Family records of the Bruces and the Cumyns

SIR RICHARD CUMYN. 453
quiete reddendo inde annuat m , &c. &c, unum par cyrothe carum Albarum, vel
duos denarios argenti apud dictus terras de Carnouijs : ad testus Pentecostes,
&c. &c. — Apud Edinburghe, xvth die Sept., A.D. 1369.
Sir Richard Cumyn, knight, had a grant from Dame Margaret, Countess of April 6,
Mar and Angus, of the whole lands of Malnesse, Balbrybie, Dalesbie, and I 3°9-
Orddaleby, in her barony of Kirrymuir : —
" Omnibus hanc cartum visuris vel auditoris, Margarita, Comitissa de Mar et
Angus salutem in domino semper eternum seiates nos in nostra libera vidiutate,
et deliberata voluntate dedisse, concecisse et hanc presente carta nostra, con-
firmasse. Dilecto consanguineo nostro Domino Ricardo Cumyn, milite, totas
terras, &c. &c, per suo bono auxilio et servitzio nobis impenso," &c. &c.
This lady was Margaret Stewart, daughter of Thomas, second Earl of
Angus, and sister and heiress of Thomas, third earl of the Stewart line. This
is proved by the date of the indenture, and also by the signatures, as witnesses,
of her half-brothers, — her mother having married, secondly, Sir John Sinclair
of Herdmanston (having been herself a St Clair of Roslin).
Soon after this date the Countess Margaret resigned into the hands of King
Robert II. the earldom of Angus, which she held in her own right ; and the
king granted it, along with the lordships of Abernethy, county of Perth, and
Bonkyll, in Berwick, to George Douglas, her only son, and his heirs-male, whom
failing, to Margaret's sister Elizabeth, married to Sir Alexander Hamilton of
Innerwick, and their heirs.
The connection with Sir Richard Cumyn ? "Dilecto consanguineo nostro."
Richard Cumyn, miles, " is witness to the Duke of Albany's charter, dated at
Falkland 12th May 1407, confirming the gift of the barony of Obeyn, in Aber-
deenshire, made by William de Keith and Margaret Fraser, his spouse, to and
iri favour of John Stewart, Earl of Buchan, Albany's son.
After Sir Richard's death, King David's royal grant fell into the hands of the
Frasers, as appears by a charter of Robert III., in these terms : —
" Robertus, &c, confirmasse, &c, annium redditum decern mercarum Stirling-
orum, &c, quae fuit Ricardo Cumyn, milites, hsereditarie ex donatione, Davidis
Bruce, Rex Scotorum," &c. This charter is dated A.D. 1395.
Sir Richard married Agnes, daughter of Sir John, and sister of Sir Robert
Grant of that ilk, by whom he had two sons —
1, Ferquhard, his heir ; and, 2, Duncan of Lochtervandich, progenitor of the
Cumyns of Auchray, Pittulie, &c. &c. His death must have taken place
between 12th May 1407 and 28th May 1408.
VI. Ferquhard Cumyn was the first of the family designated of A lire*
* In Registrum Moravienses "the Church of Altre" is mentioned in 1289.
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