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GRAY, John of Broxmouth, Sir
(About 1320-1403)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. UNKNOWN, Wife's Name

GRAY, John of Broxmouth, Sir 1

  • Born: About 1320
  • Marriage (1): UNKNOWN, Wife's Name 1
  • Died: by 1403 1

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  General Notes:

"Sir John Gray of Broxmouth, whose paternity has not been traced, had a charter from William de Troup of the lands of Craigie, in the county of Kincardine, which was confirmed under the Great Seal by King David II. at Perth 8 September 1355. From Hugh Gifford as superior, he had a charter confirming one by Henry de Fotheringham of the lands of Laurenstoun and Huchtercuman, dated at Longforgund, Monday, 28 February 1355. He was Clerk-Register and Auditor of Accounts in 1362, and as such had charters from King David II. of 200 shillings sterling from the escheats in 1363, and from the fermes of the burgh of Peebles on 31 May 1369, and a grant from King Robert II. of a tenement in Leith in 1376. In the Exchequer Rolls are payments for his expenses to England in 1365, and to France in 1371."

from Scots Peerage (vol 4) 1

  Research Notes:

FAMILY OF GRAY

"The family of Gray or Grey is common to both England and Scotland, and is generally held to be of Norman origin. In the former country the family rose to great eminence, and were raised to the Peerage with the titles of Duke of Suffolk and Kent, Earl of Stamford, Baron Grey of Codnor, Ruthen, Wilton, Bolleston, Wark, and Chillingham. The Scottish Grays are probably of the same stock, but are not met with on record in that country till the thirteenth century, when Hugo de Gray is mentioned as a witness in a charter of Walter de Lundin, the date of which is before 1248.

Sir Hugh de Gray of the county of Berwick, and Henry de Gray of the county of Fife, were among the Scottish Barons who swore fealty to King Edward I. at Berwick on 28 August 1296.

Sir Andrew Gray was one of those who in 1306 joined King Robert Bruce in the War of Independence.[....] He is said to have married Ada Gifford of the house of Yester, and to have had two sons, Sir David, and Thomas de Gray who was taken prisoner at the battle of Durham 1346, and not released till 1356."

from Scots Peerage (vol 4) 1


John married Wife's Name UNKNOWN.1 (Wife's Name UNKNOWN was born about 1325.)


  Marriage Notes:

"He (Sir John Gray) had two sons :

1. John, one of the hostages for the ransom of King David II. in 1357, who died before his father s. p.

2. Sir Patrick"

from Scots Peerage (vol 4) 1

Sources


1 e-books, The Scots Peerage ed. Sir James Balfour Paul vol. 4 (1907).

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