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Our sovereign lord, with advice and consent of the three estates of this present parliament, ratifies and approves the letters of gift and pension made and granted by his majesty under the privy seal, of the date at Whitehall, 29 December 1627, whereby his majesty gave and conveyed to Sir James Scott, now of Rossie, knight, in yearly pension during his lifetime all and whole the feu ferms, feu mails, kanes, customs and duties of the lands of Kingsbarns, with the pertinents, lying within the stewartry of Fife and sheriffdom thereof, extending yearly to 20 chalders of victual, wheat and barley, £48 money and 100 capons or thereby; and likewise the letters of ratification and gift of pension granted by his majesty under the said privy seal, of the date at Holyroodhouse, 30 July 1631, whereby his majesty ratified the assignation made by the said Sir James Scott to David Beaton, physician to his majesty, and after failing, his spouse, to the said first letters of gift and pension, of the date 4 May 1631, and of new granted, assigned and conveyed to the said David Beaton and his said spouse in yearly pension the said feu ferms, feu mails, kanes, customs and duties of the said lands of Kingsbarns, with the pertinents, extending yearly to 4 chalders of wheat, 11 chalders of barley, £48 money and 100 capons to be uplifted by them of the crop and year of God 1631, and so forth to continue during the lifetime of the said Sir James Scott, according to his said gift and assignation thereto above-mentioned, and likewise during all the days of the lifetimes of the said David Beaton and his said spouse, the longest liver of the two, and all decreets following thereupon, as well before the lords of council and session as the lords of exchequer, in all points, articles and clauses therein contained, after the forms and tenors thereof; and declares, statutes and ordains this present ratification of the said two letters of gift of pension respectively and decreets following thereupon to be as sufficient and valid in all respects as if the same were at length and word by word inserted herein, dispensing hereby with the not inserting thereof; and likewise statutes and ordains the said letters of gift and pension and assignation above-specified and decreets following thereupon, and this ratification of the same, to be sufficient rights and securities whereby the said David Beaton and his said spouse, the longest liver of the two, their heirs, executors and assignees may peaceably possess and enjoy the pension above-mentioned during all the days of the lifetimes of the said Sir James Scott and of the said David Beaton and his said spouse, and of the longest liver of the three.