| LC control no. | n 80077748
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| Descriptive conventions | rda
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| Personal name heading | Cumin, William, active 12th century
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| Variant(s) | Cumin, William, 12th cent.
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| Beginning date | 11
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| Found in | Young, A. William Cumin, 1978 (subj.) t.p. (William Cumin) p. 1 (attempted to secure bishopric of Durham in 1141) p. 3 (origins obscure; "The Scots Peerage claimed that William Cumin was the son of Robert de Comines, earl of Northumberland in 1068: no evidence to support this view") p. 6 (ca. 1136 was Chancellor of Scotland) p. 9, etc. (in the service of King David I; attempt to usurp bishopric of Durham failed)
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| Not found in | Encycl. Brit.; Dict. of nat. biog.; BM.
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