[1] According to tradition, Wood was given a grant of the lands of Largo around 1480, in return for the service of maintaining a ship to take the King and Queen on pilgrimages to the shrine and well of Saint Adrian on the Isle of May.

Andrew Wood's naval exploits feature in the chronicle of Robert Lindsay of Pitscottie which credits his family as one of its sources.

In response, the English launched a larger expedition the following year under Stephen Bull, which attacked Wood's ships in the Firth of Forth.

[12] James IV knighted Wood following this battle, and allowed him to impress some of the captured English sailors, who later were put to work build the castle at Largo.

[13] Sir Andrew was the first Captain of James IV's carrack, the Great Michael, which when constructed was the largest ship in Christendom.