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COMYN, John I 'The Red'(1), of Badenoch & Tynedale, Justiciar of Galloway, Sir
(1220-1275)
Marion of Galloway
(About 1216-)
CUMYN, William of Lochaber
(About 1215-)
COMYN, Robert of Altyre, Sir
(1245/1244-1306)
CUMMINE, Geiles of Lochaber
(About 1243-)
COMYN, John, Sir
(About 1258-1310)

 

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COMYN, John, Sir 1

  • Born: About 1258
  • Died: 1310 1

   Another name for John was CUMYN, John Sir.2

   User ID: Z166.

  General Notes:

"Sir Robert is believed to have produced two sons - his heir Sir John and and a younger son Robert. Sir John died in 1310 and was succeeded by his brother, apparently summoned home from service with the Polish knighthood. In right of his mother he acquired one third of the Comyn lands at Lochaber, Lochindorb Castle in Moray and the castle at Lochaneilan near Rothiemercus."

from A History of Their Making

"I. Sir Robert Cumyn, fourth son of Red John Cumyn No. 1, married Geiles or Egidia, one of the three co-heiresses of William Cumyn of Lochaber, and left two sons:
1, Sir John; 2, Robert...."

"II. Sir John Cumyn, eldest son of Sir Robert, d. s. p. in 1310, and was succeeded by his brother."

from Bruces and Cumyns 1 2


Sources


1 Michael McCarthy, A History of Their Making: The Cummings of Altyre (2020) (Grosvenor House Publishing, England, 2020), page 159.

2 e-books, Family Records of the Bruces and the Cumyns by M. E. Cumming Bruce (1870).

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