Historical records matching James Ross, Lord Ross
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About James Ross, Lord Ross
JAMES ROSS Lord Ross
James Ross, Lord Ross, here treated, is not the same person as James Ross, Notary Public in Maybole
James, Lord Ross, here treated, is the son of Ninian, Lord Ross. The Scots Peerage V: 252-54 Stirnet identifies Elizabeth Ruthven as his mother. Stirnet: Ross 03
Marriage
James, Lord Ross of Hawkhead, married Jean Sempill. He and his wife are mentioned on 23 March 1582, in a quitclaim issued by Alan Lockhart of Cleghorn and his wife Elizabeth Ross, who was their daughter. Registrum Magni Sigilli Regum Scotorum. Register of the Great Seal of Scotland, A.D. 1580-1593, charter number 538 on page 164
Evidence from the National Records of Scotland
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16 November 1562: Sasine, dated 16 November 1562, given by John Ros [Ross], in Tartrewane [Tartraven], as bailie of James Lord Ross of Halkheid [Halkhead] and Melvile [Melville], in favour of John Tailzeour [Taylor] of the one-fourth part of the half of the one-eighth part of the £10 lands of Morovinside [Muiravonside] called Cokishill [Coxhill], now occupied by said John Tailzeour [Taylor], following on charter by said Lord Ross, dated at Melvile [Melville] 13 November 1562; witnesses to charter, Mr Alexander Mauchane [Mauchan], advocate, John Mayne, his servitor, John Lawsone [Lawson] and Alan Wauch [Waugh], in Morvinside [Muiravonside]. Witnesses to sasine, William Merschell [Marshall], in Cokishil [Coxhill], Archibald Tailzeour [Taylor], James Gryntoun [Grinton], Peter Leirmonth [Learmonth], in Crahill, Henry Ross and James Martyne [Martin]. Notary, George Freir [Freer]. National Records of Scotland, Papers of the Calder Family of Redford, Stirlingshire, reference GD332/1
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30 September 1591: King James VI, Linlithgow, to Lord Hamilton, authorising him to punish Lord Ross of Halkhead, who has been denounced rebel at the instance of Alison Ross, wife of Sir John Melville of Carnbee. National Records of Scotland, Papers of the Douglas Hamilton Family, Dukes of Hamilton and Brandon, reference GD406/1/10429
Genealogy
- The Scots Peerage : founded on Wood's edition of Sir Robert Douglas's Peerage of Scotland; containing an historical and genealogical account of the nobility of that kingdom. Edited by Sir James Balfour Paul, Lord Lyon King of Arms. Volume VII. (David Douglas, Edinburgh, 1910), 592 pp.
- Stirnet: Ross 03
links
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Ross,_4th_Lord_Ross
- https://www.thepeerage.com/p20749.htm#i207489
- http://www.lockharts.com/2010/01/09/lockharts-of-cleghorn/
- http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~dantrogers/pafg1895.htm
Fake Genealogy
- Reference: Find A Grave Memorial - SmartCopy: Aug 16 2019, 12:25:24 UTC
- Reference: FamilySearch Record - SmartCopy: Aug 16 2019, 12:29:47 UTC
James Ross, Lord Ross's Timeline
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April 2, 1581
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Hawkhead, Renfrewshire, Scotland
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Lanark, Lanarkshire, Scotland (United Kingdom)
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