In October 1593, James VI went to stay for a few days at Thirlestane Castle at Lauder, the home of the Chancellor of Scotland, John Maitland.
The English ambassador heard that he had gone from there to Perth, to meet the excommunicated earls.
Roger Aston told him this was not true, and it seems that Bowes had been misled by Patrick Murray.
Bowes wrote that "Paty Murray" was the agent of the excommunicated earls.
[2] On 13 August 1596, according to a chronicle, Murray organised a reconciliation at Falkland Palace between the Earls of Huntly of Angus and James VI.