James Gray (goldsmith)

[1] He also engraved the brass plate for the tomb of Regent Moray (died 1570) in St Giles, Edinburgh.

Gray sold pearls to Mary, Queen of Scots and refashioned and mended a basin and laver for her.

[2] Gray was appointed in March 1575, with other mint workers, to inspect base money coins, known as hardheads and placks, in order to weed out counterfeits, and good coins for recirculation were marked the heraldic heart and star motif of Regent Morton.

In September 1569 Regent Moray granted them the custom duties of the "Newhaven of Preston" also known as Acheson's Haven.

[9] The mazer has their initials "AS EA",[10] and the inscription from Proverbs 22, "Ane good mane (name) is to be chosen above great riches, and loving favour is above silver and above most fyne golde, 1569".

[15] James Gray has been suggested as a possible maker of the Lennox jewel in the Royal Collection, along with the elder George Heriot and Michael Gilbert.