[1633/6/164]*[print] [email] [cite] [preceding] [following]
Our sovereign lord, remembering the good, true and thankful service made and done to his majesty and his most noble progenitors by Master William Cunningham of Brownhill and his predecessors, with advice and consent of the three estates of this present parliament, has ratified, allowed, approved and confirmed and, by the tenor hereof, with consent foresaid, ratifies, allows, approves and confirms the charter and infeftment made, given and granted by Master Walter Whitford, minister of Failford, to the said Master William Cunningham of Brownhill, his heirs and assignees whatsoever heritably, of all and sundry the lands of Brownhill, Byrehill, Spittlesyd, Bourtrie, Mailling and of the other lands, teinds, office of bailiary and others expressed and set down in the said charter, which charter is of the date at Edinburgh, 19 December 1628, with the precept of sasine contained therein and instrument of sasine following thereupon, and with all other charters, infeftments, precepts, instruments of sasine, confirmations, new gifts and other rights, titles and securities whatsoever made and granted to the said Master William Cunningham of Brownhill, or to any of his predecessors or authors, of and concerning the lands and others contained in the said charter, with the pertinents or any part thereof, of whatsoever date or dates, tenor or contents the same be of, in all and sundry heads, articles, clauses, conditions and circumstances thereof whatsoever, willing and declaring this present general ratification to be as valid, effectual and sufficient to the said Master William Cunningham of Brownhill, his heirs and assignees, for their security of the lands and others contained in the said charter, as if the foresaid charters, infeftments, precepts, instruments of sasine, confirmations, new gifts and other writs, special and general, foresaid and every one of them, were at length herein inserted and hereby ratified in special; concerning which, his majesty, for himself and his highness's successors, with consent foresaid, has dispensed and, by this act, dispenses for ever.