Murder of Comyn at Greyfriars Church

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1. 1306Greyfriars Church · Dumfries and GallowayBruce and Comyn met in Greyfriars Church in Dumfries to discuss jointly raising forces against the English. The two sides quarreled fiercely over whether to rise immediately and how to divide power, and Bruce drew his sword and attacked Comyn inside the church.
2. 1306Greyfriars Church · Dumfries and GallowayComyn died of severe wounds inside the church, and Bruce's accomplice Roger de Kirkpatrick subsequently confirmed his death. Bruce then seized Comyn's castle at Dumfries and openly revolted, paving the way for his coronation at Scone six weeks later. Committing the murder on holy ground also became a reason for the pope's later condemnation of Bruce.