CARRICK 57 24 Oct. 13 1 3, EARL OF CARRICK [S.], with rem. to the heirs male of his body. He appears to have been also Lord of Galloway. The Irish and Scots in Ulster having been oppressed by the English, he landed at Carrickfergus, 25 May 13 15, and, on 2 May 13 16, was cr'owned KING OF IRELAND. He is said to have m. Isabel, da. of John (of Strath bogie), Earl of Atholl, by Margaret, da. of Donald, Earl of Mar. He had a dispensation for marriage (which probably never took place) i June 13 17, with Isabel, da. of William, Earl of Ross [S.]. He d. s.p. legit., being slain at the battle of Dundalk, i4(^) Oct. 13 18, when the Earldom reverted to the Crown [S.]. VI. C") 1328 I. David de Bruce, Prince of Scotland, s. and h. to ap. of King Robert I, b. 5 Mar. 1323/4, was by his said 1329. father (who himself had held that title, 1292-1306), cr. EARL OF CARRICK [S.], in 1328. On 7 June 1329, he became KING OF SCOTLAND, as David II, when the Earldom merged in that Crown. VII. 1330? I. Alexander de Bruce, illegit. son of Edward, Earl to of Carrick [S.] abovenamed, by Isabel, sister of David '^2iiZ- (°^ Strathbogie), Earl of Atholl [S.], was, about 1330 or soon after, cr. EARL OF CARRICK [S.]. He sub- mitted to Balliol in 1332, but was slain fighting against the English at Halidon hill. He m. Eleanor, only sister of William, ist Earl of Douglas [S.], da. of Archibald Douglas, Regent of Scotland, by Beatrice, da. of Sir Alexander Lindsay, of Crawford. He d. as afsd., s.p.m., 19 July 1333. His widow w., before 1349, James Sandilands, of Calder, who d. before 1358; 3rdly, before 1364 (and probably before 1361), William Towers, of Dairy; 4thly, before 1368, Sir Duncan Wallace, of Sundrum; and, 5thly and lastly (as his 2nd wife, dispensation granted 18 Mar. 1376), Sir Patrick Hepburn, (") of Hales, who was living in 1402, being then above 80 years old. if) Following Camden's Chronicle, books of reference such as Haydn give 5 Oct. as the date of this battle, but there can be but little doubt that it was fought on Satur- day, St. Kalixtus' day, 14 Oct. V.G. C') The succession, as given in Wood's Douglas, at this date is (i) Robert de Bruce, said to be Earl of Carrick, 131 8 to 1332, (2) Alexander de Bruce, as (more or less) in the text, and (3) Thomas de Bruce, said to be Earl of Carrick, 1333 to 1334 or soon afterwards. These three are stated to be bastards of Edward, Earl ot Carrick (13 1 4-1 8) abovenamed — but, of them, Robert never existed, while Thomas (though, probably, a son of the said Earl, and, certainly, ancestor of the Bruces of Clackmannan, i^z.) was never Earx of Carrick. {ex inform. G. Burnett, some- time Lyon). See also Exch. Rolls [S.], vol. i, p. cxxxi, and pp. 189, 190, 258 and 259. (■=) Ancestor of the (Hepburn) Lords Hales, afterwards Earls of Bothwell. V.G.
