John Gray

Prisoners of the '45 states that Gray was "[p]ardoned on condition of permanent banishment" from July 2, 1747 (p. 266), although he was apparently still "in irons" at New Gaol by January 7, 1748 (NA SP 36/106/1/6), and on April 4 Monsieur Carpentier requested his transfer to Marshalsea Prison (SP 36/106/2/44). According to Anne Leith, Gray was "ane olde Courteir of" hers and "wilingly wod have made me his Compainon for Life" (pp. 1290, 1299). Alexander Vere, surgeon and son to Captain Daniel Vere, intervened in Gray's favour, identifying Gray as one of two soldiers who helped Vere escape imprisonment by the Jacobite Army at Falkirk (SP 36/88/1/20).