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English captivity, only returning home to Scotland in the autumn of 1314 in the prisoner exchanges after the
448:, and was again made warden. Edward Balliol marched into Scotland, and vainly endeavoured to bring him to action. During the winter of 1335–6, Murray kept an army in the field, and laid siege to the castles of
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the castle nonetheless. His destruction of the great tower, the most visible part of the structure, not only prevented reoccupation by the
English but also demonstrated his loyalty to the Bruce cause.
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on 11 September 1297. Murray's father was mortally wounded in that battle, dying sometime in the late 1297 before his son's birth. The identity of Murray's mother is not known.
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531:. In the combat Douglas was wounded, and Sir Andrew, though claiming the victory, saw fit to raise the siege. In 1337 he is referred to as having been keeper of
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English captivity, in 1315 Andrew Murray attended the Scottish Parliament at Ayr when the succession to the throne was decided.
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Murray acceded his grandfather's lordships of Avoch, Boharm and Petty, and to that of his uncle, Sir
William Murray, the lordship of Bothwell in
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was next chosen as Regent in a hasty gathering of the
Scottish Nobles at Perth on 2 August. He would be killed 9 days later at the
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was crowned, in 1332, Murray was elected warden or regent by the Scots who adhered to the young king,
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Scottish soldier and Guardian of the Realm (1298–1338)
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