian, his cousin Thomas, earl of Mar, of entertaining pro-Balliol and pro-English sympathies. The quarrel resulted in a disorderly Scottish advance that contributed to the catastrophic defeat in which both Bruce and Mar were killed. https://doi-org.ezproxy.is.ed.ac.uk/10.1093/ref:odnb/54143
Floruits: 1321 × 1328

Transaction factoids (4) Relationship factoids (8) Title factoids (10) Witnesses factoids (10)

Date	Short Summary	Role	Witnesses	Source
unavailable	Gift of 'Fornachine' and Glengoulandie in apdaine of Dull (PER)	Grantor		1/54/62 (RRS, vi, no. 64)
4 Aug. 1320 X 7 Jun. 1329	Gift (?) of Liddesdale (ROX)	Beneficiary		1/53/524 (RMS, i, App. 1, no. 53)
31 Jan. 1321	Gift of Sprouston (ROX)	Beneficiary		1/53/193 (RRS, v, no. 172)
6 Jan. 1343	Confirmation of 'Fornachine' and Glengoulandie in apdaine of Dull (PER)	Sicut Clause	Duncan (IV), earl of Fife (d.1353); John Randolph, earl of Moray, lord of Annandale and Man (d. 1346); Malcolm Fleming, earl of Wigtown (d. 1357x62); Maurice Murray, earl of Strathearn (d. 1346); Patrick (V), earl of Dunbar/March and Moray (d.1369); Robert [Stewart] II, king of Scots (d. 1390); Thomas de Chartres (Charteris), chancellor (d. 1346); William Landellis, bishop of St Andrews (d. 1385)	1/54/62 (RRS, vi, no. 64)

Date	Short Summary	Role	Source
4 Aug. 1320 X 7 Jun. 1329	Son of Robert I, king of Scots (d. 1329) [Familial relationship]	subject (relationship)	1/53/524 (RMS, i, App. 1, no. 53)
4 Aug. 1320 X 7 Jun. 1329	Son of Robert I, king of Scots (d. 1329) [Familial relationship]	subject (relationship)	1/53/524 (RMS, i, App. 1, no. 53)
31 Jan. 1321	Son of Robert [Bruce], king of Scots (d. 1329) [Familial relationship]	subject (relationship)	1/53/193 (RRS, v, no. 172)
3 Jan. 1327	Son of Robert [Bruce], king of Scots (d. 1329) [Familial relationship]	subject (relationship)	1/53/356 (RRS, v, no. 312)
26 Dec. 1327	Son of Robert [Bruce], king of Scots (d. 1329) [Familial relationship]	subject (relationship)	1/53/377 (RRS, v, no. 329)
28 Jul. 1328	Son of Robert [Bruce], king of Scots (d. 1329) [Familial relationship]	subject (relationship)	1/53/402 (RRS, v, no. 353)
29 Jul. 1328	Son of Robert [Bruce], king of Scots (d. 1329) [Familial relationship]	subject (relationship)	1/53/403 (RRS, v, no. 354)
6 Jan. 1343	Brother of David II, king of Scots (d. 1371)	subject (relationship)	1/54/62 (RRS, vi, no. 64)

Date	Short Summary	Source
24 February 1325	Gift of Buittle (KCB) in barony	1/53/308 (RRS, v, no. 267)
5 March 1326	Gift of Old Montrose (ANG) in exchange for Cardross (DNB)	1/53/336 (RRS, v, no. 294)
5 March 1326	Gift of three merklands and 20s from Charleton (ANG) and 7 marks from thanage of Kinnaber (ANG)	1/53/335 (RRS, v, no. 293)
14 November 1326	Inspection of charters of King Edgar, King David I, and Earl Patrick I of Dunbar for Durham Cathedral Priory	1/53/352 (RMS, i, App. 1, no. 19)
16 November 1326	Gift of barony of Drumelzier	1/53/353 (RRS, v, no. 309)
26 November 1326	Gift of freedom from prises, carraiges, captions, etc., for Melrose abbey and its men in Nithsdale (DMF)	1/53/354 (RRS, v, no. 310)
3 January 1327	Gift of Ord (BNF) in tenement of 'Mounbre' for 26s. 8d. annually	1/53/356 (RRS, v, no. 312)
26 December 1327	Gift of 5 stags annually from Selkirk forest	1/53/377 (RRS, v, no. 329)
28 July 1328	Gift of lands of Henry de Percy in kingdom of Scotland	1/53/402 (RRS, v, no. 353)
29 July 1328	Gift of Old and New Parks, Coxet and 'Kepnemade' (STL)	1/53/403 (RRS, v, no. 354)

People of Medieval Scotland
1093 - 1371