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Andrew Gray, 1st Lord Gray

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27: 153:, apparently in place of his father, whose estate was estimated at the time as being worth six hundred merks annually. His father presented a letter to the English government, in which the hostage is said to be his only son and heir, promising fidelity on behalf of his son, and also that he would not disinherit him on account of his acting as a hostage. He was sent to 431: 395: 367: 175:
to examine previous acts of Parliament and general councils, and report to Parliament on their existing validity. On various occasions between 1449 and 1460 he was employed as one of the Scottish ambassadors to negotiate treaties of peace with England, and appointed as a general conservator of these
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He was the eldest son of Sir Andrew Gray (d. 1445) of Fowlis, Dundee. He was a natural son thus not a son by his first wife Janet, daughter of Sir Roger de Mortimer, whom he married in 1377. He had a brother also name Andrew who was born much later to his father's second wife.
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to Berwick, where he had the authority of Parliament to ratify the truce with England being negotiated at Newcastle. He died in 1469, probably towards the end of the year; he is mentioned as deceased in a document of 20 January 1469–70.
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sued him for paying the dues of Inchmartin in bad grain. He took an active part in parliamentary work, and in 1464 was appointed one of the lords auditors for hearing and determining civil causes. He accompanied
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and Reres, with whom it was stipulated he should receive as dowry a £30 land in Strathardle, Perthshire. This condition was not observed, and gave rise to litigation at a later date. His wife survived him.
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They had two sons and two daughters. The elder son, Sir Patrick Gray of Kineff, predeceased his father. He had married Anabella Forbes, daughter of
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in 1615, and the name changed to Castle Lyon. In 1777, it was repurchased by George Paterson, who married Anne Gray, daughter of
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Ancient capital of Scotland: the story of Perth from the invasion ..., Volume 1 By Samuel Cowan, p. 186, (New York, 1904).
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The Scottish nation: or, The surnames, families, literature, honours, and biographical history of the people of Scotland
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On 26 August that year he was granted permission to build a castle on any part of his lands, and he built
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In 1424 he was accepted by the English government as one of the hostages for the payment of the ransom of
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In 1436, he accompanied Princess Margaret, daughter of James I, to France, for her marriage to the
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He married, on 31 August 1418, Elizabeth Wemyss, the eldest daughter of Sir John Wemyss of
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nobleman, politician and diplomat. He was succeeded in the title by his grandson.
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In 1455, he was one of the nobles who secured the forfeiture of the
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Rymer's Fœdera, Hague ed., iv. pt. iv. 102–30, v. pt. ii. 11–89.
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Acts of the Parliaments of Scotland, ii. 36–195, xii. 30
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treaties. He briefly acted as a Warden of the Marches.
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