John Ross, 2nd Lord of Halkhead

Grandson of the 1st Lord and Marjory Mure and son of Robert Ross and Agnes Melville, daughter of Thomas Melville of that Ilk. He built up the family estates and was in favour with James IV, whom he hosted at Halkhead in 1506. He died at Battle of Flodden Field. He was one of the ambassadors extraordinary at the court of England, when a peace was concluded, anno 1484. Sat as a lord of parliament in the years 1489, 1491, and 1494. During the Anglo-Scottish Wars, John Ross, Lord of Halkhead, died when leading his forces against the English at the Battle of Flodden Field on September the 9th, 1513. Fought in the county of Northumberland, in northern England, between an invading Scots army under King James IV and an English army commanded by Thomas Howard, Earl of Surrey. It ended in a bloody defeat for the Scots. It is sometimes referred to as the Charge of the Earls. BARONY OF ROSS OF HALKHEAD (II) 1500 or 1501

JOHN (ROSS), LORD ROSS of Halkhead [SCT], grandson and heir, being son and heir of Robert Ross and Agnes, his wife, was returned heir of his mother in the barony of Melville, 16 May 1496; knighted before 31 May 1499, when his grandfather granted to his heir apparent "Johanni Ross de Malevyn militi," the lands of Walterstoun, co. Linlithgow. James IV, 11 March 1501/,2, confirmed the grants made to his late grandfather by the King's father and grandfather of the island The King's Inch in the water of Clyde near Renfrew. He was granted the wardship of the lands of the late Sir Stephen Lockhart, of Cleghorn, 8 February 1505/6. James IV visited him at Halkhead, 25 April 1506.

He married, before 27 September 1490, Christian, 2nd daughter of Sir Archibald EDMONSTONE, of Duntreath. He died 9 September 1513, being slain at the battle of Flodden. His widow married George KNOLLIS, but the marriage was annulled about 1515, on account of her relationship to his 1st wife, Grizel Rattray. She died May 1551. [Complete Peerage XI:156-7, (transcribed by Dave Utzinger)]

References

• The Melvilles, Earls of Melville, and the Leslies, Earls of Leven. Memoirs. (Correspondence. - Charters.) [With plates, including portraits and facsimiles, and genealogical tables.] by Fraser, William, Sir, 1816-1898. Page 21. Archive.Org