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The estats of parliament, presently conveened by his majesties' spetiall authority, have ratified and approven and, be thir presents, ratifies and approves ane charter made and past under his majesties' great seall, dated at Whitehall, the nynt day of August 1667 yeers, wherby his majestie hes given, granted and disponed to Sir Johne Baird of Newbyth, knight, ane of the senators of the colledge of justice, his airs and assignays whatsomever, heretably and irredeemably, all and haill the lands and others underwritten viz, the ten pund land of the toun and lands of Gilmertoun, and ten merke lands of the mayns of Gilmertoun, with the maner place, houses, biggings, mansioun, yeards, orchyeards, meidows, parts, pendicles, annexis, connexis, dependences, outsets, coalls, coalheughs, tennents, tennendries, service of free tennents, and all thair pertinents whatsomever; and all and haill that husband land of the toun and lands of Gilmertoun called Lumsland, all lyand within the shirreffdome of Edinburgh, and siclyk all and haill the halff of all and sindrie the mains of Gilmertoun and milne thairof, milnlands, multers, houses, biggings, sucken and sequells, watergates and all priveledges perteaning therto, with the maner place, yeards, orchyeards, woods, fishings, coalls, coallheughs, parts, pendicles and pertinents whatsomever perteaning and belonging to the saids lands and milns; and all and haill that husband land of the toun and lands of Gilmertoun called Boigsland, with houses, bigings, yeards and pertinents of the samen, all lyand within the shirreffdome of Edinburgh; and all and haill the lands of Gilmertoun Grange, with houses, bigings and pertinents thairof, lyand within the lordship of Newbotle and shirreffdome forsaid, and boundit in maner at lenth mentioned in the said charter; as also all and haill the lands of Todhills, with houses, bigings and pertinents, lyand within the lordship and shirreffdome forsaid, also boundit in maner contained in the said charter, as the samen containing ane nova damus of the said haill lands and teinds and dissolution of the samen fra all barronies and others wherunto the samen or any parte therof wer any ways formerly annexed, with ane erection and union thairof in ane haill and frie barrony, to be called in all tyme therafter the barrony of Gilmertoun, and ordaining the maner place of Gilmertoun to be the principall messuage of the said barronie, wherat or upon any other parte of the barronie, ane sasine is to be taken for the wholl in all tyme comeing, and containing ane ratification and confirmation of severall charters and rights granted in favours of the said Sir Johne Baird and severall his authors and predicessours of the saids lands; to be holden of his majestie and his successours be service of waird and releiff, except the saids lands of Gilmertoun Grange and Todhills, and teinds of the saids haill lands with the pertinents, whilk are holden of his majestie in few and blensh ferme for payment of the respective few and blensh dueties contained in the said charter, as the samen at more lenth proports; lykas his majestie therby taxed the forsaid waird lands to the soum of threttie pund[s] Scots money yeerly dureing the waird and nonentrie, as much for the releiff thairof, and to the soum of tuo hundreth merks money forsaid for the mariage of the air, when the samen shall happen, and dispenses with the airs to enter to the saids waird lands notwithstanding of thair minority, together with the precept under the quarter seall and instrument of sasine following thairupon, in the haill heids, obleisments, articles, clauses, tenors and contents thairof; and wills and grants and, for them and thair successors, decerns and ordains that the forsaid generall ratification is and shall be als valeid, effectuall and sufficient to the said Sir Johne Baird and his forsaids, as if the said charter, precept and instrument of sasine wer heirin spetially at lenth insert; wheranent and with all other exceptions or objections that may be moved or alledged against the validity of the said ratification, the saids estates of parliament hes dispensed and dispenses heirby for ever.
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Our soverane lord and estates of this present parliament ratifies, approves and perpetually confirms the charter and infeftment made and granted be his majestie, under his highnes['s] great seale, to Sir James Dalrymple of Stair, knight and barronet, one of the senators of the colledge of justice, his airs, successors and assignays whatsomever, of all and haill the fourtein pund land of old extent of Stair, with the milns, woods, fishings and pertinents of the samen, comprehending the fourty shilling land of the mains of Stair, with the tour, fortalice and maner place of Stair; the fourty shilling land of Davidstoun; the fourty shilling land of Mackiestoun; the fourty shilling land of Stairaird; the fourty shilling land of Dunningstoun; the fourty shilling land of Lochhill; the fourty shilling land of Chalmerstoun and Burne, with the cornemilne of Stair, milnelands, multers, sucken and sequells thairof, with woods, lochs and other pertinents of the samen, and salmond fishings in the water of Air, used and wont, with all other pairts, pendicles and pertinents of the samen; all and haill the four merk land of Clonstang and Mackwallackstoun, comprehending the lands of Holbyre, Burnbrae and Thorne, and the four merk land of Burne and Trabbochmains, comprehending the lands of Lawhill, Begstoun, Hannastoun and Keyshill, with the pertinents, proppertie and superiority of the samen; and all and haill the tuenty shilling land of old extent of Carbowie, with houses, bigings, yeards, parts, pendicles and pertinents thairof, all lying within the parochen of Ochiltrie, Kingskyll and shirreffdome of Air, together with the teinds, great and small, personage and viccarage of the haill forsaids lands, with the pertinents included thairwith and annuities of the saids teinds, with frie ish and entrie to the meidow of the lands of Carbowie throw whatsomever lands perteaning to Sir Johne Cochrane of Ochiltrie, with the new gift and disposition of the forsaids lands and erection of the samen in a frie barronie and change of the holding of so many of the forsaids lands as are holden waird, from simple to taxt waird, for payment of the taxed dewties mentioned in the said charter for the waird, nonentrie and releiff of the saids lands and mariage of the airs succeiding thairto, which charter is of the date at Whitehall, the fifteinth day of February 1669 yeers, together also with the precept and instrument of seasing following therupon, in all and sindrie heads, articles, clauses, tenors and contents thairof, circumstances and conditions thairincontained; and declares, statuts and ordains that this present generall ratification thairof is and shall be als valeid, effectuall and sufficient, in all respects, as if the samen wer at lenth word be word insert in this present act of parliament, dispensing with the not inserting thairof heirin, and with all other exceptions or objections whatsomever that may be proponed or alledged against the validitie thairof, and his majestie and estates of parliament forsaid wills, grants, decerns and declares that the forsaid charter, with the precept and instrument of sasine following therupon, and this present ratification thairof, shall be a good, valeid and sufficient right to the said Sir James Dalrymple and his forsaids to brooke, enjoy and possesse the lands and others abovewritten thairincontained, after the forme and tenor of the said charter, as their oune propper heretage heretably in all tymecomeing.
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Our soverane lord, with advice and consent of the estates of parliament, conveened by his majesties' spetiall authority, ratifies, approves and confirmes to and in favours of Mr Andrew Oswald of Dalders, advocat, and Issobell Sympson, his spous, and longest liver of them tuo in lyverent, and to David Oswald, eldest lawfull sonne to the said Mr Andrew Oswald, his airs and assignays in fie, the charter and infeftment granted to them, under his majesties' great seale, of the date the threttie day of Aprile 1666 yeers, of all and haill the toun and lands of Dalders, with houses, bigings, yeards, tofts, crofts, orchyeards, parts, pendicles, annexis, connexis and haill pertinents of the samen whatsomever, together with the salmond fishing and other fishings used and wont in the water of Carron, lying within the shirreffdome of Stirling, proceiding upon the said Mr Andrew Oswald his oune resignation, together with the new gift, disposition and confirmation contained in the said charter of the lands and others forsaids, granted be his majestie, with consent of his majesties' thesaurer, thesaurer deput and lords of his majesties' exchequer, to the said Mr Andrew Oswald, and his said spous and longest liver of them tuo in liverent, and to the said David Oswald, sonne to the said Mr Andrew, his airs and assignays in fie heretably, and with all right, title and enteres, petitor or possessor, which his majestie, his predecessours or successours had, hes or any ways may have, clame or pretend therto, and to the maills, fermes and dewties thairof of any yeers or terms bygone or to come, be reason of waird, releiff, nonentrie, escheat, forfaltour, recognition, alienation, reduction, purpresture, disclamation, bastardie, last air or be any other maner of way, right or tytle, together also with the erection and union contained in the said charter wherby the said toun and lands of Dalders, and fishing forsaid, is unite, creat and incorporat in a whole frie barronie, to be called now and in all tyme comeing the barronie of Dalders, appointing and ordaining that a sasine to be taken at the maner place of Dalders shall stand and be a good and sufficient sasine for the haill toun, lands and fishing, with all the pertinents, parts and pendicles thairof, without any other particular sasine to be taken theranent; to be holden of our soverane lord and his highnes['s] airs and successours in fie heretage and frie barrony for ever, for payment of the taxed waird dewties underwritten, that is to say, tuentie merks Scots money yeerly dureing the waird and nonentrie, when it shall happen, the lyk soum for releiff and the soum of one hundreth merks money forsaid for the mariage of the air, when it shall happen, to the whilk soums of money his majestie, for the causes contained in the said charter, hes therby of certane knowledge and propper motive, with consent forsaid, for him and his forsaids, taxed the said waird, nonentrie, mariage and releiff, in all tyme comeing, and now as if wer already fallen and then as now, hes assigned and disponed the samen to the said David Oswald, his airs and assignays for payment of the taxed dueties abovewritten for ever, and hes ordained and declared that it shall be leissum to the said David Oswald, his airs and assignays succeiding in the right of the saids lands and barrony, in all tyme comeing, at whatsomever tyme of their age, to enter, serve, retour and obtain themselffs infeft therin be breives furth of the chancelry, notwithstanding of the said waird holding and nonentrie of the saids airs, dispensing with the saids services and with the judges and persons of inquest that shall be therupon; and by the said charter also it is provydit and declared that it shall be leissum to the said Mr Andrew Oswald and his spous, and to the said David Oswald and his airs and assignays, to sell and dispone the saids lands and fishing, or any parte therof or any annualrent or yeerly duety furth of the samen in lyverent, fie or any other maner of way, to any persons and to grant charters and infeftments therupon, without consent of his majestie or his successors, notwithstanding of the said taxed waird holding, whilks rights and securities are holden and declared to be als good and sufficient to the receavers as if the saids lands wer holden in blensh or few, renunceing all action of recognition that might follow therupon and dispenseing theranent for ever, together with the precept of sasine relative to the said charter and with the instrument of sasine following thairon in favours of the said Mr Andrew Oswald and his said spous, and to the said David Oswald his sone, in lyverent and fie respective as is abovewritten, in all and sindrie the heids, points, clauses, articles, circumstances and conditions of the said charter and precept of sasine, after the formes and tenors thairof, in all points; and our soverane lord and estates of parliament wills and grants and, for his hienes and his successours, decerns and ordains that this present ratification therof shall be als good, valeid and sufficient and of als great force, strenth and effect to the said Mr Andrew Oswald, and his spous, dureing their lifetymes and thairafter to the said David Oswald and his forsaids, for bruiking and enjoying of the saids lands and fishing, with the priveledge of free barronie for payment of the taxed waird dueties abovespecified therin contained, when they shall happen to fall allenerly, and to enjoy the remanent priveledges, freedoms and liberties above mentioned contained in the said charter, as if the samen wer all at lenth spetially ingrost and insert de verbo in verbum in this present ratification, notwithstanding that the samen be not so done; wheranent and with all other faults, defects and imperfections of the said charter and infeftment, or which may be proponed, objected or alledged against the same validitie thairof, or this present ratification of the samen, our soverane lord and estates of parliament hes dispensed and, be thir presents, dispenses for ever.
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Our soverane lord, with advice and consent of his estates of parliament, be thir presents, ratifies, approves and confirms the charter under his majesties' great seale, dated the second day of May 1667 yeers, made and granted to Mr Johne Young of Leny, his airs maill and assignays, of all and haill the lands of Over and Nether Lenys, with houses, bigings, yeards, orchyeards, doucats, parts, pendicles, tennents, tennendries and service of frie tennents of the saids lands, and all and sindrie thair pertinents, lying within the shirreffdome of Edinburgh, whilks lands perteaned heretably of before to the said Mr Johne Young, holden be him of our soverane lord for service of waird and releiff, and wer resigned be him and his procurators in his name, in his majestie and his commissioners of exchequer thair hands, for a new infeftment to be made and granted thairof to the said Mr Johne Young, and his airs maill and assignays forsaids, whilk charter doeth containe ane ample claus de novo damus cum pacto de non petendo and with suppliment of all other faults, defects and imperfections, alswell not named as named, whilk his hienes holds as for exprest in the said charter. Lykas his majestie, of propper motive and royall power, did unite, create and incorporat the saids lands of Over and Nether Lenys, with their pertinents forsaids, in ane haill and frie barronie to be called the barronie of Leny, ordaining ane sasine to be taken at the maner place of Leny, whilk should be sufficient for the haill lands, with all and sindrie other comodities, liberties, priveledges and freedoms as any other barronie; and our said soverane lord, be the forsaid charter, did provyde, decerne and ordaine that whenever and sua oft the saids lands and barrony of Leny, with the pertinents, should fall and become in his hienes hands or his successors, be reason of waird and nonentrie, that then the said Mr Johne Young, his airs maill and assignays should pay and delyver to his majestie and his successors, and their thesaurers in thair names, the soume of tuentie punds money of this realme, at tuo termes in the yeer Lambes and Candlemes, be equall portions, for the proffeit of the waird and nonentrie yeerly, and for releiff of the saids lands the soume of other tuenty punds, and when the samen shall happen for the mariage of the air, the soume of one hundreth pund[s] Scots money forsaid, for the value of the said waird and nonentrie, yeerly releiff and mariage now taxed and modified. Lykas his majestie, then as now and now as then, if the said waird, nonentrie and mariage had fallen, his majestie assigned and disponed the same to the said Mr Johne Young, his airs maill and assignays whatsomever, for payment of the said taxt dewtie, and siclyk it wes provyded and declared that it should be leisum and lawfull to the said Mr Johne Young or his forsaids to sell and dispone upon the saids lands and barrony of Leny, or to burden the samen in haill or in parte with annualrent, fie, lyverent, right to whatsomever persone, and to grant charter and infeftment theron or otherways, without consent of his hienes or his successors, notwithstanding the saids lands are holden taxt waird, as said is, and the samen should be als sufficient as if the lands wer holden few or blensh, and lykways it is decerned and declared be the said charter that it should be leisum to the air or airs of the said Mr Johne Young to purchesse themselffs entered infeft, and confirmed as air to the said waird lands in any tyme of their minority, notwithstanding the lands are holden waird, as said is, dispensing with the persons of inquest and with the service or services. And farder, his majestie thairby faithfully promitted for himselff and his successors to ratifie and approve the said signator, charter and infeftments following theron, in his majesties' next ensueing parliament, and did require his majesties' estates of parliament accordingly to ratifie the samen, together with the instrument of resignation, precept of sasine and infeftment following upon the said charter, in all and sindrie points, articles, clauses, circumstances and conditions particularly mentioned and exprest in the said charter and infeftment, after the forme and tenor therof, and statuts and ordains this present confirmation of the samen to be als valeid, effectuall and sufficient as if the samen forsaid charter, instrument of resignation, procuratorie, precept and instrument of sasine, and other writts following therupon, wer at lenth word be word insert heirin, dispensing, be thir presents, with the not inserting thairof in the forsaid ratification, and with the sasine if any be already taken, and with all other defects, objections and imperfections whatsomever whilk may be objected against the said charter, erection and taxt forsaid thairincontained, and the validitie of this present ratification and confirmation thairof in all points, and declares, statuts and ordains that the forsaid charter, procuratorie of resignation, precept, instrument of sasine and remanent rights and securities made to the said Mr Johne Young, and taxt now modified as said is, are and shall be sufficient and valeid rights and securities for brooking and enjoyeing of the saids lands in all tyme comeing, to be holden of his majestie and his successours in maner abovementionat, willing and requireing this present ratification, taxt waird, union and erection of ane barronie, as said is, to stand in full vigour, force, strenth and effect, notwithstanding of whatsumever generall or particular revocation be our said soverane lord, made or to be made, whilk his majestie, be thir presents, declares shall noways be comprehendit nor extendit in hurt and prejudice of the said charter and infeftment, and this present ratification thairof in any points, articles and conditions of the samen.
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Our soverane lord, with advice and consent of his estates of parliament, hes ratified and approven and, be thir presents, with advice and consent forsaid, ratifies and approves ane charter and infeftment, granted be his majestie under the great seale, of the date the tuentie-fourt day of May 1667 yeers, to Thomas Moncreiff, one of the clerks of exchequer, his airs and assignays whatsomever heretablie and irredeimably, of all and haill the lands and barronie of Moncreiff and lands of Kilgerstoun, lyand within the parochine of Dumbairnie, and shirreffdome of Pearth; and of all and haill the lands of Techind, lyand in the parochine of [...] and shirreffdome of Fyff, with maner place, houses, bigings and pertinents therof, upon the resignation of Sir Johne Moncreiff of that ilk, knight, together with the clause of new gift, union and erection of the saids lands in ane frie barrony, for the yeerly payment of the rights and services useit and wont, taxed and modified in maner underwritten viz, upon the provision that how oft the saids lands and barronie should fall and become in the hands of his majestie or his successours, be reason of waird, releiff and nonentrie, that nevertheles the said Thomas Moncreiff, his airs and successors, should peaceably brooke and possesse the saids lands for payment to his majestie and his successours dureing the space of the said waird, releiff and nonentrie of the soume of tuenty punds money yeerlie, at tuo termes Witsunday and Mertymes in winter, be equall portions, with the soume of one hundreth punds for the mariage of the air or airs when the samen should happen, for payment of which soumes the said waird, releiff and mariage are disponed to them in all and sindrie the heids, articles, clauses, provisions and conditions of the said charter, with the precept and instrument of sasine following therupon and contract and disposition wherupon the samen proceidit, willing and declareing this present ratification to be als valeid and sufficient to the said Thomas Moncreiff and his forsaids as if the said charter wer heirin at lenth ingrossed.
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Our soverane lord and estates of parliament, presently conveened by his majesties' spetiall authority, have ratified, approven and, be thir presents, ratifies and approves ane charter made and past under his majesties' great seale, of the date at Edinburgh, the tuelff day of February last by past, wherby his majestie hes given, granted and disponed to Mungo Grahame, now of Gorthie, eldest lawfull sonne to umqhile David Grahame of Gorthie and Marie Murray, his spous, the longest liver of them tuo in conjunct fie and lyverent, and the airs male procreat betuixt them, whilks failyeing to the said Mungo Grahame, his others airs male, whilks failyeing his airs and assignays whatsomever, heretablie and irredeimably, all and haill these parts and portions of the lands and barrony of Gorthie called Eister, Over Gorthie, midlethrid and Newtoun therof, with houses, bigings, yeards, mures, mosses, parts, pendicles and haill pertinents thairof, lyand within the barrony of Foulls and shirreffdome of Pearth; as also hes given, granted and disponed to the said Mungo Grahame, and the airs maill procreat betuixt him and the said Marie Murray, his spous, whilks failyeing his other airs maill, whilks failyeing his airs and assignays whatsomever, heretablie and irredeimably, all and haill the remanent of the saids lands and barrony of Gorthie, with the maner place, milne, milnelands, multers and sequells thairof; all and haill the lands of Dalpatrick, with houses, bigings, parts, pendicles and pertinents of the samen, lyand within the said shirreffdome of Pearth; all and haill the lands of Pitmurchlie, with houses, bigings, yeards, tofts, crofts, parts, pendicles and pertinents thairof, as the samen wes latelie possest be Johne Grahame of Balgoun and his tennents, lyand within the said barrony of Gorthy and shirreffdome forsaid, and boundit in maner at lenth specified in the said charter, with all and sindrie houses, bigings, doucats, yeards, orchyeards, woods, meidows, parkis, mures, mosses, annexis, connexis, parts, pendicles, tennents, tennendries, service of frie tennents, advocations, donations and rights of patronages of kirks and chaplanries of the samen, and all their pertinents whatsumever (reserveand to Patrick Smyth of Braco the lands and others therinreserved); and siclyk, all and haill the office of serjandrie of the lands and lordship of Methven, and all and haill the lands thairof called the serjand lands, with the houses, bigings, yeards, tofts, crofts and pertinents of the samen, lyand within the lordship of Methven and shirreffdome of Perth forsaid, upon the said Mungo Grahame his oun resignation, as the said charter containing ane de novo damus of the saids lands, barronie, office and others abovewritten, and ane new erection and union thairof in ane haill and frie barronie called the barronie of Gorthie, ordaining the maner place of Gorthie to be the principall messuage of the said barrony, wherat or upon the ground of any other parte of the saids lands and barrony ane sasine is to be taken for the haill in tyme comeing; to be holden of his majestie and his successours be service of waird and releiff, at mair lenth proports. Lykas, his majestie thairby hes taxed the forsaid waird holding to the soume of three hundreth merks Scots money yeerlie dureing the waird and nonentrie, as much for the releiff, and to the soume of sex hundreth merks money forsaid for the mariage of the air when the samen shall happen, and dispenses with the airs to enter to the saids waird lands, notwithstanding of their minority, together with the precept under the quarter seale and instrument of sasine following therupon, in the haill heids, obleisments, clauses, articles, tenors and contents thairof; and wills and grants and, for them and thair successours, decerns and ordaines that the forsaid generall ratification is and shall be als valeid, effectuall and sufficient to the saids Mungo Grahame, his said spous and thair forsaids, as if the said charter, precept and instrument of sasine following therupon wer heirin spetially insert; wheranent and with all exceptions or objections that may be moved or alledged against the validitie of the said ratification, our said soverane lord and estates of parliament forsaid hes dispensed and, be thir presents, dispenses for ever.
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Our soverane lord, with advice and consent of this present parliament, hes ratified, approven and confirmed and, be thir presents, ratifies, approves and confirms, not only the charter granted be his majestie under his majesties' great seale, of the date at Edinburgh, the tuenty-one day of July 1665 yeers, to and in favours of the most reverend father in God James, be the mercy of God, archbishop of St Andrews, primat and metrapolitan of this realme, in liverent and of William Sharpe, his eldest lawfull sonne, and his aires male, tailyie, provision and assignays therinspecified, in fie heretablie, under the provisions, conditions, restrictions and limitations therin mentioned introduced in favours of the most reverend father in God in maner thairincontained, which are holden as heirin exprest, bot also the charter granted be his majestie for himselff and as lord of the lordship of Dumfermling, under his majesties' great seale, of the date the tuelff day of January 1667 yeers, to and in favours of the said most reverend father in God James, be the mercy of God, archbishop of St Andrews, in lyverent and of the said William Sharpe, his eldest lawfull sonne, and his airs of tailyie, provision and assignays thairinspecified, in fie heretablie, under the provisions, conditions, restrictions and limitations therin mentioned introduced in favours of the said most reverend father in God, in maner therin contained, which are holden as heirin exprest, of all and sindrie the lands of Fothers and Shanwell, otherways called Tentismures, with all and sindrie the fishings of Dronlaw, Jonsands, Pynlknow† and Landshot, and all other fishings whatsomever, alswell of salmond as whyt fishes, perteaning and belonging to the lands aboverehersed, with all their pertinents whatsumever, lying within the regalitie of Dumfermling and shirreffdome of Fyff; to be holden of his majestie and his successors for yeerly payment of the taxt dueties and taxt availl of the mariage exprest in the forsaids charters, notwithstanding that the samen wer holden of old be service of waird and releiff, and be the which forsaid last charter his majestie promised in verbo principis to ratifie the samen in his majesties' next parliament, and ordained the forsaid charter to be ane sufficient warrand for that effect, together with the precept of sasine following therupon and instrument of sasine following upon the samen, in all and sindrie points, articles and clauses therin contained, after the forme and tenor thairof, and statuts and ordains that this present confirmation of the samen is and shall be als valeid, effectuall and sufficient as if the forsaids charters, precepts and instruments of sasine wer at lenth insert heirin, dispenseing with the not inserting thairof in this act of ratification. Lykas his majestie, with consent forsaid, wills, grants and ordains that the lands and others aboverehersed, in all tyme comeing, be holden of his majestie and his successours be the said most reverend father in God, and his said sonne and his abovewritten, in taxt waird for payment of taxt dueties and taxt availls of the mariage exprest in the forsaids charters, notwithstanding that the samen lands and others abovespecified wer formerly holden be service of waird and releiff, and finds, decernes and ordeans that the forsaids charters with the precepts and instruments of sasine following therupon is and shall be sufficient and valeid rights and securities to the said most reverend father in God, and his said sonne and his aboverehersed, under the provisions, conditions and limitations abovementioned introduced in favours of the said most reverend father in God, as said is, for bruiking and joyseing of the lands and others abovewritten in all tyme comeing, to be holden of his majestie and his successors in taxt waird in maner above mentioned.
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Our soverane lord and estates of parliament, presently conveined by his majesties' spetiall authority, have ratified and approven and, be thir presents, ratifies and approves ane charter made and past, under his majesties' great seale, of the date at Edinburgh, the tuentie day of Januar last past, wherby his majestie hes given, granted and disponed to William Murray, fiar of Ochtertyre, dureing all the days of his lyfetyme, and after his decease to Patrick Murray, his eldest lawfull sonne, and the airs male lawfully to be procreat of his bodie, whilks failyeing to the said William Murray, his other airs male, whilks failyeing to the said William, his airs and assignays whatsomever, heretablie and irredeemably, under the provisions, conditions and restrictions thairin contained conceaved in favours of the said William Murray, all and haill the lands of Correglen, with the haill pertinents thairof, lyand within the barrony of Ochtertyre and shirreffdome of Perth; as also all and haill the touns and lands of Litletoun, Lochtoun and Strottock,† with the milne, milnelands, multers and knaveship thairof, with the houses, bigings, yeards, tofts, crofts, parts, pendicles and pertinents of the samen, lyand within the barrony of Foulls and shirreffdome of Perth forsaid; and siclyk hes given, granted and disponed to the said William Murray and Issobell Oliphant, his spous, and the longest liver of them tuo in lyverent and conjunct fie, and to the said Patrick Murray, thair sone, and the saids airs maill of his bodie, whilks failyeing to the said William Murray, his other airs maill, whilks failyeing to his airs and assignays whatsomever, in fie heretably and irredeemably, all and haill the lands and barrony of Foulls, comprehending the lands and others underwritten viz, the maner place, maynes and toun of Foulls, with the milnes of the samen, milnelands, multers and sequells thairof, and all and haill the lands called Kingslaw, with the houses, bigings, annexis, connexis, tennents, tennendries, service of free tennents, parts, pendicles and pertinents of the samen whatsomever, lyand within the shirreffdome of Forfar, upon the resignation of Patrick, lord Gray and the severall other persons his creditors and others thairin contained, as the samen charter containing diverse other lands, annualrents and others therinspecified, and ane novo damus and dissolution of the samen fra all lordships, barronies and others whairunto the saids lands and barronies, or any parte therof wer any ways formerlie annexed, with ane new erection and union of the saids lands abovewritten and others (except the saids lands of Correglen which are annexed to the barrony of Auchtertyre) in ane haill and frie barrony, called the barrony of Foulls, and ordaining the maner place of Foulls to be the principall messuage of the said barrony, wherat or upon the ground of any parte thairof ane sasine is to be taken for the whole, in all tyme comeing; to be holden of his majestie and his successors be service of waird and releiff, except the saids lands of Correglen with the pertinents whilks are holden of his majestie in few ferme for payment of the few dewties and others therin contained, with the mariage when it shall happen, at mair lenth proports. Lykas, his majestie therby taxed the saids lands to the soume of four hundreth merks Scots money yeerly dureing the waird and nonentrie, als much for the releiff, and to the soum of eight hundreth merks money forsaid for the mariage of the air, when the samen shall happen, either be the saids lands holding waird or be the saids lands holden in fewferme cum maritagio, as said is, and dispenses with the airs to enter, notwithstanding of thair minoritie, together with the precept under the quarter seall and instrument of sasine following therupon, in the haill heids, obleidgements, clauses, articles, tenors and contents thairof; and wills and grants and, for them and thair successors, decernes and ordaines that the forsaid generall ratification is and shall be als valeid, effectuall and sufficient to the said William Murray, his said spous and sone, and thair airs maill and of tailyie forsaids, as if the charter, precept and instrument of sasine following therupon wer heirin spetially insert; wheranent and with all other exceptions or objections that may be moved or alledged against the validitie of the said ratification, his majestie and estates of parliament forsaid hes dispensed and, be thir presents, dispenses for ever.
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Our soverane lord and estates of this present parliament ratifies, approves and perpetually confirms the charter and infeftment made and granted be his majestie, for himselff as king and as prince and stewart of Scotland, under his highnes['s] great seale, to and in favours of Sir Robert Coninghame, knight, ane of his majesties' phisitians, his airs and assignays whatsumever, of all and sindrie the lands and others underwritten viz, the fourty shilling land of old extent of Achinharvie; the fyve merk land of old extent of Chapeltoun; the fyve merk land of old extent of Crivoch Lindsay; the cornemilne called Crivochmilne; the fyve merk land of old extent of Ballinshaw and Dryrigs; the ten merk land of old extent of Fairliecrivoch, with the chappel land and mosses of Fairliecrivoch; the ten merk land of Balgray of old extent; ane annualrent of fourtie-one punds yeerlie to be uplifted furth of the lands and barrony of Rowallan; and the fyve merk land of old extent of Drumilling; and siclyk the temple lands of Cappeltoun, lying contigue and together with the fyve merk land of Cappeltoun, with the teind sheaves and other teinds, great and small, parsonage and viccarage of the haill lands abovewritten, and with all and sindrie their castles, tours, fortalices, maner places, houses, bigings, yeards, orchyeards, milnes, alswell cornemilnes as walkmilns, milnlands, multers, sucken, sequells, mosses, moores, meidows, pasturages and haill parts, pendicles, priveledges and pertinents of the samen whatsomever, according as they are particularly designed and set doun in the said charter, all lying within the baillierie of Coninghame and shirreffdome of Air, with the new gift and disposition of the haill lands and others abovewritten, and erection of the samen in ane barronie and tennendrie respective, and change of the holding of so many of the saids lands as are holden waird from simple to taxt waird, for payment of the taxed dueties mentioned in the said charter for the waird, nonentrie and releiff of the saids lands and mariage of the airs succeiding thairto, whilk charter is of the date at Whitehall, the tuentie day of March 1667 yeers; together also with the precept and instrument of sasine following therupon, in all and sindrie heids, articles, clauses, tenors and contents therof, circumstances and conditions thairin contained; and declares, statuts and ordains that this present generall ratification thairof is and shall be als valeid, effectuall and sufficient, in all respects, as if the samen wer at lenth word be word insert in this present act of parliament, dispensing with the not inserting thairof heirin, and with all other objections and exceptions whatsumever that may be proponed or alledged against the validitie thairof, and his majestie and estates of parliament forsaid, wills, grants, decernes and declares that the forsaid charter, with the precept and instrument of sasine following therupon and this present ratification thairof, shall be a good, valeid and sufficient right to the said Sir Robert Coninghame and his forsaids to brooke, enjoy and possesse the lands and others abovewritten thairin contained, after the forme and tenor of the forsaid charter, as their oune propper heretage, heretablie in all tymecomeing.
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Our soverane lord, with advice and consent of his estates of parliament now presently conveened, ratifies and approves the charter, donation and disposition thairin contained made, granted and given be his majestie, with consent of his majesties' right traist cousing and councellour Johne, earle of Rothes, lord Leslie and Bambreich, his majesties' high commissioner for the tyme, and principall thesaurer, comptroller and collector generall of his majesties' new augmentations within the kingdome of Scotland, and of his majesties' trustie councellour William, lord Bellenden of Bruchtoun, his majesties' deput in the said offices, and of the remanent lords and others of exchequer of the said kingdom, his majesties' commissioners, to his majesties' loved Sir James Drummond of Machany, his airs maill and assignays whatsomever, heretablie and irredeimably, all and haill the lands and barronie of Uchtermachanie, comprehending thairin the lands and others underwritten, to wit, all and haill the lands of Drimies; the lands of Croftheid; the lands of Fermetoun and lands of Woodheid, with toure, castle, fortalice, maner place, houses, bigings, yeards, orchyeards, dowcats, milnes, milnelands, multers, woods, fishings, tofts, crofts, outsets, cottages, tennents, tennendries, service of frie tennents, parts, pendicles and pertinents whatsomever, of all and haill the saids lands, barronie and others abovewritten, lying within the shirreffdome of Perth, with the gift de novo damus contained in the said charter, under the great seale of the date at his majesties' pallace of Whitehall, the nynt day of October 1666 yeers, with the precept following on the said charter under the quarter seale, of the date of the said charter, with the instrument of sasine following on the samen, in all and sindrie the heids, poynts, clauses, articles, circumstances and conditions thairof, and after the formes and tenors of the samen in all points.
