Sir Richard de Brus (died 1287), Lord of Writtle was an English knight from Essex, commanding a Knight banneret for Edward I. He was a younger son of Robert de Brus, 5th Lord of Annandale and Isabella de Clare.
Richard was a part of King Edward I of England’s household and may have been with Edward during his crusade.[2]
He participated in Edward's Conquest of Wales, and awarded command of Denbigh, in 1280.[3]
He was a signatory of the Turnberry Band, a pact between Scottish and Anglo-Irish nobles signed on 20 September 1286 at Turnberry Castle, Ayrshire, Scotland.[4]
Richard also held lands at Tottenham and Kempston, and is recorded as receiving a number of wards and gifts of deer and to have sought permission to empark the forest at Writtle.[3]
He is recorded to have died in 1287. He never married and his lands reverted to his father.[5]
Citations edit
- ^ McAndrew 2006, pp. 80–81.
- ^ Blakely 2005, p. 82.
- ^ a b Blakely 2005, p. 84.
- ^ The Red Book of Menteith II:xxxi, No. 12.
- ^ 'Inquisitions Post Mortem, Edward I, File 47', in Calendar of Inquisitions Post Mortem: Volume 2, Edward I, ed. J E E S Sharp (London, 1906), pp. 377-383. British History Online.
References edit
- Blakely, Ruth Margaret (2005). The Brus Family in England and Scotland, 1100-1295. Boydell Press. ISBN 9781843831525.
- McAndrew, Bruce A. (2006). Scotland's Historic Heraldry. Boydell Press. ISBN 9781843832614.