Q: "travelling lady"?

[Joel S. Berson]

In 1736 Ireland, a Capt. M'Cullogh forcibly, with arms, resisted a
sheriff trying to serve a "writ of restitution" to remove him from a
castle he was resident in.  When he was captured, he, "together with
his travelling Lady", was sent to his Majesty's Goal.  [From a Boston
newspaper.]

Does "travelling lady" have any meaning beyond the notion of a woman
who travels?  Here M'Cullogh is not described as travelling; rather,
the newspaper article is entirely about the siege of the castle and
the capture of Mc'Cullogh.

Joel

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