[2] Colville owned a ship, the Good Company which was robbed by pirates at Great Yarmouth in June 1583.
Their sails of new French canvas were taken, and their cargo of Flemish tables and timber beds worth £200 Scots was thrown in the sea.
James VI was not inclined to marry the Catherine de Bourbon, sister of Henry of Navarre.
[5] James VI rewarded him for his service, especially as a diplomat abroad in religious causes, with the lands and Abbey of Culross in June 1592.
[10] Anthony Bacon, a follower of the Earl of Essex, wrote that Colville came to see Elizabeth again in January 1595 and she was critical of his mission to France.
After his audience he came out of the queen's privy chamber and asked the Lord Chamberlain, Henry Carey, if he could now see Sir Robert Cecil.