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At Edinburgh, 21 March 1707. Our sovereign lady, with advice and consent of the estates of parliament, ratifies, approves and perpetually confirms a gift and commission under the great seal of the date at St James's, 29 January 1703, granted by her majesty, with consent of the lords and other commissioners of her majesty's treasury and exchequer for the time, to Sir Alexander Erskine of Cambo and Alexander Erskine, his eldest lawful son, whereby the former gift of the office of lyon king of arms is confirmed to the said Sir Alexander during his life, and he and his said son and longest liver of them are of new made during their lifetimes joint lyons kings of arms, and the names of lyon king of arms, with the whole privileges and casualties thereof, are given to them both, and the said Alexander Erskine is ordained to execute the said office either with his father or by himself, as his said father shall judge fit, and the power of prescribing ensigns armorial to virtuous persons is granted to them both, and also £100 sterling of fee and salary yearly is given to the said Sir Alexander, during his life and after his death to his said son, to continue during their lifetimes respectively and successively, suspending always the crowning of the said Alexander Erskine as lyon king of arms so long as his father is alive, in the whole heads and clauses of the said gift and commission. And her majesty, with consent foresaid, statutes and ordains the foresaid gift and commission to be, conforming to the tenor thereof, a good and sufficient right and title to the said Sir Alexander Erskine and Alexander Erskine, his son, during their life times and longest liver of them two, for possessing and enjoying in manner foresaid the above-mentioned office of lyon king of arms, with the whole privileges and casualties thereof and fee or salary above-written, during the space above-mentioned, and that the same shall not be revoked or quarrelled by her majesty or her successors, and that this present ratification shall be as sufficient to all intents as if every word of the said gift and commission were inserted herein. With the which, and with all other defects and imperfections that may or can be proposed against the validity of the said gift and commission, or of this present ratification of the same, her majesty, with consent foresaid, does hereby dispense forever. Extracted out of the records of parliament kept in the lower parliament house by me [...]