John (Bruce) Bruce of Fingask (bef. 1520 - 1547)

Born before 1520 in Fingask Scotland

Ancestors

Descendants

Died 10 Sep 1547 after age 27 in Pinkie Cleugh, Inveresk, Midlothian, Scotland

Biography

John (Bruce) Bruce of Fingask was Killed in Action during the Rough Wooing at the Battle of Pinkie Cleugh.

John (Bruce) Bruce of Fingask is a member of House of Bruce.

John was the son of James Bruce.^[1]

He married Agnes, daughter of William Kinnaird.^[2] They had issue:

1. William^[1]

John died at the batlle of Pinkie Cleugh.^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Bruce, Mary Elizabeth Cumming, "Family Records of the Bruces and the Cumyns: With an Historical Introduction and Appendix from Authentic Public and Private Documets", Edinburgh: William Blackwood and Sons, 1870, Archive.org, p. 294
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} MacGregor, Gordon, "Red Book of Scotland", Scotland, private, 2022, Vol 2, p. 61
   "JOHN BRUCE, FIAR OF FINGASK, to whom his father conveyed the fee of the lands of Rait by charter dated 15 July 1545.5 He m. Agnes, daughter of William Kinnaird of that Ilk, with whom he had a charter from his father for the lands of Fingask on 25 July 1545,6 and was k. vita patris at the battle of Pinkiecleuch in September of 1547."

See also:

• Clan MacFarlane: John Bruce, Fiar of FIngask

• Wikidata: Item Q76257754

• The Peerage: John Bruce of Fingask

• Geni: John Bruce

• Bruce Family Timeline