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Our sovereign lord and estates of parliament ratify and approve to and in favour of the provost, bailies, council and community of the said burgh of Cromarty and their successors, the charter made, given and granted by his majesty's late dearest father of worthy memory James [VI], then king of Scots, thereafter of Great Britain, France and Ireland, defender of the faith, after his majesty's full and perfect age of 25 years complete, and after all his highness's revocations, to and in favour of the said provost, bailies, council and community of the said burgh of Cromarty and their successors, under his majesty's great seal, of the date at Holyroodhouse, 4 July 1593, whereby his majesty, for the causes contained therein, not only ratified, approved and confirmed all and sundry privileges, liberties and commodities of the said burgh of Cromarty as a burgh royal in all the conditions, articles and clauses thereof, but also thereby of new gave, granted and confirmed to the said provost, bailies, council and community of the said burgh of Cromarty and their successors heritably the said burgh, with all burgh lands thereof, as well being within as without the same, as well property as commonty, and with the mills and fishings belonging to the same, as well in the sea as outwith, lying between the lands of Muirhead, Boghouse and Bogs of Farness, belonging to the sheriff of Cromarty, on the west, the lands of Eathie and the sea on the south, the sea on the east and north parts, and with the haven, anchorage and harbour of the said burgh in all places within the craigs called Sutors thereof, and all their pertinents, with free power, liberty and privilege to unload, load, disburden, pack and peel all goods called staple goods and other lawful merchandise, and to receive the interest thereof, anchorages of ships and customs within the said bounds, and to give and direct cockets, and to create and elect provosts, bailies, councillors, dean of guild, treasurer, clerks, serjeants, dempsters and all other officers of burgh necessary yearly for administration of justice and governing of the said burgh, and within the said burgh to buy and sell wine, wax, cloth, linen and wool, salt, pitch, tar, iron and all other lawful merchandise, and to have in the said burgh lodgings and dwelling houses with bakers, brewers, slayers and breakers of flesh and fish, and to make all other craftsmen, necessary burgesses and guild brethren in the said burgh, courts as often as need be for administration of justice, to set, begin, affix, hold and continue, the inhabitants of the said burgh being attached and arrested before whatsoever judge or judges, spiritual or temporal, within this realm, to repledge†, reduce and recall and to give and find caution of culrach for administration of justice within term of law, the bloods, bloodwits, profits and amercements of the said courts to receive and take up and the same to apply to the use of the said burgh, with the seize boll and seize tree, and with power also to the said provost, bailies, council and community of the said burgh and their successors to build, erect and have a market cross with a tron and tron weights within the said burgh, as also to have a public market day weekly on Monday for buying and selling of all kind of merchandise in all time coming, with two free fairs yearly, namely: a free fair yearly beginning 8 March, called St Norman's Market, and the other fair beginning yearly 14 [...], called Regulus Day, and either of the said fairs to endure by the space of five days. As also with power to them to seek, exact, receive and take up the tolls, customs, primegilt, averan, interest silver, gauging silver and others whatsoever, ships, boats and crayers applying and repairing within the bounds of the said port, haven and harbour and privilege of the said burgh and of all merchandise being therein, and to make and grant heritable dispositions of whatsoever common lands belonging to the said burgh for erecting, building and making of policy within the said burgh, and generally with all and sundry other prerogatives, privileges and immunities which ever of before pertained to the said burgh or which any other free burgh royal within this kingdom has possessed or holds, excepting and reserving to his highness and his successors the great customs within the said burgh used and wont. And also by the said charter our said late sovereign lord, for the causes contained therein, gave, granted and conveyed to the said provost, bailies, council and community of the said burgh and their successors the three chaplainries underwritten, namely: the chaplainry of St Regulus founded and endowed by the inhabitants of the said burgh and their predecessors, the chaplainry in that time, whereof the present rent yearly extended to £10 13s 4d, and the chaplainry of St Duthac in [...], and the chaplainry of