Lord Alexander Comyn, sheriff of Aberdeen, married Joan, sister of William le Latimer, and had issue. Henry de Beaumont would claim the Earldom of Buchan through marriage to their daughter, Alice.
27 Apr 1296: Alexander [and his brother the earl] captured at the battle of Dunbar, Scotland, by King Edward, and imprisoned in the Tower of London.
4 Sep 1296: Joan Comyn, of the king's [of England] special grace, to receive 200 marks of land in Tyndale for her sustenance. [A week later she was granted permission to transfer her household to England.]
29 Sep 1296, Protection in Scotland for Alexander Comyn of Boghan in Scotland and in England.
6 Jun 1297: Oath by Alexander Comyn of Buchan to serve Edward I against the French.
1297: Alexander's brother, earl John, turned against England, but Alexander remained loyal. Alexander was the younger brother of the 3rd Comyn Earl of Buchan and his 1297 seal depicts a shield bearing three garbs on the breast of an eagle, the inscription reading S'ALEXANDRE CVMYN D'BVC. He married an English wife, Joanna le Latimer, and died in 1308, shortly before his elder brother, whereupon his daughters were named heiresses to the earldom, despite the claims of a further brother, Master William Comyn, Provost of St. Mary's Church in St. Andrews.
Aug 1299: Sir Alexander Comyn was burning and devastating the district beyond the Firth of Forth.
1303: Sir Alexander Comyn, sheriff of Aberdeenshire when King Edward I of England visited.
1304: King Edward give custody of Aboyne castle to Alexander. [Later suspended because of a protest of the earl of Athole.]
1304-5: Alexander Keeper of Urquhart and Tarwedale castles.
1304-5: Sheriff of Aberdeen
1305: Alexander Comyn of Buchan makes 4 requests: 1) He states that the King gave him the shrievalty of Aberdeen to hold at pleasure, which he has held during war and peace without receiving any allowance for his expenses in his account. He requests a reasonable allowance for his costs and expenses. 2) He asks the King to vouchsafe to him a fee of £20 annually, which he was granted by Alexander III, in consideration of his good behaviour and his damages. 3) He asks that he might be quit of a ransom, as he has never left the King's faith since he did homage to him at Berwick. 4) He states that some people whom he had annoyed in time of war by what he did for the King's benefit are harrassing him now, in time of peace, and he requests a letter to the Lieutenant that he should not be harrassed for things done in time of war.
1308: Alexander died. [Possibly at the battle of Inverurie....]
27 Apr 1296: Alexander [and his brother the earl] captured at the battle of Dunbar, Scotland, by King Edward, and imprisoned in the Tower of London.
4 Sep 1296: Joan Comyn, of the king's [of England] special grace, to receive 200 marks of land in Tyndale for her sustenance. [A week later she was granted permission to transfer her household to England.]
29 Sep 1296, Protection in Scotland for Alexander Comyn of Boghan in Scotland and in England.
6 Jun 1297: Oath by Alexander Comyn of Buchan to serve Edward I against the French.
1297: Alexander's brother, earl John, turned against England, but Alexander remained loyal. Alexander was the younger brother of the 3rd Comyn Earl of Buchan and his 1297 seal depicts a shield bearing three garbs on the breast of an eagle, the inscription reading S'ALEXANDRE CVMYN D'BVC. He married an English wife, Joanna le Latimer, and died in 1308, shortly before his elder brother, whereupon his daughters were named heiresses to the earldom, despite the claims of a further brother, Master William Comyn, Provost of St. Mary's Church in St. Andrews.
Aug 1299: Sir Alexander Comyn was burning and devastating the district beyond the Firth of Forth.
1303: Sir Alexander Comyn, sheriff of Aberdeenshire when King Edward I of England visited.
1304: King Edward give custody of Aboyne castle to Alexander. [Later suspended because of a protest of the earl of Athole.]
1304-5: Alexander Keeper of Urquhart and Tarwedale castles.
1304-5: Sheriff of Aberdeen
1305: Alexander Comyn of Buchan makes 4 requests: 1) He states that the King gave him the shrievalty of Aberdeen to hold at pleasure, which he has held during war and peace without receiving any allowance for his expenses in his account. He requests a reasonable allowance for his costs and expenses. 2) He asks the King to vouchsafe to him a fee of £20 annually, which he was granted by Alexander III, in consideration of his good behaviour and his damages. 3) He asks that he might be quit of a ransom, as he has never left the King's faith since he did homage to him at Berwick. 4) He states that some people whom he had annoyed in time of war by what he did for the King's benefit are harrassing him now, in time of peace, and he requests a letter to the Lieutenant that he should not be harrassed for things done in time of war.
1308: Alexander died. [Possibly at the battle of Inverurie....]
