In August 1584 James VI gave Jameson a ship called the Pheasant which had been confiscated from William Gytonis for piracy on the West Seas.
[1] In 1585 the former royal favourite James Stewart, Earl of Arran embarked on Robert Jameson's boat carrying royal jewellery including 'Kingis Eitche',[2] the Great H of Scotland, but he was forced to give his treasure up to William Stewart of Caverston, Governor of Dumbarton Castle, aboard ship in the coastal water known as the Fairlie Road.
[3] In 1588 James VI of Scotland hired a ship from Ayr, which may have belonged to Robert Jameson, to be fitted out for Sir William Stewart of Carstairs to pursue the rebel Lord Maxwell with 120 musketeers or "hagbutters".
[7] Maitland's accounts of the English subsidy money detail the preparation of the James Royall, apparently of 126 tons, again hired from Jameson.
[10] Jameson complained to the Privy Council in June 1590 that he worried he would not be paid for the charter of the James, because of changes in the gathering and administration of a tax raised to fund the king's voyage.
[12] One ship returned from Flekkerøy shortly before James met Anna at Oslo, bringing home some people who were no longer required.