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SIR THOMAS GRAY (d. 1369?)

Gray was warden of Norham castle and fought at the Battle of Neville's Cross in 1346. Taken prisoner after a sally from Norham in 1355, he passed his time in Edinburgh Castle by reading chroniclers like Gildas, Bede and others. He was released in 1357 and probably accompanied the Black Prince to France in 1359. He was appointed Warden of the East Marches ten years later.

Gray's Scalachronica (so called, perhaps, from the scaling-ladder in the Gray crest) is a chronicle of English history from the earliest times until about 1362. It is only really valuable, however, for the reigns of Edward I, II and part of III, being especially so for the account of the Anglo-Scottish wars in which his father took part and the French wars (1355-61) in which Gray himself seems to have participated. Part IV professes to be based on John of Tinmouth (q.v.)

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SIR THOMAS GRAY (d. 1369?) Gray was warden of Norham castle and fought at the Battle of Neville's Cross in 1346. Taken prisoner after a sally from Norham in 1355, he passed his time in Edinburgh Castle by reading chroniclers like Gildas, Bede and others. He was released in 1357 and probably accompanied the Black Prince to France in 1359. He was appointed Warden of the East Marches ten years later. Gray's Scalachronica (so called, perhaps, from the scaling-ladder in the Gray crest) is a chronicle of English history from the earliest times until about 1362. It is only really valuable, however, for the reigns of Edward I, II and part of III, being especially so for the account of the Anglo-Scottish wars in which his father took part and the French wars (1355-61) in which Gray himself seems to have participated. Part IV professes to be based on John of Tinmouth (q.v.)
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