Sir Andrew de Moravia

Sir Andrew Moray (died 8 April 1298), Lord of Petty, was Justiciar of Scotia. Also known as Sir Andrew de Moravia.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Moray_(justiciar)_

Andrew Moray was the younger son of Sir Walter de Moray, and a daughter of Sir Walter Olifard of Bothwell who was the son of Sir David Olifard of Bothwell.[1] He and his son were amongst the Scottish noblemen captured by the English, following the Battle of Dunbar in 1296. Moray was committed to the Tower of London, where he died on 8 April 1298.[2]

Marriage and issue

According to Andrew of Wyntoun, Sir Andrew Moray married a daughter of John I Comyn, Lord of Badenoch, and had issue:[3]

1. Andrew Moray (killed in action following the Battle of Stirling Bridge, 1297)

Moray married secondly Euphemia, relict of William Comyn of Kilbride, daughter of Roger FitzJohn and Isabel de Dunbar.

1. William de Moray of Drumsagard

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Family

http://archive.org/stream/heraldryofmurray00john#page/4/mode/1up

Sir William de Moravia, Lord of Bothwell (Son of Sir Walter de Moravia) died before 10th November 1300, and was succeeded by his brother, Sir Andrew de Moravia.

http://www26.us.archive.org/stream/heraldryofmurray00john#page/4/mo... Page 4 - No. 8

8) Sir Andrew de Moravia, died between 6th November 1297 and 10th November 1300. He was taken prisoner at Dunbar in 1296 and sent to the Tower of London, where he died.

He married, first, a daughter of Sir John Comyn of Badenoch, and had :

• — (a) Sir Andrew (No. 9).

He married, second, in 1286, Euphemia, widow of William Comyn of Kilbride. She died 1288, and the Scots Peerage suggests she may be ancestress of the Murrays of Cockpool.

Family

http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/SCOTTISH%20NOBILITY.htm#AndrewMoray...

ANDREW de Moray, son of WALTER de Moray & his wife --- (-[6 Nov 1297/10 Nov 1300]). A charter dated to [1275] records the donation of "terram meam de Ouchterwaddale" to Beauly priory by "Gillicrist Macgilliduffi", sealed by "Domini Walteri de Moravia", and witnessed by "Domino Andrea de Moravia, Willielmo comite Sutirland, Alano fratre dicti domini Andreæ"[566]. A charter dated 11 Nov 1286 records redress sought by the six Guardians of Scotland from the Guardian of England for "Sir Andrew de Moray and Euphemia his wife"[567]. A charter dated 16 May 1296 names "…Andrew de Moray…" among those captured at Dunbar castle (27 Apr 1296[568]%29 and sent to the Tower of London[569]. A charter dated 6 Nov 1297 ordered the Sheriffs of London to pay "…Andrew de Moray…knights, Scottish prisoners in the Tower" for their sustenance[570]. m firstly --- Comyn, daughter of JOHN Comyn Lord of Badenoch & his first wife Eva ---. Andrew Wyntoun’s Cronykil records that "the Red Cwmyn" had four daughters, of whom the fourth married "the Lord…off Murrawe" by whom she had "Andrew off Murrawe, that efftyr that wes at the Bryg off Stryvelyne slayne"[571].

m secondly (after [1283]) as her second husband, EUPHEMIA, widow of WILLIAM Comyn of Kilbride, daughter of --- (-before Jan 1289).

Andrew & his first wife had two children:

• 1. ANDREW de Moray (-after 11 Oct 1297). .... m ---. The name of Andrew’s wife is not known. Andrew & his wife had one child: ...
• 2. JOHN de Moray . According to the editor of the cartulary of the bishopric of Moray, John son of Andrew was ancestor of the "De Moravias of Drumsargard and Abercairney" but he cites no corresponding primary source[590].

https://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/SCOTTISH%20NOBILITY%20UNTITLED.htm...

EUPHEMIA, daughter of --- (-before Jan 1289). The Inquisitions after the death of "Eufemiæ quæ fuit uxor Willelmi Comyn de Killebridge" are dated 27 Jan 1289, 7 Feb 1289 and 10 Mar 1289, and name "Johannes filius dicti Willelmi et dictæ Eufemiæ…heres ipsius Eufemiæ" aged 23[291].

She married secondly as his second wife, Andrew Moray. The Fine Roll 25 May 1289 states that "Eufemia quæ fuit uxor Willelmi Comyn de Kyrkebride" married "Andreæ de Murreve sine licentia regis"[292]. A charter dated 11 Nov 1286 records redress sought by the six Guardians of Scotland from the Guardian of England for "Sir Andrew de Moray and Euphemia his wife"[293].

Citations

• 1. Taylor, Alice. The Shape of the State in Medieval Scotland, 1124-1290 - Oxford Studies In Medieval European History, Oxford University Press, 2016. ISBN 9780191066108. p. 140.
• People of Medieval Scotland, 1093–1314 - William Comyn of Kilbride https://www.poms.ac.uk/record/person/9742/ “ Inquest concerning plea between Simon Baard and Isabel his wife, and William Comyn and Euphemia, his wife” factoid

References

• https://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/SCOTTISH%20NOBILITY%20UNTITLED.htm...
• MacEwen, Andrew. A Clarification of the Dunbar Pedigree. The Genealogist, 9(2) 1988: PDF
• https://archive.org/stream/scotspeeragefoun01pauluoft#page/532/mode...