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John COMYN

John COMYN

Male Abt 1053 - Abt 1100  (~ 47 years)

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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  John COMYN was born about 1053 in Altyre, Morayshire, Scotland (son of Robert COMYN, Earl Of Northumberland); died about 1100 in Badenoch, Inverness, Scotland.

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    • _UID: 5131A261275B4EDD841AFF27145388A98EDB

    John married Miss GIFFARD about 1083 in Altyre, Morayshire, Scotland. Miss was born about 1057 in Longueville-Sur-Scie, Seine-Inferieure, Normandy, France; died after 1084 in Badenoch, Inverness, Scotland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. William COMYN, Constable Of Scotland was born about 1084 in Altyre, Morayshire, Scotland; and died.

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Robert COMYN, Earl Of Northumberland was born about 1022 in Altyre, Morayshire, Scotland (son of John COMYN); died on 28 Jan 1068-1069 in Durham, Northumberland, England.

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    • _UID: 35BC603409C0453BA88C4BAE1EAFB0C1398B

    Notes:

    In the 3rd year of King William the Conqueror [1069], that monarch conferred the Earldom of Northumberland, vacant by the death of Earl Copsi, upon Robert Comyn, but the nomination accorded so little with the wishes of the inhabitants of the county that they at first resolved to abandon entirely their dwellings; being prevented doing so, however, by the inclemency of the season, it was then determined, at all hazards, to put the new earl to death. of this evil design his lordship had intimation, through Egelivine, bishop of Durham, but, disregarding the intelligence, he repaired to Durham with 700 soldiers and commenced a course of plunder and bloodshed, which rousing the inhabitants of the neighbourhood, the town was assaulted and carried by a multitude of country people, and the earl and all his troops, to a man, put to death. This occurrence took place in 1069, in a few months after his lordship's appointment to the earldom. [Sir Bernard Burke, Dormant and Extinct Peerages, Burke's Peerage, Ltd., London, 1883, p. 131]

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    The surname Cummings emerged as a notable Scottish Family name in the Country of Northumberland, where William the Conqueror allocated the Earldom of Northumberland to Robert de Comines, from Comminges in Normandy. The badge of the family is the Cumin Plant. However, Robert de Comines' rule in Northumberland was uneventful, his violence to the local people became intolerable and he was killed in 1069.

    When Richard Comyn, his great-grandson, came to Scotland with King David, he married Hextilda of Tynedale, granddaughter of King Donald of Scotland.

    Children:
    1. 1. John COMYN was born about 1053 in Altyre, Morayshire, Scotland; died about 1100 in Badenoch, Inverness, Scotland.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  John COMYN was born about 991 in Altyre, Morayshire, Scotland; and died.

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    • _UID: 603A6B5E557E4FC69116D61C89FB28DD6D6C

    Children:
    1. 2. Robert COMYN, Earl Of Northumberland was born about 1022 in Altyre, Morayshire, Scotland; died on 28 Jan 1068-1069 in Durham, Northumberland, England.