St Michael there, lying within the liberty of the said burgh, which accounted together extends yearly in present rent to 16 merks, with the whole ferms, silver, mails, duties and annualrents pertaining to the said chaplainries, and every one of them, to be taken up by the said provost, bailies, council and community of the said burgh and their successors as a part of the common good thereof yearly, and to be applied by them upon the reparation and maintenance of the harbour thereof, in all time coming, to be held of our sovereign lord and in his highness's successors in free burgage, fee and heritage forever for yearly payment of 20 merks usual money of this realm at two usual terms in the year, Whitsunday [May/June] and Martinmas [11 November] in winter, by equal portions, in name of annualrent and burgh mail only, as the said charter of the date foresaid at more length bears, in all and sundry the heads, points, clauses, articles, circumstances and conditions contained therein and after the form and tenor thereof in all points. And our said sovereign lord and estates of parliament will, grant, decree and ordain that the said charter, precept of sasine and sasine following thereupon is and shall be a sufficient right and security to the said provost, bailies, council and community of the said burgh of Cromarty and their successors for possessing of the said burgh, lands, liberties, port, harbours, chaplainries, privileges, rents thereof and others specially and generally above-written contained therein perpetually in all time coming, likewise, in the same manner and with as great liberty, freedom and privilege as any other burgh royal within this realm has held and possessed their burgh, lands, liberties and privileges thereof, without interruption.
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Our sovereign lord, with advice and consent of the estates of this present parliament, ratifies and approves and, for his highness and his successors, perpetually confirms all and sundry charters, infeftments, confirmations, rights, titles, securities, letters, writs and evidents, gifts, donations, commodities, liberties, immunities and privileges made, given, granted and confirmed to the burgh of Inverness and contained in the original and fundamental charters granted by our said sovereign lord's most noble progenitors, kings and queens of Scotland for the time, to the said burgh of Inverness, provost, aldermen, bailies, council, burgesses and community of the same and their successors, of whatsoever forms or dates the same charters, infeftments, confirmations, rights, titles, securities, letters, writs and evidents are. And specially our said sovereign lord, with consent foresaid, ratifies, approves and, for his highness and his successors, perpetually confirms the charters, infeftments, confirmations, letters, writs, evidents, gifts, donations, commodities, liberties, immunities and privileges contained in the same made, granted and confirmed by our said sovereign lord's most noble progenitors of worthy memory by William the king, David the king, Alexander the king and King James I, kings of Scotland for the time, to the said burgh, provost, aldermen, bailies, council, burgesses and community of the same and their successors and the charter and confirmation made and granted thereupon by the late King James IV of blessed memory; as also the charter made and granted in defence of the divine service and ministry of the word of God and of the hospitals, poor, maimed and miserable persons, orphans and infants destitute of parents within the said burgh by the late Mary, queen of Scots, with advice of her secret council, to the provost, bailies, council and community of the said burgh and their successors forever, regarding the lands, tenements, houses, buildings, kirks, chaplainries, orchards, yards, acres, crofts, mills, fishings, yearly annualrents, fruits, mansion places, duties, profits, emoluments, kirk yards, ferms, yearly alms of the dead and others whatsoever mentioned in the said charter, of the date 21 April 1567, and the reign of the said the late Queen Mary, the 25th year. As also his majesty wills and grants and for his highness and his successors perpetually decrees and ordains that the said generality shall in no way hurt, harm nor infer prejudice to the said speciality, and that the said speciality shall not be derogative, neither shall infer damage or be given in prejudice of the said generality, and that this his majesty's approbation, ratification and confirmation of the premises is and shall be in all time coming of as great force, strength and effect in all respects to the said burgh of Inverness, provost, aldermen, bailies, council, burgesses and community of the same, and their successors, as if the said charters, infeftments, confirmations, rights, titles, letters, securities, writs and evidents were self sealed, confirmed by our said sovereign