153:. Colville obtained a gift of wardship of some lands without paying a duty called "composition" directly to the treasury, but apparently paying Morton an equivalent sum by bond. This may be evidence of unusual practice or corruption of the finances of Scotland in Morton's favour. In November 1573 he was granted lands on the island of
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He was the eldest son of Robert
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the political intriguer. Colville's family home was
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175:In July 1583 he fell out of favour with the
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