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	I2002	footsteps
  Last Modified	21 Apr 2025

  
  

  Father	John Comyn,   b. Abt 1100   d. Aft 1135 (Age > 36 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Family ID	F5363	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	F1815	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 Apr 2025

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - Abt 1120 - Morayshire, Scotland Marriage - 1145 - Morayshire, Scotland Death - Abt 1179 - Morayshire, Scotland  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• 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.