lord and inserted and incorporated in the said charter and confirmation at length word for word, notwithstanding that by reason of the plurality, multitude, longitude and prolixity of the same, in no way they are inserted nor incorporated herein, regarding which and all other defects whatsoever, our said sovereign lord for his highness and his successors dispenses for ever. Moreover, our said sovereign lord, with consent foresaid (without damage, derogation of the foresaid prior charters, infeftments, confirmations, rights, titles, securities, letters, writs, evidents, donations, gifts, liberties, commodities, immunities, privileges and others above-mentioned contained therein), but in more corroboration of the same, of new ratifies and approves the charter and infeftment under his highness's great seal of the date 1 January 1591, granted by his majesty's late father of blessed memory, whereby his majesty sets and in feu ferm lets and, for his highness and his successors, perpetually confirms to the said provost, bailies, council, burgesses and community of the said burgh of Inverness and their successors for ever, all and whole the said burgh of Inverness, lands, territory and community of the same and all and sundry lands, tenements, houses, buildings, kirks, chapels, chaplainries, orchards, temples, yards, acres, tofts, crofts, mills, multures, fishings, as well of salmon as of other fishing, as well in salt water as in fresh, annualrents, fruits, mansion places, manors, woods, duties, profits, emoluments, kirk yards, ferms, yearly alms of the dead, commodities, liberties, immunities and others whatsoever, as well ecclesiastic as secular, as well contained and mentioned in the said charters, infeftments, confirmations, rights, titles, securities, letters, writs, evidents, gifts and donations respectively, as lying in the said burgh of Inverness or in the territory, parish, commonty and liberty of the same, with all and sundry their tenants, tenancies and service of free tenants, fruits, commodities, annexes, connexes, parts, pendicles, privileges and pertinents whatsoever; as also all and sundry the lands of Draikes and forest of the same, the lands of Merkinch with the common pasture of the same, pertaining thereto of old, called Burgh Hauche, lying between the mountain and the water with the wood park between the top of the said hill and the said haugh; together with all lands of the said burgh of Inverness called Barnehillis, Claypots and Mylnefeild, and common lands called the Kers, and the lands called the Carnelawes bounded and limited as follows, namely: beginning at the burn called Auldenehemrie, now called the burn of Killodine, entering in the sea at the north east, which burn ascends to a burn called Aldnacreiche at the southeast, and from that as wind and weather shears† to a knowe called Knocknacreiche, now called Carnemewerrane, at the southwest, and from that as the same passes to Glascarnacreiche which bounds the barony of Dalcus at the south and the said lands of Daikes on the north, and from the said Glascarnacreiche northwest to a well or fountain called Toberdoniche, and directly west the brae Brayrinchaltoun to a knowe called Knokenagade at the southwest, and therefrom to a burn which divides [Hugh Fraser], lord Lovat's lands called the Easter Leyes and the common lands of the said burgh of Inverness at the west, and as the said burn lineally comes from the south, divides the lands of Cullbebake at the west and the lands of Knokintumall at the east, and from then certain march stones are pitted between the foresaid lands of Cullbebake and the common lands of the said burgh of Inverness, and as the same is lineally descended in a burn called Auld Mornike at the north and passing to the sea at the northeast. As also all and whole the common muir of the said burgh, and all and whole the water of Ness and all parts and both sides of the same, between the stone called Clachnaharry and the sea, with all fishings, as well of fishings of salmon as other fishes, and with all ports, harbours, cruikes, privileges, profits and commodities of the said water of Ness and of, in and upon the said water upon both parts and sides of the same, from the said stone to the sea, wherein the said water runs beside the fishing called the Stell with the fishing called the Reidpule on the west side of the ferry of Kessock, and with all fishings of salmon and other fishes and with all ports, harbours, cruikes, privileges, profits and commodities of the mouth of the said water of Ness and of and upon the said water mouth on both parts and sides thereof, with special power, faculty, licence and privilege to the said burgh of Inverness, provost, bailies, council and community of the said burgh present and to come, by themselves, their servants and subtenants in all time coming, to begin to fish the said water of Ness with boats and nets yearly and each year 10 