THe Brus INscriprion at ANNAN. 31 
the genuine character of this interesting relic, the investi- 
gator’s last duty is to place it precisely in its period. This is 
within narrow compass. The particular lord commemorated 
can only have been Robert de Brus, the elder Earl of Carrick, 
son of the competitor for the Scottish throne, or his son 
Robert, the younger Earl of Carrick, afterwards King 
Robert I. of Scotland. Robert de Brus (IV.), lord of Annan- 
dale, the unsuccessful competitor, died in 1295. His son, 
Robert de Brus (V.), married, cirea 1273, Marjory, Countess 
of Carrick, but his full right and title as both Lord of Annan- 
dale and Earl of Carrick dated only from his father’s death. 
He himself died in 1304. His son, the future King, took 
the style of Lord of Annandale and Earl of Carrick for only 
two years, his earldom, of course, merging in 1306 in the 
loftier honour of the Scottish Crown. Specific instances 
may be adduced :— 
In 1291, in a letter relative to the claim to the throne of 
Scotland, Robert de Brus (IV.) styled himself* ‘‘ Robert de 
Brus, Seignr du Val d Anaunt.”’ 
His son, Robert de Brus (V.), styled himself ‘‘ Comes 
de Carrik’ et Dominus Vallis Anandiz.’’ He was sometimes 
distinguished, for instance, in the Ragman Roll® in 1296 as 
““le veil,’’ from his son (the future King), who was desig- 
nated ‘‘ le jeovene.’”’ 
_In 1304, on 11th June, the young Brus is referred to 
in a notarial deed’ under the style of ‘‘ Dominus Robertus 
de Brus Comes de Carryk’ ac Dominus Vallis Anandie.’’ 
Apparently his common style prior to his father’s death had 
been ‘‘Counte de Carrik’’ only ;8 immediately after his 
father’s death he appears to have used the double style,® as 
his father had done before him. 
4 Palgrave’s Historical Documents, Scotland. 1.. 187. 
5 His seal is described by Mr William Brown in his Brus 
Cenotaph at Guisborough .(1894), p. 30. 
6 Bain’s Calendar, ii., p. 197. 
7 Palgrave’s Historical Docwments, Scotland, 1i., 323. 
8 Tb., 197, 199. 
9 Bain’s Calendar, i1., 1493, 1495. 