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Our soverane lord and estates of parliament have ratified and approven and, be thir presents, ratifies and approves ane charter made and past under his majesties' great seale, of the date at Whitehall, the sext day of March 1665 yeers, wherby his majestie hes given, granted and disponed to Sir Alexander Fraser, his majesties' first phisitian, his airs and assignays whatsomever, heretablie and irredeimably, all and sindrie the lands, barronie and others underwritten viz, all and haill the lands and barronie of Durris, comprehending therin the touns and lands particularly eftermentionat viz, the mayns of Durris, with the tower, fortalice, maner place, yeards, orchyeards, parts, pendicles and pertinents thairof; the teinds and lands of Kinclunies, Balfour, Densyd, [and] Brackmonth; the toun and lands of Cassiltoun of Durris and Castelhill thairof; Pitcontines, Schioch, meikle Tulloch, litle Tulloch, [and] the toun and lands of Calladrum, Smiddie and Smiddiecroft, Wester Durres, milntoun of Durris, [and] Balludrum with the milnes, milnelands, astricted multers, sequells and all thair pertinents; Darnfoord, Lochtoun, Spyhills, Cloddis, Strathie and all and haill the toun and lands of Eshintillies, callit Eshintillies rigs;† the toun and lands of Boiginrathie, Newbatstane and toun and lands of Monthomack, with all and sindrie thair maner places, houses, bigings, milns, woods, fishings, alswell of salmond as other fishings, tofts, crofts, mosses, mures, commonties, pasturages, annexis, connexis, dependences, tennents, tennendries, service of frie tennents, parts, pendicles and pertinents of the lands and barronie abovementioned, together with the advocation, donation and right of patronage of the paroche kirk of Durris, together also with the ferrie boat and salmond fishings upon the water of Dee, and all priveledges, fies and commodities perteaning therto, all erected in ane barronie called the barronie of Durris, lyand within the shirreffdome of Kincarden, as for the principall. And all and haill the toun and lands of Midbeltie, comprehending the mayns of Midbeltie, with the corne and walkmilne thairof, milne lands, astricted multers and thair pertinents; the toun and lands of Bandarie, Stranduff, Craigtoun, Windiehills and Tilmachill, with the woods, fishings and haill pertinents of the samen, lyand within the shirreffdome of Aberdein, and that in spetiall warrandice and security of the forsaids lands and barronie of Durris, in maner exprest in the said charter. And all and haill the templarie lands, commonly called the Castletoun of Durris, with houses, bigings, yeards, tofts, crofts, parts, pendicles and pertinents thairof whatsumever, lyand within the parochine of Durris and shirreffdome of Kincarden forsaid, wpon the resignation of Andrew, lord Fraser, as the said charter containing ane ratification of all rights and infeftments of the saids lands, barronie and others forsaids, both principall and warrandice, granted to the said Sir Alexander Fraser, his predecessours and authours, with ane novo damus thairof and new erection and union of the samen, in ane haill and frie barronie, called the barronie of Durris, ordaining the maner place of Durris to be the principall messuage of the said barronie, wherat ane sasine is to be taken for the haill in all tyme comeing; to be holden of his majestie and his successours in frie blensh ferme for payment of ane pennie, notwithstanding the samen wer formerly holden of his majestie and his successors be service of waird and releiff, and wherby his majestie hes changed the said holding from simple waird to blensh in all tymecomeing, and for the said right of patronage ane pennie yeerlie (if they be askit allenerlie) and for the said templarie lands with the pertinents, eightein pennies yeerlie, at tuo termes with all other services vseit and wont, and reserveing to his majestie and his successours the usuall rights, dewties and services used to be payed furth of the said templary lands with the pertinents, at mair lenth proports. Item, ane other charter made and past under his majesties' great seale, of the date at Whitehall, the tuentie-one day of August 1668 yeers, wherby his majestie hes given, granted and disponed to the said Sir Alexander Fraser, and his forsaids, all and sindrie the lands and barronies of Strachane and Culpersache, comprehending the lands, milns, forrests and others after mentioned viz, the touns and lands of Auquhinreach, Woodend, Balbreddie, Meiklebarns, Newtoun, Blearydryne and milne thairof, milnelands, multers and sequells of the samen; the toun and lands of Mumaney, Auquharsk, Luranhaugh, walkmilne of Gelland, Murehauch, Broomhaugh, Dulphrae, Heddreihaugh, Spitleburne, Brig of Dye, Huntilloch, Glendy and milne thairof, milnelands, multers and sequells of the samen; the touns and lands of Muttiehauch, Coliecorse, Tilliquhomrie, Bandolphine, Strathy, Balblyth, Dilbrock and hillocks thairof, Newhaughe and milne thairof, milnelands, multers and sequells of the samen; the touns and lands of Finglennies, Mauldshiells, Cragiemitchell, Cordreane, Greenailhous and Cuttieshillock, with the lands and pasturage of the said barronie of Strachane, occupyed and possest be the Lord Halkertoun, laird of Edzell and inhabitants of Fittercarne; [and] the touns and lands of Overtoun, Bogend, Cutilheid, Standingstanes and Sandiehills, with the salmond fishings of the samen upon the waters of Dee, Dye, Fouch and Aven, together with the advocation, donation and right of patronage of the archdeanrie of Breichen, or paroche kirk and parochine of Strachane, teinds, personage and viccarage of the samen, with all and sindrie houses, bigings, yeards, tofts, crofts, mosses, moores, meidows, woods, fishings, hills, forrests, pasturages, feidings, commonties, common pasturage, annexis, connexis, dependences, tennents, tennendries, service of frie tennents, outsets, insets, parts, pendicles and pertinents of the haill lands, barronies and others abovespecified, all lyand within the paroches of Strachane, Banchorie and Durris, and shirreffdome of Kinkarden forsaid, reserveing these parts and portions of the saids lands and barronie of Strachan and Culpersache pertening in proppertie to the laird of Drum, wpon the resignation of William, earle of Marishall and Mr Charles Gordoun, lawfull sonne to wmquhill Sir Robert Gordoun of Gordounstoun, as the said charter containing ane ratification of all former rights and infeftments of the saids lands, barronies and others abovementioned granted to the said Sir Alexander Fraser and his authors, with ane novo damus and dissolution of the samen fra the lordship and barronie of Inverugie, and new erection and union thairof in the said barronie of Durris, as parts and pendicles of the samen, ordaining ane sasine to be taken at the maner place of Durris, principall messuage of the barronie thairof, to be sufficient for the haill in all tyme comeing; to be holden of his majestie and his successours for payment of the soume of fiftie merks Scots money yeerlie dureing the waird and nonentrie, as much for the releiff, and of tuo hundreth [and] tuentie-tuo punds, four shilling[s] money forsaid for the mariage, as the proportionall parts effeirand to the lands, barronies and others forsaids of the soume of sex hundreth merks yeerlie dureing the waird and nonentrie, als much for the releiff, and of four thousand merks money forsaid for the mariage, whairunto the said lordship and barronie of Inverugie are taxed, be ane charter granted be umqhile King James the sext, of ever blessed memorie, under the great seale to umqhile William, earle of Marishall, therin designed William, lord Keith, eldest lawfull sonne to the deceast George, earle of Marishall, dated the tuentie-one day of October 1612 yeers, and containing dispensation to the airs to enter to the saids lands and others forsaids, notwithstanding thair minority, at more lenth bears. Lykeas, his majestie therby hes given, granted and disponed to the said Sir Alexander Fraser, and his forsaids, the forsaid taxtwaird dueties, nonentrie, releiff and mariage abovewritten, sua oft as they shall happin to fall in the hands of his majestie and his successours, in all tyme comeing, with the forsaid charter under the great seale granted to the said umqhile William, earle of Marishall of the date forsaid, wherby the said lordship and barronie of Inverugie are taxed, as said is, and that in sua far as may be extendit to the forsaids lands and barronies of Strachane and Culpersache and others abovewritten therincontained. Item, ane other charter made and past under his majesties' great seale, of the date at Whitehall, the said tuentie-ane day of August 1668 yeers forsaid, wherby his majestie hes given, granted and disponed to the said Sir Alexander Fraser, and his forsaids, heretablie and irredeimably, under the conditions, provisions, restrictions and limitations therin mentionat introduced in favours of the said Sir Alexander Fraser, all and haill the lands of Midbeltie, with the mains and maner place thairof, corne and walkmilns of the samen, milnlands, multers, sequells and knaveship thairof; the lands of Bondarfute and Tullimachill, together with all and sindrie houses, bigings, yeards, orchyeards, tofts, crofts, mosses, moores, meidows, outsets, insets, annexis, connexis, dependencies, tennents, tennendries, service of frie tennents, parts, pendicles and pertinents of the samen, lying within the parochine of Kincarden and shirreffdome of Aberdein forsaid; together with the presentation, donation and right of patronage of the kirk of Kinkarden Oneill, and of the kirks and chaplanries of old, justly perteaning to the personage of Kincarden, upon the resignation of Andrew Fraser, younger of Beltie, and the said Sir Alexander Fraser, as in the said charter containing ane ratification of all rights and infeftments of the saids lands and others granted to the said Sir Alexander Fraser and his authors, with ane novo damus thairof, and new erection and union of the samen, in the said barronie of Durris as parts and pertinents thairof, and ordaining ane sasine to be taken at the said maner place of Durris, principall messuage of the barronie thairof, to be sufficient for the samen, in all tymecomeing; to be holden of his majestie and his successours in frie blensh for payment of tuelff pennies Scots money yeerlie, if it be asked, notwithstanding the saids lands wer formerlie holden be service of waird and releiff, and wherby his majestie hes changed the said holding from simple waird to frie blensh, in all tyme comeing, and als for payment for the said right of patronage and personage of Kincardin tuelff pennies money forsaid yeerlie in name of blensh ferme, if it be asked, at mair lenth is contained, together with the precepts under the quarter sealls and instruments of sasine respective following upon the saids charters, in the haill heids, obleidgements, clauses, articles, tenors and contents thairof. And his majestie and estates of parliament forsaids wills and grants and, for them and thair successors, decernes and ordaines that the forsaid generall ratification is and shall be als valeid, effectuall and sufficient to the said Sir Alexander Fraser and his forsaids as if the saids respective charters, precepts and instruments of sasine following therupon wer heirin spetially insert; wheranent and with all other exceptions or objections that may be moved or alledged against the validitie of the said ratification, his majestie and estates of parliament forsaid hes dispensed and heirby dispenses for ever.
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Our soverane lord, with advice and consent of his majesties' estates of parliament, hes ratified and approven and, be thir presents, ratifies and approves ane charter and infeftment, granted be his majestie under the great seale, of the date the fourt day of August 1669 yeers, to Sir Johne Forbes of Watertoun, his airs maill and assignays whatsomever, heretablie and irredeimably, off all and haill the lands of Ardgrein and Broomefeild, with multers, sequells, houses, bigings, yeards, tofts, crofts, outsets, tennents, tennendries and service of frie tennents, mosses, mures, marishes, parts, pendicles and haill pertinents of the samen, lying in the parochine of Ellon and shirreffdome of Aberdein; together with the heretable office of constabulary of Aberdein, haill priveledges, liberties, proffeits and commodities belonging to the said office; together also with all and sindrie the teind sheaves of all and sindrie the lands of Carnymux, Borowley, Watishik,† Kirkhill, milnelands thairof, clayhills and fyvielands crofts of Ellon, with parts, pendicles and pertinents thairof, lyand within the parochine of Ellon and shirreffdome of Aberdein forsaid; and of all and haill the lands of Knappernae, with the maynes and maner place thairof, houses, bigings, yeards, orchyeards, tofts, crofts, parts, pendicles and pertinents thairof, milne of Knappernae, milnelands thairof, astricted multers and knaveship of the samen; and of the lands of Corthiemure and siclyk of all and haill the lands of Woodland, the lands of Tullimad, with the sonnie and shadow halff thairof, halff,† bigings, yeards, orchyeards, annexis, connexis, parts, pendicles and pertinents of the samen, all lyand within the said shirreffdome of Aberdein; and likewise of all and haill the lands of Mostoun, with the pertinents of the samen, lyand within the parochine of Logiebuchan and shirreffdome forsaid; and siclyk of all and haill the salmond fishing upon the water of Ithan, alswell in croves as by boats and nets, without diminution or extradonation of the other fishes therof, lyand within the bounds underwritten viz, beginand at Maucherfoord of the said water, and ascending therfra to the seggiefoord of Fyvie, with all and sindrie commodities, priveledges and pertinents thairof, lyand within the barronie of Ogilvie be annexation, and shirreffdome of Aberdein; and lykways of that four rigs of land called the Patons rigs, lyand within the territorrie of Ellon; and of all and sindrie the teinds thairof together with the advocation, donation and right of patronage of the said paroche and paroch kirk of Ellon, personage and viccarage thairof, lyand within the shirreffdome of Aberdein; and siclyk of all and haill the lands of Craig of Allachin, and croft therof called Crawhill; the touns and lands of Over and Nether Ardmores, with all and sindrie houses, bigings and pertinents of the samen, together with the teind sheaves and other teinds, alswell great as small, personage and viccarage, of all and sindrie the saids touns, lands and others abovewritten with the pertinents, lyand of old within the barronie of Allathin, parochine of Ellon and now, be annexation, within the parochine of Wdney and shirreffdome of Aberdein forsaid; and siclyk of all and haill the eister parte of the mains of Pitmedden, of that toun, and lands of Logieruiff, with the lands of milnefeild of Orchyeardtoun, and that sex rigs of beirhill of Orchyeardtoun, with the milne of Logieruiff called the milne of Orchyeardtoun, milnelands, multers, suken, sequells and knaveship thairof viz, the lands,† multers of the saids lands of Logieruiff and Orchyeardtoun and others useit and wont, together with the teinds, alswell personage as viccarage of the saids lands, with all and sindrie maner places, houses, bigings, yeards, tofts, crofts, outsets, mosses, moores, commontie, common pasturage, parts, pendicles and pertinents, tennents, tennendries and service of frie tennents, with frie ingresse and regresse, and haill pertinents belonging thairto conforme to the old rights and infeftments thairof, lyand within the said barronie of Allathin, parochine of Wdney and shirreffdome of Aberdein forsaid, upon the resignation of Johne Kennedies, elder and younger of Carmux, and Johne Moor, therafter of Carmux, Mr William Moir, advocat, and of the said Sir Johne Forbes, himselff; together with the claus of novo damus and claus of new gift and union and erection of the saids lands in ane frie barronie, called the barronie of Ardgrain, for the yeerlie payment of the yeerlie services used and wont, taxed and modified in maner underwritten viz, upon the provision that how oft the saids lands and barronie should fall and become in the hands of his majestie and his successours, be reason of waird, releiff and nonentrie, that nevertheles the said Sir Johne Forbes, his airs maill and assignays, should peaceably brooke and possesse the saids lands and others forsaids for payment to his majestie and his successours of the soume of tuo hundreth punds Scots money yeerlie, dureing the tyme of the said waird, nonentrie and for the releiff, and of the soume of four hundreth punds Scots money for the mariage of the air or airs when the samen should happen, for the payment of the whilk soums the ward, releiff and mariage are disponed to them, in the haill heids, articles, clauses, provisions and conditions of the said charter, with the precept and instrument of sasine following thairupon, and dispositions, contracts and other writts whairupon the samen proceidit, willing and declareing this present ratification to be als valeid and sufficient to the said Sir Johne Forbes and his forsaids as the said charter wer heirin at lenth ingrossed.
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Our soverane lord, with advice and consent of the estates of this present parliament, ratifies and approves the charter of donation and concession made and granted, be his majestie under his hienes['s] great seale, of the date at Oxfoord, in his majesties' realme of England, the sexteinth day of January 1666 yeers, with advice and consent of his majesties' principall thesaurer, thesaurer deput and remanent lords and others of his majesties' exchequer, his majesties' commissioners for the tyme, to and in favours of his majesties' right traist cousing and counsellour Johne, earle of Tueddale, lord Hay of Yester and to his airs maill and of tailyie and provision and assignays, whatsomever contained in the samen charter, heretablie and irredeimably, of all and haill the lands and barronie of Auldhamstocks, with the haill touns, lands, milns, milnelands, multers, outsets, annexis, connexis, dependencies, tennents, tennendries, service of frie tennents, parts, pendicles and pertinents whatsomever of the samen, together with the advocation, donation and right of patronage of the kirk of Auldhamstocks, chaplanrie of Colbrandspeth, and hospitall therof, with the haill teinds, personage and viccarage of the samen, all lyand somtyme be annexation in the barronie of Haills and in the constabularie of Hadingtoun and shirreffdome of Edinburgh. Attour his majestie, with advice and consent forsaid, has therby of new given, granted and disponed and, for his majestie and his successours, perpetually confirmed to the said Johne, earle of Tueddale and to his airs maill and of tailyie and provision and assignays forsaid, all and haill the saids lands, barronie, right of patronage and others particularly above named, lyand in maner forsaid, together with all right, tytle, interesse, clame of right, proppertie, possession, alswell petitor as possessor, action and instance whatsomever which his majestie or his hienes'[s] predecessours or successors had, hes or anyways may have clame or pretend therunto, be whatsomever reason, cause or occasion or other maner of way, and siclyk his majestie, with advice and consent forsaid, hes therby dissolved, disjoyned and seperat all and haill the samen lands, barronie and others particularly abovenamed lyand, as said is, fra the lordship and barronie forsaid of Haills, and fra all jurisdiction, power and priveledge whatsomever perteining and belonging thairunto and whairunto the samen any ways of befor wes annexed, united or incorporat; as also hes of new united, erected, annexed, created and incorporat the lands, barronie and others particularly abovespecified, lyand in maner forsaid, in ane haill and frie barronie to be called now, and in all tymecomeing, the barronie of Auldhamstocks, ordaining thairby the said toun of the lands of Auldhamstocks to be the principall messuage of the samen lands and barronie abovewritten, and that ane sasine to be taken be the said Johne, earle of Tueddale, and in all tyme comeing be his forsaids, at the said toun of Auldhamstocks or upon the ground of any parte of the saids lands, shall stand and be ane sufficient sasine for the samen; to be holden be the said Johne, earle of Tueddale, and his forsaids, of his majestie and his hienes['s] successors abovewritten, immediat lawfull superiors of the lands, barronies and others abovenamed, in frie blensh, frie barronie, fie and heretage for ever, for payment yeerlie to his majestie and his successors forsaids of the blensh duety particularly specified in the samen charter abovementionat, together with the precept of sasine and instrument of sasine respective following upon the samen charter forsaid, in all and sindrie the heids, articles, clauses and conditions whatsomever contained in the said charter, precept and instrument of sasine respective forsaids following therupon, as said is, after the severall formes and tenors of the samen respective in all points. And farder, his majestie, with advice and consent forsaid of the saids estates of parliament, statuts, ordains and declares that this present ratification abovewritten is and shall be als valeid, effectuall and sufficient to the said Johne, earle of Tueddale and his forsaids as if the said charter, precepts and instruments of sasine respective following theron, in maner abovespecified, wer at lenth de verbo in verbum particularly ingrossed heirin; wheranent and with all that may be objected thairthrow, his majestie, with advice and consent forsaid of the saids estates of parliament, be thir presents dispenses for ever.
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Our soverane lord, with advice and consent of his estates of parliament, ratifies and approves the charter, under the great seale, made and granted be his majestie, with consent of the lords commissioners of his majesties' thesaurie and exchequer, to and in favors of David Fothringhame of Powrie, in lyverent dureing all the days of his lifetyme, Johne Fothringhame, his eldest lawfull sone and appeirand air, procreat betuixt him and Marjorie Stewart, his spous, and the airs maill lawfully to be gotten of his bodie, whilks failyeing the said David Fothringhame, his airs maill and assignays whatsomever, off all and haill the lands and barronie of Brightie, comprehending the particular lands and others underwritten, to wit, the lands of Wester Brightie with the pertinents; the lands of Happs, with fewell and turves and commontie in the haill moors and marishes of Brightie and Inveraritie with the pertinents, alswell belonging to the saids lands of Brightie as to the saids lands of Happs; Haltoun of Inverarity, peathouse and milne of Haltoun; the halff lands of Murehouse, lyand on the eistsyde of the burne thairof; the lands of Balludrone with the pertinents; and halff of all and sindrie the lands of Tarsappie, with the fishings thairof upon the water of Tay, of old occupyed be Johne and Andrew Watsons, and the relict of umqhile Johne Adam, with all and sindrie houses, bigings, yeards, tofts, crofts, woods, fishings, annexis, connexis, dependences, tennents, tennendries, service of frie tennents of the saids lands and barronie, lying within the shirreffdom of Forfar; and siclyk, all and haill the lands and barronie of Wester Powrie, with the tour, fortalice, houses, bigings, yeards, orchyeards, milns, woods, fishings, parts, pendicles, annexis, connexis, tennents, tennendries, service of free tennents and pertinents of the samen, superiority, proppertie and tennendrie, lyand within the shirreffdome forsaid; as also, all and sindrie the lands and barronie of Inveraritie, comprehending the particular lands, teinds, patronage and others underwritten, to wit, all and sindrie the lands of Haltoun of Inverarity, with the milne, milnelands and sequells thairof; the lands of Kirktoun of Inveraritie, with the wood and lands called Parkyet; the lands of Bonitoune, with the maner place thairof; the lands of Bractullo, with the mosse of the same; the lands of Wnstoun, with houses, bigings, parts, pendicles and pertinents of the saids lands, touns and others abovewritten; the cornemilne of Inverarity, milnelands, multers, sequells and sucken thairof; the halff of the lands of Carrat, of old perteaning to David, earle of Crafford, and that peice of land called Gooseland of Inverarity, with all and sindrie houses, bigings, yeards, parks, meidows, annexis, connexis, tennents, tennendries, service of frie tennents of the saids lands, with the advocation and donation of the kirk of Inverarity, personage and viccarage thairof, and all and sindrie pertinents of the samen; and siclyk, all and haill the lands of Litletarbrax, with houses, bigings and pertinents thairof, with the haill mures of the said barronie of Inverarity and lands of Kirktoun of Inverarity, Parkyet, naturally and locallie lyand within the parochine of Inverarity and shirreffdome forsaid, whilks all and sindrie lands perteined in proppertie to umqhile Mr Johne Fothringhame; as also comprehending all and haill the proppertie of Meikle Tarbrax, which of late perteined to Agnes Ogilvie, spous to James Gray of Balgerno, only daughter and air of umqhile Robert Ogilvie of Tarbrax, holden be her of umqhile Alexander Fothringhame of Pourie, and wes resigned be her, with consent of her said spous and thair procurators in thair names, in the hands of umqhile Alexander Fothringhame, barrone of the barronie of Inveraritie, as in the hands of the said Agnes Ogilvie, her immediat superior of the saids lands, ad perpetuam remanentiam; as also comprehending all and haill the superiority of the saids lands of Labothie, Newtoun and Balgershoe, and superiority of the other halff lands of Carrat perteining propperlie to umqhile David Guthrie of Kincaldrum, all unite in ane haill and frie barronie, called the barronie of Inverarity; and siclyk, all and haill the four aikers of templeland lyand within the toun and territorie of Brightie and shirreffdome forsaid, together with all other lands, parts, pendicles and pertinents whatsomever wher ever the samen ly, which pertained or can be knoune to pertein, in proppertie, commontie or superiority to the saids haill barronies and lands or any of them respective forsaid. [And also] together with the teind sheives of the saids lands of Wester Pourie and haill pertinents therof and lands of Wester Brightie, and temple lands thairof and milnelands of the samen, and haill pertinents thairof and of the forsaids halff lands of Murehouse on the eist syd of the burne, with the pertinents, all lyand within the parochine of Murehouse and shirreffdome of Forfar forsaid; and with all and sindrie the personage teinds of all and haill the lands of Balmure, with the milnelands of the milns and pertinents, lyand within the parochine of Maynes and shirreffdome forsaid; as also the teind sheaves of the saids lands of Cashiegrein, lyand within the parochine of Moneekie and shirreffdome forsaid; as also with all and sindrie the teind sheaves and personage teinds of that halff of the haill toun and lands of Eithiebeatone, with outsets, annexis, connexis, parts, pendicles and pertinents thairof used and wont, which perteaned of old to wmwhile Mr Johne Fothringhame, lying within the parochine of Monyfuith and shirreffdome forsaid; as also all and haill the craig of Brughtie, with the lands of Brughtie castle, tour, fortalice, houses, bigings, salmond fishings, fyfe fish and other fishings, and pertinents perteaning to the samen, lyand within the shirreffdome of Forfar; [and] all and haill the toun and lands of Northferrie neir Brughtie, commonlie called the forth of Brughtie, with the teinds thairof includeit, whilks wer never in use to be seperate from the stock, together with the fishing upon the water of Tay, with the cunigar lands perteaning to the saids lands of Northferrie, with all and sindrie parts, pendicles, annexis, connexis, dependences and pertinents thairof whatsomever, lying within the parochine of [...] and shirreffdome forsaid. And siclyk, his majestie, with consent forsaid, ratifies and approves the new gift and disposition of the forsaids lands and the union contained in the said charter wherby the saids haill lands, barronies, teinds, woods, fishings and others particularly and generally abovewritten, are unite and erect in ane haill and frie barronie called the barronie of Pourie Fothringhame, ordaining the maner place of Pourie to be the principall messuage thairof, and ane sasine to be taken therat to stand and be sufficient for the haill barronie. And siclyk his majestie, with consent forsaid, ratifies and approves the change and alteration of the holding of the saids lands and barronies of Brughtie, Wester Powrie and Craig of Brughtie, with the fishings, parts, pendicles and pertinents therof abovewritten, from ane simple waird to ane taxt waird holding, for yeerly payment to his majestie and his successors for the saids lands and barronie of Brightie and pertinents thairof abovewritten, the soum of fourscore punds Scots money at tuo termes in the yeer, Witsunday and Mertymes in winter, be equall portions yeerlie, dureing the tyme that the samen shall be in his majesties' hands be reason of waird and nonentrie, and for the saids lands and barronie of Wester Pourie, with the tour, fortalice, milne and pertinents thairof, the services useit and wont, with the soume of tuentie merks money forsaid, at the termes abovewritten be equall portions, and that for the waird and nonentrie of the saids lands, whensoever the samen shall fall in his majesties' hands, be reason of waird and nonentrie, and so much for the releiff thairof when it shall happen, and for the saids lands of Craig of Brughtie, fishings and pertinents thairof abovewritten, the soume of fourty punds money forsaid, at the termes abovewritten be equall portions yeerly dureing the tyme the samen shall be in his majesties' hands, be reason of waird and nonentrie, and als much for releiff thairof, and for the mariage of the airs of the saids lands of Brughtie, Wester Pourie and Brightie, with the fishings and pertinents, the soum of one thousand punds money forsaid. And siclyk, his majestie, with consent forsaid, ratifies and approves the gift and assignation contained in the said charter, made and granted to the said David Fothringhame, and his said sonne and his aires, of the waird and nonentries of the saids lands, als oft as the samen shall fall, with the releiff thairof and mariage of the airs and all proffeits thairof, as also the libertie and licence given be his majestie to the airs maill and successours of the said David and Johne Fothringhames to obtain themselffs retoured and seased in the saids lands as airs to thair predecessours, at any tyme in thair minorities and lesse age, with the dispensation given to the judges before whom they shall be served and the persons of inquest who shall passe upon the saids services, as the said charter containing diverse and sindrie other clauses and conditions thairintill, of the date the second day of September 1669 yeers, at more lenth bears; together with the precept of sasine under the quarter seale following upon the said charter of the samen date, [and] together also with the instrument of sasine following upon the said precept, of the date the tuenty day of November last by past, in all and sundrie the heids, points, clauses, articles, circumstances and conditions thairof, and after the formes and tenors of the samen in all points. Attour our said soverane lord, with advice and consent forsaid, wills and grants and, for his majestie and his successors, decerns and ordains that this present ratification of the said charter, precept and instrument of sasine following thairupon, is and shall be als valeid and sufficient, and of als great strenth, force and effect to the said David and Johne Fothringhames, and thair forsaids, for bruiking, joyseing and possessing of the saids lands and barronie of Pourie Fothringhame, with the pertinents, as if the samen wer all at lenth word be word insert and ingrost heirintill, notwithstanding the samen be not sua done.
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Our soverane lord and the estates of parliament have ratified and approven and, be thir presents, ratifie and approve ane charter of the date the tuelff day of November last by past, made and granted be our said soverane lord, with advice and consent of the lords commissioners of his majesties' thesaurie and remanent lords and others of the exchequer of this kingdome, under his majesties' great seale, to and in favours of his hienes['s] lovit Sir Johne Keith of Keithhall, knight marshall, in lyverent dureing all the days of his lifetyme and, after his decease, to William Keith, his eldest lawfull sonne, and the airs to be lawfully procreat of his bodie, whilks failyeing to Johne Keith, his second lawfull sonne, and the airs to be lawfully procreat of his bodie, whilks also failyeing to the other airs maill to be lawfully procreat of the said Sir Johne his bodie, whilks all failyeing to the remanent persons and airs of tailyie and provision particularly and generally mentioned in the said charter, upon the provisions, restrictions and declarations therinexprest, off all and haill the lands and barony of Caskieben, comprehending the lands and others therin designed, as for the principall, and of certane other touns, lands, milns, multers and others therin rehersed in warrandice of the saids principall lands, and of all and haill certane other touns and lands therin exprest with the pertinents, all lyand, perteaning and resigned in maner mentioned in the said charter, therby all unite in ane haill and frie barronie called the barronie of Keithhall, with the new gift and disposition therinspecified of the saids lands and barronie with the pertinents, and changeing of the holding of als many of the saids lands and others therin exprest as formerly held waird into taxt waird, to be holden, in all tyme comeing, of our said soverane lord and his hienes['s] successours, superiors thairof, for payment of the rights of taxt waird, taxt releiff and taxt mariage, particularly mentionat in the said charter, as oft as the samen shall happen in maner thairin contained, together with the precept and instrument of sasine following therupon, and his majesties' commissions granted to the saids lords and others of his majesties' thesaurie and exchequer for changeing waird holdings into taxt, in so far as concerns and may be extendit to the saids lands and barronie with the pertinents, in the haill heids, clauses, articles, provisions and conditions conceaved in favours of the said Sir Johne Keith, or his saids sonnes and thair forsaids respective, or any others the persons and airs of tailyie and provision abovespecified, declareing, decerning and ordaining heirby this present generall ratification to be als valeid and effectuall, to all intents and purposes, as if the said charter, precept and instrument of sasine abovewritten, of the date, tenor and contents generally abovewritten, wer heirin particularly de verbo in verbum ingrost and set doun; and als that this present ratification shall be ane good and sufficient right to the said Sir Johne Keith, his said sonnes and remanent airs of tailyie and provision abovespecified respective, to brooke and enjoy the lands, barronie and others abovewritten mentioned and contained in the said charter, in all tyme comeing, after the forme and tenor thairof in all points; wheranent and the not inserting of the said charter in this present ratification and with all that may follow thairupon or be objected thair against, our said soverane lord and estates of parliament, of certane knowledge, hes dispensed and, be thir presents, dispenses for ever.
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Our soverane lord, with advice and consent of the estates of his majesties' parliament, hath ratified, approven and perpetually confirmed and, be thir presents, ratifies, approves and perpetually confirmes the charter and infeftment granted be his majestie, under the great seale, to his hienes['s] trustie councellor Sir James Lockhart of Lee, knight, his airs and assignays, heretably and irredeimably, of all and haill the lands and barronie of Symontoun, alswell proppertie as tennendrie, including Tintochside and Lockharthill, with tour, fortalice, maner place, houses, bigings, yeards, orchyeards, mosses, mures, fishings, service of free tennents, commonties and haill priveledges and pertinents of the saids lands, with the milne of Symontoun, milne lands, thirle multers of Annistoun and Lockharthill, and haill other multers, sucken and sequells of the samen, and with advocation, donation and right of patronage of the kirk of Symontoun, with the annexis, connexis, outsets, haill partis, pertinents and teinds of the saids lands, lyand within the shirrreffdome of Lanerk (excepting only the proppertie of the lands of Annistoun); as lykways, all and haill the ten pund land of the land and barronie of Stenhouse, with maner place, houses, bigings, yeards, orchyeards, mosses, mures, meidows, woods, fishings, coalls, coallheughs, lyme, lymstone, parts, pendicles, outsets, commonties and pertinents thairof, with the milne of Stenhouse, milnlands, multers, knaveship and other dueties perteaning thairto; and likewise, all and haill that other ten pund land of the lands and barronie of Stenhouse, lands of Kittiemure, Tueddie, Udstane, Hisilden, Hyndlands, Crumach, Over and Nether Mayns of Stenhouse, otherwise called Eister and Wester Mains of Stenhouse, with tours, fortalices, milns, multers, service of free tennents, advocation, donation of the kirks and chaplanries of all the said lands, and of the prebendaries of Stenhouse and Streven, foundit within the collegiat church of Bothwell, and with houses, bigings, yeards, orchyeards, mosses, mures, meidows, woods, fishings, coall, coalheughs, lyme and lymestone, outsets, parts, pendicles, commodities and pertinents therof, lying within the barronie of Stenhouse and shirreffdome of Lanerk; and lykways, all and haill the lands of Spittellsheill, with houses, bigings, yeards, parts, pendicles, teinds and pertinents thairof, lying within the parochine of St Leonards and shirreffdome forsaid; and all and haill the fyve merk land of old extent of Catrastle,† commonly called Crumach, and tuo cottages in Stenhouse, sometyme possest be James Achinleck in Heisilden, and Johne Steill in Brigholme, with certane aikers possest be [...], as parts and portions thairof; and siclyk, all and haill these lands of the toun of Stenhouse, with cottages and houses belonging thairto, which perteaned to the dutches of Hamiltoun and to her deceast father and uncle; and siclyk, all and haill the lands of Reidenhill and lands of Cotlands; and siclyk all and haill the lands of Kittiemure, called Dalzells Kittiemure, with all and haill the lands of Croftland, with the pertinents, with the right of patronage of the church of Stenhouse; and likewise, all and haill ane proportionable sext parte of that parte of the mure of Stenhouse, which be decreit of the lords of session or be freendly agreement shall be fund to pertean to the said dutches of Hamiltoun and her husband; and siclyk ane proportionall parte of the mure of Stenhouse, corresponding and perteaning to these lands, called the lairdship of Stenhouse, which is disponed to the said Sir James Lockhart be severall persons his authors; and in lykmaner, all and haill the lands called the Viccars, with houses, bigings, yeards, tennents, tennendries, service of frie tennents, haill priveledges, immunities, parts, pendicles and pertinents thairof, all lyand within the said shirreffdome of Lanerk, which chartour bears ane clause de novo damus with ane erection of the toun of Stenhouse in a burgh of barronie, and the right and priveledge of keeping ane weeklie mercat on the Wednesday and three fairs yeerlie within the toun of Stenhouse, the first on the second Wednesday of July, the second on the tuentie-fourt day of October, and the thrid on the thrid Wednesday of November yeerlie, and this charter bears ane union of the haill forsaids lands, burgh of barronie, patronage and others abovewritten, in ane haill and frie barronie called, and to be called in all tyme comeing, the barronie of Stenhouse; to be holden the haill forsaids lands (except Spitlesheill) of his majestie and his successors in frie barronie and heretage, be service of taxt waird and taxt mariage, for payment of the taxt waird duetie, releiff and mariage mentioned in the said charter, which containes ane change of the holding of the saids lands from simple waird to taxt waird and mariage, and the saids lands of Spitlesheill are holden of his majestie in few ferme for payment of the few dewtie specified in the said charter, which is dated at Whitehall, the tuentie day of March 1667 yeers, with the precept and instrument of sasine following therupon, in all and sindrie heads, articles, clauses and circumstances thairof whatsumever. And his majestie, with consent of his estates of parliament, wills and grants and als decernes and ordaines that the forsaid ratification shall be als effectuall, valeid and sufficient to the said Sir James Lockhart, and his forsaids, as if the forsaid charter, precept and sasine following theron wer word be word exprest heirin, altho the samen be not so done; wheranent and with all that may follow therupon, his majestie and the estates of parliament hes dispensed and, be thir presents, dispenses for ever; and siclyk hes dissolved and, be thir presents, dissolves the former tenor of the simple waird holding of the saids lands from his majesties' croun and patrimonie thairof, and all acts of annexation, in sua far as is requisite to this innovation and change of the tenor of the holding of the saids lands, made be his majesties' late grant in the forsaid charter, and gives, grants and dispones to the said Sir James Lockhart and his forsaids, heretablie and irredeimably, the haill forsaids lands, barronie and others abovewritten, to be holden of his majestie and his successors in maner specified in the said charter and, if neid bies, ordaines ane new infeftment to be past in favours of the said Sir James Lockhart and his forsaids, under his majesties' great seale therupon, and wills, ordaines and declares that the forsaid charter alreadie past, and sasine following theron, shall be good, valeid and sufficient rights and titles to the said Sir James Lockhart, and his forsaids, for enjoying, brooking and possessing of the saids lands, barronie and others above written, heretablie and irredeemably, in all tyme comeing, conforme to his majesties' late grant, charter and infeftment therof in all points, notwithstanding of whatsomever impediment, act, statute or law made or to be made in the contrair.
