William Comyn, Lord of Kilbride

WILLIAM COMYN Lord of Kilbride

William Comyn of Kilbride, here treated, is the son of Isabella de Valognes, the lady of Kilbride. CIPM I: 280

Evidence from Inquisitiones Post Mortem

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17 April 37 Henry II: Isabel de Valoynes alias de Valoiniis. Writ, 17 April, 37 Hen. II. William Comin alias de Valoynes, her son, age variously stated as 16 and 17, is her heir. Mandate 1 6c. with transcript of writ , 17 April, 37 Hen. III. Inq. (undated.) ESSEX. Hecham town, 200a. land, 18a. meadow, 8a. pasture, 46s. 6d. rent, and 532 works worth 31s. held of the king in chief (service unspecified). Mandate etc. with transcript of writ , 17 April, 37 Hen. III. Extent (undated). NORFOLK. Dersingham, 34a. land, 3 1/2 a. meadow, 6s. 8 d. herbage, 34s. 10d. rent, customs of villeins worth 17s. 8 3/4 d., held of the king in chief by 1/4 knight’s fee. Mandate etc. with transcript of writ , 17 April. Extent. The day of (the Invention of) the Holy Cross in May, 37 Hen. III. SUFFOLK. Fakeham manor (extent given with names of tenants) including small rents from Sapston and Euston, held of the king in chief rendering 3s. 10 1/2 d. to the guard of Norwich Castle ; and 1 knight’s fee held of the abbot of St. Edmund by 1/2 mark when scutage shall come to 40s. Mandate dec. with transcript of writ, 17 April, 37 Hen. III. Inq. ( undated and defective.) HERTFORD. Sauecampe town (full extent given) held of the king in chief, service unspecified. C. Hen. III. File 14. (15.) CIPM I: 280

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Inquisitions Calendar of Inquisitions Post Mortem. Volume II, Edward I, number 486

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Calendar of Inquisitions Post Mortem. Volume II, Edward I, number 675

Biographical Summary by Wikipedia

William was a son of David Comyn, Lord of Kilbride and Isabel de Valognes. William was the Sheriff of Ayr in 1263 - 1265. He succeeded upon his father's death, as Lord of Kilbride in 1247. He died in 1283.

Marriage and issue

William married Euphemia, the daughter of Roger FitzJohn, Lord of Warkworth and Clavering and Isabel de Dunbar, they had the following known issue:[2]

1. John (d.c. 1290), without issue.
2. Edmund, married Maria, had issue.

Citations

• 1. Taylor, Alice. The Shape of the State in Medieval Scotland, 1124-1290 - Oxford Studies In Medieval European History, Oxford University Press, 2016. ISBN 9780191066108. p. 140.
• People of Medieval Scotland, 1093–1314 - William Comyn of Kilbride https://www.poms.ac.uk/record/person/9742/ “ Inquest concerning plea between Simon Baard and Isabel his wife, and William Comyn and Euphemia, his wife” factoid

Genealogy

1. Medieval Lands
2. MacEwen, Andrew. A Clarification of the Dunbar Pedigree. The Genealogist, 9(2) 1988: PDF
3. Sir Edmund Comyn of Kilbride (died 1314) was a 13th-14th century Scottish noble. He was a younger son of William Comyn of Kilbride and Euphemia de Clavering
4. Magna Carta line of Eufemia (was Eufemia wife of William Comyn of Kilbride) (2004)]