Euphame Primrose

EUPHAME PRIMROSE (aka EUPHAME PRYMROIS) Lady of Carnock

Disputed Ancestry

According to the late Alexander Nisbet: "Archibald Primrose, son to Duncan Primrose, descended of the Primroses of that Ilk, acquired the lands of Burnbrae from the abbacy of Culross ; and had two sons : viz. James Primrose, who was Principal Clerk to the Privy Council of Scotland, in the reign of King James VI. and Mr David Primrose of Whitehouse; with an only daughter, named Euphan, married to Sir George Bruce of Carnock, ancestor to the Earls of Kincardine. A System of Heraldry, Speculative and Practical, etc. By Alexander Nisbet. A New Edition. Vol. I (William Blackwood, Edinburgh, 1816), p. 372

Sir James Balfour Paul disagreed. with Nisbet. Writing in his account of the Primrose Earls of Roseberry, he identifies Euphame Primrose as the daughter of David Primrose in Culross and his wife Janet Blaw. She is said by him to have married Sir George Bruce of Carnock. She is also said by him to have been the sister of the Clerk of the Privy Council, that is Mr. James Bruce. The Scots Peerage VII: 216

Major William Bruce Armstrong agreed with Nisbet but disagreed with James Balfour Paul. Writing in his account of the Bruce Earls of Elgin and Kincardine for the Scots Peerage, he said that the wife of Sir George Bruce of Carnock was Margaret Primrose, the daughter of Archibald Primrose of Burnbrae. The Scots Peerage III: 485

Death

Euphame Primrose, here treated, died intestate on 13 October 1609. [NRS: CC6/5/3]

Marriage

Euphame Primrose, here treated, married Sir George Bruce of Carnock [NRS: CC6/5/3]

Children

1. Alexander Bruce of Alva
2. Robert Bruce, Lord Broomhall
3. Magdelene Bruce
4. Elizabeth Bruce
5. Euphame Primrose

Her Testament Dative and Inventory

Euphame Primrose died intestate on 13 October 1609. On 31 March 1612 her Testament Dative and Inventory was given up by her widowed husband, Sir George Bruce of Carnock. It was given up in name and behalf of five of their children, that is Alexander Bruce, Robert Bruce, Magdalane Bruce, Elizabeth Bruce and Nicolas Bruce, who were recognised as executors dative to their deceased mother by the Commissary Court of Dunblane. Confirmation was granted to the executors dative on 31 March 1612. [National Records of Scotland, Dunblane Commissary Court, The Testament Dative and Inventory of Euphame Prymrois, spouse to Sir George Bruce of Carnock, knight, reference CC6/5/3]

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Biographical Summary by A System of Heraldry

Archibald Primrose, son to Duncan Primrose, descended of the Primroses of that Ilk, acquired the lands of Burnbrae from the abbacy of Culross; and had two sons: viz. James Primrose, who was Principal Clerk to the Privy Council of Scotland, in the reign of King James VI. and Mr David Primrose of Whitehouse; with an only daughter, named Euphan, married to Sir George Bruce of Carnock, ancestor to the Earls of Kincardine. A System of Heraldry: 372

Biographical Summary by the Scots Peerage VII: 216

The Scots Peerage VII: 216

Genealogy

1. A System of Heraldry, Speculative and Practical, etc. By Alexander Nisbet. A New Edition. Vol. I (William Blackwood, Edinburgh, 1816), 440 pp. plus indices and illustrations
2. The Scots Peerage : founded on Wood's ed. of Sir Robert Douglas's Peerage of Scotland; containing an historical and genealogical account of the nobility of that kingdom. Edited by Sir James Balfour Paul, Lord Lyon King of Arms. Volume VII. (David Douglas, Edinburgh, 1910), 592 pp.
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