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Our soverane lord, with advice and consent of his majesties' estates of parliament, ratifies and approves the charter and infeftment granted be his majestie, under his hienes['s] great seale of this kingdome, to Captane Walter Lockhart of Kirktoun, therin designed youngest lawfull sonne to Steven Lockhart of Wiketshaw and Marion Drummond, his spous, the longest liver of them tuo in conjunct fie, for her liverent use allenerlie, and to the airs lawfully gotten or to be gotten betuixt them, which failyeing to the said Walter Lockhart, his aires and assignayes whatsomever heretablie and irredeimably, off all and haill the lands of Kirktoun, with the pendicle therof called the Kirkstyll, extending in the haill to ane fourtie shilling land of old† extent, with the maner place, houses, bigings, yeards, orchyeards, grasse, pasturage, mosses, moores, meidowes, woods, fishings, coalls, coallheughs, milnes, milnelands, multers and sequells thairof, lymestane, parts, pendicles and pertinents of the samen, with the teinds of the saids lands and pertinents thairof includit, lying within the paroche of Carluke and shirreffdome of Lanerk; beareing also ane gift de novo damus, with ane union of the saids lands and others abovespecified with the pertinents in ane haill and frie barronie called and to be called, in all time comeing, the baronie of Kirktoun, together with ane erection of the said toun of Kirkstyll in ane frie burgh of barronie to be called the burgh of barronie of Kirkstyll in all time comeing, and haill priveledges, liberties, casualities and dewties of the samen, and spetially but prejudice of the said generalitie, the priveledge and libertie of keeping and holding ane weeklie mercat within the said burgh upon Wednesday, and tuo frie fairs, one upon the tent day of May and the other upon the tuentie day of October yeerly, and uplifting, intrometting with and disponeing upon the haill tolls, customes, casualities, proffeits and dueties of the samen; to be holden of our said soverane lord and his majesties' successours in few ferme, frie barronie, burgh of barronie and heritage for ever, for payment of the soume of four pund[s], eight shillings Scots money of few duetie yeerly, at tuo termes in the yeer Witsunday and Mertymes, in winter, be equal portions, and giving three sutes at the three heid courts to be holden in the barronie of Lesmahego yeerlie, and als the airs of the said Walter doubling the said few dewtie the first yeer of their entrie to the saids lands, in maner at lenth mentioned in the said charter, which is of the date at Whitehall, the sexteinth day of May 1662 yeers, together with the right and disposition, procuratorie of resignation contained therin and instrument of resignation wherupon the same proceidit, with the precept of sasine under the testimoniall of the great seale, of the date therof, and instrument of sasine following therupon, in all and sindrie heids, points, priveledges, articles, clauses and circumstances thairof whatsomever. And his majestie, with advice and consent forsaid, wills and grants and als decernes and ordaines that the forsaid ratification is and shall be als effectuall, valeid and sufficient to the said Walter Lockhart, and his said spous and thair forsaids, as if the forsaid charter and infeftment, grounds thairof, and precept and sasine following therupon, wer word be word exprest heirin, albeit the samen be not so done; wheranent and with all that may follow therupon, his majestie, with advice and consent forsaid, hes dispenced and, be thir presents, dispenses for ever. And further, his majestie, with advice and consent of his saids estates of parliament, wills and declares that the forsaid charter and infeftment, grounds thairof forsaid and precept and sasine following therupon, with this present ratification thairof, shall be good, valeid, effectuall and sufficient rights and tytles to the said Walter Lockhart, and his said spous and thair forsaids, for enjoying, brookeing and possessing of the saids lands, barronie, teinds, burgh of barronie, with the forsaids weeklie mercats and yeerly frie fairs and remanent priveledges, liberties, casualities, dueties, partes, pendicles and pertinents of the samen abovementioned, heretablie and irredeemablie in all time comeing, inhibiteing and dischargeing heirby all his majesties' leidges and subjects of this realme and others whom it effeirs, of what degree or qualitie soever, to trouble or molest the said Walter Lockhart or his forsaids, thair baillies, councill and communitie of the said burgh of barronie of Kirkstyll, in keeping of the forsaids fairs and mercats and uplifting and enjoying the proffeits, priveledges and casualities therof, and others abovewritten in time comeing.