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At Edinburgh, the twenty first day of March, jM vijC and seven years. Our soveraign lady, with advice and consent of the estates of parliament, ratifys, approves and perpetually confirms a letter of confirmation and gift under her majesties' privy seall granted by her majesty, with consent of the lords and others commissioners of her thesaury and exchequer of this kingdom, of the date at Kensingtoun, the twenty first day of December, jM vijC and six years, approving and confirming to and in favours of Dam Janet Halket, spouse to Sir Peter Halkett of Pitfirren, alias Wedderburn of Gossfuird, knight barronet, and to her heirs and successors in the lands and estate of Pitfirren, the full right, priviledge and liberty of transporting the coalls within the bounds of the said estate furth of this kingdom, free and exempted from all payment of any custom or bullion or any other dutys whatsoever imposed or to be imposed thereupon by the laws and acts of this kingdom, made or to be made, according as the same have been possest and enjoyed by the said Dam Janet Halket, her predecessors and authors heretofore in time bypast, conform to their antient rights and immemoriall possession of the forsaid exemption and immunity in all points, and also of new, for the said Dam Jannet Halket and her forsaids their furder encouradgment to prosecute and follow out the working and winning of the said coalls and transporting the same to forreign countreys and without prejudice of their said antient rights and immemorial possession, but in furder corroboration thereof, accumulando jura juribus, of her highnes certain knowledge and proper motive, giving, granting and disponing and for her majesty and her royall successors perpetually confirming to the said Dam Janet Halket, and her foresaids, the full priviledge and liberty of transporting the foresaid coalls from any port or ports within this her majestys antient kingdom, thereby expressly inhibiting and dischargeing the lords and others commissioners of her majestys thesaury present and to come, her majestys thesaurer, thesaurer deput, advocat and sollicitors, and all others her majesties' officers of state and ministers of the law and also the collectors, farmerers and tacksmen of the customs of the said kingdom, and all others imployed or to be imployed in uplifting, collecting and ingathering of the same, whom it does or may concern, from all chargeing, prosecuting, troubling or mollesting the said Dam Janet Halket, or her foresaids, in the peaceable possession and enjoyment of the foresaid priviledge continually and exemption for ever, declaring that it is and shall be allways leisom and lawfull to the said Dam Janet Halket and her foresaids to possess, bruik and enjoy the priviledge, immunity and exemption above written, either by virtue of their said ancient rights and immemorial possession foresaid or by vertue of the said new grant and disposition of the same or be both or either of the said rights, the one but prejudice of the other, at their pleasure in tyme coming, in the haill heads, articles and clauses of the said letter of confirmation and gift. And her majesty, with advice and consent of the said estates of parliament, wills and grants and, for her majesty and her successors, statuts and ordains the foresaid confirmation and gift to be, conform to the tenor thereof, good, valid and sufficient for possessing and enjoying in all time coming, without stopt or impediment so far as concerns her majestys interest the above written priviledge and exemption in all time coming, and declares the same shall never be revocked or quarrelled by her majesty or her successors, and that this present ratification is and shall be as sufficient to all intents as if every word of the said confirmation and gift were inserted herein, with the not inserting whereof and with all other defects and imperfections that can be proponed against the vallidity hereof and right hereby ratifyed, her majesty, with consent foresaid, hereby dispenses for ever.