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Our soverane lord, with advice and consent of his majesties' estates of parliament, have ratified, approven and perpetually confirmed and, be thir presents, ratifies, approves and perpetuallie confirmes, ane charter made and granted be his majestie, with consent of his hienes['s] commissioners of the thesaurie and exchequer, to the persons afternamed, of the lands, teinds, patronages and others aftermentioned, wnder his hienes['s] great seale, of the date the tuentie-thrid day of July last by past, wherby his majestie, with consent forsaid, hes granted and disponed and, for him and his successours, perpetually confirmed to his hienes['s] welbelowed Johne Forbes of Cullodin, and his airs male and assignays whatsomever, heretablie and irredeemably, all and haill the lands and barronie of Kinkell Fraser (of old called Ferintosh), comprehending therin the respective touns and lands of Mulchaich, the Kinkells, commonly called meikle and litle Kinkells, the lands of Drumvorny, tuo Alcaks, with certane other touns, crofts and particats of lands, with the milns thairof, milnelands, multers, sequells, thirladge and knaveship of the samen, together with the salmond fishings and other fishings of the yair of Alcack, commonly called Carnagauld, with all other fishings, alswell in the sea as in the water of Cannon, within the bounds, limits and meiths of the saids lands and barronie, with all and sindrie houses, bigings, yeards, orchyards, tofts, crofts, woods, annexis, connexis, dependences, mosses, moores, marishes, libertie of common pasturage, tennents, tennendries, service of frie tennents, parts, pendicles and universall pertinents, perteaning or that is anywayes knoune to perteane and belong therto; as also, comprehending all and haill the advocations, donations and right of patronages of the kirks and parochines of Logie and Wrwhart, now unite, teinds great and small, alswell personage as viccarage thairof, fruits, rents, casualities and proffeits perteaneing thairto, all lying within the thaindome of Calder, and now be annexation within the shirreffdome of Nairne and dyocie of Rosse; and siclyk, gave, granted and disponed and perpetually confirmed to the said Johne Forbes, in lyverent, and Duncan Forbes, his eldest lawfull sonne, in fie and the airs male and assignays whatsomever of the said Duncan, heretablie and irredeimably, all and haill the lands and barronie of Cullodin, comprehending all and sundrie the three thrid parts of all and sindrie the touns and lands of Wester Culloden, Mid Culloden, Eister Cullodin and Culwhiniach, with the kills and brewseats, brewlands and crofts therof, together with the three thrid parts of the milns of Culloden and Culwhiniach, with the pertinents thairof, together with the dry and astrict multers of the saids lands, with the milnelands, tofts, crofts, tour, fortalice, maner place, yeards, orchyeards, parts, pendicles, outsets and pertinents of all the saids lands, and others forsaids, lying within the shirreffdome of Innernes (reserveing notwithstanding to Anna Dumbar, spous to the said Johne Forbes, and to Marie Innes, spous to the said Duncan Forbes, their lyvrent right of so much of the said barronie of Culloden with the pertinents as is provydit to them dureing all the days of thair lyftyme, and whose liverent rights are be the said charter ratified); to be holden of his majestie and his successors in maner and for payment of the taxt waird dewties thairinspecified. And siclyk his majestie, with consent forsaid, ratified, approved and perpetually confirmed the disposition dated the fyfteinth day of May 1666 yeers, made be George, earle of Panmure to the said Johne Forbes, and his forsaids, of the teinds of the saids lands and barronie of Culloden, and the disposition made to them be way of contract be Johne Cuthbert of Castlehill of the fyft parte of the milne of Castlehill, multers, sequells and pertinents, to be holden of his majestie in maner and for payment of the taxt waird dewtie and blensh duetie therin exprest, together with the few and blensh rights and infeftments granted be Hew, lord Fraser of Lovat, Alexander, earle of Murray and George, marques of Huntlie, and their predecessors, to the said John Forbes and his authors, of the touns and lands of Bonchrew, stell and yair thairof, Leonach and Bellavraid, houses, bigings and pertinents of the samen, Over and Nether Cullairnies with the pertinents, and few dewties payable to the said marques furth of the lands of Culdowell and Castlelethers, and milne of Old Inchkeach and others with the pertinents perteaning heretablie to James Fraser of Culdowell and Malcolme Fraser, his sonne; to be holden of themselffs, thair airs and successors in maner therin mentioned, chartours and instruments of sasine following therupon, in maner specified in the said charter, together with the commission and warrand granted be his majestie for taxing lands within this kingdome, and all other rights granted to the said Johne Forbes and his authors and predecessours, of, upon or concerning the saids lands, barronies, teinds and others forsaids, in the haill heids, articles, clauses, provisions and conditions of the samen. And our soverane lord, with consent forsaid of his estates of parliament, wills and grants and for him and his successors, be thir presents, declares, decerns and ordains this present generall ratification to be als valeid, effectual, sufficient and of als great force, strenth and effect, to all intents and purposes, as if the said charter, rights and warrands generally aboveconfirmed wer de verbo in verbum heirin particularly and at lenth insert and ingrost, albeit the samen be not sua done; wheranent and with all that may follow therupon or that can any wayes be objected against the validitie of the said ratification, our soverane lord and estats of parliament have dispensed and, be thir presents, dispenses for now and ever.
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Our soverane lord and estates of parliament have ratified, approven and confirmed and, be the tenor heirof, ratifie, approve and perpetually confirme the charter and infeftment made and granted be his majestie as king and as prince and stewart of Scotland, under his great seale, of the date at Edinburgh, the second day of July 1669 yeers, to his majesties' loveit David Blair of Adamtoun, and his airs of tailyie thairin exprest, of the lands and barronie of Adamtoun, comprehending the lands and others particularly set doun in the said charter, lying within the shirreffdome of Air, and to Margaret Borthwick,† his spous, in lyverent dureing her lyfetyme, of a parte of the saids lands and barronie, lykways particularly condiscended on in the said charter, with the annexation of the teindsheaves and others teinds, great and small, personage and viccarage, fruits, rents, emoluments, proffeits and dewties of the parochine and paroche kirk of Munktoun, with the advocation, donation and right of patronage of the said kirk to the said barronie of Adamtoun, together with the dispensation for takeing sasine of the saids lands and barronie with the teinds and pertinents thairof at the maner place of Adamtoun, together also with the change of the holding of a parte of the saids lands and barronie from simple to taxt waird for the payment of the respective taxt dueties particularly mentionat in the said charter, for the waird, nonentrie and releiff of the saids lands and mariage of the airs succeiding thairto, together with the precept and instrument of sasine following thairupon, with the commission made and granted be his majestie, under his great seale, of the date the tuentie eight day of December 1667 yeers, to the lords commissioners of his majesties' thesaury and exchequer for changeing the holding of waird lands from simple to taxt waird, and that in so far as may be extendit for strenthning the forsaid charter and infeftment, in all and sindrie heids, articles, clauses, tenors and contents thairof, circumstances and conditions thairin contained, after the forme and tenor of the samen, and declares, statuts and ordains that this present generall ratification thairof is and shall be als valeid, effectuall and sufficient, in all respects, as if the samen wer at lenth word be word insert in this present act of parliament, dispenseing with the not inserting thairof heirin and with all other exceptions and objections whatsomever that may be proponed or alledged against the validitie thairof. And his majestie and estates of parliament forsaid wills, grants, decerns and declares that the forsaid charter with the precept and instrument of sasine following thairon, and this present ratification thairof, shall be a good, valeid and sufficient right to the said David Blair of Adamtoun, and his forsaids, to brooke, possesse and enjoy the lands, barronie and others forsaids thairin contained, after the forme and tenor of the samen charter and infeftment, as thair oune propper heretage, heretably in all tymecomeing.
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Our soverane lord and estates of parliament have ratified, approvin and confirmed and, be the tenor heirof, ratifies, approves and confirms the charter and infeftment made and granted be his majestie, as king and as prince and stewart of Scotland, under his majesties' great seall, of the date at Whitehall, the tent day of August 1669 yeers, to his majesties' loveit William, master of Ross, eldest lawfull sonne to George, lord Ross of Halkheid and Melvill, and the airs male lawfullie to be procreat of his bodie, whilks failyeing to the said George, lord Ross, his airs maill lawfully procreat or to be procreat of his bodie, whilks also failyeing to his eldest daughter lawfullie procreat or to be procreat of his bodie, without division, she always marieing a persone of qualitie of the name of Ross or one who shall assume the name and armes of the familie of Ross, and the airs maill lawfully to be procreate of thair bodies, whilks all failyeing to returne to the said George, lord Ross or any other persone or persons whatsumever to be designed and nominat be him befor his decease, of all and haill the lordship and barronie of Melvill, comprehending the lands and others mentioned in the said charter, lying within the shirreffdome of Edinburgh; the lands of Tartrivan and Wattastoun, lying within the shirreffdome of Linlithgow; the lands of Morvensyd, with the milne thairof, lying within the shirreffdome of Stirling, with the haill pertinents, all formerlie erect in a frie barronie called the barronie of Melvill; and siclyk of the lands of Over Auchinbak, Duntarvie, Dubs, Ralstoun, Hunberhill,† Thornlie [and] Maxwell, with the milne and milnlands thairof; the ten pund land of Logan Raiss, comprehending the lands called Park and Bog with the pertinents; all and haill the lands of Eister Stainlie with the pertinents; the lands of Inshe and office of constabularie of the burgh of Renfrew; the lands of Halkheid, Lays and Thruscraig;† the lands of Overcarss; the lands of Dykbar, Castlebarr, Mathewbar, Ruchmanshill, Arthurlie, Auldbarrs, [and] Nether Auchinbak, lying within the barronie and shirreffdome of Renfrew; the lands of Tarbert, Dunlophill, Dowchrasyde, Broomlands and Rossholme, lying in the baillierie of Cuninghame and shirreffdome of Air, and more fully mentionat and set doun in the said charter, with and under the reservations, provisions and conditions therin exprest, with the dispensation for takeing sasine of the lands abovewritten, holden of his majestie as king, at the maner place of Melvill or upon the ground of any parte of the saids lands of Melvill, and of the haill lands abovespecified holden of his majestie as prince and stewart of Scotland, at the maner place of Halkheid or upon the ground of any parte of the samen lands, together with the change of the holding of sua many of the saids lands and others as are holden waird from simple to taxt waird, for payment of the taxt dewties mentioned in the said charter for the waird, nonentrie and releiff of the saids lands and mariage of the airs succeiding thairto, together with the precept and instrument of sasine following theron, in all and sindrie heids, articles, clauses, tenors and contents thairof, circumstances and conditions thairin contained, after the forme and tenor of the samen; and declares, statuts and ordains that this present generall ratification thairof is and shall be als valeid and sufficient, in all respects, as if the samen wer at lenth word be word insert in this present act of parliament, dispenseing with the not inserting therof heirin and with all other exceptions and objections whatsomever that may be proponed or alledged against the validitie thairof. And his majestie and estates of parliament forsaids wills, grants, decerns and declares that the forsaid charter, with the precept and instrument of sasine following theron, and this present ratification thairof, shall be a good, valeid and sufficient right to the said William, master of Rosse and his forsaids, whilks failyeing as said is, to brooke, possesse and enjoy the lands, barronies and others above written thairincontained, after the forme and tenor of the samen charter, as thair owne propper heretage, heretablie in all tyme comeing.
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The king's majestie and the estates of parliament of this realme, now presently conveened, hes ratified, approven and confirmed and, be the tenor heirof, ratifies, approves and confirms the charter made and granted be the king's majestie, with consent therinspecified, under his majesties' great seall, of the date at Perth, the eight day of December 1650 yeers, wherby his majestie gave, granted and disponed to umqhile Sir Johne Broun of Fordell, knight and collonell, and to his airs maill of his bodie, whilks failyeing to his airs maill and assignays whatsomever, heretablie and irredeemably, all and haill the lands and barronie of Weddersbie, comprehending the lands of Kirktoun of Collassie, Milnehill and Pitlochie, with the milne therof; milne of Pitlair, alias Eastmilne, with the milne lands, multers, sequells and pertinents therof; Drumclochop and Weddersbie, Woodhead, Bowhous and halff of the lands of Sheills;† the halffe of Lurgmyre, Eilsland and fishing therof, with the common in the marish or moore of Munkismoss and Edinsmure with the pertinents, with diverse other lands, milnes, teinds and others, united in ane haill and free barronie, called the barronie of Weddersbie, lyand within the shirreffdome of Fyffe; and also the lands of Eisterfordell, with the milne thairof; Blairscrowie and Cottonis, with the tour, fortalice, maner place, houses, bigings, yeards, tofts, crofts, annexis, connexis and haill pertinents therof whatsomever, lyand within the shirreffdome of Perth; and siclyk, his majestie, with consent therinspecified, for the soume of four thousand merks money of this realme payed be the said umqhile Sir Johne Broun to his majestie, and als for the honourable, faithfull and thankfull service done by him to his majestie and this realme in the late warrs and in the service and work against the late usurper, changed and altered the holding of the haill lands and others particularly abovewritten holden formerlie be service of waird and releiff of his majestie into ane frie blensh holding, for the yeerlie payment of ane pair of gilt spurs in all tyme therafter; and his majestie of new gave, granted and disponed, with consent forsaid, to the said umqhile Sir Johne Broun and his forsaids, the haill lands and others particularly abovewritten, with the remanent lands, milns, teinds and others conteined in the said charter, with all right, tytle, entres, clame of right, proppertie and possession whilk his majestie, his predecessors or successours had or could pretend therto, or to any parte therof or to the maills, ferms, proffeits and dewties of the samen, be reason of waird, releiff, nonentries or be or throw any maner of way whatsumever; and his majestie faithfullie promitted in verbo principis to cause ratifie the samen charter, with the precept and instrument of sasine following therupon, in his majesties' next ensueing parliament after his majoritie and perfyte age of tuentie-one yeers compleit and the forsaid charter and confirmation therof to be done of his majesties' certane knowledge and mature deliberatione, together with the precept and instrument of sasine following therupon, together with the severall rights and dispositions thairof made be James Arnot of Fairnie, Sir Robert Montgomerie of Skelmorlie, Johne Broun in Kirkaldie, and diverse other creditors to the said umqhile Sir Johne Broun and apprisers of the samen, to and in favours of William Hamiltoun of Wishaw, writter in Edinburgh, and of his airs and assignays therin mentioned, with the procuratorie of resignation thairin contained, charters, precepts and instruments of sasine following therupon, with all other rights, tytles and securities whatsomever any wayes made, granted and conceaved in favours of the said William Hamiltoun and his forsaids theranent, of whatsumever nature, date, tenor or contents the samen be of, in all and sindrie the heids, articles, clauses, provisions and conditions respective thairof in all points, after the respective formes and tenors of the samen. And his majestie and his saids estats of parliament doe heirby declare, decerne and ordain that this present ratification is and shall be als valeid, effectuall and sufficient, to all intents and purposes, to the said William Hamiltoun and his forsaids, for their brookeing and joyseing of the lands, barronie, teinds and others respective abovewritten, useing and disponeing therupon as if the saids haill charters, rights and infeftments, therof particularly and generally abovewritten [and] heirby ratified, wer all heirintill verbatim insert and whilk his majestie and the saids estates of parliament holds as ane parte therof and as heirin insert brevitatis causa; wheranent and with all defects and imperfections whatsomever and with all that may or can any wayes be objected or alledged against the validitie and legalitie of this present generall ratification, and of the writts, rights, charters and infeftments particularly and generally abovewritten heirby ratified, his majestie and the saids estates of parliament have dispensed and heirby dispenses for ever.
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Our soverane lord, with advice and consent of the three estates of this present parliament, ratifies and approves ane decreit obtained befor the lords of counsel and session upon the eight day of March 1635 yeers, at the instance of Mr Andrew Fairfull, minister at Northleith, elders and kirk session thairof, decerning letters of horning to be direct at the instance of the said minister and kirk session and thair successors against all fishers and others whatsomever importing fishes to Leith or Newheaven, for payment of the teinds of the samen to the said minister and kirk session, according to use and wont, conforme to ane tack set be the Lord Halyrudehouse to them of the samen for the space and yeers of 301 yeers, dated the eleventh day of July 1631 yeers, and which tack proceidit upon ane decreit arbitrall of the commissioners of surrenders, dated the fifteinth of December 1630 yeers, relative to ane submission past betuixt my Lord Halyrudehouse and the said minister and kirk session, of the date of the said decreit; and siclyk, our soverane lord, with advice and consent forsaid, ratifies and approves ane other decreit obtained befor the lords of session upon the threttie day of July 1662, finding the letters and charges raised and execute at the instance of Mr Johne Knox, minister at North Leith, and the kirk session thairof, against William Reid and certane other persons therinspecified, orderlie proceidit ay and whill they made payment to the saids chargers of the soume of tuentie shilling[s] Scots for ilk last of herring taken be them at the Lews, Dumbar or any other places, and imported to Leith and Newheaven the yeers therin lybelled; and siclyk, our soverane lord, with advice and consent forsaid, [also] ratifies ane other decreit obtained befor the lords of session, upon the tent of February 1666, finding the letters and charges raised and execute at the instance of Mr James Reid, minister at North Leith, elders and kirk session thairof, against James Melvill, merchant burges of Edinburgh, orderlie proceidit ay and whill he made payment to the saids chargers of tuentie shilling[s] Scots for ilk last of herring imported be him and his compartners from the yles and other places the yeers therin lybelled, and ay and whill he made payment to the said charger of the teind of the dry fishes (being one of tuentie) imported be him to Leith and Newheaven in maner therin mentioned; by which decreit the saids lords did find it sufficiently proven that the saids chargers and their predicessours had bein in possession of the receaveing and uplifting tuenty shilling[s] for ilk last of herring and of one of each tuenty dry fish imported from the yles, or any other places to Leith and Newheaven, for many yeers then preceiding, and consequentlie had good right to continew their possession of the samen in all tyme comeing. And in lykmaner, our soverane lord, with advice forsaid, ratifies ane decreit obtained at the instance of the said Mr James Reid befor the commissioners of teinds, upon the tuentie-eight day of July 1669, wherby the heretors of St Cuthberts wer decerned to mak payment to him and his successours ministers at Northleith of the soume of four hundreth merks yeerlie, according to the locality therin mentioned, in all and sindrie the heids, clauses and articles of the samen, together with the minister and kirk session of North Leith thair possession of the said teind, both of herring and dry fishes, conforme to the forsaids decreits in all points. And our said soverane lord, with consent forsaid, declares their right and possession to be good and sufficient for them and their successors to possesse and enjoy the samen in all tyme comeing, and that this present ratification shall be als good and effectuall to them as if the forsaids haill decreits wer de verbo in verbum heirin insert.
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Our soverane lord, with advice and consent of his majesties' estates of parliament, hes ratified and approven, lykas, be thir presents, with advice and consent forsaid, ratifies and approves the charter of erection made and granted be his majesties' dearest grandfather King James the sext, of blessed memorie, of the date the [...] day of November 1595 yeers, to and in favours of the burgesses and inhabitants of the burgh of Inverbervie, wherby the samen is erected and created in ane frie burgh royall, with the haill priveledges, liberties, immunities perteining and belonging to any burgh royall within this kingdome, together also with the priveledge and libertie of the weekly mercats, yeerlie fairs and customes thairof contained in the said charter, together lykways with the milns, multers, commonties and office of justiciary granted to the provost and ballies of the said burgh and their successors, and all other charters made and granted be his majesties' most noble progenitors to and in favours of the saids provost, baillies, councell and communitie of the said burgh of Inverbervie and thair inhabitants, with all that hes followed or may follow therupon, in all and sindrie the heids, articles, clauses, provisions and conditions thairof; and wills and declares that this present ratification shall be als valeid, effectuall and sufficient to the provost, baillies, councill, communitie, burgesses and inhabitants of the said burgh of Inverbervie, as if the forsaid charter of erection wer heirin expreslie insert and ingrost, with the not inserting therof, his majestie, with advice and consent forsaid, hes dispensed and, be thir presents, dispenses forever.
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Our soverane lord and estates of this present parliament ratifies, approves and perpetually confirms the charter and infeftment made and granted be his majestie, under his highnes['s] great seall, to Hugh Watt of Fulsheills, in lyverent dureing all the days of his lifetime, and to Mr Robert Watt, his lawfull sone, and the airs lawfullie to be procreat of his bodie, which failyeing the said Hugh Watt his nearest lawfull airs and assignays whatsumever, in fie heretablie, of all and haill the lands of Fulsheills, proppertie and tennendrie therof, with tennents, tennendries and service of free tennents of the samen, with all and sindrie houses, bigings, yeards, orchyeards, tofts, crofts, parts, pendicles and pertinents of the samen; and als of all and haill the temple lands of Fulsheills, with houses, bigings, yeards, tofts, crofts, meidows and all thair pertinents, with commontie and common pasturage perteaning and belonging to the saids lands, together with all immunities, priveledges, liberties and commodities of the samen, used and wont, all lying within the parochine of Levingstoun and shirreffdome of Linlithgow; with the new gift and disposition of the samen lands and change of holding of the saids lands of Fullsheills from simple to taxt waird, for payment of the taxed dueties mentioned in the said charter for the waird, nonentrie and releiff of the saids lands and mariage of the airs succeiding thairto, which charter is of the date at Whitehall, the tuentie-fourt day of May jM vjC, threescore [and] seven yeers, together also with the precept and instrument of sasine following therupon, in all and sindrie heads, articles, clauses, tenor and contents therof, circumstances and conditions thairin contained; and declares, statuts and ordains that this present generall ratification therof is and shall be als valeid, effectuall and sufficient, in all respects, as if the samen wer at lenth word be word insert in this present act of parliament, dispensing with the not inserting thairof heirin and with all other exceptions and objections whatsumever that may be proponed or alledged against the validitie therof. And his majestie and estates of parliament forsaid wills, grants, decernes and declares that the forsaid charter, with the precept and instrument of sasine following therupon and this present ratification therof, is and shall be a good, valeid and sufficient right to the said Hugh Watt, his said sonne and thair forsaids, to brooke, enjoy and possesse the lands abovewritten and pertinents thairof thairin contained, after the forme and tenor of the said charter, as their oune propper heretage, heretablie in all tyme comeing.
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Our soverane lord and estates of this present parliament ratifies, approves and perpetually confirms the charter and infeftment made and granted be his majestie, for himselff and as prince and stewart of Scotland, under his hienes['s] great seall, to Sir Adam Blair of Carberrie, knight, his airs and assignays whatsomever, heretablie, off all and haill the three merk land of Overlochrig; the sex merk land of Castiltoun, over and nether, with the milne of the samen; the fourtein shilling land of Horsemure; the four shilling land of Lochsyd, with the milne therof called Lochmilne and astricted multers; of the eleven merk land of Lochrig, with all and sindrie houses, bigings, yeards, parts, pendicles and pertinents of the samen whatsumever, lying within the baillierie of Cuningham and shirreffdome of Air, with the new gift and disposition of the saids lands and change of holding of the samen from simple to taxt waird, for payment of the taxed dewties mentioned in the said charter for the waird, nonentrie and releiff of the saids lands and mariage of the airs succeiding thairto, which charter is of the date at Edinburgh, the tuenty-sext day of February 1669 yeers, together also with the precept and infeftment following or to follow therupon, in all and sindrie heads, articles, clauses, tenor[s], contents, circumstances and conditions of the samen; and declares, statuts and ordains that this present generall ratification thairof is and shall be als valeid, effectuall and sufficient, in all respects, as if the samen wer at lenth word be word insert in this present ratification, dispensing with the not inserting thairof heirin, and with all other exceptions or objections whatsumever that may be proponed or alledged against the validitie therof; and siclyk, his majestie and estates of parliament forsaid ratifies, approves and perpetually confirms the commission made and granted be his majestie to the commissioners of his hienes['s] thesaurie and exchequer, dated at Whitehall, the tuentie-eight day of December 1667 yeers, wherby his majestie impowered and authorized the saids commissioners to change the holding of such lands as wer holden waird of his majestie, either as king or as prince and stewart of Scotland, from simple to taxt waird, for payment of the taxed dueties therinmentioned, and that in the haill heids, articles and clauses therof, in so far as the samen may any wayes fortifie or corroborat the forsaid charter heirby ratified, in maner abovewritten. And his majestie and estates of parliament forsaid wills, grants, decerns and declars that the forsaid charter, with the precept and instrument of sasine following or to follow therupon and this present ratification therof, is and shall be good, valeid and sufficient rights to the said Sir Adam Blair and his forsaids, to brook, enjoy and possesse the lands abovewritten and pertinents therof thairincontained, after the forme and tenor of the said charter, as their oune propper heretage, heretablie in all tyme comeing.
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Our soverane lord and estates of parliament have ratified, approven and confirmed and, be the tenor heirof, ratifie, approve and confirme the charter and infeftment made and granted be his majestie, for himselff as king and as prince and stewart of Scotland, under his majesties' great seall, of the date the nyinteinth day of November last bypast, to George Foullartoun of Dreghorne, merchant burges of Edinburgh, and Bessie Gray, his spous, in conjunct fie and lyverent with himselff, and to the airs therinspecified, off all and haill the four pund land of Dreghorne with the pertinents; the thrid parte of the fishing of Outcraig, and with the fishings of salmond and other fishes in the water of Irwing; the sex pund land of Newhill and Eister and Wester Beaths, with the corne milne and pertinents; the lands of Arrathill with the pertinents, lying in the parochine of Dundonnald, baillierie of Kylstewart and shirreffdome of Air, with the teinds, personage and viccarage therof; and the fyve merk land of Templetoun, with the houses and eight ruds of land lying neir the kirkstyll of Dundonnald, with the pertinents and teinds, personage and viccarage thairof, with and under the provisions and conditions alwayes particularly mentioned in the said charter; with the new gift and disposition of the saids lands, dispensation for takeing sasine at the particular places specified in the samen charter and change of the holding of the saids lands of Dreghorne, with the pertinents, the fishings befor designed, the lands of Wester Beaths and teinds of the saids haill lands from simple to taxt waird, for payment of the taxed dueties mentioned in the said charter, for the waird, nonentrie and releiff of the saids lands and mariage of the airs succeiding therto, together with the charter and instrument of sasine following therupon, together also with the commission granted be his majestie, under the great seale, of the date the tuentie-eight day of December 1667 yeers, to the lords commissioners of his majesties' thesaurie and exchequer, for changeing of the holding of waird lands to taxt waird, in so far as the samen may fortifie and strenthen the forsaid charter and infeftment, in the haill heids, articles, clauses, contents, circumstances and conditions therof; and declares, statuts and ordains that this present generall ratification is and shall be als valeid, effectuall and sufficient, in all respects, as if the samen wer at lenth word be word insert in this present act of parliament, dispensing with the not inserting thairof heirin, and with all other exceptions and objections whatsumever that may be proponed or alledged against the validitie therof. And his majestie and estates of parliament forsaid wills, grants, decerns and declares that the forsaid charter, with the precept and instrument of sasine following or to follow therupon and this present ratification therof, is and shall be a good, valeid and sufficient right to the said George Foullertoun, and his said spous and their forsaids, to brook, enjoy and possesse the lands and others abovewritten, with the teinds and pertinents therof therin contained, after the forme and tenor of the said charter, as their oune propper heretage, heretablie in all tyme comeing.
