were driven back by storm, James VI resolved to send a special embassy to fetch her, Vans was named one of the principal ambassadors for that purpose, and, when the king resolved himself to embark, was especially chosen to accompany him. For this voyage he hired the Falcon of Leith from John Gibson. According to William Wallace of Failford James VI described the Falcon as a little ship to Anna of Denmark's mother, Sophie of Mecklenburg-Güstrow. Barnbarroch signed the ratification of the king's marriage contract at Oslo on 21 November 1589. The other witnesses were John Maitland, the Earl Marischal, the Provost of Lincluden, Lewis Bellenden, James Scrimgeour, Alexander Lindsay, John Carmichael, William Keith of Delny, William Stewart, John Skene, and George Young. When James VI resolved to remain in Denmark until the spring, Barnbarroch returned to Scotland to report the marriage to the council, arriving in Scotland on 15 December. In 1592 he was elected a lord of the articles, and in June of the same year received an annual pension of 200l. He was again chosen a lord of the articles on 16 July 1593, and at the same time was appointed to a commission for the provision of ministers and augmentation of stipends. He died on 22 July 1597, and was succeeded by his son, Sir John Vans, one of the gentlemen of the chamber to King James. The voyage may be connected with the ballad "Sir Patrick Spens". Katherine Kennedy Patrick Vaus married Elizabeth Kennedy, a daughter of Hugh Kennedy of Girvanmains and Janet Stewart on 17 August 1561 at Perth. It was a double wedding, the bride's half sister Dorothea Stewart married William Ruthven, Master of Ruthven. Vaus married his second wife Katherine Kennedy in 1573, she was the daughter of Gilbert Kennedy, 3rd Earl of Cassilis and Margaret Kennedy (died 1580), a daughter of Thomas Kennedy of Bargany. They had at least ten children. Her mother, Margaret Kennedy, Countess of Cassilis, wrote to Katherine Kennedy in November 1578 from Maybole Castle. She wanted her daughter, who was in Edinburgh, to buy velvet for a cloak to match a doublet and skirt, with a small "champ" or fielded pattern. The cloak should be lined with rabbit fur. She also wanted a marten fur to line a gown, and a furred petticoat. The countess wanted plain bracelets with a lock or clasp, and a "tablatt" or