"In 1562, we find that the person of the young lady [Mary Macleod] had, by some accident, come into the custody of Kenneth Mackenzie of Kintail, who, having refused to give her up to her lawful guardian, James Macdonald, was at length compelled to deliver her to Queen Mary, with whom she remained for some years as a maid of honour, being no doubt one of the Queen's celebrated Maries." [Sources]
"On the 21st May, 1562, at Edinburgh, in presence of the Queen and the Lords of the Privy Council, appeared Kenneth Mackenzie of Kintail, "who being commanded by letters and also by writings direct from the Queen's Grace, to exhibit, produce, and present before Her Highness, Mary Macleod, daughter and heir of umquhile William Macleod of Harris, conform to the letters and charges direct thereupon; and declared that James Macdonald had an action depending before the Lords of Session against him for deliverance of the said Mary to him, and that therefore he could not goodly deliver her; notwithstanding the which the Queen's Majesty ordained the said Kenneth to deliver the said Mary to Her Highness...".
"For a few years after this, Mary Macleod was a member of the Queen's household. This is conclusively proved by several entries in the accounts of the Lord High Treasurer of Scotland during 1562, and again in 1564-5."
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