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Our soverane lord, with advice and consent of the estates of this present parliament, ratifies and approves the charter of donation and concession, of the date the seventeinth day of December instant, made and granted be his majestie under his hienes['s] great seale, with advice and consent of his majesties' commissioners of his hienes['s] thesaurie thairin named, and remanent lords of exchequer, to and in favours of his majesties' loveit Mr Johne Wishart, advocat, ane of the commissers of Edinburgh, and Margaret Lowis, his spous, and the longest liver of them tuo, in conjunct fie, and of the airs maill procreat or to be procreat betuixt them, whilks failyeing the said Mr Johne Wishart, his nearest and lawfull airs maill whatsumever, whilks also failyeing of his airs and assignays whatsumever, heretablie, off all and haill the lands and barronie of Balgavie, with the maner place, houses, bigings, yeards, orchyeards, parks, wairds, parts, pendicles and pertinents therof; and of the burgh of barronie of Balgavie, with all and sindrie liberties, priveledges and immunities of the said burgh of barronie, als freelie as any other burgh of barronie within this realme, with power to the said Mr Johne Wishart and his forsaids, to create, ordain and constitute baillies and officers for the government of the inhabitants of the said burgh and at their pleasure to depose them, the Greinmyre, loch and fishings therof, the milne and milnelands of Balgavie, with the multers, sequells and knaveship of the samen milne forsaid, and haill pertinents therof, with the mosses, mures and marishes belonging to the saids lands and barronie of Balgavie, tofts, crofts, outsets, insets, annexis, connexis, tennents, tennendries and service of free tennents, parts, pendicles and pertinents whatsumever of the samen lands and barronie above written, lyand within the shirreffdome of Forfar and boundit be the severall antient bounds, meiths and marches thairof particularly mentioned in the samen charter forsaid, and of all and sindrie the teind sheaves and personage teinds of the saids lands and barronie of Balgavie, with the haill pertinents forsaids thairof, fruits, rents, proffeits and emoluments of the samen. And siclyk to and in favours of the said Mr Johne Wishart, and the airs maill forsaids procreat or to be procreat betuixt him and the said Margaret Lowes, his spous above designed, whilks failyeing to the said Mr Johne Wishart his nearest and lawfull airs maill forsaids, whilks failyeing to his airs and assignays whatsumever abovespecified, heretablie and irredeimably as said is, off all and haill the lands of Hiltoun of Guthrie, comprehending the pendicles therof called Pickertoun, Bents and Breadfaulds, with the woods, boigs and firths of the samen, moors, mosses and marishes thairof, and all and sindrie parts, pendicles, tofts, crofts, outsets, insets, annexis, connexis, tennents, tennendries and service of free tennents of the samen, with all and sindrie thair pertinents, lyand of old within the barronie of Guthrie and now be annexation in the said barronie of Balgavie and shirreffdome of Forfar forsaid, and boundit be the particular antient bounds, meiths and merches therof, also spetially contained in the samen charter abovewritten, [and this] all unite in ane frie barronie called the barrony of Balgavie as for the principall. As also, of all and haill the lands and barronie of Lounan, alswell that halff therof acquired be umqhile Johne, earle of Northesk, father to his majesties' right traist cousing David, now earle of Northesk, fra umqhile George, earle of Kinnoull, viscount Dupline, sumtyme heigh chancellour of this realme forsaid, comprehending the lands of Courthill, halff lands of Dumbartnet, with the halff of the milne of Lounan, milnelands and pertinents thairof, as that other halff of the samen sometyme perteaning to Johne Tyrie of Drumkilbo, comprehending the lands of Halkhill, Newtoun and sunnie halff of Dumbartnet, with the other halff of the said milne of Lounan, milne lands and pertinents therof, all lyand in the shirreffdome aboverehersed, and that in spetiall warrandice and security of all and haill the lands, barrony, teinds and others particularly abovenamed principally disponed in the forsaid charter, as said is, and in the cace and upon the provision therin specially mentioned, whilk is holden as particularly repeited heirin. Attour his majestie, with advice and consent forsaid, hes therby ratified and approven and, for his majestie and his hienes['s] successors, perpetually confirmed the letters of disposition, alienation and right, of the date the tuenty-eight day of January 1664 yeers, made and granted be umqhile Doctor Alexander Ramesay, sumtyme phisitian to his majesties' umqhile dearest royall father, of blessed memorie, to and in favours of his majesties' loveit James Ramesay, sonne to the said umqhile Doctor Alexander Ramesay, and to his airs and assignays whatsomever therinspecified, of the forsaids lands and barrony of Balgavie, burgh of barronie therof, with the liberties, priveledges and immunities of the samen abovewritten, milne therof, Greinmyres and loch, with mosses, mures and marishes, maner place, houses, bigings, yeards, tennents, tennendries, service of free tennents, parts, pendicles and pertinents abovespecified of the samen, and teinds forsaids thairof; and of all and haill the saids lands of Hiltoun of Guthrie, called Pykertoun, with the woods, boigs and firths, houses, bigings, yeards, mosses, mures, parts, pendicles and pertinents whatsumever of the samen, all lyand within the shirreffdome abovewritten, to be holden in maner particularly mentioned in the samen letters of disposition, alienation and right forsaid, together with the precept of sasine particularly therinconteined and the instrument of sasine following therupon; and siclyk the letters of disposition, alienation and right, of the date the tuentie-fyft day of November 1668 yeers, made and granted be the said James Ramesay (therby designed of Addeven, lawfull sonne to his umqhile father abovedesigned) to and in favours of the said now earle of Northesk (as air in generall served and retoured to the said umqhile Johne, earle of Northesk, his father) and to his airs and assignays therinspecified, off all and haill the forsaids lands and barronie of Balgavie, burgh of barronie thairof, with the liberties, priveledges and immunities abovespecified of the same, milne therof, Grein myers and loch, with mosses, mures and marishes, maner place, houses, bigings, yeards, tennents, tennendries, service of free tennents, parts, pendicles and pertinents abovexpressed of the samen, and teinds forsaids thairof, and of all and haill the saids lands of Hiltoun, called Pykertoun, with the woods, boigs and firths, houses, bigings, yeards, mosses, mures, parts, pendicles and pertinents whatsumever of the samen, all lyand within the shirreffdome abovespecified, to be holden in maner spetially contained in the samen letters of disposition, alienation and right forsaid, together with the precept of sasine particularly therin mentioned and the instrument of sasine following therupon. As also, the letters of disposition, alienation and right made and granted be William Ruthven, now of Gardyne, oy and air maill served and retoured to umqhile William Ruthven of Gardyne, his goodsir, who wes air maill of conques servit and retoured to umqhile Collonell Sir Francis Ruthven of Carss, knyght, sometyme heretable proprietour of the lands, barronie and others above and after mentioned, with the speciall advice and consent of Captane Johne Ruthven, his father, brother and tutor of law for his interesse, and the said Captane Johne for himselff, and as tutor forsaid takeing burding upon him for the said William Ruthven, his pupill abovedesigned, be reason of his pupillaritie, to and in favours of the said David, earle of Northesk and of his airs and assignays whatsumever therinspecified, heretablie and irredeemablie, off all and haill the forsaids lands and barronie of Balgavie, with the Grein myre, burgh of barronie and milne therof, tennents, tennendries, service of free tennents, parts, pendicles and pertinents whatsomever abovexpressed of the samen, and teinds forsaids thairof; and of all and haill the saids lands of Hiltoun of Guthrie, comprehending Pykertoun, Bents and Breadfaulds, with their woods, boigs and firths, parts, pendicles and pertinents whatsomever abovespecified of the samen, all lyand within the shirreffdome forsaid, to be holden in maner particularly mentioned in the same letters of disposition abovewritten and right forsaid, whilk is spetially contained in the contract, of the date the seventeinth and last days of August 1668 yeers, past and perfyted betuixt the said David, earle of Northesk, eldest lawfull sonne and air served and retoured to his umqhile father abovenamed on the ane parte, and the said William Ruthven, and his tutors forsaids, and the other persons therin particularly named on the other parte theranent, together with the precept of sasine therin particularly mentioned and instrument of sasine following therupon; and in lyk maner the letters of disposition, alienation and right made be Sir Thomas Stewart of Garntullie, knight, to and in favours of the said David, earle of Northesk and to his airs and assignays therinspecified, of all and haill the saids lands and barronie of Balgavie, comprehending the lands, teinds, milne, milnelands, woods, fishings and others particularly abovewritten therin mentioned, lyand within the shirreffdome forsaid, to be holden in maner spetially contained in the samen letters of disposition allenerlie† and right forsaid, whilk is of the date the tuentie-fyft day of September 1668 yeers, together with the precept of sasine therin particularly exprest and instrument of sasine following therupon, together also with all charters, infeftments, precepts and instruments of sasine and other rights, titles and securities whatsomever any ways made and granted or conceaved to and in favors of the saids William Ruthven, umqhile Doctor Alexander Ramesay, James Ramesay, his sonne, Sir Thomas Stewart and David, earle of Northesk, and ilk ane of them, their predecessours and authors whatsumever of and concerning the samen haill lands and barronie of Balgavie, teinds and others therof particularly abovementioned, all named, designed and lyand in maner forsaid, in all and sindrie the heids, points, articles, clauses, circumstances and conditions whatsumever contained in the saids particular letters of disposition, precepts and instruments of sasine respective forsaids following therupon, as said is, and in the forsaids charters, precepts and instruments of sasine and others rights, titles and securities generally abovementioned, and ilk ane therof, after the severall formes and tenors of the samen respective in all points. And farder, his majestie, with advice and consent forsaid, therby willit and granted and, for his majestie and his henes['s] successours abovewritten, decerned and ordained that the confirmation abovespecified is and shall be valeid and effectuall to the said Mr Johne Wishart, now heretable proprietor of the lands, barronie, teinds and others above mentioned, and to his spous above named and their forsaids, for their peaceable possessing, brooking and joyseing of all and haill the samen lands, barronie, teinds and others particularly abovewritten, lyand in maner forsaid, notwithstanding of whatsomever may anayways be objected to the contrare. And siclyk his majestie, with advice and consent forsaid, hes therby of new united, erected, annexed, created and incorporat all and haill the lands, barronie, brugh of barronie, milne, milnelands, with the maner place, houses, biggings, yeards, parts, pendicles and pertinents whatsomever abovewritten of the samen, with the teinds forsaids thairof, and others particularly abovenamed, all lyand and boundit and principally disponed, as said is, in ane haill and frie barronie to be called, now and in all tyme comeing, the barronie of Balgavie, decerning and ordaining therby the said maner place of the forsaids lands of Balgavie to be the principall messuage of the samen barronie abovenamed, and that ane sasine now to be taken be the saids Mr Johne Wishart and Margaret Lows, his spous abovedesigned, and either of them for their oune parts forsaids, according to their interests respective abovespecified, and in all tyme comeing be the airs and assignays forsaids of the said Mr Johne Wishart, at the principall messuage abovewritten or upon any parte of the ground of the saids lands of Balgavie, shall stand and be ane sufficient sasine to them and ilk ane of them for all and sindrie the saids lands, barronie, burgh of barronie, milne, milnelands with the maner place, houses, bigings, yeards, parts, pendicles and pertinents whatsomever abovespecified of the samen, with the teinds forsaids thairof, and others particularly abovenamed, all lyand and boundit and principally disponed in maner forsaid and unite, created, erected and incorporat in the forsaid ane haill and frie barronie in maner abovementioned; and siclyk for all and haill the lands and others particularly above related, disponed also in warrandice and lyand, as said is, notwithstanding the samen lands both principall and warrandice forsaids, lyes not contigue together bot in diverse places. Wheranent and with all that may be objected to the contrare, his majestie, with advice and consent forsaid, be the said charter hes dispensed for ever, to be holden all and haill the lands, barronie, burgh of barronie, milne, milnelands, with the maner place, houses, bigings, yeards, parts, pendicles and pertinents whatsoever aboverehersed of the samen, with the saids teinds therof and others particularly abovenamed, all lyand and boundit and principally disponed in maner forsaid, and unite, erected, created and incorporat in the forsaid ane haill and frie barronie in maner abovespecified, and all and haill the lands and others particularly abovementioned disponed also in warrandice and lyand, as said is, to the saids Mr Johne Wishart and Margaret Lowes, his spous above named, and to either of them for their oune parts forsaids according to their saids interests respective, and to the said Mr Johne, his airs and assignays forsaids, off his majestie and his hienes['s] successors abovewritten, immediat lawfull superiors therof, in frie barronie, conjunct fie and heretage for ever, for the yeerlie payment of the blensh dueties particularly mentioned in the samen charter forsaids, together with the precept of sasine following therupon and the instrument of sasine also to follow upon the same, in all and sindrie the heids, articles, clauses and conditions whatsumever contained in the said charter and precept of sasine respective following thervpon, and in the instrument of sasine forsaid also to follow upon the same, as said is, after the severall formes and tenors of the samen respective in all points. And farder his majestie, with advice and consent forsaid of the saids estates of parliament, statuts, ordains, wills and declares that this ratification abovewritten is and shall be als valeid, effectuall and sufficient to the said Mr Johne Wishart, and his spous abovenamed and thair forsaids, as if the said charter and precept of sasine respective following therupon, and the instrument of sasine abovewritten also to follow upon the samen in maner forsaid, and ilk ane of them, wer all at lenth word be word particularly insert and ingrossed heirintill; wheranent and with all that may be objected to the contrarie, his majestie, with advice and consent forsaid of the saids estates of parliament, be thir presents dispenses for ever.
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Our soverane lord, with advice and consent of his estates of parliament, ratifies and approves the charter made, given and granted be his majestie, under his hienes['s] great seale of Scotland, to his hienes['s] right traist cusing and counsellour George, earle of Linlithgow, lord Levingstoun, wherby his majestie hes ratified, approven and confirmed all former charters, securities and rights made and granted be his majestie and his hienes['s] royall progenitors to the said George, earle of Linlithgow, and his predecessors, of the office of constabularie and keeping of his majesties' pallace of Linlithgow, lyand within the burgh of Linlithgow and shirreffdome theref, and of all and sindrie fies, casualities, proffeits and dewties perteaning and belonging to the said office, and of all and sindrie parks, peills and lochs of the forsaid pallace of Linlithgow, with meidows, pasturages, yeards, orchyeards, parts, pendicles and pertinents therof whatsumever, all lying in† the pallace of Linlithgow, lordship and shirreffdome therof, and of the office of baillierie of all and sindrie his majesties' lands within the lordship of Linlithgowshire, and upon all and sindrie the tennents and possessors thairof, and of all fies, casualities, priveledges, commodities, proffeits and dewties perteaning and belonging therto; and siclyk of the office of constabularrie and keeping of the castle of Blaknes, with all and sindrie yeerlie dewties, fies, proffeits, priveledges, commodities, casualities and liberties therof, used and wont, and of the salt pans built and to be built upon the sea shore within the bounds of the lands of Blakness; and of all and haill the lands of Bonytoun and Blakness, and with the coalls and coall heughs of the samen lands of Bonytoun and Blakness, alswell within as without the sea flood, and pertinents therof, with the tennents, tennendries, service of free tennents, fewferms and dueties perteaneing to the keeping of the said castle and of the cruves of Blakness, and fishing of fishes within the sea and within all the bounds thairof wherin the said earle of Linlithgow, or any others his predecessors hes bein formerlie in possession, dispensing with the generality therof and of new disponeing to the said earle of Linlithgow, and the airs maill lawfully procreat or to be procreat of his bodie, whilks failyeing to his nearest and lawfull airs maill and of tailyie and assignays whatsomever, heretablie and irredeemably without reversion, the forsaid office of constabulary and keeping of the said palace of Linlithgow, with all and sindrie fies, casualities, proffeits and dueties any wayes belonging to the said office, and the saids parks, peills and loches of the said pallace, with the meidows, pasturages, yeards, orchyeards, parts, pendicles and pertinents therof, and the said office of baillerie of all and sindrie his majesties' lands lyand within the said lordship of Linlithgowshire, and upon all and sindrie the saids tennents, possessours and occupyers therof, with all fies, casualities, priveledges, commodities, proffeits and dewties perteaning therto, and the said office of constabularie and keeping of the said castle of Blaknes, with all and sindrie yeerlie dueties, feis, proffeits and dewties, priveledges, commodities and liberties thairof, useit and wont, with the salt pans built and to be built upon the sea shore within the bounds of the saids lands of Blakness, and the saids lands of Bonytoun and Blakness, with the coalls and coallheughs of all and sindrie the saids lands of Bonytoun and Blakness, alswell within as without the sea flood, and pertinents therof, with the tennents, tennendries, service of tree tennents, fewfermes and dueties therof perteaning to the keeping of the said castle, and with the fishing of fishes and cruves of Blakness within the sea and haill bounds therof, wherin the said earle of Linlithgow or any others his predecessors hes bine formerlie in possession, and all and sindrie the maills, fermes, cayns, customs, grassums, casualities and dewties of the touns and lands of Houstoun, Drumcroce, Kingstravell, Bonytoun, Blakness, Abercorne, Mortoun, Rora, Kingsfeild, with certane tenements, yeards and crofts of land within the said burgh of Linlithgow and territorie therof, all lyand within the said lordship and shirreffdome of Linlithgow, and contained in the forsaids former rights and infeftments granted to the said earle of Linlithgow and his predecessors therupon, to be holden of his hienes and his sucessors in frie blensh ferme, fie and heretage for ever, for payment of the yeerlie few dewties and blensh dewties, at lenth mentioned in the said charter, which is dated the fourteinth day of May 1669 yeers, in all and sindrie the heids, clauses, articles, circumstances and conditions whatsumever therincontained, and after the forme and tenor of the samen in all points.
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Our soverane lord and estates of parliament, conveened by his majestie' speciall authoritie, have ratified and approven and, be the tenor heirof, ratifies and approves ane charter made and granted, be his majestie under his hienes['s] great seall, of the date the thretteinth day of January 1666 yeers, wherby his majestie, with consent of his majesties' commissioners of his hienes['s] exchequer of the kingdome of Scotland therin named, hes given, granted and disponed to and in favors of the deceast Johne, earle of Wigtoun, lord Fleming and Cumbernauld, his airs maill and assignays therin mentioned, heretablie and irredeimablie, all and haill the lands and barronie of Thankertoun, with the toure, fortalice, maner place, milne, milne lands, fishings, annexis, connexis, dependancies, tennents, tennendries, service of frie tennents, with the advocation and donation of the kirk and chappell of the samen, with all other parts, pendicles and pertinents whatsomever, lyand within the shirreffdome of Lanerick, and that upon the resignation of the said deceast Johne, earle of Wigtoun, as the said charter containing ane novo damus of the forsaids lands and others abovementionat, to be holden of his majestie and his successors in frie barronie and heretage for ever, be service of waird and releiff, and wherby his majestie hes taxed the samen to the soums of money underwritten viz, the saids lands and barronie of Thankertoun, with the pertinents, to the soume of ten merks Scots money yeerlie during the waird and nonentrie therof, and for releiff of the samen other ten merks money forsaid, and that at the first terme of Witsunday or Mertymes next and immediately following the waird when the samen should happen, and for the mariage of the airs of the said deceast Johne, earle of Wigtoun, the soume of fourty punds money forsaid, and dispenses with the airs to enter, notwithstanding of their minoritie, together with the precept under the quarter seale and instrument of sasine following therupon; as also, the charter of confirmation made and granted be his majestie, with consent of his majesties' commissioners of exchequer, under his hienes['s] great seall, of the date the thrid day of January 1668 yeers, wherby his majestie ratified, approved and confirmed the contract of alienation made and past betuixt the said deceast Johne, earle of Wigtoun, as heretable proprietour of the lands and barronie aftermentioned, and Sir William Purves of Woodhouslie, knight and barronet, on the ane and other parts, of the date the tuentie-nynt day of January 1667 yeers, be the which contract the said deceast Johne, earle of Wigtoun, for the causes therinmentioned, sould, annalied and disponed to the said Sir William Purves, his airs and assignays whatsomever, heretablie and irredeimablie, without any reversion, redemption or regres, all and haill the saids lands and barronie of Thankertoun, with the tower, fortalice, maner place, milns, miln lands, fishings, annexis, connexis, dependancies, tennents, tennendries, service of frie tennents, advocations and donations of the kirks and chaplanries thairof, and haill parts, pendicles and pertinents of the samen whatsomever, lyand within the shirreffdome of Lanerick, in the whilks lands and barronie the said deceast Johne, earle of Wigtoun, band and obleist him to infeft and sease the said Sir William Purves and his forsaids be double charters and infeftments, ane therof to be holden of the said earle of Wigtoun, and his airs and successors, in frie blensh ferme for yeerlie payment of ane pennie Scots money upon the ground of the saids lands and barronie, at the terme of Witsunday, in name of blensh ferme, if the samen bies asked allenerlie, or according to such maner of holding as may best subsist according to the lawes and practick of this kingdome, and the other of the saids infeftments to be holden from the said earle and his forsaids of his immediat lawfull superiors therof, siclyk and als freelie in all respects as the said deceast Johne, earle of Wigtoun held or might have holden the samen himselff, and with absolute warrandice in maner mentionat in the said contract, with the precept of sasine therincontained and instrument of sasine if any have followed therupon, whilks lands and barronie wer then holden be the said deceast Johne, earle of Wigtoun of his majestie in taxt waird for yeerlie payment of ten merks Scots money dureing the tyme of the waird and nonentrie, alsmuch for the releiff, and fourty punds for the mariage of the air succeiding therto, in all and sindrie heids, articles, clauses and circumstances therof, as the said charter of confirmation containing dispensation anent the generality therof, and of takeing of samen befor the granting of the samen and anent all other imperfections whatsomever that might be objected against the validitie of the saids rights and the said confirmation therof also bears; and siclyk ane charter granted be his majestie, under his hienes['s] great seale, of the date the fourteinth day of October 1664 yeers, wherby his majestie, with consent of his majesties' commissioners of his hienes['s] exchequer of the kingdome of Scotland, gives, grants and dispones to the said Sir William Purves, therin designed William Purves of Woodhouslie, in lyverent and to Alexander Purves, his sonne, and to his airs and assignays heretably in fie, under the condition of reversion and others provisions therinspecified conceaved in favors of the said Sir William, of all and sindrie the lands and others underwritten, to wit, all and haill the lands of Foulfourd, with maner place, houses, bigings, yeards, orchyeards, parts, pendicles, annexis, connexis and haill pertinents therof, lyand within the shirreffdome of Edinburgh, together with the teinds of the haill forsaids lands; and all and haill the lands of Castellaw, Eisterraw, Skaithinticholl milne and milnelands therof; the lands of Woodhouslie, with the tours, fortalices, maner places, houses, bigings, yeards, orchyeards, woods, fishings, parks, mures, marishes, tofts, crofts, parts, pendicles and pertinents therof whatsomever, lyand within the parochine of Glencorce and shirreffdome of Edinburgh forsaid, together with the teinds, personage and viccarage therof, together also with the advocation, donation and right of patronage of the parochine and paroche kirk of Glencorce, and that upon the resignation of the saids lands of Foulfoord, with the teinds and pertinents thairof, made be the said Sir William Purves and Alexander Purves, his sonne, and of the remanent lands, teinds and others forsaids, be the said Sir William himselff, as the said charter containing ane novo damus of the forsaids haill lands and others abovementionat, and uniteing and erecting the samen in ane haill and frie barronie, called the barronie of Woodhouslie, with the kirk and toun formerlie called Foulfoord, then nominat the toun of Woodhouslie, in ane frie burgh of barronie with all and sindrie priveledges and others therin mentionat, to be holden of his majestie and his hienes['s] successors in fie heretage and frie burgh of barronie for ever, be service of waird and releiff for the saids lands of Foulfoord, with the maner place, houses, bigings, yeards, parts, pendicles and haill pertinents thairof, and teinds of the samen, and wherby the saids lands is taxed in the soums of money underwritten, to wit, the soume of sex punds Scots money at tuo termes in the yeer, Witsunday and Mertymes in winter, be equall portions, for the waird and nonentrie, and for the releiff therof the soum of other sex punds and for the mariage of the air, when the samen shall happen, the soume of one hundreth merks, and ane dispensation of the entrie of the airs notwithstanding of thair minoritie, conforme to ane prior charter and infeftment made and granted be his majestie under his hienes['s] great seale of the saids lands of Foulfoord with the pertinents, to umqhile Sir Alexander Belshes of Tofts, ane of the senators of the colledge of justice, of the date at Stirling, the nynt day of Junii 1651 yeers; and for all and haill the lands of Castellaw, Eisterraw, Skathintichill, with the milns and milnelands therof, the saids lands of Woodhouslie, with the tours, fortalices, maner places, houses, bigings and others forsaids, and with the teinds, personage and viccarage, advocation, donation and right of patronage forsaid, the soume of fourscore [and] threttein punds, sex shilling[s] [and] eight pennies money forsaid for the double ferme of the lands and others forsaids, in proffeit of the patrimony of the croun and augmentation of the rentall, yeerlie at tuo terms in the yeer Witsunday and Mertymes be equall portions, in name of fewferme, and containing ane ratification and confirmation of all other charters, infeftments, contracts, dispositions, procuratories and instruments of resignations and others writts and evidents made and granted in favours of the said Sir William Purves, and his said sonne, and either of them or their predecessors and authors of the forsaids lands and others abovementionat, or any parte therof, together with the precept under the quarter seale and instrument of sasine following therupon, in all and sindrie heids, clauses, obleisments, circumstances and conditions of the saids charters and others abovexprest, and after the formes and tenors of the samen in all points. And his majestie and estates of parliament forsaid wills and grants [and], for them and their successors, decerns and ordains that this present generall confirmation is als valeid, effectuall and sufficient as if the forsaids charters, precepts and instruments of sasine wer all particularlie exprest and set doun; wheranent and with all other defects and imperfections whatsumever which may be objected against the validitie of the forsaids rights and this present confirmation therof, his majestie and estates of parliament forsaid hes dispensed and, be thir presents, for them and their forsaids dispenses for ever.
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Our soverane lord, with advice and consent of his majesties' estates of parliament, ratifies, approves and confirms the charter and new gift therincontained granted be his majestie, under the great seale, of the date at Edinburgh, the penult day of July 1669 yeers, to and in favors of his majesties' loveit James Stewart of Torrence, and the airs maill lawfullie procreat or to be procreat of the bodie of the said James Stewart, whilks failyeing to Sir Archibald Stewart of Castilmilk, knight and barronet, and the airs maill lawfully procreat or to be procreat of his bodie, whilks failying to the airs and assignays whatsomever of the said James Stewart, heretablie and irredeimably, off all and sindrie the four pund land of Murray and Heidhouse, with houses, biggings, yeards, orchyeards, mosses, mures, meidows, parts, pendicles and pertinents of the samen whatsumever; all and haill that west thrid parte of the common or commontie of Kilbryde, extending to threescore aikers of land or therby, with coalls, coallheughs and all other priveledges and pertinents of the samen lyand therto; all and haill that heretable office of serjandrie and crounership and government therof, throw the haill lordship and regality of Kilbryde, conforme to the old use and wont viz, of everie pleugh within the said lordship, halff ane boll of corne, and of everie sower not haveing ane pleugh, ane firlot of corne, of everie sasine, halff ane merk or the uppermost garment, according to the will of the receaver, out of everie houshold ane cheise made of one daye's milk with ane pennie, and out of everie amerciament of court two shilling[s] money, all lyand within the parochine of Kilbryde and shirreffdome of Lanerk, to be holden of his majestie in taxt waird for payment of the taxt dueties of waird, releiff and mariage therin exprest, together with the precept of sasine following upon the said charter and instrument of sasine following upon the said precept, in all and sindrie heids, points, articles and clauses whatsumever mentionat therin, after the forme and tenor therof in all points, and statuts and ordains that this present confirmation of the samen is and shall be als valeid, effectuall and sufficient, to all intents and purposes, as if the saids charter, precept and instrument of sasine wer word be word insert in this present ratification, dispenseing, be thir presents, with the not inserting therof heirin. Lykas his majestie, with advice and consent forsaid, wills, grants and ordains that the lands and others aboverehersed and office of serjandrie and crounership abovespecified, be holden in all tyme comeing of his majestie and his successors be the said James Stewart, and his airs maill, whilks failyeing, as said is, in taxt waird for payment of the taxt dewties abovementionat allenerlie, notwithstanding that the saids lands and others forsaids wer formerlie holden be service of waird and releiff, and farder declares, statuts and ordains that the forsaid charter, with the precept and instrument of sasine following therupon and remanent rights and securities made to the said James Stewart, and his airs maill, whilks failyeing, as said is, are and shall be sufficient and valeid rights and securities for brooking and joyseing of the saids lands and others abovewritten, and office of serjandrie and crounership abovespecified in all tymecomeing, to be holden of his majestie in taxt waird in maner abovexprest, notwithstanding of whatsumever acts, statuts or constitutions made or to be made in the contrare.
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Our soverane lord, with advice and consent of his estates of parliament, ratifies and approves the charter, donation and disposition therin contained, made, given and granted be his majestie, with advice and consent of his majesties' right traist cousing and councellor, Johne, earle of Rothes, lord Leslie and Ballinbreich etc., then his majesties' commissioner and principall thesaurer, comptroller and collector generall and thesaurer of his majesties' new augmentations within the realme and kingdome of Scotland, and als with advice and consent of his majesties' traist cousing and councellor William, lord Bellenden of Bruchtoun, his majesties' thesaurer deput in the saids offices, as als with advice and consent of the remanent lords and others of his majesties' exchequer his majesties' commissioners, to and in favours of umqhile David, viscount of Stormont, and the airs maill then lawfully gotten or to have bine gotten of his oune bodie, whilks faillieing to his airs maill whatsumever, whilks failyeing to his airs and assignays whatsumever, heretablie (under the reservation mentioned in the said charter), off all and sindrie the lands, barronies and others afterspecified, to wit, of all and haill the lands and barronie of Drumduff, comprehending therintill the touns, lands, milns, milnelands, fishings, teinds and others particularly mentionat in the said charter; and siclyk of all and haill the lands of Pitlochie and Bannachie, with the tours, fortalices, maner places, houses, bigings, yeards, milns, milnelands and multers of the lands of Drumareill, with all other multers and sequells of the said milne, woods, fishings and all the parts, pendicles and pertinents therof, all lyand within the shirreffdome of Fyffe; and siclyk of all and sindrie the lands and barronie of Lochmaben, comprehending therintill the castells, fishings, milns, offices, aikers, cottages, foggage, mairts, casualities, dewties and others mentionat in the said charter, all lyand within the stewartrie of Annandale and shirreffdome of Dumfreis; and siclyk, of all and haill the lands of Wamfray, with the advocation, donation and right of patronage of the paroche kirk of Wamfray, personage and viccarage herof, and of all and sindrie the remanent lands, milns, milnelands, fishings, advocations, patronages, teinds and others mentionat in the said charter, all lyand within the said stewartrie of Annandale and shirreffdome of Dumfreis; and siclyk, the donation and disposition contained in the samen charter, made and granted to the said umqhile David, viscount of Stormount, and his airs maill then lawfullie gotten or to have bine gotten of his oune bodie, whilks failyeing to his airs maill and of taillie, contained in the charter granted be umqhile King James the sext, of blessed memorie, to umqhile David, lord Scone, therafter viscount of Stormont, of the date at Whitehall, the tuenty-nynth day of Aprile 1612, off all and haill the lands and lordship of Scone, comprehending therintill the particular lands, barronies, milns, milnlands, teinds, patronages and others menionat in the said charter, all lyand within the shireffdome of Fyffe, reserveing to his majesties' traist cusingnes Jean, vicountesse of Stormount, her lyverent of such parts and portions of the saids lands, barronies and others abovewritten wherin she stands infeft in conjunct fie or liverent, dureing her lifetyme, conforme to her contract matrimoniall made and perfyted betuixt umqhile James, earle of Annandale, her first husband, and her on the ane and other parts, and als conforme to her other contract matrimoniall made and perfyted betuixt the said umqhile David, viscount of Stormont and her on the ane and other parts, infeftments and sasines following therupon in all points, which haill lands, lordships, barronies and others respective abovewritten with the pertinents, are all unite, erected and incorporat in ane haill and free viscountdome, lordship and barronie, to be called in all tyme comeing the viscountdome of Stormont, lordship of Balvaird, Cokpooll and Lochmaben; together with the gift of novo damus mentioned in the said charter of the date the tuentie-tuo day of August 1666 yeers, together with the precept of sasine under the quarter seale following upon the said charter, with the instrument of sasine following therupon, in all and sindrie the heids, points, clauses, articles, circumstances and conditions therof, and after the formes and tenors of the samen in all poynts; and declares the samen to be good, valeid and sufficient rights to David, now viscount of Stormont, lord Balvaird, and his airs and successours, for brookeing, joyseing and possessing of the saids lands, lordship, barronies and others abovewritten, in all tyme comeing.