November, and to maintain and repair the cruives from and upon both sides of the water of Ness foresaid, according to old use and wont; together with privilege and liberty of three fish traps within the said water rack, as is usual, with all the fish traps, profits and commodities thereof, and likewise all and whole the said firth of Kessock and shores of the same and landing places upon both parts and sides of the said firth and water of Ness, and with power of ferrying to and from upon the said firth and water by boats or other vessels whatsoever men, goods, cattle, victual, timber, packs and other goods and burdens whatsoever with all and sundry mariners, profits and commodities of the said firth, boats, vessels. And also all and sundry the mills of the said burgh called the King's Mills, multures, sequels, sucken thereof, with astricted and dry multures of the castle lands and other lands which pertained of old to the said mills, built upon the said water of Ness upon the south part of the castle, called Kanakehill mill, demolished and cast down at command and direction of his majesty's most noble progenitors by the aldermen, council, bailies and community for the time of the said burgh, to the effect that they and their successors might possess and enjoy the same with the said astricted multures for the yearly payment of 6 merks at two terms in the year, Whitsunday [May/June] and Martinmas [11 November], by equal portions, astricting all corns that receive fire and water within the territory, liberty or parish of the said burgh of Inverness, as well outsucken as insucken, to be brought to the said mills only and ground thereat, paying their multures, knaveship and others used and wont; together with power, privilege and liberty to the said burgh of Inverness, provost, bailies, council and community thereof, inhabitants of the same and their successors of pasturing their goods, pulling heather and to dig and [extract] fuel, sods, ferns, peat, divots, turf, lime, clay, mortar, stones and doing and exercising all other things necessary and profitable to them in and upon whatsoever lands, mountains and places as the said burgh and inhabitants thereof were in use of in any time before, and in special in and upon the mountains or hills called Craigsadrike, Caplachmont, Dawymont and Boighaue, and to transport and carry the same from there to the said burgh of Inverness and liberty thereof. And also with power, privilege and licence to the burgh of Inverness, provost, bailies, council, community and inhabitants thereof and their successors, their men, tenants and servants of sailing, passing, returning, carrying and transporting in boats or other vessels upon Loch Ness and all the parts thereof with timber, wood, victuals, fodder, cattle, burdens and other necessaries whatsoever to the said burgh of Inverness and liberty thereof, and therefrom to whatsoever other part, and likewise with two market days each week upon Friday and Saturday in the said burgh of Inverness, together with eight free fairs eight times in the year namely: the first on Palm Sunday; the second on 7 July, called St Andrew the Boys Day, which was held at the Rudcastle now demolished and cast down; the third fair upon 15 August, called Maria Fair; the fourth upon Ruid-day [14 September] in harvest, called the Ruid Fair; the fifth on 10 November, called Martinmas fair, which was held of old at St Martin's Kirk in Ardmeanach, now lying waste; the sixth fair on St Thomas Day before the nativity of our saviour, called St Thomas Fair; the seventh fair on 1 February, called Legavrik; the eighth fair the [...] day of [...], called St Mark's Fair, and each one of the said free fairs to hold by the space of eight days and to intromit with, lift, receive and collect the customs, commodities and tolls of the said eight fairs and of the said weekly markets, with all and sundry burgh mails, duties and small customs of the said burgh of Inverness and of all lands, villages and streets within the sheriffdom of Inverness, and specially of the towns of Tain and Rosemarkie, Chanonry, Dornoch, Fersey† and Wick in Caithness, and to apply the same to the common good of the said town of Inverness. And likewise with power, privilege and liberty to the said burgh of Inverness, provost, bailies, council, burgesses and community thereof and their successors, that no ship, crayer, bark, boat or vessel coming within Tarbatness with wine, salt, timber, fishes and other merchandise or merchant wares ought to unload or break bulk until the time they come to the said burgh of Inverness, that there they may unload and break bulk, as at the first and prime burgh of the said sheriffdom of Inverness, as the foresaid charter and infeftment granted by his majesty's late father to the said burgh of Inverness, containing diverse and sundry other privileges, liberties and immunities, at more length purports in all and sundry