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Elizabeth Ross, sole heiress of Ross, was born circa 1542.

Sir John ("the Defiant") Fleming, 5th Lord Fleming, and Elizabeth Ross, sole heiress of Ross, were married on 10 May 1562. The contract for this marriage is dated 22 February 1561-62. Mary, Queen of Scots paid for the wedding banquet and a gown of silk taffeta with gold trimmings for the bride. The celebrations were held in Holyrood Park at the side of the loch and there were "great triumphs", shows and masques involving a staged sea-battle or naumachia said by Robert Lindsay of Pitscottie to represent the "figure" of the siege of Leith. The Earl of Wismar ambassador from Sweden attended.

The Queen gave a devant of cloth of gold etc for her wedding dress.
Robertson -
They held their marriage feast in the open air : ' The bankett was made in the Parke of Holyroudhous, imder Arthur's Seatt, at the end of the loche, quher grate triumph wes made, the Quein's Grace being present, and the King of Suethland's embassador, with many other nobles.* — (G. Marioreybanks, Annals of Scotland, p. 14. Diurnal of Occurrents, p. 72.)

As Robert Chambers says, " The incident is so pleasantly picturesque, and associates Mary so agreeably with one of her subjects, that it is gratifying to reflect on Lord Fleming proving a steady friend throughout her subsequent troubles."
Watson - The marriage took place in the presence of Queen Mary and her court at Holyrood.

Royal palaces of Scotland by Douglas-Irvine, Helen; Rait, Robert S. (Robert Sangster), 1874-1936, p79 -
https://archive.org/details/royalpalacesofsc00douguoft/page/78/mode/2up?q=fleming
The ambassador of Sweden was honourably received by Mary at Holyrood House on the 2Oth of May. The day was that of the marriage of Lord Fleming ; and the queen and court, with their guest, witnessed a representation of the siege of Leith on Duddingston Loch, for which a castle and galleys had been constructed of timber, and which was rendered realistic by the shooting of great guns. The ambassador left at the end of the month, and the queen gave him at parting a chain valued at a thousand crowns.^1,2,3,4

Elizabeth Ross, sole heiress of Ross, signed a will on 14 April 1578. Her other executors were John Earl of Atholl (her brother-in-law) and Thomas Scott of Abbotshall, her brother.^1,13,14 She died after 14 April 1578. Lanarkshire - the following " Liventar of the gudis and geir pertenit" to her, which, on her death, in 1578, were delivered to the Earl of Athole by John Fleming, captain of Biggar: — "In y* first, xxviii dosoun, viii pair, and ane horn of gold Item, sax grit buttonnis for ringis, all of gold; twa crimter paciss of leid, ane for ane gtit chin^e and ane uyir for ane small, qlk ar in Michael Oilbertis handi& Item, in ane buffet ane siluer lawar, twa siluer caupis, ane saltflat, ane luggit deiche, twa chandeleris, ane dosane of truncheris> ane dosane of spimis, sax caring prikis. Item, mae of siluer wark, twa coupis, ane basin, ane brokin saltflat gilt, elevin spunia Item, ane ryding clok, ane skirt of black begajrrit w* welnot; twa hamisingis, the ane of welnot pasmentit and wrocht w* gold, and y* uyir of blak welnot plain; se^dn pair of welnot schona This geir aboue writte is put in ane coffer. Item, ane chapell ruif of reid skarlat, cuttit out upoun quit satene and taffitie, freinzeit w* reid and quhit silk; aucht tappis of beddis of trie & gilt; ane pein of purpour welnot, freinzeit w* black and reid silk; ane round ruiff of blak satene, bordourit w^ blak silk and freinzeit w* blak silk ; ane ruiff of gray dalmes pasmentit w* gold; ane blak silk fur curtingis of gray dalmes for y^ said ruif, and

'thre bandis to y® beddis stuipis; ane bairnis coit onslevit of

siluer & figeirit welnot; ane ruiff of ane bed, of grene, reid, and

zallow dahnes, and thre curtingis to y^ samjnae; ane collat of gray

must welnot, pasmentit w^ siluer and gold; ane clok of blak

dalmes, w* ane collat warrit w* welnot; ane mat of grene, reid,

and zaUow tafiStie; twa coUatis, sewit of holene clayS ane w*

blak silk and ane u^ reid; twa sarkis of holene clay ane sewit

reid and ane uyir blak; twa pokis w* missiue writingis. This

geir, foresaid, put in ane coffer. Item, ane hamising of blak

welnot; ane ruiff of ane bed of purpour welnot, borderit w*

siluer; thre curtingis of dalmes, fussit w^ siluer and silk; ane

pend of purpour welnot, pasmentit w* siluer; four stuipis of y®

sam^ pasmentit w^ siluer; ane fute mantill of blak welnot of my

ladeis; ane goun of black welnot, w* y^ bodie w* out slaues; ane

cap dok of blak welnot, pasmentit w^ silk; ane almay clok of

blak welnot, freinzeit w* blak silk and lynit w^ taffitie; ane goun

of quhit satein, w* ane bodie, but slaues pasmentit w* day* of

gold; ane goun of cramosie welnot, W* ane bodie, but slaues

pasmentit w* gold and siluer; ane skirt and slaues of clay* of

gold raisit; ane skirt of clay* of gold, and slaues raisit upoun

cramosie satein; ane ruiff of ane bed of quhit dalmes, freinzeit

w* quhit silk; ane cap clok of purpour welnot, pasmentit w* gold

and reid silk; ane pair of breikis of purpour welnot, but schankis

pasmentit w* gold and reid sUk; ane coit of purpour welnot,

pasmentit w* gold and silk; ane abnan clok of blak satein, barrit

w* blak wehiot and skirtit w* matrikis; ane u^ alman clok of

blak dalmes, barrit w* wehiot and skirtit w* matrikis; ane skirt

of satein, cuttit out in doggrane ; sevin ourlaweris of sarkis, w*

y* handis wro* w* gold, silver, and silk. This gier put in y®

maist coffer, Ane burd clay* of domik of dalmes champ w* ane

cupbur* clay* of y® sam®; sax saruietis of y* sam® champ; uthir

four burd clay*" of domik, champit w* ane copburd clay* of y«

sam®; seven towellis of dornik; ane uyir burd day* of domik;

ane dosane samietis of domik; three Unnig burd clay**; auch-

tene saruietis of linnig, speinzeit w* blew; fyve wasching towellis,

spenzeit w* blew; ane auld copburd of clay* about y* rest; ane aold fiurin of toddis. This geir put in ane u^ coffSer. Item, be y® coffeiis ane kame caiss, and ane anld kim'^ day* about y^ sam®; ane blak buist, w* drawin schottolis; twa cheiiis, y^ ane conerit w* pnrponr welnot and y* u^ w* gray; fyve stiiillis conerit w* pnrponr welnot" (Privately printed from a MS. in the possession of James Maidment, Esq., Advocate),^1,7 She had her estate probated in October 1578. An inventory of goods at Boghall Castle was made in October 1578 after the death of Elizabeth Ross, Lady Fleming. It includes her beds, riding clothes, and her wedding dress. Some items of jewellery were in the hands of an Edinburgh goldsmith Michael Gilbert. - It is reproduced as App VI in Hunter.^5,14,15