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Our soverane lord, takeing to consideration that Archibald McDonnell of Sandy wes violently put to death at Dunnavertie for his faithfull and constant adherence to and serveing of his majesties' dearest father, of glorious memorie, dureing the late troubles and that [...] McDonnell, his sonne, did faithfullie serve his majestie by joyneing and concurring in armes with the marques of Montrose for asserting his majesties' just authority and opposeing the enemies and invaders thairof, and that the said Archibald McDonnell and [...] McDonnell, his sonne, were forfalted at the least dispossest of their whole estate in the yeer 164[...] for their good and faithfull service done to their dread soverane, which estate hath, ever since the decease of the said umqhile Archibald McDonnell who wes put to death in anno 16[...], been brooked and enjoyed be the marques of Argyll and Alexander Mcnaughtoun of Dundraw, or others to whom they have disposed or set the same, by which and thair debarring of Christian Stewart, relict of the said umqhile Archibald McDonnell, from her lyverent of so much of the said estate as she stands infeft in, and by debarring of Ronnald McDonnell, sonne to the said [...] Mc Donnell and oy and appearand air to the said deceast Archibald McDonnell, from the possession of the remanent of the said estate wherin the said Christian is not infeft since their deceases, and therby have been reduced to great extremities and hardships, and as yet continewes so; and his majestie, being sensible therof and how far it doth concerne his majesties' honour that all and everie such decreit and sentence of forfaltour pronunced by parliament, convention, committie of estates or justice courts, and all acts, interloquitors or others relateing therto preceiding the date heirof, be reduced as unwarrantablie and illegallie pronunced upon most unjust grounds, and that the said Christiane Stewart, relict of the said umqhile Archibald McDonnell, and the said Ronnald McDonnald, his oy and appearand air, be reponed and possest in the said estate conforme to their respective rights thairof, notwithstanding any such sentence, decreit or interloquitur, as said is; thairfor, his majestie, with advice and consent of his estates of parliament, cassis, annulls, declares and decernes all and everie such sentence or decreit of forfaltour pronunced by parliament, convention, committie of estates or justice court, and all acts, interloquitors and others relateing therto against the said deceast Archibald and [...] McDonnells, or any deid done in prejudice of the said Christian Stewart or Ronald McDonnell preceiding the date heirof, to have been from the begining, to be now and in all tyme comeing null, voyd and of no strength, force nor effect, as if the same had never been pronunced, and that it shall be lawfull to the said Christian Stewart, relict of the said deceast Archibald McDonnell, presentlie to enter to the peaceable possession of so much of the said estate as she stands infeft in, and that it shall also be lawfull to the said Ronnald McDonnell to serve himselff air to the said deceast Archibald McDonnell, his goodsir, or to the said [...] McDonnell, his father, or any of his predicessors in the said estate, or any other estate wherin they or any of them died infeft, and to enter presentlie to the possession of the same, and brooke and enjoy all freedomes, priveledges and immunities therto belonging as if the said sentence or acts had never been pronunced or made, but any stop or gainsaying.