John Randolph, 3rd Earl of Moray
John Randolph, 3rd Earl of Moray (* 1306, † October 17, 1346 ) was a Scottish nobleman during the reign of King David II and at times co-regent of the kingdom.
Family
He was the second son of the famous Thomas Randolph, 1st Earl of Moray, companion in arms of Robert the Bruce, and after his death, Guardian of Scotland. After the death of his elder brother Thomas Randolph, 2nd Earl of Moray at the Battle of Dupplin Moor in 1332 John followed him to the title of the house. His sister Agnes Randolph went as "Black Agnes of Dunbar " in the vernacular one. He was married to Euphemia de Ross, but the marriage remained childless.
Life
John Randolph took in December 1332 at the Battle of Annan, in which Edward Balliol was driven out of Scotland at times. On July 19, 1333, he commanded together with Lord Andrew Fraser and his two brothers, Simon and James the First Division of the Scottish army at the Battle of Halidon Hill. He escaped the crushing defeat of the Scots living and at first retired to France.
The following year he returned to Scotland and took along with the future King Robert Stewart jointly the office of Guardian of Scotland until 1335. In August 1335 John Randolph led at the Battle of Boroughmuir an army against Flemish auxiliaries Edward III. and forced them to surrender. As he escorted the captured Count Guy de Namur for Scottish- English border, he himself fell in an ambush in the imprisonment of William de presses, the English Warden of Jedburgh Castle. He was imprisoned first in Nottingham Castle, later in the Tower of London and from July 25, 1340 in Windsor Castle. The following year he was against the Earl of Salisbury William Montacute, who had fallen into French captivity, exchanged and returned to Scotland.
In February 1342 he accompanied David II in the invasion of England. At the Battle of Neville 's Cross on October 17, 1346, he commanded with Douglas, Knight of Liddesdale the right wing of the Scottish army. He fell during the first English attack.
After his death the earldom initially reverted to the crown and was 4th Earl of Muray awarded until 1372 to his nephew John Dunbar, again.