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Att Edinburgh, 21st day of March, 1707 years, our soveraign lady, with the special advyce and consent of the estates of parliament, ratifies and approves a confirmation of ane new tack under the privie seal of the kingdome of Scotland granted by her majestie, with consent of her thesaury and exchequer, to Alexander, earl of Kellie of the following tenour. Ann, by the grace of God, queen of Great Brittain, France and Ireland, defender of the faith, forasmuch as wee, considering the constant loyalty and firm affection of Alexander, earl of Kelly and his predicessors, to us and our royal antecessors, and the many sufferings and great losses susteand by them for their firm adherence to our royal interest in the worst of tymes, therfore wit ye us to have ratified and approven, and for us and our successors perpetualy confirmed, lykeas wee ratifie and approve, and for us and our successors perpetualy confirm, ane tack set by the deceast King Charles, of blissed memorie, under the privie seal of the date the 28 day of August, 1660 years, in favours of the now deceast Alexander, earl of Kellie, father to the said Alexander, now earl of Kellie, his airs and assignays, of all and haill the mails, fermes, few dueties, found deuties, kaynes, customes, casualities, services and others due and payable to us furth of the lands of Kings barns, lyeing within the parochine of Kings barns and sherifdome of Fyfe, by the heretors, tennents and possessors thereof, and which tack was for the space of 3 nyntein years after the deceis of Sir James Scot of Rossie, then taxsman of the same, and that in the haill heads, clauses and articles thereof, and for all the space, years and termes of the samen yet to run. And further wee, with consent of the lords commissioners of our thesaury and exchequer, have given, granted and in tack and assedation lettin and be the tenour hereof, off new gives, grants and in tack and assedation letts to the said Alexander, now earl of Kellie, his airs or assigneys whatsoever, the said haill mails, fermes, few deuties, fund deuties, kayns, customes, casualities, services and others due and payable to us furth of the said lands of Kingsbarns lyeing in manner forsaid, by the heretors, tennents and possessors thereof, and that for all the dayes, years and space of 3 nyntein years nixt and immediatly after the said Alexander, earl of Kellie his entry thereto, which is hereby declared to be and begin at the nixt terme of payment of the said deuties immediatly following the expiration of the former tack set by the said deceast King Charles the second to the said deceast Alexander, earl of Kellie, his father, and from thence furth to continow ay and while the said three nyntein years be fully and compleatly outrun, with power to the said Alexander, earl of Kellie, and his forsaids to ask, crave, receive and uplift the said duties from the persons addebted in payment thereof, to give acquittances and discharges thereupon which shall be as valid and sufficient to the receivers as if the same were given by us with consent of our said commissioners of our thesaury and exchequer, and to call and pursue therefore sicklike and as freely as any other tacksman within our said kingdom of Scotland. And we recommend to the lords of council and session to grant letters of horning on a charge of six days, commanding the persons addebted in payment to answer and obey the said Alexander, earl of Kellie, and his foresaids, and to make ready payment to them of the said duties, the said Alexander, earl of Kellie and his forsaids paying yearly to us and our successors, or to the lords commissioners of our thesaury and exchequer receivers of our rents, the sum of twenty pounds Scots money, being the old tack duty formerly paid by the said umquhill Sir James Scott of Rossie, and by the deceast Alexander, earl of Kellie and by himself, and that at two termes in the year Whitsunday and Martinmass by equal portions during the haill space of the present tack. Given under our privy seal at our court at Windsor Castle, the twentieth and fifth day of August, one thousand, seven hundred and two, and of our reign the first year. Written to the privy seal and registrat the third day of April, 1703. Sic subscribitur Ja[mes] Douglas. Sealed at Edinburgh, the seventh day of April, 1703. Sic subscribitur Pat[rick] Scott. In the haill heads, articles and clauses thereof. And her majestie, with consent foresaid, wills and grants and, for her and her royal successors, statutes, ordains and declares that the foresaid confirmation and new tack shall be in the termes thereof a good and valid ryght so far as concerns her majesties' interest to the said Alexander, earl of Kellie and his foresaids, for possessing and enjoying in the termes thereof and dureing the tyme thereinmentioned, the abovementioned mails, ferms, few deuties, fund deuties, kaynes, customes, casualities, services and others thereby sett, and that the same shall never be revocked nor quarrelled by her majestie or her foresaids, dispenceing hereby with all defects or imperfections, if any bee, of the said confirmation and tack and of this ratification of the samen. Extracted.