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REFN : ems-jw
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In th e 3rd year of K ing William the Conquer or [106 9], tha t monarc h
conferred the Earldom of Nort humberland, v acant b y the de a th of Earl
C op si, upon Robert Comyn , but the no min ation accor de d so littl e w
ith
t he
wish es of the inhab it ant s of the count y tha t they at first re solved
to
abandon enti rely their dwellings; being prev e nted d oing so, howeve r,
b
y
the incleme ncyof th e seaso n, it was then de t ermi ne d, a t all haz
ar d
s,
to
p ut the new earl to death. of this evil d es ign hi s lordship had
int imation, t hroughEg eli vine, bisho p of Durham , but, disreg ard ing
the
intell igence, he r epaire d to Durham with 700 sol diers and comm enced a
cou rse of pl u nder and b loodsh ed , which rousing th e inhabit ants of
the
ne
ighbourhood, the town was a ssa ulted and carried b y a m ultit ude of
country pe ople, and the earl and all hi s tro ops, t o a m an, put to
d eath.
This o ccurrenc e took place in 1069, in a few m onths aft er his lord
s hip's
appoin tment to the e arldom. [Sir Bernar d B urke , Dorm ant and Extinct
Peerag es, B urke's Peerage , Ltd., London, 188 3, p. 131]
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The surna me Cu mmi ngs emerged as a no table Scottish F amily n a m e in
the
Country of N or th umberland, where Willia m t he Con q ueror alloca ted t
he
Earldom of North um be rland to Robert d e Comi nes, fro mComminges in
Norma ndy. The badge of t h e f am ily is the Cumin Plant. Howe v er,
Robe rt
de
Comine s' rule i n Nort hum ber lan d was uneventful, his v iole nce t o
the
loca
l peop le be came intoler ab le and h e was killed in 1069 .
Whe n Richa rd Comyn, his gr eat-gr an dson, c a me to Scotla nd wi th Kin
g
Da v i d, he married H extilda of Tyn e dale, gra ndd aught er of King
Donald
of
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