COMYN, William 'of Tolyboyf' ¹

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  General Notes:

"Transaction:
Inspection of Charter of William Comyn Lord of 'Tolyboyf'


TYPE OF TRANSACTION: Inspection
FROM SOURCE: 1/54/227 (RRS, vi, no. 213)
FIRM DATE: 8 April 1359
DATING NOTES: 8 April, regnal year 29

Associated People (2)
Role: Inspector
Name: David II, king of Scots (d. 1371)
Name (original language): Dauid
Name (translation): David, by the grace of God, king of Scots
Floruits: 1329 × 1371

Role:named person (transaction)
Name: William Comyn, lord of 'Tolyboyf' (Kilduthie, KCD)
Name (original language): Willelmi Comyne
Name (translation): William Comyn
Floruits: 1329 × 1371"

There were 7 witnesses to the charter:

1
William Landellis, bishop of St Andrews (d. 1385)/Willelmo/venerable fathers in Christ William, bishop of St Andrews
2
Patrick of Leuchars, bishop of Brechin (d. 1383)/Patricio/and Patrick, bishop of Brechin, our chancellor
3
Robert [Stewart] II, king of Scots (d. 1390)/Roberto/Robert, steward of Scotland, earl of Strathearn, our nephew
4
William Douglas, earl of Douglas and Mar (d. 1384)/Willelmo/William, earl of Douglas
5
William Ramsay, earl of Fife/Willelmo/William, earl of Fife
6
John of Preston, knight (14C)/Johanne de Preston/John of Preston
7
John Lyle, knight"


from People of Medieval Scotland website


"Kilduthie was a 13th century castle however nothing of it now remains and its exact location has been lost.

In 1247 Alexander II granted land at Culter, Tulimacboythne and Ardboik to Robert de Wachehop or Wauchope, son of Alan de Wachehop. A Wauchope heiress married a Comyn of Inverallochy and the aforementioned lands seem to have passed into that family.

I have seen references to Robert the Bruce's supporters having attacked 'the new castle of Tolibothwell' in 1306, with one source giving the date of the 27th of March and a location to the south-west of Aberdeen. This would seem to be a conflation with Tullibody Castle, and earlier form of which was Tolibothwell, which was attacked on the 27th of March 1306. Incidentally Tullibody was a possession of the Lindsays of Wauchope early in the 13th century.

In 1324 or 1325 Alexander Burnard received from Robert the Bruce a grant of lands that had been forfeited by the Comyns, namely the barony of Tullibothil in Kincardineshire and the barony of Little Culter in Aberdeenshire. These lands may have returned to the Comyns as in 1359 David II inspected and confirmed an earlier charter by William Comyn, Lord of Tolyboyf and Little Coulter, to William of Meldrum, son of John of Meldrum, lord of Meldrum, of a half davoch of lands in the barony of Tolyboyf. It's also possible that this earlier undated and lost charter pre-dated the Comyns' forfeiture.

Kilduthie is marked on Pont's late-16th century map of Lower Deeside as a castle named Kildutthy however by the time of Roy's mid-18th century map of the Highlands it is shown as a small settlement named Kildathy perhaps suggesting that the castle was no longer standing at that time."

from Stravaigin website



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  Research Notes:

'TOLYBOYF'

This is likely to be Tullibothil, also Tilleboy and Tulimacboythne.

" .... on 29th January, 1324-5, Alexander Burnard had a second charter, conveying apparently lands that had come into the King's hands by the forfeiture of the Cumyns, namely, Tullibothil, in the Sheriffdom of Kincardine, and the barony of Little Culter in that of Aberdeen, described as formerly belonging to John of Walchope, 'pro
homagio et servicio..

Tullibothil, whose ancient boundaries are alluded to in the previous charter, is shewn by later charters to be identical in whole or in part with Kilduthie, lying two or three miles north of Crathes Castle. Little Culter, again, lay eastward of the lands conveyed to William of Irvine. A family of Wauchope can be traced as landholders on Deeside in the reigns of the Alexanders, and there are at Crathes several transcripts of a charter by Alexander II. to Robert of Walchope, son of Alan Walchope, for homage and service of the lands of Tulimacboythne. The boundaries are minutely described and extended, even as far as the Loch of Banchory.

The heiress of the Wauchopes married Comyn of Inverallochy, whose family, though unlike most of the Comyns, allowed to retain a large share of their possessions, seem to have had the portion taken from them which was bestowed on Bumard. There is, however, some obscurity as to the continued possession of Tilleboy and Little Culter by the Comyns as heirs to the Wauchopes, which will be alluded to below.

Neither of these two charters to Alexander Bumard has been preserved. Their exact tenor is known by confirmations of each granted by David II. to the same Alexander Burnard in 1358, quoting the original at length. The confirmation of the earlier writ is in the Crathes charter room, that of the latter is in existence only in a notarial transcript in the same repository. Both are printed in the Appendix, and the former facsimiled. King Alexander's charter to Robert Wauchope will also be found in the Appendix."

from The Family of Burnett ³

William married.