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Our soverane lord, with advice and consent of his estates of this present parliament, considering the diverse good services done to his majestie be his majesties' right trustie councellour Sir Johne Nisbet of Dirletoun, his majesties' advocat, and one of the senators of the colledge of justice of this kingdome, hes ratified, approven and confirmed and, be thir presents, ratifies, approves and confirmes the charter granted be his majestie, under his majesties' great seale, and new gift therin contained, of the date the tuenty-nynt day of February 1664 yeers, to his said right trustie councellour Sir Johne Nisbet, therin designed knight and advocat, and to the airs maill of his oune bodie, which faillieing to the eldest air femall lawfullie procreat or to be procreat of his oune bodie without division, which faillieing to any other persone or persons and thair airs which the said Sir Johne, at any tyme dureing his lifetime, even in articulo mortis, shall name and designe, be whatsomever writ, nomination or designation under his hand, to be air or airs of tailyie to him in the lands, lordship, barronies and others underwritten and under such conditions, qualifications and restrictions as he shall expresse in the forsaid nomination or designation, which failyeing or if the said Sir Johne shall not make such nomination or designation in his oune lifetyme, or being made if it shall please him to revock the samen, in these caces or any of them, to the nearest and lawfull airs of the said Sir Johne and his assignays whatsumever (the eldest air female being always preferable and succeiding without division), and who and her husband and bairnes shall be holden and astricted, in all tyme therafter, to assume and bear the sirname and armes of Nisbet, heretablie and irredeimably, off all and sindrie the lands, lordship, barronies and others afterspecified viz, all and haill the lands, lordship and barronie of Fentoun, comprehending all and sindrie the lands, barronies and others underwritten, to wit, all and haill the lands and barronie of Fentoun, comprehending therin all and sindrie the lands of Oversydserff, otherwise called Fentoun toure, with the tour, fortalice, maner place therof; all and haill the yeerly duetie of fourtie shillings money of this realme, yeerlie to be uplifted and tane at tuo termes in the yeer, Witsunday and Mertymes in winter, be equall portions furth of all and haill the lands of Nethersydserff with the pertinents, lying within the constabularie of Hadingtoun and shirreffdome of Edinburgh, which lands of Oversydserff, called Fentountoure, and the annualrent above rehersed, wer acquired be the deceast Thomas, earle of Kellie, from the thrie airs portioners of Whitlaw, and wer disponed be him to the deceast James, earle of Dirletoun, and be him to his majesties' cousing James Maxwell, now lord Cranburne; as also, all and haill that thrid parte of all and sindrie the lands and barronie of Dirletoun, with tennents, tennendries, service of frie tennents therof, parts, pendicles and all the pertinents therof whatsumever; all and haill these tuo husband lands and eight aikers of land with the pertinents lying within the maynes or dominicall lands of Ferriegait, which maynes or dominicall lands of Ferriegate are parts of the said thrid parte of the forsaids lands and barronie of Dirletoun, lying within the constabularie and shirreffdome abovewritten, and wer acquired be the said deceast Thomas, earle of Kellie fra the deceast George Ker of Faldounsyd, ane of the airs portioners of the lordship and barronie of Dirletoun, and disponed be the said deceast earle of Kellie to the said deceast James, earle of Dirletoun, and be him to the said James, lord Cranburne; as also, all and haill the lands and barronie of Dirletoun, comprehending therin the lands and others underwritten viz, all and haill the thrid parte of the forsaids lands and barronie of Dirletoun, with the castle, toure, fortalice, maner place, houses, bigings, yeards, orchyeards, dowcats, woods, broken park, highfeild, Mensles and Mensles mure with the lands of the toun of Dirletoun, together with milns, multers, milne lands, cunings, cuningars and fishings, alswell in salt as fresh waters, together with the advocation, donation and right of patronage of the provestrie of Dirletoun, with tennents, tennendries and service of frie tennents of the samen lands and burronie of Dirletoun, with all other parts, pendicles, annexis, connexis and pertinents therof whatsumever, lying within the constabularie and shirreffdome abovewritten, which perteaned of old to the deceast Johne, sumtyme earle of Gowrie, elder, air portioner of the forsaid lordship of Dirletoun, and fell and became in the hands of his majesties' deceast umqhile grandfather King James the sext, of blessed memorie, be the forfaltrie of the said deceast earle of Gowrie, and wer disponed be his majesties' said deceast royall grandfather to the said deceast Thomas, earle of Kellie and his airs, and wer erected in ane barronie called the barronie of Dirletoun, and wer disponed be him to the said deceast James, earle of Dirletoun, and be the said deceast earle of Dirletoun to the said James Maxwell, now lord Cranburne; and likewise, all and haill the thrid parte of the said barronie of Dirletoun, comprehending the toun of Westfentoun, and thrid parte of the cuningars, fishings, tennents, tennendries, service of frie tennents therof, and thrid parte of the advocation and donation of the said provostrie, with all their pertinents, lying within the constabularie and shirreffdome abovespecified, conquest be the said deceast earle of Kellie fra the deceast Alexander, earle of Home, another of the airs portioners of the forsaid lordship of Dirletoun, and disponed be him to the said deceast earle of Dirletoun, and be him to the said James Maxwell, lord Cranburn; as also, all and haill the lands and tennendrie of Kingstoun, comprehending the lands, tenements, kirks, teinds and others underwritten, to wit, all and haill the lands of Elborle,† extending to a fyve merk land; the lands called Oldcastle and Storfauld† and ane hundreth foot of ground on all parts of the samen Storfauld with the pertinents; the lands of Kingstoun, extending to a four husband land with the pertinents; the lands of Barns, otherwise called Fentounbarns, with the maner place, houses, bigings, parts, pendicles, tofts, crofts therof and their pertinents; all and haill that tenement of land lying in the eistend of the toun of Dirletoun on the north gate therof, with the yeards and aikers of land perteaning therto sumtyme occupyed be Johne Congletoun; eight aikers of land, with the tofts, crofts and pertinents of the samen, sumtyme occupyed be Alexander Robertson, lyeing in the toun and territorie of Dirletoun, and all lying in the parochine of Gulane, constabularie of Hadington and shirreffdome of Edinburgh aboverehersed; and all other lands, tenements, yeards, aikers and others whatsumever, lying within the parochine of Gullane abovewritten, which perteaned of old to the monasterie of Dryburgh, alswell not named as named, with mansions, houses, bigings, yeards, fewfermes, annualrents, tennents, tennendries and service of frie tennents, of all and sindrie the forsaids lands, tenements, aikers and others abovewritten, lying in the fort and parochine of Gullane; and siclyk, all and haill the kirk of Gullane, with all and sindrie teindsheaves and others teinds, fruits, rents and emoluments of the forsaid paroche kirk of Gullane, which wer acquired be the said deceast Thomas, earle of Kellie from the deceast Johne, earle of Mar, being parts of the patrimony sumtyme of the abbacie of Dryburgh, erected, united and incorporated in ane haill tenendrie called the tennendrie of Kingstoun, in favours of the said earle of Mar, and disponed be the said deceast earle of Kellie to the said deceast earle of Dirletoun, and be him to the said James Maxwell, now lord Cranburne; as also, all and haill the lands called the freir lands of Dirletoun, extending to ane ten merk land of old extent with thair parts, pendicles, annexis, connexis, outsets and all their pertinents, together with ane tenement of land and yeard belonging therto, lying in the forsaid toun of Dirletoun, called Chappelyeard, and all thair pertinents lying in the forsaid barronie of Dirletoun, constabularie and shirreffdome abovementioned, conquest be the said deceast Thomas, earle of Kellie fra the deceast Mr Johne Arthour, one of the commissers of Edinburgh, and disponed be the said deceast earle of Kellie to the said deceast earle of Dirletoun, and be him to the said James Maxwell, now lord Cranburne; and all and haill the lands of Colledgesteed, otherwise called Quarrelledgesteed, with the maner place, houses, bigings and their pertinents, which perteaned of befor to the forsaid provestrie of Dirletoun, as a parte of the patrimonie therof, which haill lands and others respective abovespecified wer erected in a frie lordship and barronie called the lordship and barronie of Fentoun be vertew of ane infeftment therof granted be his majesties' said deceast royall grandfather King James the sext, of glorious memorie, to the said deceast Thomas, earle of Kellie as for the principall; and siclyk, all and haill the lands and barronie of Corntoun, comprehending the lands and others underwritten of the lands and lordship of Stirlingshyre viz, all and sindrie the lands of Tillicutrie, with tours, fortalices, maner places, houses, bigings, yeards, orchyeards, milns, multers, fewfermes, fishings, kains, customs, tennents, tennendries and service of frie tennents therof, and their pertinents, lying within the shirreffdome of Clakmanan; all and sindrie the lands of Countoune;† all and sindrie the lands of Bathkenner, the lands of Manor, the lands of Powhouse, the lands of Logie, the lands of Blairlogie, the lands of Skich, alias Blaitgait,† the milne of Skioch, the lands of Greinyeards, the lands of Walkershill, and walk milne respective, with the tours, fortalices, maner places, houses, bigings, yeards, orchyeards, milns, multers, fishings, fewferms, kains, customes, casualities, grassings, rents, dewties therof, tennents, tennendries, service of frie tennents of the samen, and their perttinents, lying within the lordship of Stirling and shirreffdome therof, all unite in ane barronie called the barronie of Corntoun, be vertew of ane infeftment therof granted be his majesties' said deceast royall grandfather, of glorious memorie, to the said deceast Thomas, earle of Kellie and disponed be him to the said deceast James, earle of Dirletoun, and be him to the said James Maxwell, now lord Cranburne, his airs and assignays whatsumever, and that in spetiall warrandice and security; [and] of all and haill the forsaids lands and barronie of Dirletoun, comprehending the particular lands and others abovexprest, which sometyme perteaned to the said deceast earle of Gowrie, as is at lenth mentioned in the rights and securities therof granted to the said deceast James, earle of Dirletoun and be him to the said James Maxwell. And moreover, all and haill the burgh of barronie of Dirletoun, with the haill liberties, priveledges, immunities, casualities, proffeits and dewties perteining and belonging therto, all erected in ane haill and frie lordship and barronie, called the lordship and barronie of Fentoun, be vertew and conforme to ane charter granted be his majesties' deceast royall father, of glorious memorie, to the said deceast James, earle of Dirletoun, designed therin James Maxwell of Inverweik, one of his majesties' bedchamber, of the date at Greenwitch, the fourt day of Junii 1631 yeers, wherby it is ordained that the forsaid tour, fortalice and maner place of Fentountoure shall be the principall messuage of the said lordship, barronie, burgh of barronie and others forsaids, and that ane sasine to be taken therat shall stand and be sufficient sasine for the haill lands, lordship, barronies, burgh of barronie and others respective abovementioned, disponed alswell principally as in warrandice in maner aboverehersed, and for everie parte therof, notwithstanding that the samen lye not contigue and together bot in diverse shirreffdomes and jurisdictions, and also the advocation, donation and right of patronage of the kirk of Dirletoun, personage and viccarage therof, and with all and sindrie their ferms, rents, proffeits and emoluments of the samen and right to the commonties of all and sindrie the lands, lordship and barronie of Dirletoun and Fentoun abovespecified; and siclyk all and haill that tenement of land, with the yeard lying therto upon the northside of the toun of Dirletoun, at the eist end of the toun grein therof, betuixt the lands of James Congletoune at the west and the lands of Johne Sinclair, sumtyme occupyed be the deceast Walter Ker, on the eist parts, together with these eight aikers of land called Willisburne with the pertinents, lying in the toun and territory of Dirletoun, betuixt the lands of the deceast Patrick Sinclair on the eist, the lands of the deceast Patrick Dikson on the west, lying within the barronie of Dirletoun, constabularie and shirreffdome abovewritten; all and haill these tuo aikers of arable land with the pertinents, lying in the said toun and territorie of Dirletoun in that parte and peice of land called Lessecruiks, betuixt the common of Dirletoun on the north, the meidow of Dirletoun, called Halyeard and lands of Ferriegate, called Leuchland respective, on the south, the forsaids lands of Ferriegate, called Leuchland on the eist, and the stryp called Willisburne, divyding the forsaids aikers fra the lands of the deceast Alexander Robertson, on the west parts, lying within the constabularie and shirreffdome aboverehersed, and right to all and sindrie the teindsheaves, alswell great as small, personage as viccarage, of all and haill the forsaids lands now called Fentontoure, and which sometymes wes called Eister Sydserff, with the pairts, pendicles and pertinents therto, lying within the parochine of Northberwick, constabularie and shirreffidome abovewritten; all and haill these tuo tenements of land, with the yeards and tuo aikers of land with their pertinents, lyand and boundit as followes viz, that tenement of land with the yeard therof lying in the said toun of Dirletoun betuixt the lands of the deceast Sir Johne Heriot, therafter perteaning to William Anderson, on the west, the lands of the deceast Johne Thomson, on the eist, the lands of the deceast George Tod, on the north, and the highway or green on the south parts, with all and haill that aiker of arable land lying in the north west of the said toun with the pertinents, boundit betuixt the lands of the deceast Alexander Reid, on the west, the lands of the deceast George Tod, on the eist, the lands of the deceast Robert Storie, on the south, and the common of Dirletoun on the north parts; all and haill that other tenement of land, with the yeard thairof, and ane aiker of land adjacent therto, lyand within the said toun and territorie of Dirletoun, betuixt the lands of John Congletoun, couper, and William Trime, on the west, the lands of the deceast Mr George Tod, on the eist, the high street of Dirletoun, on the south, and the common of Dirletoun, on the north parts, lying within the forsaid barronie of Dirletoun, constabularie and shirreffdome abovewritten, conquest and acquired be the said deceast James, earle of Dirletoun fra the deceast Hew Tod, William Daill, Sir Johne Home of Northberwick, knight, and Sir William Dick, merchant burges of Edinburgh, and disponed be the said deceast earle of Dirletoun to the said James Maxwell; all and haill the lands, tenements, aikers and others afterspecified viz, all and haill that tenement of land back and fore now called Blackhill, with the yeard and pertinents therof, lying within the forsaid toun of Dirletoun, on the south parte of the common way therof betuixt the lands of the deceast Sir George Forrester, on the eist, the common vennell that goes towards Hadingtoun, on the west, the said common way on the north, and the lands of Watcroft, on the south pairts; as also all and haill that other tenement of land fore and bak sumtyme occupyed be Archibald Forrester, elder, with the yeard and pertinents lying in the forsaid toun of Dirletoun, on the south parte of the common way therof betuixt the lands of George Levingtoun of Saltcots, on the eist, the lands perteaning to the minister of Haill, on the west, and the common way to the said toun of Dirletoun, on the north and south parts; all and haill ane house and yeard thairof, with the pertinents, sumtyme occupyed be Ninian Duncan, lying within the forsaid toun of Dirletoun, on the southside of the common way thairof betuixt the said vennell that goes towards Hadingtoun, on the eist, the tenement of the said George Livingtoun, on the west, and the common way on the south and north parts, and ane other tenement of land now called Whytcumber, fore and bak with the yeard and pertinents thairof, lying within the forsaid toun of Dirletoun, on the northside of the way thairof betuixt the lands of the deceast Johne Bryssie, on the eist, and the lands of Steven Nicolson, on the west, and aiker of arable land perteaning to the forsaid tenement on the north and the common way of the said toun on the south parts; all and haill ane husband land commonly called Artherfeild,† with the house and yeard called Duncans house, together with the maner places and orchyeards of Artherfeild, with annexis, connexis, common pasturage, parts, pendicles and pertinents therof whatsumever, lying within the said barronie and territorie of Dirletoun, betuixt the lands occupyed be George Sinclair, on the eist, Duncans burne, on the north, Craygate and Crayflat, on the south, the lands of Johne Robert† and Alexander Robertson, on the west parts, all lying within the constabularie of Hadingtoun and shirrefdome of Edinburgh above mentioned; all and sindrie these four aikers of land with the pertinents lying within the said barronie of Dirletoun, betuixt the cruiks of Elbole,† on the west, the lands of Wasterheid,† called Duncans burne, on the north, and the lands of Artherfeild,† on the south and eist parts; all and haill that aiker of land called Arthersland,† lying be south, the forsaids four aikers of land in the saids cruiks of Elbole,† within the constabularie and shirreffdome abovewritten; all and haill that tenement of land and duelling house with the office, houses, yeards and pertinents therof lying within the forsaid toun and territorie of Dirletoun, upon the eist parte of the territorie of the samen toun betuixt the lands of the deceast Johne Thomson, now perteaning to [...], on the north, the lands of Alexander Darg Smyth, on the south, the lands of William Halyburtoun, on the west side of the green of the forsaid toun, on the eist parts within the shirreffdome and constabularie aboverehersed; all and haill the lands of Elbole,† extending to ane fyve merk land, the lands called Oldcastle and Storfeild,† and ane hundreth foote of ground upon everie parte of the said Storfeild,† with the common pasture of [...] ewes, ten kyne and tuelffe oxen pastureing upon the lands of Elbole† and Dirletoun, with frie ish and entrie to mak ane sheip fold as it shall please the said Sir Johne Nisbet or his forsaids, betuixt the lands of Oldcastle and that place called Warklaw, lying within the constabularie and shirreffdome aboverehersed, holden sumtymes be Mr Robert Trotter, advocat, and his author of the said deceast earle of Dirletoun,† and resigned in his hands† as superior therof ad perpetuam remanentiam; all and haill these three aikers of arable land with the pertinents lying in Craigflat, betuixt the blak balk which divyds the forsaids three aikers of land fra the lands perteaning to Andrew Ruthven, on the east, ane other balk which divyds the samen fra the lands perteaning to James Halyburtoun, on the west, the balk on the south and the way commonly called the Cartgate, on the north parts, within the barronie, constabularie and shirreffdome abovementioned, holden be Mr Johne Henderson, lawfull sonne to William Hendersone, elder in Herdmistoun, of the said deceast earle of Dirletoun, and conquest fra the said Mr Johne be the said deceast earle, and resigned in his favours ad perpetuam remanentiam, and all disponed be the said deceast earle of Dirletoun to the said James Maxwell, now earle of Salisbury, his airs and assignays, [and] together with all other lands, alkers, teinds and others whatsumever of whatsumever name or designation the samen be, lying within the constabularie and shirreffdome aboverehersed, together with the precept and instrument of sasine following therupon, contracts and all other grounds and warrands therof, in all and sindrie points, articles and clauses therincontained, after the forme and tenor of the samen. And statuts that this present confirmation thairof is and shall be als valeid, effectuall and sufficient as if the forsaids charter, precepts and sasine, contracts, dispositions and others grounds and warrands thairof, wer at lenth insert heirin, dispensing with the not inserting of the samen in this act of ratification thairof. Lykas his majestie, with consent forsaid, wills, grants and ordains that the forsaid charter, with the precept and sasine following therupon and remanent rights and securities therof, shall be sufficient and valeid rights and securities to the said Sir Johne Nisbet and his forsaids for bruiking and joyseing of the lands and others abovevehersed, principall and warrandice as is above mentioned, in all tyme comeing, to be holden of his majestie and his successors as is therin exprest.
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Our soverane lord and estates of parliament, presentlie conveened by his majesties' spetiall authority, have ratified and approven and, be thir presents, ratifies and approves ane charter made and past under his majesties' great seale, of the date the eight day of November 1665 yeers, wherby his majestie hes given, granted and disponed to Sir William Bruce of Balcaskie, knight and barronet, clerk to the bills, his airs and assignays whatsumever, heretablie and irredeemably, all and haill the lands and barronie of Balcaskie, comprehending therin the halff and eight parte of all and haill the forsaids lands of Balcaskie; lands of Wnstoun and milnelands therof, with the maner place of Balcaskie, dowcats, houses, bigings, yeards, orchyeards, cottages, coalls, coallheughs, common pasturage, tofts, crofts, outsets, annexis, connexis, dependencies, tennents, tennendries, service of free tennents, and all thair pertinents whatsomever; as also all and haill ane other eight parte of the saids lands of Balcaskie and Wnstoun, with the pertinents whilk of old perteaned to Johne Moutray of Markinsh, and all and hail that parte of all and sindrie the lands of Balcaskie, Wnstoun and Inche of Balcaskie, with the milne, milne lands, multers and sequells thairof, coalls, coallheughs, parts, pendicles and all thair pertinents, extending to ane fourt parte of the samen, whilk of old perteaned to Mr George Stirling of Braikie, all lyand within the shirreffdome of Fyff, and of old unit, creat and incorporat in ane haill and frie barronie, called the barronie of Balcaskie, with diverse other lands therin contained, upon the resignation of the severall persons mentioned in the said charter, as the samen containing ane novo damus of the saids lands and barronie, with ane new erection and union thairof, and of the others lands thairin contained, in ane haill and frie barronie, called the barronie of Balcaskie, ordaining the maner place of Balcaskie to be the principall messuage thairof, wherat ane sasine is to be taken for the wholl in all tyme therafter, to be holden, the saids lands and old barronie of Balcaskie particularly abovewritten, of his majestie and his successours be service of waird and releiff, with the mariage when it shall happen, and containing ane ratification of all former rights and infeftments of the saids lands, barronie and others therincontained, granted to the said Sir William Bruce, and his predicessours and authors, at mair lenth proports, lykas be the said charter, his majestie hes taxed the forsaids waird lands to the soume of threttie-tuo pund[s] Scots money yeerlie, dureing the waird and nonentrie, alsmuch for the releiff, and to the soume of one hundreth merks Scots money forsaid for the mariage of the air, when the samen shall happin, with dispensation to the airs to enter, notwithstanding of thair minority and without prejudice to the said Sir William Bruce and his forsaids, to sell and dispone the saids waird lands in haill or in parte, or any annualrent or other duetie furth therof exceiding the halff of the rent, without his majesties' consent, without any hazard of recognition or others. Item, ane other charter granted be his majestie, under the great seale, to Sir George Gibson of Pentland, knight, and Mr George Gibson, his sonne, of the lands and barronie of Pentland, comprehending and includeing the north halff of the lands of Balhouffie, and these parts and pendicles therof called Bonerbo and Pitmarchie, with the houses, bigings, milns, milne lands, tofts, crofts, annexis, connexis, outsets, tennents, tennendries, service of free tennents, parts, pendicles and pertinents of the samen whatsomever, lyand within the said shirreffdome of Fyff, wherby the said haill lands and barronie of Pentland, including the saids lands, are taxed to the soume of tuo hundreth punds Scots money yeerlie, dureing the waird and nonentrie, als much for the releiff, and to four hundreth punds money forsaid for the mariage of the air when the samen shall happen, dispensing with the airs to enter, notwithstanding of thair minoritie in maner specified in the said charter, dated the fourt day of July 1663 yeers, and that in sua far allenerlie as may be extendit to the saids halff lands of Balhouffie and pertinents thairof forsaid. Item, ane other charter granted be his majestie, under the great seale, to the said Sir William Bruce and his forsaids, of the forsaids lands and barronie of Balcaskie, and halff lands of Balhouffie and pertinents thairof abovewritten, and of diverse other lands, teinds and others therin contained, upon the resignation of the said Sir William Bruce, and of severall other persons therin mentioned, containing ane union and erection therof in ane haill and frie barronie, called the barronie of Balcaskie, ordaining the maner place of Balcaskie to be the principall messuage of the said barronie, wherat and upon the grund of any other parte of the samen ane sasine is to be taken for the wholl in all tyme therafter, to be holden of his majestie and his successors for payment for the forsaids lands and old barronie of Balcaskie, the taxt waird dewties respective abovewritten, and for the forsaids halff lands of Balhouffie and pertinents therof abovewritten, ane proportionall part effeirand therto of the forsaids taxt waird dewties contained in the said charter of the saids lands and barronie of Pentland, includeing the saids halff lands granted to the said Sir Johne Gibson and his sonne, and dispensing with the airs to enter to the saids waird lands, notwithstanding of their minority in maner specified in the said charter, whilk is dated the thrid day of March last bypast, together with the precepts, under the quarter seale, and instruments of sasine respective following upon the saids charters, in the haill heids, clauses, obleidgements, tenors and contents therof; and wills and grants and, for them and thair successors, decerns and ordaines that the forsaid generall ratification is and shall be als sufficient to the said Sir William Bruce, and his forsaids, as if the said charters, precepts and instruments of sasine respective, wer heirin spetially insert; wheranent and with all other exceptions or objections that may be moved or alledged in the contrare, his majestie and estates of parliament forsaids hes dispensed and, be thir presents, dispenses for ever.
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Our soverane lord, with advise and consent of his estates of parliament, hes ratified and approven and, be thir presents, with advice and consent forsaid, ratifies and approves the charter made and granted be his majestie, under the great seall, of the date the nynt day of May 1665 yeers, to and in favours of the provost, baillies, councill and communitie of the burgh of Forfar, and their successors proveists and baillies thairof, wherby his majestie, considering that his antient burgh of Forfar, with the lands, tenements, houses, bigings, yeards, milns and others perteaning and belonging therto, lying within the shirreffdome of Forfar, wes erected of long tyme bygone be his majesties' most royall progenitors, of glorious memorie, in ane frie brugh royall, and that the old infeftments, confirmations, evidents and erection of the said burgh wer taken furth of the charter chist of the samen burgh, which wes within the tolbuith therof, be the usurpers who invaded and infested his majesties' antient kingdome of Scotland, and wer destroyed be them and their complices in the year 1651, out of their malice for the affection caried be the provost, baillies, councill and communitie of the said burgh to his majestie and his interest, besids that the inhabitants of the samen burgh wer all plundered and brought to ruine be the forsaid usurpers; and his majestie, considering that the losse aboverehersed wes occasioned for his majesties' interest, and being willing that the said burgh should noways be prejudged therby, bot should be accompted and esteemed according to the antient erection therof, and that the provost, baillies and councill of the samen, and their successors from tyme to tyme perpetuallie, in all tyme comeing, should brooke and joyse the said burgh, with the haill lands, tenements, priveledges, liberties, immunities and others perteaning and belonging therto, and in respect of the faithfull testimony and disassent given be Alexander Strang, late provost and commissioner for the said burgh, against the passing of the unjust act of the pretendit parliament, the sexteinth day of January 1647 yeers entituled, declaration of the kingdome of Scotland concerning his majesties' persone, and for diverse other good causes and considerations, did ratifie, approve and confirme the old erection of the said burgh of Forfar in ane frie brugh royall, with all infeftments, confirmations and other rights made therupon, and of all lands, liberties, priveledges wherof the magistrats [and] inhabitants of the said burgh wer in possession at any tyme bygone, notwithstanding the saids infeftments and evidents therof, and the said erection wer lost and destroyed in maner abovewritten, and spetiallie but prejudice of the generalitie forsaid, the disposition of the teinds, great and small of the haill lands lyand within the territorie of the said burgh and of all other lands, lyand within the parachine of Forfar†, at the least of such lands lyand therin as wer not disponed be umqhile James and Sir George Fletchers, together with the right of patronage of the said kirk of Forfar, made be the said umqhile Sir George Fletcher in favors of the saids provost, baillies, councill and communitie of the said burgh and their successors, with all lands, infeild, outfeild, haill houses, tenements, yairds, aikers, milns, multers, mures, lochs, woods, fishings, temple lands and other lands howsoever designed, lyand within the burrow ruds of the said burgh and territorie thairof, few maill, few dewties therof, annualrents due furth of the samen payable at any tyme of befor to the pryors of Restennet, abbacie of Couper and Lord Torphichen, with all liberties, commodities, priveledges, immunities, commonties, pasturages and others whatsumever belonging to the said burgh, and of the teinds, great and small, of the samen lands, and others forsaids knoun to belong to the said burgh, and of the teinds of the other lands abovexprest lyand within the said parochine, together with the temple lands, few maills, few dewties and annualrents dew furth of all lands, tenements and others, lyand within the territorie of the said burgh, together with the yeerly few dewtie of ten merks yeerly, payable of old to the pryor of Restennet, furth of the aikers and croft of land now perteaning to the poore ther, together with the weekly mercat and yeerly fairs contained in the said charter, together also with the office of justiciary and power to repledge, gift of novo damus and dispensation for takeing of sasine and sasine following therupon, together also with all other charters, confirmations, infeftments, sasines, writs, evidents and securities whatsumever made and granted in favors of the said burgh of Forfar, provost, baillies, councill and communitie thairof, and their predicessours at any tyme heirtofore, in the haill heids, clauses, articles, provisions and conditions therof. And his majestie, with advice and consent forsaid, wills and declares that this present ratification shall be als valeid, effectuall and sufficient to the provost, baillies, councill and communitie of the said burgh of Forfar and their sucessors, as if the abovementioned charter wer heirin expreslie insert and ingrost, with the not inserting wherof, his majestie, with advice and consent forsaid, hes dispensed and, be thir presents, dispenses for ever.
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Our soverane lord, with advice and consent of the estates of this present parliament, hes ratified, approven and confirmed and, be thir presents, ratifies, approves and confirms the letter of donation relative to ane former gift granted be his majesties' most royall grandfather, King James the sext, of glorious and eternall memorie, with the new gift, concession and disposition specified in the forsaid letter of donation, of the date at his majesties' court of Whitehall, the thretteinth day of February 1666 yeers, for the causes therin contained, made and granted be his majestie, with consent of his majesties' thesaurers principall and depute and remanent lords of his majesties' exchequer of this kingdome, his majesties' commissioners, under the great seale therof, to the deacone and remanent members of the societie for manufactorie of makeing of girdles within the burgh of Culrose, and their successors in the forsaid trade and work from tyme to tyme perpetually, in all tyme comeing, the sole and only libertie and priveledge of makeing of girdles of all sizes within his majesties' said burgh of Culrose, with the haill proffeits and commodities therof, together with power to the members of the forsaid societie fra tyme to tyme to elect and choise their deacon, boxmaster and haill remanent necesser members for governing of the samen manufactorie, and to set doun such laws for that effect as may best subsist be the laws and practick of his majesties' said kingdome, and may conduce for the promoveing of the said manufactorie, and spetially that no member therof shall make any other kind of smith work but only makeing of girdles least he therby occasion the neglect of his calling in attaining to the arte therof, and that it shall not be leissum to any of the members of the forsaid manufactorie, fra tyme to tyme, to make sale of their girdles whill the samen be seen and approven be the deacon and his councill, or any other to be deputed be them to be sufficient and receave their stamp, and als with power to the deacon of the forsaid manufactorie and his assistants and councill, who shall be members of the samen manufactorie and their successours fra tyme to tyme, to doe all otheir things that may tend to the well being and standing therof, and generally with all other priveledges, freedoms, liberties and immunities which they or their predecessors have brooked and enjoyed at any tyme preceiding the date abovespecified of the forsaid gift, or is or shall be knoune to perteane and belong therto; and farder, his majestie, be the forsaid gift, prohibited and discharged all others his subjects who are not members of the forsaid societie to assume to themselves the libertie of makeing of girdles of whatsoever size, under all hiest pain and charge that after may follow, and likewise commanding the lords of his majesties' councill and session to direct letters of horning at the instance of the deacon of the forsaid manufactorie from tyme to tyme, to command and charge all those whose names shall be given to them in roll to desist and cease, perpetually in all tyme comeing, from makeing of the forsaids girdles of whatsoever size, under the pain of rebellion and putting of them to the horne, and all other execution requisite to follow against the disobayers, promiseing in verbo principis to cause ratifie the forsaid letter of gift in his majesties' next parliament, be his majestie and estates therof, and that the forsaid letter should be ane sufficient warrand for that effect. And siclyk his majestie, with consent forsaid, ratifies, approves and confirms the forsaid gift granted be his majesties' deceast royall grandfather, of glorious and eternall memorie, and als ane warrand granted be his majesties' said deceast royall grandfather in favours of the forsaid societie and manufactorie in relation to the premisses, of the date at Holyrudehouse, the tuentie-eight day of November 1699† yeers, with all that hes followed or may follow therupon, in all and sindrie points, articles and clauses of the samen, after the forme and tenor therof; and statuts and ordains that this present ratification of the samen is and shall be als valeid, effectuall and sufficient as if the samen wer at lenth insert heirin, dispensing with the not inserting therof in this act of ratification. Lykas his majestie, with advice and consent of the estates of this present parliament, wills, grants and ordains that the forsaid manufactory and trade be only made use of, used and exerced be the deacon and remanent members of the forsaid societie within the forsaid burgh of Culrose, and in no place els within this kingdome, be no other person or persons, and finds, statuts and ordains that the forsaid letter of donation, with the forsaid gift and other warrands aboverehersed granted be his majesties' said deceast royall grandfather, of glorious and eternall memorie, in relation to the premisses, with all that hes followed or may follow therupon, shall be sufficient and valeid rights and securities for brookeing, joyeing and exerceing of the forsaid trade and manufactorie, only within the said burgh of Culrose and in no place els, be the deacon and remanent members of the forsaid trade and societie within the samen burgh and be no others.
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Our soveraine lord, with advice and consent of his estates of parliament, ratifies and approves the charter made and granted be our soverane lord the king's majestie, with advice and consent of his majesties' right trustie cousing and councellor Johne, earle of Rothes, lord Leslie and Ballinbreich etc., his majesties' commissioner for the tyme, great thesaurer, comptroller and collector generall and thesaurer of his majesties' new augmentations within this kingdome of Scotland, and als with advice and consent of his majesties' trustie cousing and councellor William, lord Bellenden, his majesties' thesaurer deput in the saids offices, and with advice and consent of the remanent lords and others of his majesties' exchequer, his majesties'commissioners within the said kingdome, to and in favours of his majesties' loveit Sir John Aytoun of Kippo, gentleman usher to his majestie, and knight of the blackrod, for himselff and as assignay therinspecified, and to such persone or persons whom he hes alreadie designed, named and appointed as airs of tailyie and provision, to him be any nomination, designation or declaration subscryved or to be subscryved be him, at any tyme dureing his lifetyme, etiam in articulo mortis, bearing the sirname and armes of Aytoun, with the addition of the blackrod, and under such provisions, reservations and limitations whilk he hes expressed or shall cause expresse in the said nomination or designation, whilks airs of tailyie so designed or to be designed failyeing, or if it shall happen the said Sir Johne Aytoun to cancell and destroy any such nomination, designation or declaration dureing his lifetyme, then and in that cace to the said Sir Johne Aytoun, his airs and assignays whatsumever, heretablie and irredeemably, off all and haill the lands and barronie of Kippo, comprehending the touns, lands and others following viz, the lands and mains of Kippo; all and haill the milne of Kippo, milnelands, multers and sucken therof, used and wont belonging therto; and of all and haill the touns and lands respective of Carhurlie, Haliray, Northquarter, Westsyde of Egtoun, Litle Kilduncan, Lochtoun and Wilkiestoun, with the tour, fortalice, maner place, houses, bigings, dowcats, orchyeards, yeards, parks, wairds, tofts, crofts, parts, pendicles, annexis, connexis, dependences, outsets, tennents, tennendries and service of frie tennents, and all other pertinents whatsomever, all unite and incorporat of old in ane haill and frie barronie, called the barronie of Kippo, with common pasturages, used and wont, and others priveledges contained in the old infeftments therof, and in spetiall with common pasturage, frie ish and entrie in and throw all the parts of the King's mure, lyand betuixt the lands of Lochtoun and Pittarthie, and the toun of Carraill, according to old use and wont, all lyand within the shirreffdome of Fyffe, sumtym belonging to David Philp of Kippo; and siclyk, of all and haill the lands of Cuikstoun, with the houses, bigings, yeards, parts, pendicles and pertinents therof, tofts and crofts of the samen, of old lying within the parochine of Carraill, now of Kingsbarns and the said shirreffdome of Fyffe, sumtyme belonging to Issobell and Margaret Sibbalds, as airs portioners served and retoured in spetiall to umqhile David Sibbald of Cuikstoun, thair brother, all now unite, annexed and incorporat in ane haill and free barronie, called the barronie of Kippo, together with the new gift contained in the said charter, under the great seale, of the date at Whitehall, the tuentie-sext day of March 1667 yeers, with the precept under the quarter seale following theron, of the samen date, with the sasine following upon the samen, in all and sindrie the heids, points, clauses, articles, circumstances and conditions therof, and after the forme and tenor of the samen in all points. And our said soverane lord and estates of parliament decerne and ordaine that the forsaid charter is and shall be ane valeid and sufficient right to the said Sir Johne Aytoun and his forsaids for brookeing and joyseing of the saids lands, barronie and others abovewritten with the pertinents, perpetually in all tyme comeing.
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Our soverane lord, with advice and consent of the estates of parliament now presentlie conveened, ratifies and approves and, for his hienes and his successours, perpetually confirms the gift, tack and assedation made and granted be his said majestie to Alexander, earle of Kellie etc., his airs and assignays, off all and haill the maills, ferms, few dewties, found dewties, kayns, customes, casualities, services and others dueties due and payable to his majestie furth of the lands of Kingsbarns and pertinents therof, lying within the parochine of Kingsbarns and shirreffdome of Fyff, be the heretors, tennents and possessours therof, or to the deceast Sir James Scot of Rossie, or his assignays, then taksmen of the saids rents and dewties, and that for all the days, yeers and space of three nynteen yeers next, and immediatly after his entrie therto, off the which gift, tack and assedation the tenor follows:
Charles, be the grace of God, king of Great Britanne, France and Ireland, defender of the faith, to the lords of our councill and session, and to all and sindrie our leidges and subjects whom it effeirs, to whose knowledge thir presents shall come, greiting. Forsameikle as wee, considering the good, true and faithfull service done to our royall father, of blessed memorie, and to ourselff in the late trublesome tyms, by our trustie and well beloved cousing Alexander, earle of Kellie, and also the great prejudice, cost and damage sustained be the said earle therby, thairfor, wit ye ws, with advice and consent of our thesaurers principall and deputie and remanent lords of our exchequer within our antient kingdome of Scotland, to have given, granted and in tack and assedation lettin, lykas wee, with consent forsaid, be thir our letters, give, grant and in tack and assedation let, to and in favours of the said Alexander, earle of Kellie, his airs and assignays, all and haill the maill fermes, few dewties, found dewties, kayns, customes, casualities, services and others due and payable to ws furth of our lands of Kingsbarns, lying within the parochine of Kingsbarns and our shirreffdome of Fyffe, be the heretors, tennents and possessors therof, or to Sir James Scot of Rossie, or his assignays, present taksmen of the saids rents and dewties, and that for all the days, yeers and space of three nyntein yeers next, and immediatly after the said Alexander, earle of Kellie his entrie therto, which is to begin at the next terme of payment of the saids dueties immediatly that shall follow the decease of the said Sir James Scot, when the samen shall happin, and thence forth to continew ay and whill the saids three nyntein yeers be compleitly outrun, with power to the said Alexander, earle of Kellie and his forsaids, to ask, crave, receave and uplift the saids dewties from the persons adebted in payment therof, to give acquittances and discharges therupon, which shall be als valeid to the receavers as if the samen wer given by ws with consent of our saids thesaurers principall and deputie and remanent lords of our said exchequer, call and persew therfor siclyk and als freely, in all respects, as any other taksman within our said kingdom of Scotland, commanding heirby yow, the saids lords of our councill and session, to grant letters of horning upon ane charge of sex days, commanding the persons adebted in payment to anser and obay the said Alexander, earle of Kellie and his forsaids, and make readie payment to them of the said dewties, the said earle paying yeerlie in to our said exchequer or receavers of our rents, the same tack dewtie which the said Sir James Scot payed, at tuo termes in the yeer Witsunday and Mertymes, be equall portions, as for the present tack duetie and all other dueties payable by the said Alexander, earle of Kellie, for the tack and assedation forsaid, given under our privy seale, at our court of Whitehall, the tuentie-eight day of August the yeer of God 1660 yeers, and of our reigne the tuelff yeer, in all and sindrie the heids, points, clauses, articles, circumstances and conditions contained in the said gift, tack and assedation, and after the forme and tenor therof in all points.
