Richard Comyn, Lord of Tynedale

1123 - 1179  (56 years)

• Name	Richard Comyn
  Suffix	Lord of Tynedale
  Birth	1115-1123	Altyre, Moray, Scotland   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	Justiciar of Lothian  [2]
  Death	~1179	Altyre, Moray, Scotland   [1]
  Person ID	I49249	The Hennessee Family
  Last Modified	24 Sep 2019

  
  

  Family	Hextilda of Tynedale,   b. 1112-1122, (East Lothian, Scotland) d. 1149-1189 (Age 67 years)
  Marriage	1145  [1, 2, 3]
  Children	1. William Comyn, Lord of Badenoch,   b. 1163, Buchan, Aberdeen, Scotland d. 1233, Buchan, Scotland (Age 70 years)
  Family ID	F18191	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	30 Apr 2023

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 1115-1123 - Altyre, Moray, Scotland Death - ~1179 - Altyre, Moray, Scotland  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  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 Mâael Coluim, Earl of Atholl (also called Malcolm). Children 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 Mâael Coluim, Earl of Atholl and their mother Hextilda to the Church of St Cuthbert in Durham. end of biography [2]

  
  

• Sources

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