The 6th laird was more on the right side of the law than his father and in 1527 was rewarded by King James V for helping to arrest 'rebels, thieves, reivers, sorcerers and murderers'. But great sadness was to overwhelm his later years. His eldest son, Alexander, went south to fight the English invaders at Pinkie and was killed there in 1547, leaving nine young children. It is recorded that he took with him to Pinkie a large cannon from Drum known as the 'Great Falcon'.