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Our sovereign lord, with advice and consent of the estates of this realm convened together in parliament, has ratified and approved and, by this act, ratifies and approves a charter made and granted by his majesty's late dearest father of eternal memory to and in favour of his highness's right trusty cousin and councillor Alexander, earl of Galloway, lord Stewart of Garlies, of the date 17 July 1523, of all and sundry of the lands and barony of Corswell, with castle, tower, fortalice, manor place, houses, buildings, yards, orchards, mills, multures, woods, fishings, tenants, tenancies, service of free tenants, whole parts, pendicles and pertinents of the same lying within the parish of Kirkcolm, parsonage and vicarage thereof, with liberty of free burgh of barony called the burgh of Stewarton, liberties and privileges thereof, united and annexed to the said barony, and with liberty to the heirs of the said earl to enter to the said lands, barony and others contained in the said charter the time of their minority, as in the said charter at more length is contained, together with the precept and instrument of sasine following thereupon and whole rights whereupon the same proceeded, together also with another charter made and granted by his majesty's said late dearest father to, and in favour of, the said earl of Galloway, designed therein Alexander, lord Stewart of Garlies, his male heirs and assignees whatsoever, of all and whole the lands of Grennan, extending to a twenty one merk land of old extent, with manor place, houses, buildings, yards, orchards, mills, mill lands, multures and sequels thereof, with tenants, tenancies, service of free tenants, annexes, connexes, parts, pendicles and pertinents thereof whatsoever, lying within the parish of Dalry and stewartry of Kirkcudbright, as in the said charter of the date 28 July 1514 at length is contained, together with the precept and instrument of sasine following thereupon and whole rights whereupon the same proceeded in the whole heads, articles, clauses, circumstances and conditions thereof, of the same two separate charters and rights of the same. And our said sovereign lord, with advice and consent of the estates of this realm, decrees and ordains that the said infeftments and rights of the lands barony and others above-written granted to the said Alexander, earl of Galloway in manner foresaid are and shall be in all time coming sufficient rights, grounds and titles whereby he and his said male heirs and assignees shall hold, enjoy and possess the same in all time coming, and declares this present confirmation and ratification of the said infeftments to be as good, valid and effectual as if the same had been all at length inserted in this present ratification. And his majesty, with consent foresaid, dispenses hereby therewith forever and ordains this ratification to be a sufficient warrant for making of an act in the said parliament according to the order used in the like.