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Our soverane lord, with consent of the estates of this present parliament, be thir presents ratifies and approves the charter made and granted be his majestie, under his majesties' great seale of this kingdome, to his majesties' right trustie councellor Leiutennent Generall William Drummond, late generall major of his majesties' forces within this kingdome, and ane of the lords of his majesties' privy councill therof, his airs and assignays whatsomever heretablie, off all and sindrie the lands and others underwritten, to wit, all and haill the lands of Williamson and lands therof called St Annslands, the lands of Souttertoun and Wellcroft therof, with the lands of Westerdubheid, Midledubheid with the southside; the lands of Overdubheid and Eisterdubheid, the lands of Dishaikers, Sklaitterland, Comingfeild, Sasterlie, Ingliscroft, Sellars meidow, Mitchellcroft and Dromfauld,† Wellcroft, Thornewra, Reidfurd, Arbaines, and the lands called the meidow of Arbaines, and the croft therof called the Abbotscroft; the lands called the Westhill; the lands of Ballicklon, with the mure and pertinents therof; the lands of Ardonie with Garvocks, the lands of Gurneheid,† Brewlands and Burnfoot; the lands of Wester Craig, Eister Craig and brewlands therof; the lands of Woodend wood, and woodland called Inshiemeth; the lands called the Blair; the lands called Thornehill, alias Wallaceland, Windmilnehill and Kirkland hill therof, Tullichandich with the mosse and meidows therof; the lands of Reath, the milne of Drumfaulds, with the lands therof called the milnelands, together with the astricted multers and sequells therof; the lands of Mickven, alias Brewlands, the lands of Nethercarnie, with the mansion, maner place, yeards, orchyeards, milne, milnelands, multers, fishings and pertinents therof; the lands of Meiklecarnie wood land therof, and chappell of the moore; the lands of Dalcharochie; the lands of Kinclaidie and teinds therof, included Rachalow, Insneth, Cassrind and Wardinscroft, Abbay crofts in Gorthie; the lands of Donedows [and] Muckcroft; the lands of Auchinloch in Lorne; the lands of Buttoun in Kilbryd, together with the haill yeards and orchyeards of the late abbacie of Inshaffray, and meidows therof viz, eister and wester connages, meidows, the long meidow, the tuo long Inchnaills and Pryors meidows, the eistlands called the mayns of the said abbay, the maltbarne therof, the croft called the maltcroft, with the milne and milnedam of Inshaffray, lyeing beside the maines and astricted multers of the samen, the kill and haill houses, yeards and greens lying beside the samen, Sundayscroft, Palicecroft, Almries yeard, Green yeard, the waird Haygreen, the new yeard and Conventsyeard, the lands called Threaple† with the pertinents; the lands and teinds of the paroche kirks of Tullihirsell and Stroun; the lands called Devoriselands [and] Ballendetars; the kirklands and teinds of the paroche kirk of Monyvard, called Ibert; the lands in Dumblane perteining to the forsaid late abbacie; the kirklands and teinds of the kirks of Mathertie, Foulis, Kinkell, Auchterarder, Aberuthven, Duning, Blakfoord, Kilbryd, Killin and Strathphillan, all lyand within the shirreffdome of Perth; the kirklands and teinds of Balfron, lying within the shirreffdome of Stirling, and the kirklands and teinds of the paroche kirks of Encheshiew, Barmo, Inshaill and Kilmorick, lying within the shirreffdome of Argyll (excepting always the manses and gleibs of the forsaids haill kirklands to the ministers present and to come serveing the cure at the saids kirks, conforme to the act of parliament made theranent[)]; and siclyk, all and sindrie the annualrents underwritten yeerly to be uplifted furth of the lands respective afterspecified, to wit, ane chalder of oat meill yeerly to be uplifted furth of the lands and barronie of Machanie, and anualrent of ten merks usuall money of this realme yeerlie to be uplifted furth of the lands of Pitcairns, and annualrent of ten shilling[s] furth of the lands of Cairnbow, and annualrent of four punds furth of the lands and barronie of Abercorne, and annualrent of fourtie shilling[s] furth of the lands of Keltie, and anualrent of fourtie shilling[s] furth of the lands of Lowret in Perth, and annualrent of four shilling[s] Scots furth of the lands of Porterland, and annualrent of ten shilling[s] furth of the lands of Kinglassie land, and annualrent of threttie shillings furth of the lands of Laggan in Perth, and ane annualrent of fourtie shilling[s] furth of ane tenement of land within the burgh of Perth, within the hie gate sumtyme occupied be [...] called the bishop of Athens' lodgeing, and ane annualrent of fyve shilling[s] yeerlie to be uplifted furth of ane house and croft in Achterarder, with all and sindrie annexis, connexis, outsets, tennents, tennendries, service of frie tennents, yeards, orchyeards, houses, bigings, milns, multers, milnelands, sequells, woods, fishings, coalls, coallheuchs, fewferms, maills, dewties, casualities, proffits, parts, pendicles and pertinents of the samen whatsumever, all which lands, annualrents and others aboverehersed perteined of befor to the forsaid late abbacie of Inchaffray, as a pairt of the temporality, patrimonie and proppertie therof; and also, all and haill the late monastrie and abbay place of Inchaffray, with the haill houses, bigings, yeards, orchyeards, dowcats and others lying within the precinct of the samen abbacie and all their pertinents, together with all and sindrie other lands, kirks, teinds, teindsheives, rents, proffeits and dewties, alswell personage and viccarage as dewties of other inferior benefices, chaplanries and altarages formerlie belonging to the forsaid late abbacie and patrimonie therof, and others belonging to the spiritualitie of the samen, together also with tennents, tennendries and service of frie tennents, with all and sindrie priveledges, liberties and immunities thairof, off the which the commendators and convent of the forsaid late abbacie for the tyme, have bein in use and possession in any tyme bygone, and als with the bygone fewdewties, teind dewties and others rents, casualities and dewties of the lands and others particularly and generallie aboverehersed resting unpayed, preceiding the date of the forsaid charter, wherby the temporality and spirituality abovementioned and others abovespecified ar unite in ane barronie, called the barronie of Cardeny, for which effect his majestie, with consent of his commissioners of his thesaurie and exchequer, not only dissolved from his majesties' croun and patrimony thairof, and all acts of annexation made in favours of his majestie and his most royall progenitors the forsaid late abbacie and all lands and others aboverehersed, which perteaned to the temporalitie and spirituality therof, bot also suppressed the samen late abbacie and monastrie of Inchaffray, with all and sindrie lands, barronies, milns, woods, fishings, annualrents, kirks and others particularly and generallie abovementioned, that no memorie therof should be had in tyme comeing, and gave and granted and, for his majestie and his successors, decerned and ordained that never heirafter any successor as abbot or commendator of the forsaid abbacie of Inchaffray, should be provided therto be resignation, dimission or whatsumever other maner of way, and that no moncks' portions should be dew furth therof; and likewise, his majestie, with consent forsaid, for his majestie and his successors, revocked, exonered and discharged all right and title which his majestie and his successors had, hes or may pretend to the thirds of the fruits of the forsaid late abbacie, be whatsomever rights, acts of parliament, lawes and practick of this realme, so that his majestie nor his successors, nor their collectors present and to come, should not uplift any thirds of the forsaid late abbacy in no tyme heirafter, dischargeing the samen collectors present and to come of all uplifting therof, simpliciter for now and ever. And also, his majestie, with advice and consent forsaid, revocked, discharged and annulled all and sindrie pensions, given and granted to whatsumever person or persons, to be uplifted furth of the thirds of the forsaid late abbacy in any tyme bygone, and decerned and ordained the samen to be null, and of no availl, force nor effect in all tyme comeing, and in lykmaner, his majestie, with consent abovementioned, willed and granted and, for his majestie and his successours, decerned and ordained, that the lands and others particularly and generally aboverehersed should not be taxed in the taxations, impositions or burdens imposed or to be imposed upon this kingdome with the clergie, kirk, spirituall estate, bot that the samen shall be taxed in all tyme comeing with the barrons and temporall lords, conforme to the just valor and rate of the frie patrimony and liveing therof, according to the generall order set doun or to be set doun for stenting of lands within this realme, with spetiall power and libertie to the said Leiutenant Generall Williame Drummond and his abovespecified, to reduce and rescind whatsomever infeftments, sasines, tacks, rentalls, gifts of pensions and other rights and titles whatsomever disponed, be whatsomever commendator or convent of the forsaid late abbacie, to whatsumever persone or persons of the lands and others abovementioned, or any parte therof for whatsomever reason, cause or causes competent to him of the law and practick of this realme; and siclyk his majestie, with advice and consent forsaid, faithfullie promitted in verbo principis to ratifie the charter and sasine abovementioned, and all that should follow therupon, in his majesties' next parliament within this kingdome and, if neid bies, to dissolve of new again from his majesties' croun the forsaid temporall and spirituall estate of the said late abbacie, and suppress the samen and monasticall order thairof, and all memorie of the samen perpetually in all tyme comeing and, if neid bies, to grant a new right to the said Leivtenant Generall William Drumond and his forsaids, of the premisses after dissolution, to the effect the samine and all right therof may be fully and surely established in his and his forsaids persons, and ordained the forsaid charter to be ane sufficient warrand for that effect, as at mair lenth is exprest therin, wherby ther is reserved to his majestie the right of superiorities of the lands abovespecified, conforme to the act of parliament, which charter is of the date at Whitehall, the fifteinth day of February last bypast, with the precept and instrument of sasine following therupon, in all and sundrie points, heads, articles and clauses therin contained, after the formes and tenors of the samen, and declares, statuts and ordains that this present generall ratification therof shall be als good, valeid and sufficient, in all respects, as if the samen wer at lenth insert heirin, dispensing be thir presents with the not inserting therof; and farder, for the good and faithfull service done to his majestie be his majesties' said right traist councellour Leiutenent Generall William Drumond, late major generall of his majesties' forces within this kingdome, wherof he is one of his majesties' privy councill by contributing his best endeavours for suppressing in battell of a considerable number of his majesties' disloyall subjects of this kingdome, who of late, with thair associats, most unnaturally rose in armes against his majesties' authority and laws, intending to have overturned the samen and wrongd his majesties' goods loyall subjects, besids diverse other good services done to his majestie be the said Leiutenent Generall William Drummond by his skilfull conduct of such of his majesties' forces as wer intrusted to him fra tyme to tyme, to the terror of his majesties' native and forrane enemies who of late indeavoured to disturb and invade this kingdome; and siclyk, his majestie, being sensible of the good service also done to his majestie in his kingdome of England be the said Leiutenant Generall William Drumond, and likewise understanding that he had suffered great losses and undergone very much hardships and sufferings for his constant loyaltie for his majestie, by long imprisonment and banishment, and therby being necessitat to repair to forrane kingdomes for safety without returne; whill his majesties' happie restauration and call, and his majestie being most willing for his farder encouragement to persist in his loyall actings, to confer some signe of his majesties' favour upon him and for diverse other good causes and considerations, and spetially for fulfilling his majesties' promise aboverehersed, his majestie, with advice and consent of the estates of this present parliament, be thir presents, not only dissolves the forsaid late abbacie, sprituality and temporality therof, with all and sindrie the lands, barronies, milns, woods, fishings, annualrents, kirks and others particularlie and generally abovementioned, which perteaned therto fra his majesties' croun and patrimony therof, and acts of parliament particularly and generally afterspecified, and suppresses the forsaid late abbacie, with all and sindrie the lands, barronies, milns, woods, fishings, annualrents, kirks and others particularly and generally abovementioned which pertained therto, that no farder memorie may be had therof in tymecomeing, giving and granting and, for his majestie and his successors, decerning and ordaining that never heirafter any successor as abbot or commendator of the forsaid late abbacie of Inshaffray shall be provided therto be resignation, dimission or otherways, and that no monks' portion shall be uplifted farth therof, which his majestie, with advice and consent forsaid, renunces and simpliciter discharges for now and ever. And moreover, his majestie, with advice and consent abovementioned, for his majestie and his successors, renunces and simpliciter discharges all right and tytle which his majestie or his successors had, hes or may pretend in and to the thirds of the fruits of the forsaid late abbacie be whatsumever rights, acts of parliament, laws and practick of this realme, so that his majestie, nor his successors, nor their collectors present and to come shall uplift no thirds of the forsaid late abbacy at no tyme heirafter, dischargeing the samen collectors present and to come of all uplifting therof simpliciter, for now and ever; and also, his majestie, with consent forsaid, revocks, discharges and annulls all and sindrie pensions given and granted to whatsomever persone or persons, to be uplifted farth of the thirds of the said late abbacie in any tyme bygone, and decerns and ordains the samen to be null and of none availl, force nor effect in all tymecomeing, that the forsaid late abbacie lands, barronies, milns, woods, teinds, fishings, annualrents, kirks and others particularly and generally abovementioned, may remain perpetually with the said Leiutenent Genarell William Drummond and his abovespecified, to be brooked and joysed be him and them, conforme to their former infeftments and other rights therof, in all tyme coming or, if neid bies, that his majestie may of new, with consent of his majesties' commissioners of exchequer, give, grant and dispone the samen to the said Leiutenent Genarell William Drumond and his abovespecified, heretablie and irredeemably, and erect the samen in the forsaid barronie, called the barrony of Cardeny, to be holden of his majestie and his successors in frie blensh, fie heretage and frie temporall barronie for ever, for payment to his majestie and his successors of ane pennie Scots money at the feist of Witsonday in name of blensh ferme allenerlie, and that the forsaids new rights contain all the other clauses, liberties and priveledges particularly and generally exprest in the forsaid former charter. And in lykmaner, his majestie, of his certane knowledge and with advice and consent forsaids, finds and declares, statuts and ordains that the infeftments and securities forsaids made and to be made to the said Leiutennent Generall William Drumond, of the precinct of the forsaid late abbacy lands, barronies, teinds and others particularly and generally abovementioned, comprehending the haill superiorities therof, are and shall be sufficient and valeid rights and securities to them for peaceable brookeing and joyseing of the samen in a temporall liveing, holden of and for payment to his majestie and his successors, as is aboverehersed, perpetually in all tyme comeing, and for that effect, be the tenor heirof, his majestie, with advice and consent forsaid, of his majesties' certane knowledge, propper motive, authority royall and kingly power, dispenses with the act of parliament in anno 1587, cap[ut] 29, with the acts of parliament 1597, being the fifteinth parliament of King James the sext, his majesties' royall grandfather, of eternall memorie, capitibus 236, 239 [and] 243, and with the act of parliament made be his majesties' father, of glorious memorie, parliament first, caput 14, anent the superiorities of kirk lands, and with all other acts of parliament made be his majestie or his majesties' most royall father, of glorious and eternall memorie, anent his majesties' proppertie, and with all other lawes made or to be made in so far as the samen may be prejudiciall heirunto; and declares this his majesties' generall dispensation therof, with advice and consent forsaid, to be als valeid as if the samen wer all particularly exprest heirin, and lykways all heirby dispensed with particularly.
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Our soverane lord, with advice and consent of the estates of parliament, hes ratified and approven and, be the tenor heirof, ratifies and approves ane charter granted be his majestie, with consent of the lords of his majesties' thesaurie and exchequer, under his hienes['s] great seale, to and in favours of Mr Andrew Burnet, writter in Edinburgh, and Alisone Wardlaw, his spous, dated the tuentie-ane day of Junii lastbypast, making mention that his majestie, in anser to the petition presented to his hienes be the creditors of the deceast Archibald Johnstoun, late of Waristoun, did by his majesties' letter, dated the tuentie-sext day of October 1667 yeers, authorize and require the commissioners of his hienes['s] thesaurie to examine the just debts of the said deceast Archibald Johnstoun, and the value of his estate and, for payment of the saids debts, to grant ane gift of his forfaltour to his creditors or for their behove (without prejudice to what formerly his majestie gave to Mr Alexander Spotiswood and which he did receave) and to report what should be fund over and above the payment of his just debts, to the end his majestie might declare his farder pleasure concerning the same. In obedience wherunto, the saids commissioners of his majesties' thesaurie and exchequer, haveing tryed and examined the debts due be the said umqhile Archibald Johnstoun, and the value of the whole estate belonging to him, have fund that the just debts and burdens affecting the said deceast Archibald Johnstoun his estate will exceid the value therof in the soume of tuelff thousand, three hundreth [and] sextie-one merks money of this realme; lykas the wholl creditors of the said umqhile Archibald Johnstoun (except Alexander Brand of Babertoun) be their severall assignations and translations granted theranent, have assigned and transferred to the said Mr Andrew Burnet, and his said spous, the haill debts and soums of money due be the said umqhile Archibald Johnstoun, and therfor his majestie, for himselff as king, prince and stewart of Scotland, with consent of the lords of his majesties' thesaurie and exchequer, be the forsaid charter, hath given, granted and disponed and, for his hienes and his successors, perpetually confirmed to the said Mr Andrew Burnet and Alisone Wardlaw, his spous, and longest liver of them tuo, for her lyverent use allenerlie, and to the airs lawfully procreat or to be procreat betuixt them, which failyeing to the said Mr Andrew Burnet his airs and assignays whatsomever, heretablie and irredeemablie, all and haill the lands of Waristoun, with the maner place, houses, bigings, outsets, yeards, orchyeards, meidows, tofts, crofts, annexis, connexis, parts, pendicles, teinds and pertinents therof whatsomever, lying within the barronie of Renfrew be annexation and shirreffdome of Edinburgh; and siclyk, his majestie, with consent forsaid, be the charter abovewritten, hath given, granted and disponed and, for his hienes and his successors, perpetually confirmed to the said Mr Andrew Burnet, his airs and assignays, heretablie and irredeemably, all and haill that tenement or foreland, sumtyme perteaning to Master Thomas Craig, advocat, therafter to umqhile Sir Lodovick Craig of Wrightsland, therafter to umqhile Archibald Johnstoun, merchant, and Rachell Arnot, his spous, lying in the burgh of Edinburgh, upon the northside of his majesties' streit therof, betuixt the bakland of the said tenement perteaning to the said umqhile Mr Thomas Craig, thairafter to the said umqhile Sir Lodovick Craig, upon the north, his majesties' streit on the south, the tenement of land of umqhile Hew Broun on the eist, and the land of umqhile James Guthrie on the west parts, and all and haill these tuo baksellers,† lying contigue upon the ground of the hall of the said bak tenement of land, of the said umqhile Mr Thomas Craig, therafter perteaning to James Rae, merchant, together with ane victualling house, lying on the grund of ane galrie of the said baktenement of land, haveing ane entrie and ane dore in the close towards the south, with all priveledges, easments and pertinents which pertained to the saids cellars and victuall house, with frie ish and entrie, under the pend of the said close, excepting and reserveing to the airs and successors of the said umqhile Sir Lodovick Craig, and to the airs and successors of umqhile Mr Samuell Johnstoun, advocat, certane parts of the said tenement of land, conforme to their respective rights; and in lykmaner, all and haill ane yeerlie annualrent or grund annualrent of ten punds Scots money, due and payable furth of that tenement of land lying in the said burgh of Edinburgh, and which pertained to the airs of [...] Johnstoun of Hiltoune, with all right and tytle, proppertie and possession, petitor and possessor which his majestie or his predicessors or successors, had or may pretend to the said land and tenement, be reason of the forfaltour of the said umqhile Archibald Johnstoun, or be any other maner of way, right or tytle whatsomever, to be holden of his majestie, in maner at lenth specified in the forsaid charter, with the precept of sasine following upon the said charter, and of the same date therwith, together with ane instrument of sasine following upon the said precept of the saids lands of Waristoun in favours of the said Mr Andrew Burnet, and his said spous, dated the [...] day of August last bypast, under the subscription of Mr William Cheislie, nottar publict, duely registrat conforme to the act of parliament upon the [...] day of October last bypast, and the sasine competent to follow upon the said charter of the tenement abovewritten; and likewise, his majestie, with consent of the estates of parliament, ratifies and approves ane gift granted be his majestie, with consent of the commissioners of his majesties' thesaurie and exchequer, under his hienes['s] privy seale, to the said Mr Andrew Burnet, making mention of his majesties' letter above written, direct to the commissioners of his hienes['s] thesaurie, of the date and tenor abovespecified, and making mention of the estate of the said umqhile Archibald Johnstoun, his debts and value of his lands, and makeing mention that the whole debts due be the said umqhile Archibald Johnstoun to his respective creditors (except the said Alexander Brand) wer assigned and transferred be them to the said Mr Andrew Burnet; and therfor, his majestie, with consent of his hienes['s] commissioners of thesaurie and exchequer, hath given, granted and disponed to the said Mr Andrew Burnet, his airs and assignays, the soume of three thousand, eight hundreth [and] nyntie and tuo merks Scots money adebted be the said Alexander Brand as the remander of the value of the said deceast Archibald Johnstoun his wodset right of the lands of Reidhall, and Eister Haills, and als the escheit of all and sindrie goods, geir, moveable and immoveable, jewells, gold, silver, cunyied and uncunyied debts, soums of money, cornes, cattell, insight, plenishing, taks, steidings, roums, possessions, acts, contracts, bands, actions, reversions, debts, sentences and other goods and geir escheitable whatsomever, which pertained of befor to the said deceast Archibald Johnstoun, or did any way accresse or pertaine to him, all which fell and became in his majesties' hands, and wer at his hienes['s] gift and disposition, be reasone of the forsaid sentence of forfaltour pronounced against the said umqhile Archibald Johnstoun, in maner at lenth specified in the forsaid gift, which is dated the said tuentie-one day of Junii last bypast, in all and sindrie heids, points, articles, clauses and circumstances of the forsaid charter, precept and sasine abovewritten, and of the forsaid gift of the moveables abovespecified. And his majestie, with consent of the estates of parliament, wills and grants and, for his hienes and his successors, decerns and ordaines that the forsaid ratification shall be als valeid, effectuall and sufficient as if the forsaid charter, precept and instrument of sasine, and gift abovespecified and grund thairof abovementioned, wer word be word ingrost and insert, in thir presents, albeit the samen be not so done; and further, his majestie, with consent of his majesties' estates of parliament, hes dissolved and, be thir presents, dissolves the forsaid land of Waristoun, houses and others abovewritten, from his majesties' croun and patrimony therof, and from all acts and decreits annexing the samen therto, and gives, grants and dispones to the said Mr Andrew Burnet, and his forsaids, heretablie and irredeemably, the saids lands of Waristoun, houses and others abovewritten, to be holden of his majestie in maner specified in the said charter. And siclyk, his majestie, with consent of the saids estates of parliament, statuts, ordains and declares that the said charter, precept and instrument of sasine, with the gift of the saids moveables and this present ratification therof, shall be good, valeid and sufficient rights and securities to the said Mr Andrew Burnet and his forsaids, for injoying, brookeing and possessing of the saids lands of Waristoun, houses and others abovewritten, heretablie and irredeemably in all tyme comeing, and siclyk for useing and disponeing upon the saids moveables at their pleasure, notwithstanding of whatsumever objection, exception, impediment, act, statute or constitution, made or to be made, in the contrair; and his majestie, with consent of his estates of parliament, be thir presents, dispenses with the not ingrossing of the forsaids charter, precept and instrument of sasine and gift abovewritten, and with the not dissolveing of the saids lands and houses befor the granting of the said charter; wheranent and with all objections and imperfections if any be which may be alledged or objected against the validitie of the forsaid charter, precept, instrument of sasine and gift abovespecified, or against the forsaid ratification and dissolution, his majestie, with consent of his estates of parliament, hes dispensed and, be thir presents, dispenses for ever and that of certane knowledge, notwithstanding of any law, act, statute, consuetude or practick to the contrair.
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Our soverane lord and estates of parliament, presentlie conveened be his majesties' spetiall authoritie, have ratified and approven and, be thir presents, ratifies and approves ane act of his majesties' exchequer, made and past at Edinburgh, the tuentie-fourt day of Junii 1661 yeers, whairby the saids lords, haveing taken to consideration the petition, with the instructions thairof presented to them be Sir Johne Aitoun of that ilk, beareing that the said Sir Johne payes yeerly to his majestie, for the fewdewties of the lands of Drumtennent with the pertinents thairof, lyand within the stewartrie of Fyff, fourtie bolls horse oats, with other dewties particularly mentioned in the said Sir Johne and his predecessors thair infeftments of the samen, and that the chamberlane of Fyffe refuised to accept of any other price for the saids horse oats then such pryce as the best oats that are payed in his majesties' rentall within the said stewartrie gives, and the saids lords finding, by inspection and reiding of the said Sir Johne and his authors infeftments of the saids lands, that the fourtie bolls oats payable furth of the saids lands are only horse oats, thairfor, they declared that, for bygones restand and in tyme comeing the said Sir Johne is and should be lyable for the halff prices that the best oats of the shirreffdome of Fyffe yeelds yeerly, and for that effect required the chamberlane of Fyffe and his subcollectors to receave payment from him accordingly, in maner specified in the said act, in the haill heids, clauses, circumstances, tenors and contents therof. And his majestie and estates of parliament forsaid wills and grants and, for them and their successors, decerns and ordains, that the forsaid generall ratification is and shall be als valeid, effectuall and sufficient to the said Sir Johne Aytoun, his airs and successors, as if the said act wer heirin spetially insert; wheranent and with all other exceptions or objections that may be proponed or alledged against the said ratification, they have dispensed and heirby dispenses for ever.
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Our soverane lord, with advice and consent of the estates of this present parliament, ratifies and approves the charter, with the precept of sasine thairin contained, of the date at Edinburgh, the seventeinth day of Junii 1664 yeers, made and granted be his majesties' trustie and well beloved councellour, the right reverend father in God, James, be the mercy of God, archbishop of St Andrews, primat and metrapolitan of this his majesties' realme of Scotland, and lord superior of the lands and others underwritten, with advice and consent of the chapter of the metrapolitan kirk of St Andrews, ratifieing, approveing and confirmeing, not only the charter made be umqhile George, be the mercy of God, archbishop of St Andrews, with consent of the chapter of the said metrapolitan kirk of St Andrews, to and in favors of umqhile Sir Johne Nicolson of Lesswaid, knight barronet (goodsir to his majesties' loveit Sir Johne Nicolson, now of Lesswaid, knight barronet) and to his airs and assignays therinspecified, of the date at Edinburgh, the nynt day of May 1607 yeers, together with the new disposition therin contained of the lands, tennendrie and others underwritten and the charter made be the said umqhile Sir Johne Nicolson, to umqhile Johne Nicolson, his eldest lawfull son, and to the airs maill and assignays therin mentioned, of the saids tennendrie and others after expressed, of the date at Edinburgh, the tuentie-tuo day of November 1637 yeers, together with the precepts of sasine contained in the saids charters respective and the instruments of sasine following upon the samen; as also, all and sindrie the charters, fews, securities and infeftments whatsomever made and granted to umqhile Mr James Nicolson of Lesswaid (father to the said umqhile Sir Johne Nicolson and goodsir to the said Sir Johne Nicolson, now of Lesswaid) and to his predicessors and authors whatsumever, of the lands, tennendrie and others after mentionat of whatsumever tymes bypast, in the haill points, articles, clauses, rights, priveledges, commodities and circumstances whatsumever of the samen,† bot also of new giveing, granting and disponing to the said Sir Johne Nicolson, now of Lesswaid, lawfull son and air mail to the said umqhile Johne Nicolson, fiar of Lesswaid, and to his airs maill, whilks failying to his airs and assignays whatsumever heretablie, all and sindrie the lands, tennendrie and others underwritten viz, all and haill that parte or tennendrie of Lesswaid, with the pertinents extending to ane sext parte of all and sindrie the lands of Lesswaid, together with ane certane litle portion or cottage of the said sext parte of the lands abovewritten, contigue, joyned and adjacent therto, with houses, bigings, maner places, yeards, orchyeards, greins, milns, multers, coalls and coallheughs thairof, tennents, tennendries and service of free tennents of the samen, with their haill pertinents; as also, all and haill eight ten parts of ane fourt parte of the saids lands of Lesswaid, and siclyk all and haill three pairts of the other fourt parte of the forsaids lands of Lesswaid, together with the fourtie shilling land of the saids lands of Lesswaid, with all and sindrie houses, bigings, tofts, crofts, orchyeards, milns, multers, coalls, coallheughs, dows, doucats, tennents, tennendries and service of frie tennents, parts, pendicles and pertinents whatsumever of the samen, all lyand within the territorie of Lesswaid, barronie of Listoun, regalitie of St Andrews and shirreffdome of Edinburgh, and unite and incorporat in ane haill and frie tennendrie, called the tennendrie of Lesswaid, and whilk charter forsaid containes ane dispensation for takeing of sasine at the principall maner and mansion of the saids lands of Lesswaid, whilk is heirby declared to be sufficient for the samen, to be holden be the said Sir Johne Nicolson, and his forsaids, of the said archbishop of St Andrews abovenamed, superior forsaid of the lands, tennendrie and others abovewritten, and his successors archbishops of St Andrews, superiors for the tyme of the samen, in† heretage and frie tennendrie,† for the yeerly payment to the said superiors of the lands, tennendries and others abovespecified of the few dewties and other dewties and services particularly mentioned in the samen charter forsaid, with the instrument of sasine following upon the said charter and the precept of sasine abovewritten therin contained, as said is; as also, the charter of confirmation made and granted be his majestie, under his hienes['s] great seall, of the date at Edinburgh, the first day of July 1664 yeers, with advice and consent of his majesties' principall thesaurer, thesaurer deput and remanent lords and others of his majesties' exchequer, his majesties' commissioners for the tyme, to and in favors of the said Sir John Nicolson, ratifieing, approveing and confirmeing the forsaid charter, with the precept of sasine abovewritten thairincontained, made and granted be the said James, archbishop of St Andrews, with advice and consent forsaid of the chapter abovespecified of the said metrapolitan kirk of St Andrews, to and in favors of the said Sir Johne Nicolson, and his forsaids, of the lands, tennendrie and others particularly abovenamed, lyand as said is, with the instrument of sasine abovespecified following therupon, in maner forsaid, and containing the samen charter abovexprest, word be word and at lenth ingrossed in the said charter of confirmation therof, in all the points, articles, clauses, conditions and circumstances whatsomever of the samen, and after the forme and tenor thairof. And sicklyk, the charter of the date at Cannowgate, the threttein day of Aprile 1665 yeers, with the precept of sasine thairin contained, made and granted be his majesties' right trustie cousing George, earle of Wintoun, lord superior of the lands and others underwritten, ratifieing, approveing and confirmeing, not only the charter made and granted be the said umqhile Sir Johne Nicolson, to the said umqhile Johne Nicolson, his lawfull son and appeirand air, and to his airs and assignays therinspecified, of the date at Edinburgh, the said tuentie-tuo day of November 1637 yeers forsaid, of the lands and others after mentioned, with the precept of sasine therin insert and the instrument of sasine following therupon, as also all and sindrie charters, fews, infeftments, rights and securities whatsumever made and granted to the said umqhile Johne Nicolson, his predecessors and authors whatsumever of the lands and others afterspecified of whatsumever tymes bygone, in the haill points, articles, clauses, rights, priveledges, commodities and circumstances whatsomever of the samen respective, bot siclyk of new giveing, granting and disponeing to the said Sir Johne Nicolson, now of Lesswaid, eldest lawfull son and air maill to the said umqhile John Nicolson, fiar of Lesswaid, and to his airs maill, whilks failyeing to his airs and assignays whatsumever heretablie, all and haill the lands and toun of Lesswaid, with houses, bigings, maner place, yeards, orchyeards, milns, multers, coalls and coall heughs thairof, with tennents, tennendries and service of frie tennents of the samen; as also, with all thair parts, pendicles and pertinents of old perteining to umqhile Johne Sinclair, younger of Dredden, and thairafter to the said umqhile Mr Johne Nicolson, and to the said umqhile Sir Johne Nicolson, and to his umqhile son abovenamed respective, and now to the said Sir Johne Nicolson, lyand within the barronie of Kirklistoun, regalitie of St Andrews and shirreffdome of Edinburgh and Linlithgow respective, and whilk charter forsaid containes ane dispensation for takeing of sasine at that parte of the samen lands called Catslack, whilk is therby declared to be sufficient for the samen, to be holden be the said Sir Johne Nicolson and his forsaids of the said earle of Wintoun, his airs and successors, superiors of the lands and others abovespecified, in few ferme, fie and heretage for ever, for the yeerlie payment to the saids superiors of the samen lands and others abovexpressed, of the few dewtie presently contained in the said charter, with the instrument of sasine following upon the said charter and precept of sasine abovespecified therin contained, as said is, and lykways, the charter made and granted be his majestie, under his hienes['s] great seale, of the date at Whitehall, the fourteinth day of May last bypast, in this instant yeer of God 1669 yeers, with advice and consent of his majesties' commissioners of his hienes['s] thesaurie and the remanent lords and others of his majesties' exchequer, his hienes['s] commissioners anent the donation and concession thairin contained, made and granted be his majestie, with advice and consent forsaid, to the said Sir Johne Nicolson, and to his airs maill whatsomever, whilks failyeing to his airs and assignays whatsumever heretably, and to the inhabitants and induellers present and to come of the toun and village of Lonheid of Lesswaid, with parts, pendicles and pertinents whatsomever therof, perpetually in all tyme comeing, of full power, priveledge and libertie to have and hold ane mercat croce, with ane weekly mercat day ilk Tuisday, with ane frie fair yeerly to be holden at the said toun and village of Lonheid of Lesswaid, perteining heretablie to the said Sir Johne Nicolson, in maner mentioned in the samen charter forsaid, which frie fair abovewritten shall be and begin ilk eight day in the moneth of October yeerly, and shall continew for the space of three days, as also of power and libertie to the said Sir Johne Nicolson and his forsaids to uplift and receave and, for their oune use, apply all the tolls, customes, casualities and other benefite whatsumever perteaning and belonging to the said weekly mercat day and yeerlie frie fair respective of the toune and lands abovementioned for ever, and of the other priveledges and liberties belonging to the samen weekly mercat day and yeerlie frie fair respective forsaids, as is in maner particularly specified in the said charter; to be holden be the said Sir Johne Nicolson and his forsaids of his majestie and his hienes['s] successors in frie blensh, fie and heretage for ever, for the yeerlie payment to his majestie and his hienes['s] successors forsaids of the blensh dewtie, and for performeing of the service particularly specified in the samen charter abovewritten, together with the precept of sasine and the instrument of sasine respective following upon the said charter, and the decreit of valuation, of the date the tuentie-thrid day of February 1633 yeers, of the lords and others commissioners for the tyme for surrender and teinds following upon the action therinspecified, persewed at the instance of umqhile Mr James Porteous, minister of Lesswaid, with concurse of his majesties' advocat for the tyme, against the said umqhile Sir Johne Nicolson of Lesswaid, knight barronet, toutching the proveing of the worth and quantitie of the stock and teind of the lands and others particularly mentioned in the samen decreit forsaid, then perteining heretablie to the said umqhile Sir Johne Nicolson, wherby it is fund that the toun and lands of Over and Nether Lesswaids and pertinents therof are only worth, in stock and teind, ten chalders victuall, halff beir [and] halff oats, and the toun and lands of Drydden to be only worth tuo hundreth merks money of this realme in stock and all sort of teind, which valuation particularly abovewritten, the saids lords commissioners and others, be the forsaid decreit, ratified, allowed and approved in all poynts, and ordained the samen to stand as for the constant and perpetuall yeerlie worth of the stock and teind of the samen lands with the pertinents therof, particularly above expressed yeerlie in all tyme comeing, as in the said decreit of valuation of the date forsaid at mair lenth is related, in all and sindrie the heids, articles, clauses and conditions whatsumever contained in the forsaids four charters, precepts and instruments of sasine respective forsaids, following therupon as said is, and in the decreit of valuation particularly abovewritten, after the severall formes and tenors of the samen respective in all poynts. And farder, his majestie, with advice and consent forsaid of the saids estates of parliament, statuts, ordains, wills and declares that this present ratification abovewritten is and shall be als valeid, effectuall and sufficient to the said Sir Johne Nicolson, and his forsaids, as if the saids four charters, precepts and instruments of sasine respective abovespecified following therupon, in maner forsaid, and the decreit of valuation above expressed, and ilk ane of them wer at lenth word be word presently insert and ingrossed heirintill; wheranent and with all that may be objected to the contrare, his majestie, with advice and consent forsaid of the saids estats of parliament, be thir presents dispenses for ever.
