CUMING, Alexander of Altyre, Sir ³

   Other names for Alexander were CUMMING, Alexander ² and CUMYN, Alexander, Sir.¹

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  General Notes:

"Ferquhard Cumyn of Altre married Janet, daughter of John Cameron of Lochyell, chief of that clan, by whom he left three sons-1, Alexander, his heir; 2, Thomas; and, 3, John, mentioned in 1422 in a donation to the Abbey of Cambuskenneth."

from Bruces and Cumyns

"We hear little more of Alexander...and his disappearance from view ... after the Battle of Inverurie, and the arrival of the second son Thomas at the helm of Altyre from November 1411 suggests that Alexander may have died. The succession had passed to his younger brother."

from A History of Their Making ^{1 4}

Alexander married Euffame DUNBAR, daughter of John DUNBAR 1st Earl of Moray and Marjorie STEWART, 23 or 28 May 1408(contract).^{1 2} (Euffame DUNBAR was born about 1383.)

  Marriage Notes:

"Sir Alexander Cumyn, eldest son and heir of Ferquhard, married Euffame, sister of Sir Thomas de Dunbar, Earl of Moray.
The marriage-contract or indenture of this date contains a curious specimen of a bond or band, as it was then called, of manrent, but which Sir Alexander was bound to fight on his side, in whatever strife might occur.
The original was found in the charter-chest of Gordon Castle. This indenture made at Fynlettre, the xxiij day of the month of May, the yere of oure Lord M.CCCC, and viij yere, betwix a noble lord and a mychty, Sir Thomas of Dunbarre, Erie of Murreff, on the ta' part, and Alexander Cumyne on the t'other part ..... "

from Bruces and Cumyns

"Euphemia, contracted, on 28 May 1408, by her brother Earl Thomas, to Alexander Cumming, ancestor of the family of Altyre."

from Scots Peerage ^{1 2}