heads, articles, clauses, circumstances and conditions of the same, after the form and tenor thereof, in all points. And our said sovereign lord and estates of parliament will and grant and, for his highness and his successors, decree and ordain that this present ratification of the former charters, grounds and rights generally above-specified and of the new gift and disposition above-mentioned, containing whatsoever other privileges, liberties and immunities therein, is and shall be of as great force, strength and effect for possessing and enjoying of the said burgh, with all the liberties, privileges, immunities, profits and casualties mentioned therein, as if the said charters, grounds, rights, new gift and disposition specially and generally above-rehearsed were at length and expressly word for word engrossed and inserted herein; concerning which, and with all other defects and imperfections whatsoever which may be proposed or alleged against the said rights, or any of them or this present ratification thereof, our said sovereign lord and estates of parliament have dispensed and dispense for ever.
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Our sovereign lord and estates of parliament ratify and approve in favour of the provost, bailies, council and community of the burgh of Rosemarkie and their successors the charter made, given and granted by his majesty's late dearest father, James [VI], king of Great Britain, France and Ireland, defender of the faith, of worthy memory, with advice and consent of the lords, his highness's commissioners appointed for that effect, under the great seal of the said kingdom of Scotland, of the date at Edinburgh, 18 September 1612, by the which charter his majesty's said late dearest father, of worthy memory, with advice and consent foresaid, for the reasonable causes contained therein, has ratified, approved and confirmed all and sundry the infeftments, erections, privileges, liberties, immunities and prerogatives whatsoever specially and generally mentioned in the said charter, made, given and granted by his highness's most noble progenitors of worthy memory, the late Alexander, king of Scots, or the late King James II, king of Scots, or any others of his highness's predecessors, to the said burgh of Rosemarkie, to which the town of Fortrose, called the Chanonry of Ross, is united and annexed in manner mentioned in the said charter, of whatsoever date or dates the same be of, and to the inhabitants thereof in all and sundry the heads, points, articles and clauses thereof, which are held as for expressed in the said charter, and willing and granting and, for his highness and his successors, determining and ordaining the said burgh of Rosemarkie, having the said town of Fortrose united and annexed thereto in manner specified in the said charter, to be held and reputed a free burgh, and that the same shall possess and enjoy all and sundry immunities, privileges and prerogatives pertaining thereto, according to the form of the old erection and infeftment thereof, as the indwellers and inhabitants of the said burgh ever of before held and possessed and as freely as any other burgh whatsoever within this kingdom, and the new gift, donation and disposition contained in the said charter thereby made and granted by his majesty, with consent foresaid, to the said burgh of Rosemarkie and inhabitants thereof of all and sundry prerogatives, privileges and immunities which the said burgh ever had or might have, or which in any way pertained or might be known to pertain thereto, or to any other burgh within this kingdom, or whereof they or any other free burghs within this realm were in use to have and possess, and specially to have provosts, bailies, council and other officers whatsoever within the said burgh for governing thereof and administration of justice to all and sundry inhabitants thereof as need requires, and with the other liberties and privileges of a free burgh, specially and generally mentioned in the said charter, and the new annexation, union and incorporation of the said town of Fortrose to the said burgh of Rosemarkie so that the same shall be a burgh in all time coming called and to be called the burgh of Rosemarkie, and that the inhabitants of the said town of Fortrose shall be used and governed by the said provost, bailies and council of the said burgh of Rosemarkie as the burgesses and inhabitants of the said burgh of Rosemarkie, and all that belongs to the said burgh to be held of our sovereign lord in free burgage for service of burgh used and wont, and the sum of £3 money of this realm in name of feu ferm to be paid to his highness or his successors, their comptrollers, factors or chamberlains, as the said charter of the date foresaid at more length bears, with the precept of sasine and sasine following thereupon of whatsoever dates the same be of; and all and sundry the said former infeftments, gifts, erections, privileges, liberties, immunities