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Our soverane lord, with advice and consent of this present parliament, ratifies and approves the charter of donation and concession made and granted be his majestie, under his hienes['s] great seall, of the date at Whitehall, the fourteinth day of May last bypast, in this instant yeer of God 1669 yeers, with advice and consent of his majesties' commissioners of his hienes['s] thesaurie, and the remanent lords and others of his majesties' exchequer, his hienes['s] commissioners, to and in favours of his majesties' loveit Sir Johne Nicolson of that ilk (designed be the said charter of Lesswaid), knight barronet, and to his airs maill whatsumever, whilks failyeing to his airs and assignays whatsumever, heretablie and irredeemably, of all and sindrie the lands and barronie of Nicolson (formerly called Clerkingtoun), with the maner place, houses, bigings, yeards, orchyeards, parks, woods, coalls, coallheughs, lymecraig, lymestone, annexis, connexis, parts, pendicles and pertinents whatsumever of the samen, and namelie that part and pertinent therof commonlie called Braidwood, with houses, bigings, yeards and pertinents of the samen, together with all parts, pendicles and pertinents whatsumever of the forsaids lands of Nicolson (formerly called Clerkingtoun, as said is) of whatsumever name or designation the samen be, with the corne milne therof called Nicolson milne (fermerlie called Clerkingtoun milne), milnelands, multers, sequells and pertinents of the samen; and of all and haill the lands of Foullerstoun (formerlie called Frierstoun) with houses, bigings, yeards, parts, pendicles and pertinents whatsumever of the samen, with libertie and priveledge of ane frie regalitie within the haill bounds of the forsaids lands of Foullerstoun (formerlie called Frierstoun, as said is) and pertinents of the samen, all lyand within the shirreffdome of Edinburgh. Attour his majestie, of his hienes['s] royall authority and power, with advice and consent forsaid, hes therby changed and altered the name and designation of the saids lands of Clerkingtoun, and of the toun and village of Clerkingtoun, with the maner place, houses, bigings, yeards, milne and milne lands forsaids thairof, and pertinents abovewritten of the samen, together with the paroche kirk and parochine of Clerkingtoun, as also of the forsaids lands of Frierstoun, with houses, bigings, yeards, parts, pendicles, priveledges and pertinents of the samen, all lyand, as said is, fra the forsaids names and designations of Clerkingtoun and Frierstoun respective and either of them, be the which names and designations the lands, paroche kirk, parochine and others particularly abovewritten, in tyme bypast wer named and designed, to the forsaid name and designation of Nicolson for the saids lands of Clerkingtoun, parts, pendicles and pertinents abovewritten of the samen, with the forsaid kirk and parochine therof, and to the name and designation of Foullarstoun for the saids lands of Frierstoun, parts, pendicles, priveledges and pertinents whatsumever abovespecified of the samen, and decerned and ordained the saids names and designations of Clerkingtoun and Frierstoun respective, and either of them, to be extinct, voyd and null in all tyme comeing, and that the samen lands and others forsaids shall be named and designed in all tyme comeing the lands of Nicolson, and the paroche kirk and parochine of Nicolson, and the lands of Foullerstoun, and that these new names and designations, and either of them of the saids lands and paroche kirk and parochine and others particularly abovespecified, is and shall be, in all tyme comeing, the propper names and designations respective of the forsaids lands, paroche kirk and parochine and others above expressed, lyand in maner forsaid; and siclyk, his majestie, with advice and consent abovewritten, hes also therby off new given, granted and disponed and, for his majestie and his hienes['s] successors, perpetually confirmed to the said Sir Johne Nicolson and his forsaids all and sindrie the lands, milne, milnelands, with the maner place, houses, bigings, parts, pendicles, pertinents, priveledges and others particularly abovewritten, all lyand as said is, with the advocation, donation and right of patronage of the said paroche kirk and parochine of Nicolson, formerly called in maner forsaid, with the personage and viccarage therof, fruits, rents, proffeits and emoluments whatsumever of the samen, together with all right, title, interesse, clame of right, proppertie, possession, alswell petitor as possessor, action and instance whatsumever which his majestie or his hienes['s] predicessors or successors had, hes or any ways may have, clame or pretend therunto, be whatsumever reason, cause, occasion or maner of way; as also, hes of new made, erected, created and incorporated the forsaid toun and village of Nicolson (called of befor, as said is) with the haill lands and aikers of land lyand contigue about the samen, within the propper territority and limits therof, in ane frie burgh of barronie to be called, in all tyme comeing, the burgh of barronie of Nicolson, and hes given and granted all liberties, priveledges, casualities and immunities whatsumever perteining and belonging to the samen frie burgh of barronie forsaid, with power and libertie of ane weekly mercat and three frie fairs yeerly, to be keeped therat upon the severall days and dureing the tyme particularly mentioned in the samen charter forsaid, and to uplift and receave all tolls, customes, casualities and other benefeit whatsumever perteining and belonging to the said weekly mercat and yeerlie frie fairs respective forsaids; and siclyk, his majestie, with advice and consent abovewritten, hes therby of new united, annexed, created and incorporat all and sindrie the lands, milne, milnelands with the maner place, houses, bigings, yeards, brugh of barronie, advocation, donation and right of patronage of the paroche kirk and parochine abovewritten, with thair haill parts, pendicles, priveledges, pertinents and others forsaids, and others particularly abovewritten, all lyand as said is, in ane haill and frie barronie to be called, in all tyme comeing, the barronie of Nicolson, ordaining therby the forsaid maner place therof to be the principall messuage of the forsaid barronie, and that ane sasine to be taken be the said Sir Johne Nicolson, and in all tymecomeing be his forsaids, at the said principall messuagge or upon the ground of any parte of the saids lands, shall stand and be ane sufficient sasine for all the samen lands and others abovewritten, to be holden be the said Sir Johne Nicolson, and his forsaids, of his majestie and his hienes['s] successors abovespecified, mediat lawfull superiors of the samen lands, barronie and others particularly above expressed, in frie barronie, frie brough of barronie, frie regalitie, chappell and chancelrie, frie blensh, fie and heretage for ever, for the yeerlie payment to his majestie and his hienes['s] successors forsaids of the severall blench dewties particularlie contained in the samen charter abovementioned, together with the precept of sasine and instrument of sasine respective following upon the samen charter forsaid, in all and sindrie the heids, articles, clauses and conditions whatsumever contained in the said charter, precept and instrument of sasine following therupon, as said is, after the severall forms and tenors of the samen respective in all points. And farder, his majestie, with advice and consent forsaid of the saids estates of parliament, statuts, ordains, wills and declares that this present ratification abovewritten is and shall be als valeid, effectuall and sufficient to the said Sir Johne Nicolson, and his forsaids, as if the said charter, precept and instrument of sasine respective following therupon, as said is, wer at lenth de verbo in verbum particularly insert heirin; wheranent and with all that may be objected to the contrare, his majestie, with advice and consent forsaid of the saids estates of parliament, be thir presents dispenses for ever.
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Our soverane lord, with advice and consent of his estates of parliament, ratifies and approves the charter, donation and disposition therin contained made, given and granted be his majestie, with consent of his majesties' right traist cousing and councellor Johne, earle of Rothes, lord Leslie and Ballinbreich, his majesties' high commissioner for the tyme and principall thesaurer, comptroller [and] collector generall of his majesties' new augmentations within the kingdome of Scotland, and of his majesties' trustie and familiar councellor William, lord Bellenden of Brughtoun, his majesties' deput in the saids offices and of the remanent lords and others of exchequer of the said kingdome, his majesties' commissioners, to his majesties'right traist cousing and councellour James, earle of Perth, lord Drumond and Stobhall, his airs maill and assignays whatsomever, heretablie and irredeimably, off all and sindrie the lands of Dundurn, with the milne, milnelands, waterlead, multers and sequells therof, with tennents, tennendries, service of frie tennents and all thair pertinents, lyand within the stewartrie of Stratherne and shirreffdome of Perth; and of all and sindrie the remanent lands, milns, milnelands, offices and others particularly and generally mentioned in the said charter, all now united, erected and incorporat in ane haill and frie barronie, called the barrony of Dundurn, with the gift de novo damus contained in the said charter, under the great seale, of the date at Whitehall, the tuentie day of January 1664 yeers, with the precept [of sasine] following on the said charter, under the quarter seale, of the date of the said charter, with the instrument of sasine following upon the said precept, in all and sindrie the heids, points, clauses, articles, circumstances and conditions therof, and after the forme and tenor of the samen in all points.
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Our soverane lord, with advice and consent of this present parliament, hes ratified, approven and confirmed and, be thir presents, ratifies, approves and confirms, the charter and new gift therin contained granted be his majestie, under his majesties' great seall of this kingdome, of the date the thretteinth day of February 1666 yeers, to and in favours of his majesties' right trustie cousing and councellor William, earle of Roxburgh, lord Ker of Cesfoord and Cavertoun, in lyverent and for his lyverent use, and to his majesties' right trustie cowsing Robert, lord Ker, his eldest lawfull sonne, and the airs maill lawfullie to be gotten of his body, whilks failyeing to the said Robert, lord Ker his heirs maill and of tailyie, contained in the deceast Robert, earle of Roxburgh's infeftment of the earledome of Roxburgh, of the date the [...] day of [...] 16[...] yeers, and in the nomination and designation made be him conforme therto of the date the [...] day of [...] 16[...] yeers, wherby he nominat the said William, earle of Roxburgh to be his air of tailyie, and to succeid to him in the said earledome of Roxburgh in fie heretablie, under the conditions, provisions, reservations and restrictions contained in the samen nomination and designation, whilk his majestie, with consent forsaid, holds and, be thir presents, will have held as for expressed heirin, dispensing heirby with the not inserting therof for ever, off all and haill the lands of Prinside, with the milne therof, extending to ane tuentie pund land of old extent; all and haill the tuo parts of the lands of Cavertoun, called Rutherfoords lands, the lands of Fotheringhame, with the milne therof; all and haill the tuentie pund land of Hownam of old extent; all and haill the tuentie merk land of Smailholme, with tours, fortalices, milns, multers, woods, fishings, tofts, crofts, outsets, parts, pendicles, tennents, tennendries, service of frie tennents, with all and sindrie the pertinents of the forsaids haill lands; and all and haill the four merk land of old extent of the mains of Cesfoord, commonly called Cesfoord burne with the pertinents; and als all and haill the fourty pund land of old extent of the barronie of Maxwell, comprehending the lands of Maxwell heugh, with the milne of the samen, astricted multers and knaveships therof, with the houses, bigings, yeards, orchyeards, parts, pendicles and pertinents of the samen; and all and haill the lands of Woodend, with the tours, fortalices, maner places, houses, bigings, yeards, orchyeards, dowcats, tennents, tennendries, service of frie tennents thairof, annexis, connexis, parts, pendicles and pertinents whatsomever of the saids lands and barronie; and lykways, all and haill the lands and barronie of Broxfeild, with the maner place, houses, bigings, yeards, orchyeards, dowcats, milns, milnelands, parts, pendicles, tennents, tennendries, service of frie tennents of the samen, and all thair pertinents, all lyand within the shirreffdome of Roxburgh; [and] whilks lands, barronies, milns, milne lands and others abovewritten are all parts and pendicles of the forsaid earledome of Roxburgh and, with severall other lands, barronies, teinds, patronages and others, wer formerly unite, annexed and incorporat in the forsaid frie earledome, and be the said charter are declared and appointed still to remane a pairte of the samen earledome as of befor, noways dissolved nor disjoyned therfrom, bot shall be still within the union and erection therof, to be holden of his majestie and his successors in taxt waird, fie and heretage, and as a parte of the forsaid frie earledome for ever, for yeerlie payment of the taxt dueties for the waird, nonentrie and releiff of the lands, barronies, and others abovewritten when the samen shall happen to fall in the hands of his majestie and his successors, and of the taxt availl of the mariage of the airs maill and of tailyie of the said Robert, lord Ker, particularly specified in the said charter, notwithstanding that the samen wer holden of old be service of waird and releiff, be the which charter his majestie promised in verbo principis to ratifie the samen charter, precept and instrument of sasine following therupon in his majesties' next parliament, and ordained the samen charter may be ane sufficient warrant for that effect, together with the said precept and instrument of sasine following upon the forsaid charter, in all and sindrie points, articles and clauses therin contained, after the forme and tenor therof; and statuts and ordains that this present confirmation of the samen charter, precept and instrument of sasine, is and shall be als valeid, effectuall and sufficient as if they wer insert heirin, dispensing with the not inserting therof be thir presents heirintill. Lykas his majestie, with consent forsaid, wills and ordains the lands, barronies and others abovespecified, in all tyme comeing, to be holden of his majestie and his successors be the said right trustie and well beloved cousing and counsellor Williame, earle of Roxburgh and Robert, lord Ker, his sonne, and his forsaids, in taxt waird, fie and heretage inrespect of the change of the holding mentionat in the said charter, for payment of the taxt dueties and taxt availl of the mariage therin exprest, notwithstanding that the samen lands, barronies and others abovewritten wer holden of old be service of waird and releiff; and finds, statuts and ordains that the forsaid charter, precept and instrument of sasine following therupon, and remanent rights and securities made to the said William, earle of Roxburgh, his predecessors and authors of the samen lands, barronies and others abovementioned, shall be sufficient and valeid rights and securities for brookeing and joyseing therof in all tyme comeing, to be holden of his majestie and his successors in taxt waird as is abovexpressed.
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Our soverane lord, with advice and consent of the estates of this present parliament, ratifies and approves ane charter and infeftment granted be umqhile King James the fourt, of worthy memorie, in anno 1496 yeers, to and in favours of the burgh of Forres, burgesses and communality therof, of the lands of Greishop, with the pertinents lie Bailliefeild, Pilmore and Meiklebog, with the meidow called King's meidow, Lawrenstoun, with the Carths and Kaimflatt with the pertinents, with common pasturage within the forrest of Drumynd and Tulloch, with mures, mosses etc., and frie ish and entrie to and fra the said forrest and pasturage be the mure called Pilimore, together with all liberties and priviledges used and wont; and als of the water and fishing of Findhorne, fra Dunduff unto the bank of Findhorne, alswell in the fresh water as salt therof, with the haill remanent liberties, priveledges and powers of the samen fishing contained in the said charter; and also, makand and constitutand the auldermen, provest and baillies of the said burgh who should be for the tyme shirreffs within the samen burgh, bounds and liberties therof, with the power of the office of shirreffship in all things therto belonging, siclyk as any burgh in such lyk office hes within the kingdome, discharging the shirreff of Elgin and Forres then, present and to come, and thair deputs, of all exerceing of their said office of shirreffship within the said burgh of Forres, bounds and liberties therof forever, together with the haill liberties and priveledges contained in the said charter and infeftment, as the samen of the date the tuentie-thrid day of June the yeer of God abovewritten, in the selff more fully proports, in the haill heids, articles, clauses, conditions, liberties and priveledges mentioned in the said charter and infeftment, and specially but prejudice of the generality forsaid, the said office of shirrffship within the said burgh of Forres and haill bounds and liberties therof, together likewise with the precept and sasine following upon the forsaid charter, with all other infeftments, charters, sasines, rights and securities whatsoever made and granted be his majestie, or any of his most noble progenitors, in favours of the provost, baillies, councill or communitie of the said burgh of Forres, off all and haill the samen burgh and haill lands, fishings, pasturage, liberties, priveledges and others perteining and belonging therto, in the haill heids, clauses and conditions of the samen, precept of sasine and others writts, rights and titles forsaids, saiffand and reservand always to our said soverane lord and his successors the service, few dewties and other dewties aught and wont to his hienes and his predecessors of the said burgh, lands, fishings, office of shirreffship, priveledges and liberties therof, and others forsaids, befor this present ratification. Attour our soverane lord and estates forsaids decerns and ordains that the forsaid charter and infeftment, precept and sasine following therupon and remanent rights forsaids, with this present ratification therof, are and shall be good, valeid and sufficient rights to the saids provost, baillies, councill and communitie of the said burgh of Forres and their successors, for bruiking and joyseing of the samen burgh, haill lands, casualities, fishings, pasturages, office of shirreffship and haill remanent liberties and priveledges belonging to the said burgh, in all tyme comeing but stop or impediment, and that this present ratification and generality forsaid shall be als valid and effectuall as if the forsaid charter and infeftments, and other rights forsaids, wer insert ad longum heirintill; wheranent and with all other objections and imperfections that can be alledged against the samen charter, infeftments and other rights forsaids, or this present ratification, our said soverane lord and estates forsaids hes dispensed and dispenses for now and ever.
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Our soverane lord, with advice and consent of the estates of this present parliament, hes ratified, approven and confirmed and, be thir presents, ratifies, approves and confirms the charter and new gift therincontained granted be his majestie, under his majesties' great seall of this kingdome, of the date at his majesties' court of Whitehall, the tuentie-sext day of March last bypast, in this instant yeer 1669, to and in favours of his majesties' loveit Sir Henry Bruce of Clakmanan, knight, and his airs maill of his oune bodie, whilks failyeing to his nearest and lawfull airs maill whatsomever, who shall be obleist to take upon them and carie the sirname and armes of Bruce, which all failyeing to returne to his majestie and his successors heretablie, off all and sindrie the lands and others afterspecified, to wit, all and haill the lands and barronie of Clakmanan, with annexis, connexis and their dependences above and afterspecified viz, the mayns and old barronie of Clakmanan, with the toure, fortalice, yeards, orchyeards therof, the toun and burgh of barronie of Clakmanan, and haill liberties, priveledges, immunities, tolls, customes and casualities therof, with tuo weekly mercats to be keept weekly in the forsaid burgh of Clakmanan upon Wednesday and Setterday, with all tolls, customs, casualities, proffeits, liberties and immunities therof, together with the milne of Clakmanan, tofts, crofts, annexis, connexis, dependencies therof, tennents, tennendries and service of frie tennents, with the commontie therof called Pilmure, and Arnyse† which toun of Clakmainan of old wes made, constitute, erect and creat be all the bounds and commontie therof in ane frie burgh of barronie; all and haill the lands of Halhill, Over and Nether Hilend, Kairshill, Cartoquhie, Grasmanstoun, Ganthalow,† Birkhill, Lynmilne, milnelands and multers of the samen, Tullygarth, Pittenskeine, Mortimersyde, Craigorie, Kemling, Eistpark and Wester Kennet, with all and sindrie pendicles and pertinents whatsomever, lying within the barronie of Clakmanan and shirreffdome therof, with all and sindrie castles, tours, fortalices, maner places, milns, multers, woods, fishings alswell in salt as fresh waters, hills, braes, valies, yeards, orchyeards, annexis, connexis, outsets, dependences, tennents, tennendries, service of frie tennents, advocations, donations and right of patronage of the kirks, benefices and chaplanries, of all and sindrie the fornamed lands, barronie, burgh of barronie and others abovementioned, with the frie forrest of the samen, courts and all other priveledges and liberties of frie forrests, lyand as is aboverehersed; all and haill the lands and tenenrie of Eister Kennet, with the maner place, houses, bigings, yeards, orchyeards, dowcats and pertinents therof, together with the croft called Greivs aiker, belonging to the forsaid lands; and siclyk, the tenement of land called Baxters land, with the waist lands, yeard and croft belonging therto, lying on the northside of the toun of Clakmanan, betuixt the lands of Johne Proud, on the west, and the lands of Johne Methven, on the eist parts, the croft of land called the Crooked croft, haveing the publict way on the eist, and the lands of the deceast Sir David Bruce of Clakmanan, on the west, south and north parts; and the other croft, called also the Crooked croft, lying on the eist parte of the forsaid publict way neir the overcroft, immediatly preceiding betuixt the lands of William Mitchell, on the eist, and the lands of the said deceast Sir David Bruce, on the west parts, with grasse pasturage in the forsaid commontie of Clakmanan, used and wont; the lands of Craighill and Hiltoun croft, together with the coalls of the samen, and the superioritie of the lands of the deceast Gilbert Coustoun, lying on the north parte of the forsaid burgh of Clakmanan, betuixt the lands of Andrew Methven, on the west, and the lands of David Cambie, on the eist parts; and the superiority of nyn aikers of the lands of Wester Kennet, which sumtyme perteaned to the saids lands of Eister Kennet heretablie, with all and sindrie houses, bigings, yeards, outsets, insets, tofts, crofts, pasturages, tennents, tennendries, service of frie tennents, parts, pendicles, priveledges and pertinents of the lands abovementioned, lying within the parochine and shirreffdome of Clakmanan abovementioned; all and haill the teind sheaves and personage teinds of all and haill the saids lands and tennendrie of Eister Kennet not formerly disponed to Mr Robert Bruce, with annexis, connexis, tennents, tennendries and all their pertinents; and als of the forsaid croft of land called Greivsaiker, belonging to the samen lands, and of the said other croft yeard and tenement of land called Baxters land, contigue adjacent lying on the north parte of the forsaid burgh, with the forsaid croft called the Crooked way, on the westside of his majesties' said way which leads to Clakmanan, and the forsaid other croft of land lykways called Crooked croft, on the west parte of his majesties' said hie way, which leads to the said burgh, lying almost near the forsaid other croft; and of all and haill the saids lands of Craighill and Hiltoun croft, alias called Serjantland, all lying within the forsaid barronie of Clakmanan and shirreffdome therof; erect in ane frie tennendrie called the tennendrie of Eister Kennet; and in lykmaner, to the said Sir Henry Bruce and his airs maill, carying the sirname and armes of Bruce, which failyeing his nearest lawfull airs whatsomever, who shall be obleist to take upon them the samen sirname and armes of Bruce, and to his or their assignays whatsomever heretablie, of all and haill these fourtie aikers of kirklands lying within the mayns of Craigorie, with all their pertinents whatsumever, and als within the barronie and shirreffdome of Clakmanan abovementioned, together with the frie fair to be holden yeerly within the said burgh of Clakmanan, upon the fyfteinth day of Junii, conforme to the act of parliament made theranent, and haill liberties, priveledges, immunities, tolls, customs and casualities of the samen frie fairs; all and sindrie the lands and barronie of Sauchie, with the castle, toure, fortalices, milns, multers, coalls, coallheughs, tennents, tennendries, service of frie tennents therof, and all their pertinents lying within the forsaid shirreffdome of Clakmanan, together with the teind sheaves of the samen; all and sindrie the lands of Gairdinkeir with their pertinents, lying within the regalitie of Dumfermling and shirreffdome of Clakmanan abovespecified; and of all and haill the offices of shirreffship and forrestrie of the forsaid shirreffdome of Clakmanan, together with all priveledges, immunities and casualities, customs and dews of the frie fairs called St Bartilmeus fairs, to be holden at Clakmanan the [...] day of August yeerlie, with all proffeits whatsumever perteining and belonging, or that justly may belong to the forsaids tuo offices or either of them, with the priveledge of court, plaint, bloodweid, amerchiaments, pit and gallows, with all other priveledges, imunities and casualities whatsomever belonging therto, all united in ane haill and frie barronie, burgh of barronie, forrestrie and shirreffship called the barronie, burgh of barronie, forrestrie and shirreffship of Clakmanan, to be holden of his majestie and his successors in fie heretage, frie burgh of barronie, offices of shirreffship and forrestrie and frie barronie, for yeerlie payment of the blensh and fewdewties exprest in the said charter, notwithstanding that the forsaids lands and old barronie of Clakmanan, with the milns, commontie and pendicles therof aboverehersed, burgh of barronie, weekly mercats and frie fairs abovespecified, tolls, customes, priveledges and liberties of the samen, the forsaids lands of Halkhill, Over and Nether Hilend, Kearshill, Cartoquhie, Grasmerstoun, Garthalow, Balkhill,† Lynemilne, Tulliegarth, Pittenskenie, Mortmersyde, Craigorie, Kemling, Eistpark and Wester Kennett, with all their pertinents, and als the advocation, donation and right of patronage of the kirks, benefices and chaplanries abovexprest, frie forrest abovewritten, the forsaids lands and barronie of Sauchie, with the teinds, coalls and pertinents and the forsaids, offices of shirreffship and forrestrie, and frie fair called Barthelmews fair, with tolls, customes and priveledges of the samen abovementioned, wer holden of old be service of waird and releiff, be the which charter his majestie promised in verbo principis to ratifie the samen in his majesties' next parliament; and ordained the forsaid charter to be ane sufficient warrand for that effect, together with the precept of sasine following upon the samen charter and instrument of sasine following or to follow upon the forsaid precept, in all and sindrie points, articles and clauses therin contained, after the forme and tenor thairof; and statuts and ordaines that this present confirmation therof is and shall be als valeid, effectuall and sufficient as if they wer insert heirin, dispensing with the not inserting therof in this present act of ratification. Lykas his majestie, with consent forsaid, wills, grants and ordaines that the lands, barronie and others aboverehersed, which formerlie held waird in all tyme comeing, are to be holden of his majestie and his successors be the said Sir Henry Bruce and his abovespecified, in frie blensh, fie heretage, frie burgh of barrony, forrestrie and shirreffship abovementioned, inrespect of the change of the holding specified [in the] forsaid charter from waird to blench, for payment of the blench dewties therin exprest, notwithstanding that the samen lands and others abovewritten wer holden of old be service of waird and releiff; and finds, statuts and ordanes that the forsaid charter, precept and instrument of sasine following or to follow therupon, and remanent rights and securitie made to the said Sir Henrie Bruce, his predicessors and authors of the forsaids haill lands and barronies and others respective abovementioned, all erected be the forsaid charter in the forsaid barronie of Clakmanan, shall be sufficient and valeid rights and securities for brookeing and joyseing therof in all tymecomeing, to be holden of his majestie and his successeors in blensh and few as is above exprest.
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Our soverane lord, with advice and consent of the estates of this present parliament, hes ratified, approven and confirmed and, be thir presents, ratifies, approves and confirms the charter and new gift therincontained, granted be his majestie under his majesties' great seall of this kingdome, of the date the tuentie-sevent day of January 1666 yeers, to and in favors of his majesties' loveit Sir Alexander Don of Newtoun, knight and barronet, and to Dame Issobell Smyth, his spous, the longest liver of them tuo in lyverent, and to James Don, their eldest lawfull sone, his airs maill and assignays whatsumever, in fie heretablie, under the expresse provisions, declarations and reversion thairinspecified, whilk his majestie, with consent forsaid, holds and, be thir presents, will have held as for exprest heirin, dispensing heirby with the not inserting therof for ever, off all and haill the tuo parte of the lands of Litle Newtoun, now comonly called and designed the lands of Toadlaw, Chapleflat and Netherfeild; and the lands of Whiterig and Toadalrig; the lands called the Braes, both cornfeild and pasturage therof, presently possest be the said Sir Alexander Don himselff, and be Thomas and Andrew Newtouns there; and of all and haill the milns of Litle Newtoun, both corne milns and walkmilns therof, and milne lands of the samen, called the Cruick, with the maner place, houses, bigings, yeards, orchyeards, parts, pendicles and haill pertinents thairof, lyand within the baillierie of Lawderdale and shirreffdome of Berwick, and these as principall; and als, of all and haill the tuo parte of the toun and lands of Dalcove, with the maner place, houses, bigings, yeards, parts, pendicles and haill pertinents therof; and of all and haill these ten merk lands of the said toun and lands of Dalcove, with houses, bigings, yeards and all their pertinents, sumtyme perteaning to umqhile Andrew Ker of Year, lyand within the bailierie and shirreffdome forsaid, and that in spetiall† warrandice and security of the said tuo parte of the mayns of Litle Newtoun, milne and milnelands therof, called the Cruik, with thair pertinents principally disponed, as said is; and also of all and haill these nyne husband lands of the saids toun and lands of Litle Newtoun, with houses, bigings, yeards, parts, pendicles and haill pertinents therof, lyand within the said baillierie of Lawderdale and shirreffdome of Berwick forsaid, sumtyme perteaning to [...] Hepburne of Waughtoun, disponed be him to umqhile Ralph Ker of Dalcoave, and be the said Ralph to Johne Ker, his sone, and conquest and acquired be the said Sir Alexander Don fra the said Johne Ker, James Ker, his brother, and others haveing right therto; and als of all and haill the thrid parte of the said toun and lands of Litle Newtoun, thrid parte of the milne therof, with tuo carrucats of land in the said toun called Boswells lands, and ane land called Souters land, with the tour and fortalice of Litle Newtoun, houses, bigings, yeards, parts, pendicles and haill pertinents thairof, lyand within the baillierie and shirreffdome forsaid, sumtyme perteaning to Master Johne Clappertoun, portioner of Litle Newtoun, and disponed be him and others, with his consent, to the said Sir Alexander Don and his said sonne; and siclyk, of all and haill that halff merk land of arable field land, called Templeland, with houses, bigings, yeards, parts, pendicles and pertinents therof whatsumever, together with the priveledge of pasturage in the mures adjacent to the saids lands, with frie ish and entrie, and with all liberties and immunities belonging to the samen, lyand within the said toun and territorie of Litle Newtoun and shirreffdom of Berwick forsaid; [and] whilk lands, milnes, milnelands and others abovewritten wer all formerlie erected in ane haill and frie barrony called the barronie of Newtoun, and are all, be the samen charter, of new unite in the samen barronie, to be holden of his majestie and his successors taxt waird, fie heretage and frie barronie for ever, for yeerly payment of the taxt dewties for the waird, nonentrie and releiff of the lands and others abovewritten, when the samen shall happen to fall in the hands of his majestie and his successors, and of the taxt availl of the mariage of the airs maill and assignays forsaids of the saids Sir Alexander and James Dones, particularly specified in the forsaid charter, notwithstanding that the samen wer holden of old be service of waird and releiff; [and] be the which charter his majestie promised in verbo principis to ratifie the samen charter and instrument of sasine following therupon in his majesties' next parliament, and ordained the samen charter may be ane sufficient warrand for that effect, together with the saids precept and instrument of sasine following upon the said charter, in all and sindrie poynts, articles and clauses therincontained, after the forme and tenor therof; and statuts and ordains that this present ratification and confirmation of the samen charter and instrument of sasine is and shall be als valeid, effectuall and sufficient as if they wer insert heirin, [and] dispensing with the not inserting therof be thir presents heirintill. Lykas his majestie, with consent forsaid, wills and ordains the lands, barronie and others abovewritten, in all tyme comeing, to be holden of his majestie and his successors be the saids Sir Alexander and James Dons, and thair forsaids, in taxt waird, fie and heretage, inrespect of the change of the holding mentioned in the forsaid charter for payment of the taxt dewties and taxt availls of the mariage therinexpressed, notwithstanding that the samen lands, barronie and others abovewritten wer holden of old be service of waird and releiff. And farder statuts and ordains that the forsaid charter, precept and instrument of sasine following therupon and remanent rights and securities made to the said Sir Alexander and James Dons, thair predecessors and authors of the samen lands, barronie and others abovementioned, shall be sufficient and valeid rights and securities for brookeing and joyseing therof, in all tyme comeing, to be holden of his majestie and his successors in taxt waird as is abovexpressed.
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Our soverane lord, with advice and consent of the estates of this present parliament, hes ratified and approven and, for him and his successors, perpetually confirmed and, be thir presents, ratifies and approves and, for him and his successours, perpetually confirmes ane charter made and granted be our said soverane lord, with advice and consent of the lords commissioners of his majesties' thesaurie and exchequer of Scotland, and the rest of the members therof, under his majesties' great seale, to and in favors of his majesties' loveit Sir Patrick Home of Polwart, knight and barronet, and his airs maill whatsumever and his or their assignays, of all and haill the barronie of Polwart, nether lands, milne, milnelands, maner places, houses, bigings, yeards, orchyeards, dowcats, woods, fishings, burgh of barronie, with the priveledges, advocation, donation and right of patronage, parts, pendicles, annexis, connexis, tennents, tennendries, service of frie tennents and haill pertinents therto belonging, which charter containes ane novo damus; and als ane change of the holding of some of the lands therin contained with their pertinents, which held formerlie of his majestie be service of waird and releiff, to taxt waird for payment to his majestie and his successors of the particular taxt dueties therin set doun for the waird, releiff, nonentrie and mariage when they shall fall out respective, to be holden and to be held all and sindrie the said barronie, lands and others generallie abovementioned with their pertinents, all unite, erected and annexed in ane haill and frie barronie, called the barronie of Polwart, be the said Sir Patrick Home, his airs male and assignays forsaid, of our said soverane lord and his majesties' successors, in frie blench ferme, taxt waird, frie burgh of barronie, fie and heretage for ever, for yeerly payment to his majestie and his successors of the blench dewties therinspecified, and the particular taxt waird, mariage, releiff and nonentrie dewties contained in the said charter, when the samen shall fall out, as the said charter, under his majesties' great seall, dated at Whitehall, the tuentie-fyft day of Junii last bypast, 1669 yeers, containing diverse and sindrie other clauses and priveledges at mair lenth bears; together with the precept and instrument of sasine following therupon, in all and sindrie the heids, clauses, poynts, articles, circumstances and conditions of the said charter, precept and infeftment, after the formes and tenors therof in all points. And our soverane lord, with advice and consent forsaid, wills and grants and, for his majestie and his successors, decerns and ordains that this present confirmation and ratification of the said charter and infeftment is and shall be of als great availl, force, strenth and effect to the said Sir Patrick Home, and his forsaids, as if the samen wer at lenth and particularly insert, ingrost and contained heirintill, not withstanding to eshew prolixitie the samen is not done; anent the which and all other defects and imperfections, our said soverane lord, with consent forsaid, hes dispensed and, be thir presents, dispenses for ever, notwithstanding of whatsumever exception of the law may be proponed, objected or alledged in the contrare.
