56 CARRICK s. andh. ap. of Robert de Bruce, of Annandale (one of the Competitors for the Crown of Scotland), by his ist wife, Isabel, da. of Gilbert (de Clare), Earl OF Gloucester and Hertford. In 1278 he swore fealty, as proxy for Alexander III, for the Kingdom of Scotland, to Edward I, to which King, on 1 3 June 1 2 9 1 , he also swore fealty. He was sum. to be at Shrewsbury for the trial of David ap Griffith, 28 June (1283) 11 Edw. I,(^) by writ directed Roberto de Brus Comiti de Carrtk, his name appearing as i ith and last of the earls who were then sum. His wife, the Countess, having previously died, he, on 27 Oct. 1292, resigned the Earldom of Carrick to his ist son, though he appears still to have been styled Earl thereof. On i Apr. 1295 he sue. his father (who d. aged about 85), and was made Gov. of Carlisle Castle. On 24 June (1295) 23 Edw. I, he was sum. to Pari. [E.] by writ directed Roberto de 5r«i, whereby he may be held to have become LORD BRUCE. C") He was also sum. to attend the King at Salisbury, 26 Jan. (1296/7) 25 Edw. !.() He accompanied Edward I into Scotland, and fought 28 Apr. 1 296, at the battle of Dunbar. To that King he again swore fealty 28 Aug. 1296, at Berwick. He m., 2ndly, Eleanor.^) He resided latterly in England, and d. there or in Palestine, 1304, before 14 June, and was bur. at Holmcultram. His widow m., in 1 2°S/^y ^s his i st wife, Richard Waleys [Lord Waleys]. Shed', between 16 Mar. and 19 Oct. 1330. IV. 1292 4. Robert (de Bruce), Earl OF Carrick. [S.], by the re- to signation of his father on 27 Oct. 1 292, as above mentioned, 1306. ist s. and h. He was b. 1 1 July 1274, at Writtle, Essex. By the death of his father he may be held to have become (as his s. and h.) Lord Bruce [E.]. He had livery of his father's lands 14 June 1304, having done homage to the English King. On 27 Mar. 1306 he was crowned KING OF SCOTLAND (as Robert I), when his Scottish dignities merged in that Crown; any English Barony of Bruce that may be imagined to have been cr. by the writ of 1295, would either have been forfeited in 1306, or after the death, s.p., of his only s. and h.. King David 11,22 Feb. 1 3 7 1 , would, according to modern doctrine, have fallen into abeyance between his daughters and coheirs, the sisters of the late King. V. 1313- I- Sir Edward de Bruce, 2nd s. of Margaret, sm jure Countess of Carrick [S.], by her 2nd husband, Robert de Bruce abovenamed, was, by his eldest br. King Robert I, cr.^ shortly before (^) Though this summons may be held, according to modern doctrine (on the analogy of the startling Segrave decision in 1877) to have conferred on him a Barony [Lord Bruce], it certainly cannot be regarded as having cr. an English Earldom. See similar cases iub Angus and Atholl, and see also Preface. V.G. (•>) This writ is fully discussed in Round's Peerage and Pedigree. As to how far these early writs of summons did in fact create any peerage title, see Appendix A in the last volume of this work. V.G. (<^) As to this writ, see Preface. (^) Isabel, his da. by his ist wife, ot., as his 2nd wife, Eric I, King of Norway. V.G.
