Richard Comyn

Abt 1120 - Abt 1179  (59 years)

• Name	Richard Comyn
  Birth	Abt 1120	Morayshire, Scotland
  Gender	Male
  Death	Abt 1179	Morayshire, Scotland
  Person ID	I1979	footsteps
  Last Modified	1 Jul 2025

  
  

  Father	John Comyn,   b. Abt 1100   d. Aft 1135 (Age > 36 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Family ID	F5243	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Hextilda Fitzuchtred,   b. 1122, Morayshire, Scotland d. 1182, Perthshire, England (Age 60 years)
  Marriage	1145	Morayshire, Scotland
  Children	+ 1. William Comyn, Earl of Buchan ,   b. 1163, Morayshire, Scotland d. 1233, Aberdeenshire, Scotland (Age 70 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F1790	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	1 Jul 2025

  
  

• Notes

  In the 1170s, Richard Comyn was appointed justiciar of Lothian. There w e r e t h r ee justiciars for Scotland, one each for Scotia, Lothian, and Ga l l o w a y, and they were tasked with dispensing all justice in the king's n a m e a n d d etermining all crown pleas other than the "most solemn and hig h - r a n king" ones. During this period, Comyn was often present at the roy a l c o u r t, and witnessed at least thirty-three charters of William the L i o n . H e w as listed among the knights who were with the king when he wa s s u r p r ised and taken captive at Alnwick.