A Family Genealogy of
the Gentle House of Stapleton
the Gentle House of Stapleton
Richard BRUCE #76942
____ - ABT 26 JAN 1286/87
Personal Information
- DEATH: ABT 26 JAN 1286/87
Notes
Sir Richard de Brus (died 1287), Lord of Writtle was an English knight from Essex, commanding a Knight banneret for Edward I. He was a younger son of Robert de Brus, 5th Lord of Annandale and Isabella de Clare.
Richard was a part of King Edward I of England’s household and may have been with Edward during his crusade.
He participated in Edward's Conquest of Wales, and awarded command of Denbigh, in 1280.
He was a signatory of the Turnberry Band, a pact between Scottish and Anglo-Irish nobles signed on 20 September 1286 at Turnberry Castle, Ayrshire, Scotland.
Richard also held lands at Tottenham and Kempston, and is recorded as receiving a number of wards and gifts of deer and to have sought permission to empark the forest at Writtle.
He is recorded to have died in 1287. He never married and his lands reverted to his father.
Richard was a part of King Edward I of England’s household and may have been with Edward during his crusade.
He participated in Edward's Conquest of Wales, and awarded command of Denbigh, in 1280.
He was a signatory of the Turnberry Band, a pact between Scottish and Anglo-Irish nobles signed on 20 September 1286 at Turnberry Castle, Ayrshire, Scotland.
Richard also held lands at Tottenham and Kempston, and is recorded as receiving a number of wards and gifts of deer and to have sought permission to empark the forest at Writtle.
He is recorded to have died in 1287. He never married and his lands reverted to his father.
Parents
Father: Robert V BRUCE #75385
Mother: Isabel of CLARE #75386
_William BRUCE _________________+
| (1142 - 1212) m 1180
_Robert IV BRUCE ____|
| (1191 - 1232) m 1219|
| |_Cristina FitzUchtred GALLOWAY _
| (1160 - 1212) m 1180
_Robert V BRUCE _____|
| (1215 - 1295) m 1240|
| | _David DUNKELD _________________+
| | | (1144 - 1219)
| |_Isobel DUNKELD _____|
| (1199 - 1251) m 1219|
| |_Matilda of KEVELIOC ___________+
| (1171 - 1232)
|
|--Richard BRUCE
| (.... - 1286)
| _Richard of CLARE ______________
| |
| _Gilbert of CLARE ___|
| | (1180 - 1230) |
| | |_Amice of GLOUCESTER ___________
| |
|_Isabel of CLARE ____|
(1226 - 1264) m 1240|
| ________________________________
| |
|_Isabel MARSHAL _____|
(1200 - 1239) |
|________________________________