 In May 1583, while William was intriguing in London, his sister Susannah Fowler married John Drummond the king's doorkeeper and son of Robert Drummond of Carnock, their son was the poet William Drummond of Hawthornden.In September 1584 he met the German traveller Lupold von Wedel in Edinburgh and told him that he been teaching King James the art of memory.Fowler later noted that while he was teaching James the art of memory, the king taught him poetry and "imprese" or emblems.