 The instructions were given again by act of the Parliament of Scotland in 1523.In 1535 he travelled to England to collect the collar of Order of the Garter from Henry VIII of England on behalf of James V. The ceremony took place at Windsor Castle and later Erskine met Henry VIII at Thornbury Castle.James V had given Lord Erskine a detailed instruction about his precedence in the Garter Chapel; "Ye shall purchase to have the place was promised to us next to the King of France amongst kings, and failing thereof that ye take documents to fulfill for our part and leave it so."