[1] Ross had sasines of the lands of Halkhead on 30 October 1581, of Broomlands and "Roisholm" on 15 May 1583 and of Tarbert, in Ayrshire, in 1590.
[1] Towards the end of his life, Ross fell out with James VI.
On 29 May 1591, James VI wrote to Robert Mure of Caldwell, requesting him to use his influence with Ross to make him pay rents due to the royal servants John Stewart of Rosland and William Stewart for the lands of Foulbar.
[2] Mure's good offices proved insufficient and, on 30 September 1591, James wrote to Lord Hamilton to inform him that Ross remained in rebellion and to direct him to take steps to bring Ross to justice.
The English diplomat George Nicholson wrote that he was "dead upon the hurt of the breach of his gun."