John Comyns [SEP] date of death
John Comyns
Sir John Comyns SL (c. 1667 – 1 November 1740), of Writtle in Essex, was an English judge and Member of Parliament.
Early life.
He was born the eldest surviving son of William Comyns, barrister, of Lincoln's Inn and his wife Elizabeth, the daughter and coheiress of Matthew Rudd of Little Baddow, Essex. He was educated at Felsted School and Queens' College, Cambridge.
Career.
Comyns was a member of Lincoln's Inn, and was called to
Dervorguilla was one of his heiresses, her two sisters Helen and Christina being older and therefore senior. Because of this, Dervorguilla bequeathed lands in Galloway to her descendants, the Balliol and the Comyns. Dervorguilla's son John of Scotland was briefly a King of Scots too, known as "Toom Tabard" (Scots: 'puppet king' literally "empty coat").
Life.
The Balliol family into which Devorguilla married was based at Barnard Castle in County Durham, England. Although the date of her birth