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Our soverane lord and estates of this present parliament ratifies, approves and perpetuallie confirmes in favoures of the wrightes and couperes of the burghe of the Cannogait and ther pendicles mentionat in the seale of cause and chartour wnderwrittin, the seale of cause givine and granted be Sir Williame Bellanden of Broughtoun, knight, barronne of the barronie and regalitie of Bruchtoun, with expryse advyse, consent and assent of Dame Eleizabeth Ker, his mother and tutrix testamentar for hir entres, off the dait at Edinburgh, the sext day of Apryle jM vjC and tuelff yeeres, therby erecting the vocationes and airtes of wrightes and coupares of the Cannogait in an frie airt and vocatione onlie to be used and exerced bee free men and these who be the deacone of the said crafte and sua many of the maisteres as with him shall be elected and admitted inhabitantes within the said burghe, conteaneing the priviledges and liberties of choosing ane deacone and boxmaister, and of taking in wnder ther libertie the haill friemen of masones, boweres, couperes, glaissin wrightes, stockeres of gunes, spargineres, painteres, pantounheellmakeres, sclaitteres, turneres and all otheres airtes and occupationes whilkis evir perteened of befoir to the saidis craftes, by ony gifte or donatione, alsweell within the boundis of the burghe of the Cannogait and within the boundis of Saint Leonares gait and neer Sant Ninianes chappell, without Santandrois Poirt, Pleasance, northsyde of the Bridge of Leith, Cannonmylnes, Whythouse, Broughton and haill other boundis within the said barrony of Bruchtoune; as lykewayes the ratificatione of the foirsaid seale of cause granted be the said Sir Williame Ballenden to the said craftismen in his majoritie, off the dait at Edinburghe, the eight day of Julii, jM vjC tuentie sex yeeres, with the decreet of the lordis of sessioune interponit to the said seale of cause and ratificatione wpoun the first day of Januarii, jM vjC tuentie sevine yeeres; togidder with the chartour of ratificatione granted be our soverane lord in favoures of the saidis craftes, approved† the said seale of cause and ratificatione therof abovewrittin, with the decreet interponit therto, in thair haill heedis and conditiones, conteaneing ane erectioun be our said soverane lord for his hienes selfe de novo of the foirsaids airtes and occupationes of wrightes and couperes in ane frie airt and vocatione, to be onlie used and exerced be freemen, according to the tennour of the said seale of cause, quhilke chartour is wnder the great seale, of the dait at Quhythall, the tuelffe day of Apryle jM vjC and tuentie sevine yeeres; as also ane decreet and sentance givine and pronunced be the lordis of secreet counsell upoun the second day of Februar, jM vjC foure yeeres in favoures of the baillies, counsell, deacone and bretherine of the wrightes of the Cannogait, aganes the deacone of the wrightes in Edinburghe and the remanent in ther crafte, ordeaneing them to deceist fra makeing ony stopt to the deacone and wrightes of the Cannogait in presenting ther worke to the mercat of Edinburghe and selling the samene ther wpoun the ordinar mercat dayes, and fra troubling of them in workeing outwith the said freedome of Edinburgh to ony inhabitant within the said burghe, and inbring the worke sua wrought be them and setting wpe of the samene to the owner†; and lykewayes ane wther decreet and sentance givine and pronunced be the saidis lordis of secreet counsell in favoures of the wrightes of the Cannogait and bodie of the trade therofe, againes the deacone and wrightes of the burghe of Edinburgh wpoun the tuentie nyne day of Merch, jM vjC therttie tua yeeres, finding and declairing that the wrightes of the Cannogait may worke and make coffines and dead kistes to ony gentillman being within the burghe of Edinburgh for the tyme and to otheres not being burgess of the said burghe, and to bring in the samene to be delyvered to the pairties whom they conserne at all occasiones aff the mercat dayes, quhilkes tua decreetes are extracted and subscryved be James Prymerois, clerke of his majesties privie counsell, in all and sindrie ther heedis, articles, clauss, circumstances, poyntes, priviledges, liberties, immunities and conditiones of the samene, dispensand with the generalitie abovewrittin, and admittand the samene to be alse valied in all respectes as if the foirsaidis seales of causes, ratificatione therof be the barrone of Bruchtoune in his majoritie, decreet of the lordis of sessione interponit therto, our said soverane lordis confirmatione of the samen and chartour of new erectione and tua decreetes abovenamed obtenit before the lordis of secreet counsell and everie ane of them were specially at lenth de verbo in verbum insert and set doune heerintill.