Lord Alexander Comyn, sheriff of Aberdeen, married Joan, sister of William le Latimer, and had issue. Henry de Beaumont would claim the Earldom of Buchan through marriage to their daughter, Alice.
27 Apr 1296: Alexander [and his brother the earl] captured at the battle of Dunbar, Scotland, by King Edward, and imprisoned in the Tower of London.
4 Sep 1296: Joan Comyn, of the king's [of England] special grace, to receive 200 marks of land in Tyndale for her sustenance. [A week later she was granted permission to transfer her household to England.]
29 Sep 1296, Protection in Scotland for Alexander Comyn of Boghan in Scotland and in England.
6 Jun 1297: Oath by Alexander Comyn of Buchan to serve Edward I against the French.
1297: Alexander's brother, earl John, turned against England, but Alexander remained loyal. Alexander was the younger brother of the 3rd Comyn Earl of Buchan and his 1297 seal depicts a shield bearing three garbs on the breast of an eagle, the inscription reading S'ALEXANDRE CVMYN D'BVC. He married an English wife, Joanna le Latimer, and died in 1308, shortly before his elder brother, whereupon his daughters were named heiresses to the earldom, despite the claims of a further brother, Master William Comyn, Provost of St. Mary's Church in St. Andrews.
Aug 1299: Sir Alexander Comyn was burning and devastating the district beyond the Firth of Forth.
1303: Sir Alexander Comyn, sheriff of Aberdeenshire when King Edward I of England visited.
1304: King Edward give custody of Aboyne castle to Alexander. [Later suspended because of a protest of the earl of Athole.]
1304-5: Alexander Keeper of Urquhart and Tarwedale castles.
1304-5: Sheriff of Aberdeen
1305: Alexander Comyn of Buchan makes 4 requests: 1) He states that the King gave him the shrievalty of Aberdeen to hold at pleasure, which he has held during war and peace without receiving any allowance for his expenses in his account. He requests a reasonable allowance for his costs and expenses. 2) He asks the King to vouchsafe to him a fee of £20 annually, which he was granted by Alexander III, in consideration of his good behaviour and his damages. 3) He asks that he might be quit of a ransom, as he has never left the King's faith since he did homage to him at Berwick. 4) He states that some people whom he had annoyed in time of war by what he did for the King's benefit are harrassing him now, in time of peace, and he requests a letter to the Lieutenant that he should not be harrassed for things done in time of war.
1308: Alexander died. [Possibly at the battle of Inverurie....]
27 Apr 1296: Alexander [and his brother the earl] captured at the battle of Dunbar, Scotland, by King Edward, and imprisoned in the Tower of London.
4 Sep 1296: Joan Comyn, of the king's [of England] special grace, to receive 200 marks of land in Tyndale for her sustenance. [A week later she was granted permission to transfer her household to England.]
29 Sep 1296, Protection in Scotland for Alexander Comyn of Boghan in Scotland and in England.
6 Jun 1297: Oath by Alexander Comyn of Buchan to serve Edward I against the French.
1297: Alexander's brother, earl John, turned against England, but Alexander remained loyal. Alexander was the younger brother of the 3rd Comyn Earl of Buchan and his 1297 seal depicts a shield bearing three garbs on the breast of an eagle, the inscription reading S'ALEXANDRE CVMYN D'BVC. He married an English wife, Joanna le Latimer, and died in 1308, shortly before his elder brother, whereupon his daughters were named heiresses to the earldom, despite the claims of a further brother, Master William Comyn, Provost of St. Mary's Church in St. Andrews.
Aug 1299: Sir Alexander Comyn was burning and devastating the district beyond the Firth of Forth.
1303: Sir Alexander Comyn, sheriff of Aberdeenshire when King Edward I of England visited.
1304: King Edward give custody of Aboyne castle to Alexander. [Later suspended because of a protest of the earl of Athole.]
1304-5: Alexander Keeper of Urquhart and Tarwedale castles.
1304-5: Sheriff of Aberdeen
1305: Alexander Comyn of Buchan makes 4 requests: 1) He states that the King gave him the shrievalty of Aberdeen to hold at pleasure, which he has held during war and peace without receiving any allowance for his expenses in his account. He requests a reasonable allowance for his costs and expenses. 2) He asks the King to vouchsafe to him a fee of £20 annually, which he was granted by Alexander III, in consideration of his good behaviour and his damages. 3) He asks that he might be quit of a ransom, as he has never left the King's faith since he did homage to him at Berwick. 4) He states that some people whom he had annoyed in time of war by what he did for the King's benefit are harrassing him now, in time of peace, and he requests a letter to the Lieutenant that he should not be harrassed for things done in time of war.
1308: Alexander died. [Possibly at the battle of Inverurie....]
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