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Our sovereign lord, with consent of the estates of this present parliament, has ratified and approved, and by this ratification, for his majesty and his successors, ratifies and approves the charter and infeftment made and granted by our said sovereign lord, under his majesty's great seal of the kingdom of Scotland, to his highness's right trusty cousin, William, earl of Lothian, lord Newbattle, his male heirs and of tailzie contained therein, of all and whole the messuage and manor place of Newbattle, with houses, parks and others specified in the said infeftment belonging thereto, and of all and whole the lands of Easthouses and Westhouses and certain other lands, mills, coal pits, patronages of kirks and others specified in the said infeftment, lying within the barony of Newbattle and sheriffdom of Edinburgh, and of the lands and barony of Langnewton, and of certain other lands, baronies, mills, woods, fishings, advocations, donations, rights of patronage, burghs of baronies, specially and generally designed and mentioned in the said infeftment, all erected and incorporated in a whole and free earldom, lordship and barony called the earldom of Lothian, lordship and barony of Newbattle, to be held of our sovereign lord in manner specified in the said infeftment, as in the same of the date at Newmarket in England, 1 March 1634 at more length is contained, together with the precept of sasine following thereupon of the date of the said charter, together with the instrument of sasine given according thereto, dated 5 April 1634; together also with a contract and appointment made between his majesty's right trusty cousin and councillor Thomas [Hamilton], earl of Haddington, lord Binning and Byres on the one part, and the said William, earl of Lothian on the other part, of the date the [...] day of [...] 163[...], whereby the said Thomas, earl of Haddington, has sold and conveyed to the said William, earl of Lothian, his male heirs and of tailzie contained therein, all and sundry the lands, lordship and barony of Jedburgh containing and comprehending therein the lands, baronies, mills, woods, fishings, teinds and others specified therein united thereto, as in the said contract at length is contained, together likewise with the charter and infeftment made and granted by his majesty under the great seal of the said kingdom to the said Thomas, earl of Haddington, of the said lordship and barony of Jedburgh, teinds and others united thereto, of the date the [...] day of [...] 16[...], with the precept of sasine following thereupon of the same date and instrument of sasine given according thereto, of the date the [...] day of [...] 16[...], in all and sundry heads, points, clauses, articles and condition contained therein and every one of the same respectively after the forms and tenors thereof. And wills and grants that this present ratification thereof in manner foresaid shall be as effectual and sufficient as if the same were inserted herein at length, and declares the foresaid infeftments, sasines and contract above-written to be good, lawful and sufficient rights and securities to the said William, earl of Lothian and his foresaids for possessing and enjoying the lands, baronies, teinds and others contained in the same according to the tenors thereof in all points as said is.