On 20 August 1496, the King passed by on his way to St Andrews and gave 18 shillings as a present to the stonemasons who were working on Balgonie.
[2] Robert was also keeper of Dumbarton Castle until 26 July 1497, when he was succeeded in that responsibility by John Stirling of Craigbarnard.
[5] Robert was appointed Lord High Treasurer of Scotland in May 1498, in charge of accounting for much of the royal receipts and expenditure of James IV.
[6] One of his duties was collecting treasure which had belonged to James III of Scotland who had been killed ten years before in 1488.
Oliver Sinclair of Roslin was ordered to pay him 400 merks from 1,000 crowns worth of the late king's gold still in his keeping on 26 June 1498.