At first she refused to meet him in person in response to the treatment of her ambassador Robert Bowes in Edinburgh, and her disapproval of the king's favourite Esmé Stewart, Duke of Lennox.
[4] On Tuesday, 24 July 1593 the rebel Francis Stewart, 5th Earl of Bothwell smuggled himself into Holyroodhouse and forced himself into the King's presence, in his bedchamber.
[6] On 30 June 1594 Home was at North Berwick and received news that the Earl of Bothwell and his companions were in Edinburgh and their horses were nearby at Dean Mills.
[8] Around this time, Home and the English diplomat Robert Bowes took witness statements from the crew of the Bruce, a ship owned by George Bruce of Carnock which had been commandeered by English privateers off the coast of Spain and forced to take on board a number of enslaved Africans.
[10] A letter from the king in October 1598 about a shipping case involving George Bruce of Carnock mentions he was deceased.