Moray had been a constant companion and had superintended the household of the young heir to the throne, David. Before his death, Robert decreed that Moray would serve as regent for David, who was only five years old when he succeeded as king. Moray performed this role justly and wisely, but died at Musselburgh three years later on 20 July 1332, while on his way to repel an invasion by Edward Balliol and his supporters. At the time it was said that he had been poisoned by the English, but some modern historians believe that it is more likely that he died from a kidney stone. His successor as regent was Donald, Earl of Mar. The poet and chronicler John Barbour provides us with a pen portrait of Thomas Randolph, 1st Earl of Moray, among the first of its kind in Scottish history. Unlike his pen portrait of James Lord of Douglas, he does not say it was related to him by others, implying that he had known Randolph before his death although Barbour would have been a fairly young man. He was of moderate stature And well-formed in measure With a broad face, pleasant and fair. Courteous in bearing and debonair And of fittingly confident bearing. Loyalty he loved above all things, Falshood, treason, and felony He stood against always earnestly. He exalted honour and liberality And always strove for righteousness. In company, he was caring And therewith even loving And good knights he loved always, For if I speak the truth He was full of good spirits And made of all the virtues. — the Brus, John Barbour 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. They had two sons and two daughters: 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. References External links Electric Scotland biography 1280s births Year of birth uncertain 1332 deaths 14th-century Scottish earls 14th-century diplomats 14th-century viceregal rulers Earls of Moray