Ka cika wannan magana: James, wanda yanzu shi ne Sarkin Scotland da ba a naɗa ba, ya soma abin da ya zama shekaru 18 na zaman fursuna, kuma a daidai wannan lokacin ne Albany ya canja matsayinsa na laftanar zuwa na gwamna. Albany ya ɗauki ƙasashen James a ƙarƙashin ikonsa na kansa yana hana sarki samun kudin shiga da duk wani abin da ya dace da matsayinsa kuma an ambaci shi a cikin bayanan a matsayin 'ɗan marigayi sarki'. Sarkin yana da karamin gidan Scots wanda ya hada da Henry Sinclair, Earl na Orkney, Alexander Seaton, dan uwan Sir David Fleming, da dan uwan Orkney John Sinclair bayan dawowar earl zuwa Scotland. Da lokaci, gidan James - yanzu Ingilishi ya biya shi - ya canza daga manyan mutane zuwa maza marasa daraja. Henry IV ya bi da James da kyau, ya ba shi ilimi mai kyau. James ya kasance mafi dacewa don lura da hanyoyin Henry na sarauta da kuma kula da siyasa wanda wataƙila an shigar da shi cikin gidan sarauta lokacin da ya kai girma. James yayi amfani da ziyarar sirri daga manyansa tare da wasiƙu zuwa ga mutane don kiyaye ganuwa a cikin mulkinsa. Henry ya mutu a shekara ta 1413 kuma dansa, Henry V, nan da nan ya kawo karshen 'yanci na James wanda ya fara riƙe shi a Hasumiyar London tare da sauran fursunonin Scotland. Daya daga cikin wadannan fursunoni ya James ta dan uwan, Murdoch Stewart, Albany ta dan, wanda aka kama a 1402 a
Yaƙin Homildon Hill. Da farko an raba su amma daga 1413 har zuwa sakin Murdoch a 1415 sun kasance tare a Hasumiyar da Windsor Castle.