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James IV draft

King James IV is believed to have had a 'special relationship' with Peter the Moor, whose travel and expenses were paid for by royal funds. Payment records suggest that he had an active role in James IV's court life as he received the standard amounts of salaried employment. He first appears in records in 1500 and historians believe he arrived in Scotland initially as "human booty" captured by Scottish privateers from Portuguese cargo ships. In service to the King, he travelled to France in May 1501 on what is presumed to be an errand for the monarch. Further expense records suggest he was a companion to King James in his various trips across the country. Peter the Moor continues to appear in royal records until August 1504, when he received a large and final payment. Historian Imtiaz Habib argues that these records reveal an individual who was "clearly a favourite companion to the monarch" and was "well accepted" into the court culture of King James IV.