Patrick Maclellan of Bombie (d. c. 1452) Sheriff of Galloway, then the head of his family, the Clan MacLellan, and a staunch royalist declined an invitation to join William Douglas, 8th Earl of Douglas, along with the Earls of Ross and Crawford and Ormond in a powerful alliance against the young King James II of Scotland.
The alliance with the Earls of Ross and Crawford further strengthened his power base, making it apparent they were plotting an overthrow of King James.
William Douglas, suspecting its message, refused to open the dispatch until after Sir Patrick Gray had dined.
Having received such a shrewd guest as Gray, and anticipating his intentions, the earl ordered Maclellan to be immediately put to death.
Later at Stirling Castle, by direct invitation of the king to dine, Douglas refused to abandon the alliance.