Bruce, John

Possibly Sir John Bruce of Airth, Scotland, whose estate was so encumbered that he had to sell off much of his property in 1617.  John Burke, A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry, Vol. 2 (London: Henry Colburn, 1837), 370-371.  Kenneth Brown, Noble Society in Scotland: Wealth, Family and Culture from Reformation to Revolution (Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 2004), p 103.