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Our soverane lord, with advice and consent of his estats of parliament, considering that his majestie, be his gift and signature under his royall hand ordeaneing ane charter to be past therupon, under his majesties' great seale, in dew and competent forme, hes given, granted and disponed to Sir Johne Wrwhart of Cromertie, knight, his airs male and assignayes whatsomever heretablie, all and haill the lands and baronie of Cromertie, comprehending therin the office and jurisdiction of shirreffship, stell and salmond fishings, borrow maills and others mentioned in the said signature, as the samen, containeing ane novo damus with ane union and erection of all the saids lands in ane haill and frie barronie, called the baronie of Cromertie, to be holden of his majestie and his successours for service of waird and releiff, and whilk waird is taxt to tuo hundreth merks dureing the waird and nonentrie, alsmuch for the releiff and four hundreth merks for the mariage of the air when the samen shall fall, with his majesties' promeis in verbo principis to ratifie the samen charter and infeftments in parliament, as the samen signature at more lenth proports. Thairfor, our said soverane lord, with advice and consent forsaid, be thir presents, ratifies, approves and perpetually confirmes the forsaid signature containing the said novo damus and taxt waird abovementioned, with the charter under the great seale, precept under the quarter seale and instrument of sasine following therupon, in the haill heids, obleidgements, articles and clauses therof, and decernes, declares and ordeanes that the forsaid generall ratification is and shall be als sufficient as if the said signature, charter and infeftment aboverehearsed wer de verbo in verbum heirin insert, and as if the said signature wer past the great seale, and the charter therupon fullie extendit; wheranent and with all objections that may be proponed against the validitie of the said ratification, our said soverane lord, with advice and consent of his estates of parliament, hes dispensed and, be thir presents, dispenses for ever.