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COMYN Richard
Birth: ABT 1115 of Altyre, Morayshire, Scotland
Death: ABT 1179
Notes
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Comyn
Richard Comyn (d. c 1179) was a Scottish noble, the nephew of William Comyn.[1]
Richard was probably born between 1115 and 1123. In 1144, William Comyn gave him
Northallerton Castle, which he had built a few years earlier. Shortly after, he received
the castle and honour of Richmond as part of his uncle's settlement to renounce to
Durham bishopric.[1] In 1145, Richard was married to Hextilda, the daughter of
Uchtred, Lord of Tynedale, and his wife Bethoc ingen Domnaill Bain, the supposed
daughter of King Donald III of Scotland, although the chronology is suspect.
In Scotland, he acquired the position of Justiciar of Lothian: he witnessed 6 charters
for King Malcolm IV and 33 for King William I. He was captured with King William in
1174 and was a hostage for him in the Treaty of Falaise. He gave, with Hextida's
consent, lands to the monks at Hexham, Kelso and Holyrood. He died between 1179
and 1182. Hextilda remarried to Máel Coluim, Earl of Atholl (also called Malcolm).
Children[edit]
Richard had four sons by Hextilda:
John, dead between 1152 and 1159, and buried at Kelso Abbey.
William, jure uxoris Earl of Buchan.
Odinel (also called Odo), a priest, witness to Richard's charters to religious houses in
1162 and 1166.
Simon, mentioned in the 1166 charter to the Augustinians in Holyrood.
and three daughters:
Idonea
Ada
Christien
His daughters were witnesses to a donation made by Máel Coluim, Earl of Atholl and
their mother Hextilda to the Church of St Cuthbert in Durham.
Parents
COMYN William (ABT 1084 - )
BANASTER Maude (ABT 1088 - )
Siblings
COMYN Richard (ABT 1115 - ABT 1179)
Marriage To DE TYNDALE Hextilda (ABT 1122 - )
m. 1145
Notes
Parents
FITZ WALDEVE Uchtred (ABT 1085 - )
____ Bethoc (ABT 1086 - )
Children by DE TYNDALE Hextilda ABT 1122 -
COMYN William (1163 - 1233)
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