and prerogatives whatsoever made, given and granted by his majesty or by any of his predecessors specially or generally above-mentioned to the said burgh of Rosemarkie, to which the said town of Fortrose is united and annexed as said is, regarding the said burgh liberties, privileges and immunities thereof, to the provost, bailies, council, burgesses, inhabitants and community of the said burgh of whatsoever dates, tenors or contents the same be of, in all and sundry the heads, points, clauses, articles, circumstances and conditions contained therein, and after the forms and tenors thereof in all points. And our said sovereign lord and estates of parliament will and grant and, for his highness and his successors, decree and ordain that this present ratification of the said rights specially and generally above-written is and shall be as effectual and sufficient and of as great force, strength and effect to the said provost, bailies, council, burgesses, inhabitants and community of the said burgh of Rosemarkie and their successors for the possessing of the said burgh of Rosemarkie, to which the said town of Fortrose is united and annexed in manner foresaid, in a free burgh royal, with all lands, rents, markets, fairs, liberties, privileges, immunities and prerogatives pertaining and belonging thereto granted to them and their predecessors by his majesty or any of his predecessors as if the said charter above-mentioned† were specially and particularly herein engrossed and inserted word for word, notwithstanding the same be not so done; concerning which, and with all other defects and imperfections and objections which may be proposed and alleged against the said charter and other rights above-written, or any of them and validities of the same, or this present ratification thereof, our said sovereign lord and estates of parliament have dispensed and by this ratification dispense for ever.
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Our sovereign lord, with advice and consent of the estates of parliament, ratifies, approves and perpetually confirms the charters, infeftments and other rights granted by his majesty's predecessors in favour of the burgh of Brechin, erecting the same in a free burgh royal with the privileges contained therein, and specially the charter and infeftment granted by King James III, his majesty's great-great-grandfather's father, under the great seal, bearing that the same was and is a free burgh royal and paid their taxes and contributions with other free burghs as is usual, and therefore gave to the provost, bailies, council and community of the said burgh then present and to come the particular customs, rights and privileges mentioned in the said charter and infeftment, which is dated at Brechin, 28 April 1488. And also ratifies and approves the charter and infeftment granted by King James VI, his majesty's father of blessed memory, under the great seal, to the said provost, bailies, council and community of the said burgh of Brechin, then present and to come, and to the hospital of the said burgh, of the whole lands, tenements, houses, rents and others whatsoever pertaining to whatsoever prebendary, altarage or other chaplainry whatsoever founded within the said burgh and liberties thereof wherever the said rents due thereto lies, dated at Leith, 20 June 1572, in all and sundry heads, articles, clauses and circumstances thereof, and wills and grants and, for his majesty and his successors, with advice and consent foresaid, decrees and ordains that this present confirmation is and shall be as effectual and valid to the said burgh of Brechin, provost, bailies, council and community thereof and their successors in all time coming as if the foresaid charters, infeftments and other rights respectively foresaid were word by word inserted herein; concerning which, and with all defects and inconveniences that may follow thereon, his majesty, with consent foresaid of the estates of parliament, has dispensed and by this ratification dispenses for ever. And further his majesty, with advice and consent foresaid, of new gives, grants and conveys to the provost, bailies, council and community of Brechin, now present and their successors in all time coming, all and whole the said burgh of Brechin, with the whole privileges, liberties and immunities thereof, and all and sundry the foresaid lands, tenements, houses, customs, rents and others respectively above-specified, with the pertinents, and wills and grants that the full and only liberty of electing and choosing of their provost, bailies, dean of guild, treasurer and council of the said burgh in all time coming shall pertain to the said burgh, according to the use, privilege and custom of other free burghs within this kingdom, notwithstanding of whatsoever power, privilege and liberty which the bishops of Brechin for the time had or pretended in the election and