[2] He was involved in a quarrel with the Earl of Erroll at Perth on 29 June 1591, when Anne of Denmark made a ceremonial entry to the town.
[3] Atholl and his wife became friends with Anne of Denmark and while they were at Falkland Palace invited her stay with them at Dunkeld in July 1592.
The English ambassador Robert Bowes wrote that Atholl had "his spoon deep in the late pie at Falkland".
[4] The English diplomat Robert Bowes hoped that they would persuade Marie's sister Margaret Ruthven to marry the son of the Master of Forbes.
[8] The Atholl earldom reverted to the crown by "non-entry" and, with the rights to award the marriages of the daughters, was given by James VI to Anne of Denmark on 1 September 1595.
[12] According to the Chronicle of Perth, Bessie Ireland, Jonet Robertson, and Marion McCauss were burnt on the South Inch on 9 September 1597.