James Bruce of Bordie

JAMES BRUCE OF BORDIE

James Bruce of Bordie, here treated is the son, probably the second son of Robert Bruce, of Blairhall & Easter Kennet [NRS: CC6/5/4]

His Father's Last Will and Testament

Robert Bruce of Blairhall made his last will and testament on 12 September 1617. He nominated and appointed four of his children to be his executors testamentar, that is James Bruce, George Bruce, Margrat Bruce and Issobell Bruce. He left a cash legacy to his eldest son Robert Bruce. No financial provision was made for a widow and it is supposed that his wife must have predeceased him. Confirmation was granted to his executors testamentar on 28 September 1617. [National Records of Scotland, Dunblane Commissary Court, The Testament Testamentar and Inventory of Robert Bruce of Blairhall, reference CC6/5/4]

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Evidence from the National Records of Scotland

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17 November 1625: Feu-Ferme Charter by Elizabeth Callender of Bordie to her husband James Bruce, son of the late Robert Bruce of Blair Hall. Regarding the sale of Lands of Bordie for £6:20d. National Records of Scotland, Writs Relating to Lands and Coalmine at Bordie, Culross, reference CB87/2

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20 July 1633: Charter under the Great Seal of Scotland by which Charles I. King of Scots, confirms possession of the lands of Medowend, located in the parish and regality of Dunfermline and sheriffdom of Fife, to JACOBO BRUCE de Bordy and his heirs. Medowend had previously been resigned by Thomas, Lord Bruce of Kinloss, with the consent of his mother, Lady Magdalene Clerk. RMS 1620-33: charter number 2194

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14 February 1672: Alexander Wilsone of Sands and Katharine Bruce, only daughter of deceased James Bruce of Boirdie. National Records of Scotland, Marriage Contracts, reference RH9/7/89

Printed Evidence

Registrum Magni Sigilli Regum Scotorum. The Register of the Great Seal of Scotland. A. D. 1620-1633. Edited by John Maitland Thomson, MA., Advocate (H. M. General Register House, Edinburgh,1894), 1096 pp. including indexes and errata