Andrew Moray, known as Andrew de Moray, Andrew of Moray, or Andrew Murray, was a Scots esquire, who rose to prominence during the First Scottish War of Independence.
19 Facts About Andrew Moray
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Andrew Moray initially raised a small band of supporters at Avoch Castle in early summer 1297 to fight King Edward I of England and had soon successfully regained control of the north for the absent Scots king, John Balliol.
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Andrew Moray was severely wounded in the course of the battle, dying at an unknown date and place that year.
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Andrew Moray the younger of Petty was born late in the second half of the 13th century.
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Andrew Moray would serve the foster-knight meals at the table.
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Andrew Moray had close personal connections to the most politically influential family in Scottish society, the Comyns.
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Sir Andrew Moray's first wife was a daughter of John 'the Red' Comyn of Badenoch, and his second wife was Euphemia Comyn.
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Sir Andrew Moray held the lordship of Petty, which was controlled from Hallhill manor on the south bank of the Moray Firth; the lordship of Avoch in the Black Isle, controlled from Avoch Castle situated to the east of Inverness and overlooking the Moray Firth; and the lordship of Boharm in Banffshire, controlled from Gauldwell Castle.
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Andrew Moray remained in the town's castle for a few days, taking the fealty of a number of Scots nobles.
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Andrew Moray was a participant in the uprising against English rule.
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Cheyne was alarmed by the growth of Andrew Moray's rebellion, writing to the king to request assistance.
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Andrew Moray, lacking siege strength, unsuccessfully tried to take the castle in a night attack.
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Andrew Moray left Sir William to send an account of this melee to his king.
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King Edward I while preparing to campaign in Flanders sought to deal with the threat posed by Andrew Moray by making use of Scots nobles released from his prisons.
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Cressingham clearly did not believe that the Scots lords tasked with dealing with Andrew Moray had done their duty, believing they were playing a double game at King Edward's expense.
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Andrew Moray was especially dismissive of the account of confrontation at the Spey, writing to King Edward:.
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Andrew Moray stayed in England, but in the northern part and sluggishly pursued the exiling [of the] enemy, which was the root of our later difficulty.
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Andrew Moray galloped for Berwick, causing one English chronicler, Walter of Guisborough, to sneer that Surrey's "charger never once tasted food during the whole journey".
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At Pentecost 1298, Andrew Moray's widow bore him a son, named Andrew.