Christian Bruce

CHRISTIAN BRUCE

Christian Bruce, here treated, is the eldest daughter of George Bruce of Carnock The name of her mother has not been identified. The Scots Peerage II: 557

Death

A date and place of death has not been identified for Christian Bruce, here treated. She gave up the testament dative of her deceased husband on 9 March 1619. [NRS: CC8/5/5] and she was still alive on 9 August 1630. RMS 1620-33: charter number 1641

Marriage

Christian Bruce married Robert, Master of Colville They were married after 24 September 1603. The Scots Peerage II: 557

Children

1. James, Lord Colville
2. Thomas Colville

The Testament Dative and Inventory of her deceased Husband

On 9 March 1619 the Testament Dative and Inventory of the deceased Robert, Master of Colville, was given up by his widow, who is identified as Marioun Bruce. when she actually was named Christian Bruce. It was given up in name and behalf of their son Thomas Colville who was still a minor child on this date. Thomas Colville was confirmed as his father's executor dative on the same date. [National Records of Scotland, Dunblane Commissary Court, The Testament Dative of Robert Coluil, Master of Coluil, reference CC8/5/5]

1. Image of Testament
2. Image of Testament

Evidence from the National Records of Scotland

9 August 1630: Christian Bruce, the mother of James, Lord Colville, is mentioned in a charter made in favour of John, Lord Wemyss, which was issued under the Great Seal of Scotland. RMS 1620-33: charter number 1641

Evidence from the Laing Charters

9 August 1630: Charter by King Charles the First granting and confirming to John, Lord Wemyss, the lands and barony of Easter Wemyss and the lands and barony of Tullycultre, etc., as described, in the shires of Fife and Clackmannan respectively, resigned on 9th August 1630 by James, now Lord Colvill of Culross, with consent of Dame Magdalen Young, his wife, Christine Bruce, his mother, Dame Helen Schaw, relict of James, late Lord Colvill, James Campbell of Lawers, Mungo, his son, fiar of Lawers, and others; and erecting Easter Wemyss into a barony. The Laing Charters: charter number 2060

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

Genealogy

1. The Scots peerage II: 557
2. Stirnet: Colville 02