Elizabeth (Quincy) Comyn (abt. 1224 - bef. 1303)

Born about 1224 in England [uncertain]

Ancestors

Wife of Hugh (Neville) de Neville — married Feb 1241 (to 1256) in England [uncertain]

Wife of Alexander (Comyn) VI Earl of Buchan — married after 1256 in Scotland [uncertain]

Descendants

Died before 4 May 1303 before about age 79 in Scotland [uncertain]

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Biography

Elizabeth (or Isabel) de Quincy was the second daughter and co-heiress of Roger de Quincy, Knt., 2nd Earl of Winchester, and Ellen of Galloway.^[1][2][3] Her date and place of birth are unknown and are estimated.

Elizabeth was betrothed by contract dated February 1240/1 to marry Hugh de Neville of Wakering and Wethersfield, Essex, son and heir of John de Neville by Hawise de Courtenay;^[1] however, it is uncertain if this marriage ever took place.^[2]

Elizabeth married second Alexander Comyn, Knt., 6th Earl of Buchan, son and heir of William Comyn, Earl of Buchan, by his second wife, Marjorie of Buchan.^[1][3] The date and place of their marriage are unknown and are estimated. They had four sons and five daughters:

• John, 7th Earl of Buchan, born 1260, died before 3 December 1308, married Isabel of Fife and had no issue^[1][3]
• Alexander, Knt., 2nd son, died before 3 December 1308, married Joan le Latimer and had issue^[1]
• William, clerk, Provost of St. Mary's Church in St. Andrews^[1]
• Roger, Knt.^[1]
• Marjory, wife of Sir Patrick of Dunbar, 8th Earl of Dunbar,^[1] with whom she had a son^[4]
• Agnes, wife of Malise, Earl of Strathearn^[1]
• Elizabeth, wife of Sir Gilbert de Umfreville, 2nd Earl of Angus^[1]
• Ellen, wife of Sir William de Brechin^[1]
• Margaret, wife of Sir Nicholas de Soulis^[1]

In 1271 Elizabeth and her sisters, Ellen and Margaret, gave license for the election of William de Shaldeston as prior of the Hospital of St. James and John at Brackley, Northamptonshire.^[1]

Elizabeth was living in April 1282^[3] and died before 4 May 1303, when her son and heir, John Comyn, was granted the lands held by Elizabeth prior to the war in Scotland.^[1][2] Her husband, Alexander, died before 6 April 1290,^[1][2] the date of his Inquisition Post Mortem.^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13 1.14} Douglas Richardson. Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 4 vols., ed. Kimball G. Everingham. 2nd edition. (Salt Lake City, UT: the author, 2011), vol. I, pages 150-153, BEAUMONT 3, Elizabeth (or Isabel) de Quincy.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3} Douglas Richardson. Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 5 vols., ed. Kimball G. Everingham. (Salt Lake City, UT: the author, 2013), vol. II, pages 3-6, BUCHAN 8, Elizabeth (or Isabel) de Quincy.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4} George Edward Cokayne and Vicary Gibbs, eds. Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Vol. II: Bass - Canning, 2nd edition (London, 1912). Online at Archive.org, pages 374-375.
4. ↑ Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, vol. I, page 488 CLAVERING 1.iv.a.

• Richardson, Douglas. Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 4 vols., ed. Kimball G. Everingham. 2nd edition. Salt Lake City, UT: the author, 2011. See also WikiTree's source page for Magna Carta Ancestry.
• Richardson, Douglas. Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 5 vols., ed. Kimball G. Everingham. Salt Lake City, UT: the author, 2013. See also WikiTree's source page for Royal Ancestry.

See also:

• Weis, Frederick Lewis. The Magna Charta Sureties, 1215, 5th Edition, (Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1999). Online at Ancestry.com, pages 141-142, lines 108. 108A, 108B.
• Lewis, Marlyn. Elizabeth de Quincy entry in Our Royal Titled Noble and Commoner Ancestors website, accessed 9 June 2020.
• "Chartulary of Lindores - 124" in Publications of the Scottish History Society, Vol. 42, (Edinburgh: University Press, 1903). Online at Archive.org, pages 272-273.
• For additional information about early baronies, see the top-level category page Early English Feudal Baronies. Individual category pages (links below) should include information specific to the category.

Acknowledgements

Magna Carta Project

This profile was reviewed and approved for the Magna Carta Project 9 June 2020 by Thiessen-117.

Elizabeth de Quincy was a grand-daughter of Magna Carta Surety Baron Saher de Quincy. Her other grandfather, Alan of Galloway, was one of the sixteen "Illustrious Men" listed in the preamble of Magna Carta as counselors to King John.

Elizabeth de Quincy is in badged trails from Saher de Quincy to the following Gateway Ancestors:

• Batte Gateways (Henry and Thomas) (MCA III:114-123 MALLORY): trail badged Oct 2022. See the trail HERE.
• Katherine Hamby (MCA II:329-331 HAMBY): trail badged Nov 2022 HERE.
• Mallory Gateways (Roger and Thomas) (MCA III:114-123 MALLORY): trail badged Oct 2022. See the trail HERE. Also see Batte, above.

See Base Camp for more information about identified Magna Carta trails and their status. See the project's glossary for project-specific terms, such as a "badged trail".