Thomas (Brus) de Brus (1284 - 1307)

Born 1284 in Carrick, Scotland

Ancestors

Died 17 Feb 1307 at about age 23 in Carlisle, Cumberland, England

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Biography

Thomas de Brus was executed with his brother, Alexander, on 17 Feb 1307 at Carlile.^[1]

Whilst fortune had so far been favourable to Bruce, intelligence reached him of the terrible fate of his brothers, "Thomas and Alexander." They had succeeded in raising 7000 men in Ireland, and had reached Loch Ryan, where they were about to disembark, when Macdowall, the chieftain of that country, attacked and totally defeated them on the 9th of February. Amongst the slain were "the Lord of Kintyre," and two Irish chiefs ('Chronicle of Lanercost'). Their heads were cut off and sent along with the prisoners, Thomas and Alexander Bruce and Sir Reginald Crauford, all severely wounded, to Edward, who instantly ordered the captives to be executed.^[2]

Birth

Birth:

Date: ABT 1284

Place: Of, Carrick, ARL, Scotland\

Date: 1290

Place: Of Carrick, Ayrshire, Scotland

Death:

Date: 09 FEB 1307

Place: Carlisle, Cumberland, England

Research Notes

• Named in Scots Peerage as married to Helen, daughter of Sir John Eskine of that Ilk Electric Scotland and Red Book of Scotland call her Mary.
• The Scots Peerage : Founded On Wood's Ed. Of Sir Robert Douglas's Peerage Of Scotland; Containing An Historical And Genealogical Account Of The Nobility Of That Kingdom : Paul, James Balfour, Sir, 1846-1931 : Free Download, Borrow, And Streaming : Internet Archive". Internet Archive. Accessed May 12 2020.>Balfour, Erskine, Earl of Mar, Vol V, pg 591

• Red Book, Clackmannan

• Electric Scotland, Erskine

Sources

1. ↑ Douglas Richardson. Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 4 vols, ed. Kimball G. Everingham, 2nd edition (Salt Lake City: the author, 2011), vol. III, pages 520-528 SCOTLAND 4.
2. ↑ M. E. CUMMING BRUCE. Family records of the Bruces and the Cumyns, with an historical introduction and appendix, etc. [With genealogical tables.] Published 1870, William Blackwood and Sons Edinburgh. http://www.archive.org/stream/familyrecordsofb1870bruc#page/139/mode/2up