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Our soverane lord and estates of parliament, takeing to their consideration that ther is no burgh nor mercat toun within the paroches of Breymar, Strathdie, Glengarne, Glenmuck, Tullichaboyne, Glentanner, Strathdon, Strathdoun, Migvie, Tarlan and Coldstone wherby the leidges are heaviely prejudged and put to great expences in goeing to mercate touns at a far distance for buying of such necessarie commodities as they stand in neid of, and being informed that the toun of Tulliche lyes in the midle parte of the saids paroches, and is ane fit place for holding of mercats and fairs therin, wherto all his majesties' subjects within these bounds may readily repare with ease to themselffs; thairfor, his majestie, with advice and consent of his estates of parliament, doth allow to William Ferquharsone of Inverray, his aires and successors and inhabitants of the said toun of Tullich, to have ane weekly mercat on Tuisday for selling and buyeing of fish, flesh, oxen, sheip, cattell, wheat, meall, malt, bear and all other victuall, cloth, lining and wollen, and other merchant goods, together with tuo frie fairs yeerly each of them the space of four dayes, the one therof upon the first Tuisday of May and the other upon the second Tuisday of September, yeerly in all tyme comeing, with full power to the said William Ferwharsone, his airs and successours be themselffs or such as they shall appoint, to collect, gather, intromet with and uplift the tolls, customes, casualities and all other dewes of the saids mercats and fairs usit and wont, conforme to the antient customes in the lyk caces, and recommends to the lords of his majesties' exchequer to passe ane signatour therupon in favours of the said William Ferwharson and his forsaids, in due and competent forme as effeirs.