choosing of any of the bailies or magistrates of the said burgh at any time bygone, which power and privileges of the said bishops his majesty, with consent foresaid, declares to be null and abolished, reserving always to Patrick Maule of Panmure and his heirs the choosing of one of the bailies of the said burgh who shall be constable and justiciary therein as is usual yearly in time coming, according to the contracts and indentures passed between the said Patrick Maule and the said burgh of Brechin relating thereto and in manner and upon the conditions mentioned therein, which his majesty, with consent foresaid, ratifies and approves in the whole clauses and circumstances thereof; and also gives to the said burgh of Brechin, provost, bailies, council and community thereof present and to come full and free power, privilege and liberty as bailies to his majesty and his successors to receive resignations of whatsoever houses, tenements, ruids and acres of land within the said burgh, liberty and territory thereof, which were held of before of whatsoever bishop, prelate, chapter and other ecclesiastic person whatsoever at any time bygone, and to give sasine thereupon in the same way as of any other houses and tenements held of his majesty in free burgage in due and competent form, and also to give and grant sasines to the heirs of the last deceased vassals of the same by hesp and staple according to the use and custom of burgh, which his majesty, with consent foresaid, declares to be lawful, valid and sufficient to the receivers.
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Our sovereign lord and estates of parliament ratify, approve and confirm to and in favour of the provost, bailies, dean of guild, treasurer, council and community of the burgh of Lanark and their successors the charter of confirmation, with the new gift and disposition contained therein, precept and instrument of sasine following thereupon made, given and granted in their favour by our said sovereign lord, under his highness's great seal, with advice and consent of his majesty's treasurers principal and depute and other lords of his highness's exchequer of the kingdom of Scotland, his majesty's commissioners, of the date at Whitehall, 20 February 1632, whereby his majesty, with consent foresaid, ratified, approved and confirmed the charters, infeftments and other rights, titles and securities particularly and generally mentioned therein, made, given and granted by his highness's predecessors of worthy memory to the said provost, bailies, council and community of the said burgh of Lanark and their successors of all and whole the same burgh, with the lands, houses, buildings, tofts, crofts, infields, outfields, common pasturages, mosses, muirs, marshes, peat-pots, woods, fishings, coal pits, coals, altarages, advocations, donations, presentations, privileges, liberties, offices and others particularly and generally expressed therein; and also of new gave, granted and conveyed to the said provost, bailies, council and community of the said burgh of Lanark and their successors all and whole the same burgh, with all and sundry lands, houses, buildings, yards, tofts, crofts, infields, outfields, common pasturages, mosses, muirs, peat-pots, marshes, woods, fishings of salmon and other fishings, coals, coal pits, quarries, lime, limestone, office of sheriffship, privileges, liberties and others particularly and generally mentioned and contained in the said charter, to be held of our said sovereign lord and his highness's successors in a free burgh royal forever, for payment yearly of 6 merks sterling money, as being the old burgh mail, and with service of burgh used and wont; and for the friar lands, altarages and others expressed in the said charter, the sum of 2 merks usual money of Scotland in name of feu ferm, as in the said charter, precept and instrument of sasine following thereupon at more length is contained in all and sundry heads, articles, clauses, conditions and circumstances whatsoever mentioned and contained in the said charter, precept and instrument of sasine following thereupon. Moreover, our said sovereign lord and estates of parliament will and grant and, by this ratification, decree and ordain that the said act of ratification and generality thereof is and shall be of as great value, force, strength and effect to the said provosts, bailies, council and community of the said burgh of Lanark and their successors as if the said charter, precept and instrument of sasine following thereupon were all at length word by word engrossed and inserted herein; concerning which, and with all other objections, defects and imperfections that may be proposed or alleged against the validity of the said charter, precept and instrument of sasine, or of this ratification thereof, our said sovereign lord and estates of parliament have dispensed and by this ratification dispense for now and ever.