Sir Edward de Bruce, of Stenehouse

EDWARD DE BRUCE

Documentary evidence for the life of Edward de Bruce has not been found. It would appear that his existence may depend entirely upon a pedigree which was produced by the late Mary Elizabeth Cumming Bruce. She identified him as the husband of Agnes de Airth in her publication 'Family Records of the Bruces and Cumyns' and said that he and his wife were mentioned in a charter dated 24 April 1417 by which Robert Duke of Albany confirmed possession of the lands of Erth Chaumerlain to Sir William of Craufurde of Manuel. This is wrong. Edward and his putative wife are not mentioned in this charter. Moreover, she did not identify any other evidence for him. Family Records: p. 318 The charter cited by Mary Elizabeth Cumming Bruce was printed in full by the late Major William Bruce Armstrong, in his account of the family of Bruce of Airth. The Bruces of Airth: pp. 9-11

Genealogy

1. Family Records of the Bruces and Cumyns. With an Historical Introduction and Appendix from Authentic Public and Private Documents. By M. E. Cumming Bruce. (William Blackwood and Sons, Edinburgh and London, MDCCCLXX), 692 pp.
2. The Bruces of Airth and their Cadets. By Major William Bruce Armstrong. (Printed for Private Circulation, Edinburgh, MDCCCXCII), 137 pp. plus drop-linr pedigree charts and Appendices