James VI gave some jewels to the goldsmith and financier Thomas Foulis to sell in England in the 1590s.Thomas Thomson, Collection of Inventories (Edinburgh, 1815), p. 323: David Masson, Register of the Privy Council: 1599–1604, vol. 6 (Edinburgh, 1884), p. 309. On 3 February 1603 King James gave James Sempill of Beltries, a son of Mary Livingston, a jewel which had belonged to Mary as a reward for his good service and faithful conduct in diplomatic negotiations in England. The jewel was a carcatt (a necklace chain) with a diamond in one piece and a ruby in another, with a tablet (a locket) set with a carbuncle of a diamond and ruby, set around with diamonds.David Masson, Register of the Privy Council: 1599–1604, vol. 6 (Edinburgh, 1884), p. 533.
