Sir John Bruce of Stanehouse

https://www.ancestry.com/genealogy/records/sir-john-i-bruce-de-brus...

He was slaughtered before 1483, by his wife's brothers, the Menteiths, as appears from "Pitcairn's Criminal Trials," and also from the following extracts from the "Acta Dominorum Concilii," i8th October, 1490, p. 153. The Menteiths and Bruces came to an agreement 18th October, 1490, in presence of the Lords of Council, by which Archibald Menteith, and " sa mony persons as ar now on lif, that were comittars of this said slauchter of umquhile Johne the Broiss,

Ref:http://www.archive.org/stream/landslairdsoflar00gibs/landslairdsofl...

Sir John Bruce, of Airth, was killed for political differences by his wife's brothers. He married 1471 Elizabeth Menteith, daughter of Sir William Mentieith of Kerse. He lived at Stanehouse, which for some generations was the residence of the heir apparent of the Bruces of Airth.

https://www.ancestry.com/mediaui-viewer/collection/1030/tree/219534...

http://www.robertsewell.ca/kilsyth.html

http://1.droppdf.com/files/KUNKW/robert-the-bruce-king-of-scots-ron...