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Our sovereign lord and estates of parliament ratify and approve the letters of gift granted by his highness's late dearest father of worthy memory to the late Master John Preston of Penicuik, collector general and treasurer of his highness's new augmentations and president of the college of justice of this kingdom of Scotland for the time, during all the days of his lifetime, and after his decease to the said Sir John Preston now of Penicuik, his son, there styled Master John Preston, likewise for all the days of the said Sir John's lifetime, of all and whole the feu mails, feu ferms and other duties of the lands after-mentioned, which pertained of before to the benefice underwritten as a part of the temporality of the same, and now pertaining to our sovereign lord by the act of annexation of all kirk lands to the crown and by other laws, acts and constitutions of the realm of Scotland, and that in name of pension to them during the said space, namely: all and whole the feu mails and feu ferm duties of all and sundry lands, mills, mill lands and other kirk lands whatsoever which pertained of before to the monastery and abbacy of Jedburgh as a part of the patrimony of the same, extending yearly to £380 usual money of this realm of Scotland; and also all and whole the feu mails and feu ferm duties of the lands of Provend pertaining to the prebendary of Ballanrikee, extending yearly to £107 10s money foresaid, together with the sum of £110 money and 24 bolls meal to be paid yearly out of the first and readiest feu ferm duties of the lands pertaining to Holywood and abbacy thereof by the late John [Maxwell], lord Maxwell and the rest of the feuars, possessors and occupiers of the temporal lands of the said abbacy of Holywood, together with the sum of £130 money foresaid to be paid yearly out of the first and readiest of the blench duties pertaining to the abbacy of North Berwick, and erected by his highness's said late dearest father in a free barony to the late Alexander Home of North Berwick, his heirs and assignees, as the said letters of gift of pension granted by our said late sovereign lord to the said late Master John Preston and Master John, now Sir John Preston, his son, the longest liver of the two, under his highness's privy seal, of the date at Whitehall, 10 April 1606 at more length bears. As also the letters of ratification granted thereupon by our sovereign lord king's majesty, with advice and consent of the late John [Erskine], earl of Mar, lord Erskine and Garioch, his highness's great treasurer, comptroller and collector or treasurer of his highness's new augmentations within the said kingdom of Scotland, and of Archibald [Napier], lord Napier of Merchiston, then his highness's depute in the said offices, and other lords, his highness's commissioners, of the said kingdom of Scotland, in favour of the said Sir John Preston, under his highness's privy seal, of the date at Whitehall, 20 June 1628, in all and sundry the heads, points, clauses, articles and conditions contained in the said principal letters of gift of pension and ratification thereof, and after the forms and tenors thereof in all points; and will, declare, decree and ordain the said letters of gift and ratification and confirmation thereof above-mentioned to be sufficient, lawful and effectual rights to the said Sir John Preston for possessing, enjoying, uplifting and receiving of the said yearly pension of the said sums of money and victual respectively out of the said benefices respectively, as well of all years bygone resting owed unpaid as yearly in time coming during his lifetime without any objection or impediment of law to be made in the contrary, after the form and tenor of the said letters of gift and former ratification made thereof in all points.