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The estates of parliament ratify and approve the contract and appointment made and passed between John [Lindsay], earl of Crawford Lindsay etc. on the one part and Mr David Buchanan on the other part, of the date 24 January 1648, whereby the said John, earl of Crawford, as having right by contract passed between him and James Livingstone, one of his majesty's late father's bedchamber, on the one and other parts of the date 24 March 1647 to the rents and duties belonging to the temporality and spirituality of the late bishopric of Dunblane, whereof the teinds after-specified are a part by right and disposition thereof from the said James Livingstone who had right thereto, and to certain other bishoprics from his majesty's said late dearest father of worthy memory by two several gifts, one under the privy seal of the date 2 October 1641, the other under the great seal of the date 7 May 1642, sold, assigned and conveyed to the said Mr David Buchanan, his heirs and assignees whatsoever all and sundry the teind sheaves and other teinds great and small, parsonage and vicarage, of all and sundry the thirty shilling land sometime pertaining to [John Drummond], earl of Perth, thereafter to Robert Campbell of Glenfalloch, and of the twenty pound, thirteen shilling, four penny land also pertaining to the said Robert Campbell, and of the six pound land pertaining to Sir John Buchanan of that ilk, and of the nineteen merk land pertaining to the late Alexander Shaw of Cambusmore and the late Mr James Shaw of Knockhill, with the pertinents, lying within the parish of Kilmahog and annexed to the kirk of Callander, and that of all years and terms bygone resting owed and yearly and termly in time coming; and also the said earl of Crawford Lindsay assigned, transferred and conveyed to the said Mr David Buchanan and his aforesaids the aforesaid two gifts, the one under the privy seal and the other under the great seal, whereby his majesty promised to pass infeftment to every heritor of their own teinds after the sight of the said alienations, to be held of his majesty and his successors in free blench in manner at length specified in the said contract, together with the right and translation of the said teinds and aforesaid two gifts and contract respectively in so far as may be extended thereto made by the said Mr David Buchanan in favour of John Buchanan of Arnprior, dated 28 January last, in all and sundry heads, articles, clauses and circumstances thereof. And the said estates of parliament will and declare and also will and grant, decree and ordain that the aforesaid ratification is and shall be as valid and sufficient to the said John Buchanan of Arnprior, his heirs and assignees as if the aforesaid contract, right and translation thereof, charters, infeftments and sasines to follow thereupon, were word by word expressed herein, albeit the same be not so done; with the which, and with all that may follow thereupon the said estates of parliament have dispensed and by this ratification dispense forever. And likewise have dissolved and dissolve the aforesaid teinds from his majesty's crown and patrimony thereof and from all benefices, annexations and others to which the same pertained or was annexed of before, and give, grant and convey the same to the said John Buchanan and his aforesaids, to be held of his majesty and his successors in manner aforesaid; and ordain infeftment to be passed in their favour thereupon under the great seal. And also will, ordain and declare that the aforesaid contract and translation thereof, infeftments, two gifts and rights thereto respectively above-specified shall be good, valid and sufficient rights and titles to the said John Buchanan and his aforesaids for holding and possessing the aforesaid teinds heritably and for ever in all time coming, notwithstanding of whatsoever impediment, act, statute or objection made or to be made in the contrary, according to the tenor of the aforesaid contract and rights hereby ratified in all points.