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Personal data Thomas Randolph 

• He was born about 1293 in Dumfries-shire, Scotland.

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• Title: Sir Thomas Randolph !st Earl of MoraySource 1
• Title: Regent of ScotlandSource 1
• Title: Sir Thomas RandolphSource 1
• (Individual fact) March 1313: Moray captured Edinburgh Castle from the English.Source 1
• (Made) about 1314: Earl of Moray.Source 1
• (Individual fact) in the year 1318: With Sir James Douglas, took Berwick uponTweed from the English.Source 1
• (Individual fact) in the year 1319: With Sir James Douglas, ravished northern England.Source 1
• (Individual fact) in the year 1322: With Sir James Douglas, defeated an English army at Byland, Yorkshire.Source 1
• (Individual fact) in the year 1323: He persuaded Pope John XXII to recognize Robert’s right to the Scottish throne.Source 1
• (Individual fact) in the year 1328: He played a major role in negotiating the treaty by which England recognized Robert as king of Scots.Source 1
• He died on July 20, 1332 in Musselburgh, Midlothian, Scotland.Source 1
• A child of Thomas Randolph and Isobel Martha de Kilconquhar

Household of Thomas Randolph

He had a relationship with Isabel Stewart.

Child(ren):

1. Thomas Randolph  
2. John Randolph  
3. Agnes Randolph  
4. Isobel Randolph   

Notes about Thomas Randolph

Thomas Randolph, 1st earl of Moray, (died July 20, 1332, Musselburgh, Midlothian, Scot.), half nephew of King Robert I the Bruce of Scotland and a leading military commander in Robert’s successful struggle to gain independence from English rule; later he was regent for Robert’s young son and successor, David II (reigned 1329-71).

Randolph was the son of one of Robert’s sisters Isobel de Kilconquhar. When Robert revolted against the English and claimed the Scottish throne (1306), Randolph joined the insurgency, but he was soon thereafter taken prisoner at the Battle of Methven. He did homage to King Edward I of England and fought in the English army against Robert until captured by the Scottish commander Sir James Douglas in 1308. Submitting to Robert, Randolph quickly became a trusted commander and adviser. Robert made him Earl of Moray in 1312 or 1314. By a brilliant tactical maneuver Moray captured Edinburgh Castle from the English in March 1314, and three months later he distinguished himself in the spectacular Scottish victory over Edward II of England at Bannockburn.

With Douglas, Moray took Berwick-uponTweed from the English (1318), ravaged northern England (1319), and defeated an English army at Byland, Yorkshire (1322). In 1323 he persuaded Pope John XXII to recognize Robert’s right to the Scottish throne. Five years later he played a major role in negotiating the treaty by which England recognized Robert as king of Scots. Robert died in June 1329, and Randolph was regent for David II until his death.

Plaque at Edinburgh Castle
TO COMMEMORATE THOMAS RANDOLPH EARL OF MORAY A DISTINGUISHED SOLDIER AND DIPLOMATIST WHO RECOVERED THIS CASTLE IN 1313 AFTER IT HAD BEEN FOR 20 YEARS IN THE HANDS OF THE ENGLISH

Marriage and family

Thomas married Isabel, only daughter of Margaret and John Stewart of Bonkyll (killed at the Battle of Falkirk), a brother of James, High Steward of Scotland.[18][19][20] They had two sons and two daughters:[1]

Thomas, 2nd Earl of Moray
John, 3rd Earl of Moray
Agnes Randolph, married Patrick, Earl of Dunbar and had no issue
Isabel (or Geilis) Randolph, married Sir Patrick Dunbar of Cockburn and Stranith and had several children, including George, Earl of Dunbar and John, Earl of Moray; Isabel's husband was the cousin of her sister Agnes' husband and through this relationship Isabel's children inherited the title Earl of March.[21][22]

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