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Our soverane lord, with advice and consent of his estates of parliament, ratifies and approves and, for his majestie and his successors, perpetually confirmes the charter and infeftment granted be our said soverane lord, with advice and consent of the lords and others commissioners of his majesties' thesaurie and exchequer in Scotland, to Sir Charles Areskine of Cambo, knight barronet, lyon king at armes, his airs and assignays whatsomever, heretablie and irredeimably, off all and haill the lands and barronie of Cambo, comprehending therin the lands of Cambo, with the maner place, houses, bigings, yeards, doucat, milnes, milnelands, multers and their pertinents; the lands of Belses; the lands of Moorehousses; the lands of Girsmestoune and Auldleys; the lands of Southerfafeild, Bowhill and Cummerland, with houses, bigings, annexis, connexis, fishings, parts, pendicles, tennents, tennendries and service of free tennents and all their pertinents, all formerlie unite, annexed and incorporat in ane haill and frie barronie called the barronie of Cambo, lying within the shirreffdome of Fyffe, which charter proceideth upon the resignation of Sir Patrick Myretoun of Cambo and George Fleiming in Balbuithie, and of severall persons creditors to the said Sir Patrick Myretoun particularly therin named, together with the new gift and disposition contained in the said charter granted be his said majestie to the said Sir Charles Areskine, and his forsaids, of all and haill the saids lands and barronie of Cambo, comprehending the lands and others abovewritten with the pertinents, lyand as said is, all erected, unite, annexed and incorporat in ane haill and frie barronie called the barronie of Cambo; to be holden of his majestie and his successors in fie and heretage for ever, by the which charter, for the causes therin contained, the holding of the saids lands is changed from waird to taxt waird, and his said majestie dispenses with the hazard of recognition and other perrells and actions that may be intented theranent, the airs, successors and assignays of the said Sir Charles Areskine paying, to our said soverane lord and his successors, for the waird and nonentries the soume of one hundreth pund[s] Scots money, and for the releiff the lyk soum of one hundreth pund[s] money forsaid, and for the mariage the soume of tuo hundreth punds money abovewritten, when any of them shall happen to fall, all be the said charter taxed to the soums abovespecified and holden and esteimed reasonable, as in the said charter, of the date at Whitehall, the tuentie-sevent day of October 1669 yeers, at mair lenth is contained; together with the precept of sasine direct furth of his majesties' chancelrie upon the said charter, under his hienes['s] quarter seall, together also with the instrument of sasine competent to follow therupon, in all and sindrie the heids, poynts, clauses, articles, circumstances and conditions contained in the said charter and precept, and after the formes and tenors therof in all points. And his majestie, with advyce and consent of the estates of this present parliament, statuts and ordaines the said charter containing the said conversion from waird to taxt waird, precept of sasine forsaid and instrument of sasine to follow therupon, to stand, subsist and be good, valeid and sufficient rights and securities to the said Sir Charles Areskine, and his forsaids, in so far as concerns the interest of his majestie and his successors, and that the said conversion shall never be revocked, quarrelled nor recalled be his majestie, nor his successors in tyme comeing; and als, with advice and consent forsaid, wills and grants and, for his majestie and his successors, decerns and ordains that this present ratification is and shall be als valeid, sufficient and effectuall to the said Sir Charles Areskine, and his forsaids, as if the said charter and precept and instrument of sasine to follow therupon wer heirin at lenth de verbo in verbum spetially and particularly insert and ingrossed; wheranent our said soverane lord, with advice and consent forsaid, for his majestie and his successors, hath dispensed and, be thir presents, dispenses for ever.
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Our soverane lord, with advice and consent of the estates of parliament, ratifies and approves the fourtie-sext act, parliament elevent of his majesties' umqhile dearest grandfather King James the sext, of ever glorious memorie, in the haill heids, articles, clauses and circumstances therof, and particularly, without prejudice of the generality forsaid, that parte of the said act wherby the lyon king at armes is authorized to hold tuo peremptor courts in the yeer, one upon the sext day of May and the other upon the sext day of November yeerlie, if they be lawfull, and failyeing therof the next lawfull days therafter, and to depryve all messingers and officers being fund culpable in the administration of their offices, as also the cautioner to incurre the pain wherof the third parte shall apperteane to the lyon; and for the further cleiring of the said act, his majestie, with advice and consent forsaid, doth statute and ordean that the said lyon king at armes shall have full power and jurisdiction to decerne the cautioner alswell as the messinger being fund culpable, as said is, conforme to their bands of cautionrie, to pay such soumes of money to the parties leised and wronged as they shall be fund to have bein damnified in by the maleadministration of the messinger or officer who shall be fund culpable, as said is. As also, his majestie, with advice and consent forsaid, ratifies and approves the 125[th] act, tuelff parliament of his majesties' said dearest grandfather King James the sext, and ordaines letters of horning, on sex days charge only, to be direct upon the saids acts at the instance of the said lyon king at armes and his successors, for putting the saids acts and all the branches therof to further and better execution, together also with the gift and signature past and exped be his majesties' umqhile dearest father King Charles the first, of ever glorious memorie, to and in favours of the lyon king at armes, and his breethren heraulds and pursevants, their clerk of court and thair successors, dated at Halyrudehous, the tuentie-sevent day of Junii 1633 yeers, with all the priveledges, emoluments and casualities thairin contained, and that als fully and amplie in all respects as if the particular priveledges therin insert wer heirin verbatim expressed and wer granted to the said lyon and others therin comprehendit by a particular act bearing originally the said concessions and priveledges.
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Our soverane lord, with advice and consent of the estates of parliament now presently conveend, ratifies and approves and, for his majestie and his successors, perpetually confirms the charter and infeftment granted be our said soverane lord, with advice and consent of the lords and others commissioners of his majesties' thesaurie and exchequer in Scotland, to Sir Philip Anstruther of that ilk, knight, his airs maill and assignays whatsomever heretablie, off all and haill the lands toun and barronie of Anstruther, with tour, fortalice, maner place, mains, houses, bigings, yeards, cunnigars, the milne of Anstruther and milne lands therof, links, dowcats, tofts, crofts, outsets, multers, woods, fishings, parts, pendicles, annexis, connexis, dependences, coalls, coallheughs, tennents, tennendries, service of frie tennents, and all their pertinents whatsumever, lying within the shirreffdome of Fyffe; and all and sindrie the paroche teinds and teinds called the viccarage teinds or land viccarage, fruits, rents, emoluments and dewties of all and sindrie the forsaids lands, toun and barronie of Anstruther, with parts, pendicles and pertinents therof whatsumever (excepting only the teind fishes of the saids lands, toun and barronie), lying within the parochine of Kilrinnie and shirreffdome of Fyffe forsaid; as also, the milne called the milne of Pittenweyme, with the milne [and] milne lands therof and aikers adjacent therto, extending to eightein aikers of land or therby, with the houses, bigings and pertinents therof, with the haill astrict multers and frie multers, sucken and knaveship therof belonging to the said milne, and spetially the astrict multers, sucken and knaveship of all and haill the lands, toun and barronie of Pittenweym; and also, of all and haill severall other aikers of land lying in and about the said burgh of Pittenweym, sumtyme occupied and possest in maner contained in the said charter, with that house lying within the burgh of Anstruther Wester, bak and fore, with the yeards and pertinents therof, called the Fishhouse, and these houses, yeards and pertinents therof lying in the toun of Miltoun, presently occupyed and possest be William Scot, with the peice of arable land called the Bakdykes with the pertinents therof, occupyed and possest be the airs of wmwhile Alexander Keir, with tennents, tennendries and service of frie tennents of all and sindrie the lands and others abovewritten, all lying within the barronie [and] lordship of Pittenweym and shirreffdome of Fyffe; with the office of baillierie of the haill lordship and barronie of Pittenweym, haill priveledges, fies, proffeits and casualities whatsomever belonging therto mentioned in the said charter; and siclyk to the said Sir Philip Anstruther, his airs and assignays whatsomever, heretablie and irredeimably, off all and haill the south halff of the lands of Balhoussie, with the maner place, dowcats, houses, bigings, yeards, orchyeards, milne, milnelands, tofts, crofts, annexis, connexis, tennents, tenendries, service of frie tennents, parts, pendicles and pertinents thairof whatsumever, lying within the shirreffdome of Fyffe, which charter proceideth upon the resignation of the said Sir Philip Anstruther himselff and upon the resignation of Mr George Gibsone of Balhoussie and Mr George Gibson, second lawfull sone to Sir Johne Gibsone of Pentcaitland, knight, and severall other persons particularly therin named; together with the new gift and disposition contained in the said charter granted be his said majestie to the said Sir Philip Anstruther, and his forsaids, off all and haill the saids lands and barronie of Anstruther, comprehending the lands and others abovewritten, and of all and haill the said south halffe of the saids lands of Balhoussie, with the pertinents therof forsaids, lying as said is, all erected, unite, annexed and incorporat in ane haill and frie barronie called the barronie of Anstruther, to be holden of his majestie and his successors in fie and heretage for ever, be the which charter, for the causes therin contained, the holding of the saids lands is changed from waird to taxt waird, the airs, successors and assignays of the said Sir Philip Anstruther paying to our said soverane lord and his successors, for the waird and nonentries, the soum of four hundreth merks Scots, and for the releiff the lyke soum of four hundreth merks money forsaid, and for the mariage the soume of one thousand merks money abovespecified, when any of them shall happen to fall, all be the said charter taxt to the soums abovewritten and holden and esteemed reasonable, as in the said charter, of the date at Whitehall, the sext day of August 1669 yeers, at more lenth is contained; together with the precept of sasine direct furth of his majesties' chancelarie upon the said charter, under his majesties' quarter seale, together also with the instrument of sasine competent to follow therupon, in all and sindrie the heids, points, clauses, articles, circumstances and conditions contained in the said charter and precept, and after the soumes and tenors thairof in all points. And his majestie, with advice and consent of the estats of this present parliament, statuts and ordains the said charter, containing the conversion abovewritten from waird to taxt waird, precept of sasine forsaid and instrument of sasine to follow therupon, to stand, subsist and to be good, valeid and sufficient rights and securities to the said Sir Philip Anstruther and his forsaids, in so far as concerns the interest of his majestie and his successours† in tyme comeing. And also, with advice and consent forsaid, wills and grants and, for his majestie and his successors, decerns and ordains that this present ratification is and shall be als valeid, sufficient and effectuall to the said Sir Philip Anstruther and his forsaids as if the said charter, and precept and instrument of sasine to follow therupon, wer heirin at lenth de verbo in verbum specially and particularlie insert and ingrost; wheranent, our said soverane lord, with advice and consent forsaid, hes dispensed and, be thir presents, dispenses for ever.
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Our soverane lord, with advice and consent of the estates of parliament now presentlie conveened, ratifies and approves and, for his majestie and his successors, perpetuallie confirms the charter and infeftment granted be our said soverane lord, with advice and consent of the lords and others commissioners of his majesties' thesaurie and exchequer in Scotland, to his majesties' wellbeloved cousing and councellor Johne, earle of Midletoun, lord Clermont and Fettercairne etc., and to his airs maill, whilks failyeing to his airs and assignays whatsumever, heretably and irredeimably, of all and haill the lands and barronie of old Montrose, with the tour, fortalice, milns, multers, salmond fishing in the water of Southesk, tennents, tennendries and service of frie tennents therof, together with advocation and donation of kirks, chaplanries and benefices, annexis, connexis and haill other pertinents therof, comprehending that firth parte and portion of the mure of Montrewthmont, called the firth of old Montrose, as the samen wer latelie possest be the deceast James, marques of Montrose and his predecessors, and their tennents and possessors of the saids lands of old Montrose, lying within the shirreffdome of Forfar, which charter proceideth upon the resignations of the said deceast James, marques of Montrose, John Grahame of Fintray and Dame Jean Scrimgeour, spouse to the said Johne Grahame, together with the new gift and disposition contained in the said charter granted be his said majestie to the said Johne, earle of Midletoun and his forsaids, of all and haill the saids lands and barronie of old Montrose, comprehending the lands and others abovewritten, with the pertinents thairof forsaids, lying as said is, all erected, unite, annexed and incorporat in ane haill and frie barronie, called the barronie of Old Montrose, to be holden of his majestie and his successors in fie and heretage for ever, be the which charter for the causes therincontained, the holding of the saids lands is changed from waird to taxt waird, the airs maill and the other airs, successors and assignays of the said Johne, earle of Midletoun paying to our said soverane lord and his successors, for the waird and nonentries, the soume of one hundreth and sex pund[s], threttein shilling[s] [and] four pennies Scots money, and for the releiff the lyk soume of one hundreth and sex pund[s], threttein shilling[s] [and] four pennies money forsaid, and for the mariage the soum of four hundreth and tuentie-sex pund[s], threttein shilling[s] [and] four pennies money abovespecified, when any of them shall happen to fall, all be the said charter taxed to the soumes abovewritten and holden and esteemed reasonable, as in the said charter, of the date at Whitehall, the sext day of May 1668 yeers, at more lenth is contained; together with the precept of sasine direct furth of his majesties' chancelrie upon the said charter, under his majesties' quarter seall, together with the instrument of sasine following therupon, in all and sindrie the heids, poynts, clauses, articles, circumstances and conditions contained in the said charter and precept, and after the forms and tenors thairof in all poynts. And his majestie, with advice and consent of the estats of this present parliament, statuts and ordaines the said charter, containing the conversion abovewritten from waird to taxt waird, precept of sasine forsaid and instrument of sasine following therupon, to stand, subsist and to be good, valeid and sufficient rights and securities to the said Johne, earle of Midletoun, and his forsaids, in so far as concerns the interest of his majestie and his successors, and that the said conversion shall never be revocked, quarrelled nor recalled be his majestie nor his successors in tyme comeing; and also, with advice and consent forsaids, wills and grants and, for his majestie and his successours, decerns and ordains that this present ratification is and shall be als valeid, sufficient and effectuall to the said Johne, earle of Midletoun and his forsaids as if the said charter and precept, and instrument following therupon, wer heirin at lenth de verbo in verbum spetially and particularly insert and ingrossed; wheranent, our said soverane lord, with advice and consent forsaid, for his hienes and his successors, hes dispensed and, be thir presents, dispenses for ever.
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Our soverane lord and estates of parliiament hes ratified, approven and confirmed and, be the tenor heirof, ratifies, approves and confirms the charter and infeftment made and granted be his majestie, for himselff as king and as prince and stewart of Scotland, under his majesties' great seale, of the date at Whitehall, the fyft day of March 1667 yeers, to his majesties' right trustie and welbeloved cousing and councellour William, earle of Dundonnald, lord Cochrane of Paisley and Ochiltrie, therin designed William, lord Cochrane of Paisley and Dundonnald, in lyverent dureing all the days of his lifetyme, and William, then master now lord Cochrane, his eldest lawfull sonne, his airs successors and assignays whatsomever heretablie, off all and haill the lands of Ramferlie, extending to ane ten pund land of old extent, with the tour, fortalice, maner place, houses, bigings, yeards, orchyeards, annexis, connexis, parts, pendicles and pertinents therof whatsumever, lying within the parochine of Kilbarchane and shirreffdome of Ranfrew, with the teind sheaves or personage teinds of the saids lands includit therwith; and all and haill the fyve pund land of old extent of Gryfiscastell, with the milne, milnelands, multers, sequells and pertinents therof, lying within the parochine of Killellane and shirreffdome of Ranfrew forsaid; and all and haill the fyve pund land of old extent of Whitefoord, with the maner place, houses, bigings, yeards, orchyeards, cruves and salmond fishing in the water of Kairt, annexis, connexis, parts, pendicles and all other pertinents thairof whatsumever, lying within the parochine of Paisley and shirreffdome of Renfrew forsaid, with the teind sheaves and others teinds, personage and viccarage of the samen; and all and haill the lands of Cowdoun, Wouplayes, and Knockglasse, with the maner place, houses, bigings, yeards, orchyeards, milns, milnelands, multers, dowcats, cuninghares, coalls, coall heughs, moores, marishes, meidows, tofts, crofts, parts, pendicles and pertinents therof, extending to ane fyve pund land of old extent, with the loch called the loch of Loch Levoch, lying within the barronie and shirreffdome of Renfrew; and siclyk, all and haill the lands of Fermons† and Reslas, with the housses, bigings, yeards, parts, pendicles and pertinents therof, together with the teindsheaves and valued teinds, personage and viccarage of the samen, lying within the said shirreffdome of Ranfrew; and als, all and haill the lands of Thorniewallace, alias Thornieblair, with the pertinents and teinds, great and small, personage and viccarage therof, lying within the said parochine of Paisley and shirreffdome of Ranfrew; and all and haill the fiftie shilling land of old extent of Brounscalderhaugh, designed and called be the names particularly exprest in the said charter; all and haill the tuo merk land and halff merk land of Brouns-auchincreuch of old extent, with annexis, connexis, parts, pendicles and pertinents therof whatsomever, lying within the barronie and shirreffdome of Ranfrew forsaid; and als, all and haill the tuentie pund land of Dundonnald, alswell proppertie as tennendrie therof (wherof the fourtie shilling land of Burnsyd, with the milne, milnelands and pertinents therof are propper parts and pertinents), with the castle, tour, fortalice, houses, bigings, yeards, orchyeards, milns, multers, woods, fishings and haill parts, pendicles and pertinents therof, lying within the baillierie of Waterskyll and shirreffdome of Air, with the new gift and dispotition of the saids lands and others abovespecified, and change of holding of so many of the forsaids lands as are holden waird, from simple to taxt waird, for payment of the taxt dewties mentioned in the said charter for the waird, nonentries and releiff of the saids lands, and mariage of the airs succeiding therto, together with the precept and instrument of sasine following therupon. And also, ane other charter and infeftment made and granted be his majestie, for himselff as king and as prince and stewart of Scotland, under his majesties' great seall, of the date at Edinburgh, the sext day of February 1669 yeers, to the said William, earle of Dundonnald, therin designed William, lord Cochran of Paisley and Dundonnald, in lyverent dureing all the days of his lifetyme, and failyeing of him be decease to Johne Cochrane, second lawfull sonne to Sir Johne Cochrane of Wchiltrie, knyght, in fie heretably and the airs maill lawfullie to be procreat of the said Johne Cochrane his bodie, whilks failying to any other second lawfull son of the said Sir Johne Cochrane, and the airs maill lawfully to be procreat of the said second son his bodie, whilks failyeing to the eldest son of the said Sir Johne Cochrane and the airs maill lawfully to be procreat of his bodie, whilks all failyeing to returne to the said William, earle of Dundonnald, his airs maill and assignays whatsumever, off all and haill the merk land of Nether Pennyland, with the pertinents, lying in the parochine of Auchinleck Princes-kyll and shirreffdome of Air; the fourtie shilling land of Over Rodgartoun and Barbiestoun; the sex shilling, eight pennie land of Blakstoun; the tuentie shilling land of Barlachan, with the commontie therof, and the lands of Brunstoun and Ballentyres with the pertinents; the sextein shilling, eight pennie land of Croundery and Boigsyd; the sex shilling, eight pennie land of Roundshaw, alias Lairshaw; the tuentie shilling land or therby of Brigend; the tuentie-sex shilling, eight pennie land of Ridge; the tuentie shilling land of Nether Rodgertoun, and that peice of land called Daills, extending in the haill to [...] land of old extent, with the haill houses, bigings and pertinents therof, being parts and pertinents of the lordship and barronie of Auchinleck, all lying within the parochine therof baillierie of Kyll Stewart and shirreffdome of Air, together with the teinds, personage and viccarage therof, and annuities of the saids teinds, and with multers, bannock, knaveship and other services astricted and due furth of the saids lands, with the ratification (mentioned in the said charter) of all contracts, dispositions, charters, infeftments and all other writts, rights, tytles and securities whatsomever made and granted to David Boswell of Auchinleck, or to Sir James Dalrymple of Stair, or Charles Dalrymple, sumtyme of Waterheid (fra whom the saids lands wer acquired), or any of their predecessors of and concerning the samen lands, teinds and others, as is more particularly mentioned in the said charter, together with the dispensation for takeing sasine of the saids lands at the maner place of [...], or upon the ground of any parte of the samen lands, together also with the change of the holding of sua many of the forsaids lands as are holden waird, from simple to taxt waird, for payment of the taxt dueties mentionat in the said charter for the waird, nonentrie and releiff of the saids lands, and mariage of the airs succeiding therto, together with the precept and instrument of sasine following therupon and siclyk ane other charter and infeftment granted be his majestie, under the great seall, of the date at Whitehall, the fyft day of March 1667, wherby his majestie ratified, approved and confirmed a charter and infeftment made and granted be the said William, earle of Dundonnald, therin designed William, lord Cochrane, with consent of William, now lord then master of Cochrane, his son, to the said Sir Johne Cochrane, then designed Johne Cochrane, his second lawfull sonne, and Dame Margaret Strickland, his spous, and their airs therin mentioned, of the lands and barronie of Wchiltrie, comprehending the lands and others particularly exprest in the said charter, and the lands called Viccarsholme, with the pertinents, with the advocation, donation and right of patronage of the paroche kirk of Wchiltrie, personage and viccarage therof, and the teind sheaves and other teinds, great and small, personage and viccarage, fruits, rents, emoluments of the saids lands and barronie of Wchiltrie and lands called Viccarsholme, all lying within the shirreffdome of Air; and all and haill the lands and barronie of Trabrech with the pertinents, lying in Kingskyll and shirreffdome of Air, with and under the reservations and conditions always mentioned in the said charter, together with the new gift and donation of the saids lands, barronies, teinds and others made to the said Sir Johne Cochrane and his said spous (conforme to the devision specified in the said charter) and their airs therin exprest, together also with the union and erection of the haill lands, barronies and others forsaids, with the teinds and pertinents therof, in ane haill and frie barronie to be called, now and in all tymecomeing, the barronie of Wchiltrie, and the dispensation for takeing sasine at the maner place of Wchiltrie, or upon the ground of any parte of the saids lands, together also with the change of the holding of so many of the saids lands, and others as are holden waird, from simple to taxt waird, for payment of the taxt dueties mentioned in the said charter for the waird, nonentrie and releiff of the saids lands, and mariage of the airs succeiding therto, together with the precept and instrument of sasine following therupon; together also with the commission granted be his majestie, under his majesties' great seale, of the date the [...] day of [...], to the lords commissioners of his majesties' thesaurie and exchequer, for changeing of the holding of waird lands to taxt waird; and that in so far as may be extendit for strenthning the three charters beforspecified, in all and sindrie heids, articles, clauses, tenors and contents therof, circumstances and conditions therin contained, after the forme and tenor of the samen; and declares, statuts and ordains that this present generall ratification therof is and shall be als valeid, effectuall and sufficient, in all respects, as if the samen wer at lenth word be word insert in this present act of parliament, dispensing with the not inserting therof heirin, and with all other exceptions and objections whatsomever that may be proponed or alledged against the validitie therof. And his majestie, and estates of parliament forsaids, wills, grants, decerns and declares that the forsaids charters, with the precepts and instruments of sasine following theron, and this present ratification therof, shall be good, valeid and sufficient rights to the saids William, earle of Dundonnald, William, lord Cochrane, Sir Johne Cochrane, his said spous and remanent persons abovexprest and ther forsaids respective, to brook, possesse and enjoy the lands, barronies, teinds and others abovewritten therin contained, after the forme and tenor of the samen charter, as their oune propper heretage, heretablie in all tyme comeing.
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Our soverane lord, with advice and consent of the estates of parliament conveened by his majesties' speciall authority, ratifies, approves and confirms to and in favours of George Dundas, elder of that ilk, in lyverent dureing all the days of his lifetyme, and after his decease to Ralph Dundas, eldest lawfull son of umqhile Walter Dundas, elder of that ilk, in lyverent and to Walter Dundas, second lawfull son to the said umqhile Walter Dundas, in fie, and to the airs maill of his bodie, whilks failyeing to George Dundas, second lawfull sone to the said George Dundas, elder of that ilk, and to the airs maill of his bodie, which failyeing to James Dundas, thrid lawfull sone to the said George Dundas, elder of that ilk, and to the airs maill of his bodie, which also failyeing to Mr William Dundas of Kincavell, advocat, and to the airs maill of his bodie, which also failyeing to George Dundas, brother german to the said Mr William Dundas and to the airs maill of his bodie, which also failying to the said Walter Dundas, younger, his airs maill whatsomever, which also failyeing to his airs and assignays whatsomever, the charter and infeftment granted to them, under his majesties' great seall, of the date the seventh day of Aprile 1669, off all and haill the lands and others underwritten viz, all and haill the tuo eist quarters of the lands of Blairmucks, with houses, bigings, maner place, yeards, orchyeards, milns, milne lands, multers, sequells and haill pertinents of the samen, of old united, created and incorporat in ane haill and frie barronie called the barronie of Harthill, lying within the shirreffdome of Lanerick; and all and haill the lands of Echline, alswell proppertie as tennendrie of the samen, with houses, bigings, yeards, tofts, crofts, outsets and haill pertinents of the samen, lying within the shirreffdome of Linlithgow; as also, all and haill the lands of Portersyd, with houses, bigings, yeards, parts, pendicles and haill pertinents of the samen, lying within the shirreffdome of Linlithgow forsaid; as also, all and sindrie yeerlie dewties, fewferms, annualrents and other dueties which of old perteined to the Carmilet friers of the Queinsferrie, and to the place and manss of the samen, and als, that peice of land commonlie called the Friars croft, which of old perteaned to the said Carmelit friars of the Queinsferrie, lying within the toun of the Ferrie, with the yeards and greins of the samen, neir the kirk of St Marie, with the haill bigings and pertinents therof, betuixt the strand that runs neir the croce of the Queinsferrie, on the eist, the way or strand extending toward Echling, upon the south, ane certane rivolet or strand that runs from the side of the toun of Echling to the sea, upon the west, lyand within the said shirreffdome of Linlithgow; as also, these eight aikers of land underwritten or therby of the eight parte of the toun and lands of Murehall, alias South Queinsferrie, commonly called Wachopslands, with houses, bigings, yeards, tofts, croft[s] and haill pertinents of the samen whatsoever, lyand within the regality of Dumfermling and shirreffdome of Linlithgow forsaid, bounded, meithed and marched as is particularly contained in the rights and infeftments of the said George Dundas, elder of that ilk, together with the equall halff of the thirty tuo parte of the water passage commonly called the Watergang upon the water of Forth, with all liberties, proffeits, commodities, casualities, priveledges and haill pertinents of the samen; and all and haill ane eight parte of the toun and lands of Murehall, commonly called Logieslands, with houses, bigings, yeards, tofts, crofts and haill pertinents therof, together with ane sexteinth parte of the water passage commonly called the Watergang vpon the water of Forth, with all liberties, proffeits, commodities, casualities, priveledges and haill pertinents belonging therto, lyand within the regality of Dumfermling and shirreffdome of Linlithgow forsaid; and also, all and haill the lands of Scotstoun, with houses, bigings, yeards, parts, pendicles and haill pertinents of the samen whatsumever, lyand within the barronie of Dummany, regality of Dumfermling and shirreffdome of Linlithgow forsaid; as also, all and haill the lands of Overnewlistoune, with the pertinents, lyand within the antient bounds and marches of the samen, of old occupyed be umqhile William Wast and Johne Thomson, lyand within the barronie of Listoun and shirreffdome of Linlithgow forsaid, together with that pendicle therof commonlie called Serjant lands with the pertinents; and likewise, all and sindrie the personage and viccarage teinds of all and sindrie the lands perteining to the said George Dundas, elder of that ilk, in proppertie, lyand within the said parochine of Dummany and shirreffdome of Linlithgow forsaid viz, of all and haill the lands of the mayns and toun of Dundas; the lands of Milntoun and Milntounhill, Echling, Newbiging, Scotstoun, Plewlands and the croft of the samen commonly called the Friars croft; and of all and haill the tuo oxgates of land in the toun of Dummany; the tuentie-four aikers of land in Murehall, and fourtein burgall aikers besids the Queinsferrie, with all and sindrie their parts, pendicles, outlets and pertinents of the samen whatsoever, lyand within the parochine of Dummany and shirreffdome of Linlithgow, with and under the expresse provisions, conditions, limitations, restrictions, reservations, reversion and others specified and contained in the said charter, proceiding upon a band of tailyie made and granted be the said Sir George Dundas, elder of that ilk, with advice and consent of umqhile Walter Dundas, his eldest lawfull son, and the said umqhile Walter, for himselff his oun right and interest, of the date the tuentie day of February 1669 yeers, containing therin a procuratorie of resignation, wherby the samen wes resigned in the hands of the lords commissioners of his majesties' thesaurie and exchequer, as in his majesties' oun hands, together with the new gift, disposition and confirmation contained in the said charter, of the lands and others abovewritten, granted be his majestie, with consent of the lords commissioners of his majesties' thesaurie and remanent lords of his majesties' exchequer, to the said George Dundas, elder of that ilk, in lyverent dureing all the days of his lifetyme, and after his decease to Ralph Dundas, eldest lawfull sone to the said umqhile Walter Dundas of that ilk, in lyverent and to Walter Dundas, second lawfull sone to the said umqhile Walter, in fie and to the airs maill of his bodie, which failyeing to the said George Dundas, second lawfull sone to the said George Dundas, elder of that ilk, and to the airs maill of his bodie, which also failyeing to the said James Dundas and to the airs maill of his bodie, which also failyeing to the said Mr William Dundas, and the airs maill of his bodie, which also failyeing to the said George Dundas, brother german to the said Mr William Dundas, and to the airs maill of his bodie, which also failyeing to the said Walter Dundas, his airs maill whatsomever, which also failyeing to his airs and assignays whatsumever, with all right, title and interesse, petitor and possessor, which his majestie, his predicessors or successors had, hes or any ways may have, clame or pretend to the saids lands with the pertinents, and to the maills, ferms and dewties therof, of any yeers or terms bygone or to come be reason of waird, releiff, escheit, nonentrie, forfaltor, recognition, alienation, reduction, purprestour, disclamation, bastardie, last air or be any other maner of way, right or tytle, together also with the erection and union contained in the said charter wherby the haill fornamed lands, with the pertinents and teinds respective abovespecified, are unite, erect and incorporat in ane haill and frie barronie, to be called now and in all tymecomeing, the barronie of Echling, appointing and ordaining that a sasine, to be taken at the maner place of Echling, shall stand and be a good and sufficient sasine for the haill fornamed lands with pertinents and teinds abovespecified, without any other particular sasine to be taken theranent; to be holden of our soverane lord and his hienes['s] successors in fie heretage and frie barronie for ever, for payment to his majestie and his hienes['s] successours of the few and blensh dewties and others specified and contained in the said charter, and als for payment of the taxt ward dewties underwritten for the saids lands of Echling, alswell proppertie as tennendrie of the samen, and of the saids lands of Portersyd, with the pertinents, that is to say, the soume of fourscore pund[s] Scots money at tuo termes in the yeer Witsunday and Mertymes, be equall portions, dureing the haill tyme of the waird, nonentrie or either of them when it shall happen, the lyk soum for the releiff therof, together with the soume of one thousand merks money forsaid for the mariage of ilk air, whose mariages shall happen to fall allenerlie, to the which soums his majestie, with advice and consent forsaid, for him and his successors, hes taxed the said waird, nonentrie, releiff and mariage in all tymecomeing, and now, as if it wer already fallen, and then as now, hes assigned and disponed the same to the said Ralph and Walter Dundasses respective, their airs maill and of tailyie forsaid, with the ferms, proffeits and dewties of all and sindrie the forsaids lands, holding in waird, as said is, and that of all yeers and terms that it shall happen the samen to fall, and become in his majesties' hands or his successors be reason of waird and nonentrie, or either of them, for payment of the taxt dewties abovewritten for ever, and hes ordained and declared that it shall be leisum to the saids airs maill and provision of the saids Ralph and Walter Dundasses, their airs and successors heretours of the saids lands, in all tyme comeing, at whatsumever tyme of their age, to enter, serve and obtaine themselffs infeft in the saids lands be breives direct furth of his majesties' chancelry, notwithstanding of the said waird holding and minority of the saids airs, dispensing with the saids services and with the judges and persons of inquest that shall happen to be therupon; together with the precept of sasine relative to the said charter and with the instruments of sasine following therupon in favors of the said George Dundas, elder of that ilk, and the said Ralph Dundas, eldest lawfull sone to the said Walter Dundas, in lyverent, and to the said Walter Dundas, in fie respective, as is abovewritten, in all and sindrie the heids, points, articles, circumstances, clauses, conditions, provisions, reservations, restrictions, limitations, reversion and others specified and conteined in the said charter, precept and sasine, after the forms and tenors thairof in all points. And our soverane lord and estats of parliament, wills and grants and, for his hienes and his successors, decernes and ordains this present ratification therof shall be als good, valeid and sufficient and of als great force and effect to the saids George and Ralph Dundasses, dureing all the days of their lifetyms, and therafter to the said Walter Dundas and his airs maill, tailyie and provision forsaid, and their forsaids, for brookeing and enjoying of the haill fornamed lands, with the parts, pendicles and haill pertinents of the samen whatsoever, with teinds respective abovewritten, together with the priveledge of frie barronie, for payment of the taxt waird dewties abovewritten therin contained when the samen shall happen to fall allenerlie, and to enjoy the remanent priveledges, freedoms and liberties abovementioned, contained in the said charter, precept of sasine and infeftment following therupon, as if the samen wer at lenth spetially ingrossed and insert de verbo in verbum in this present ratification, notwithstanding that the samen be not sua done; wheranent and with all other defects and imperfections of the said charter and infeftment, or which may be proponed, objected or alledged against the validity therof, or this present ratification of the samen, our soverane lord and estates of parliament hes dispensed and, be these presents, dispenses for ever.
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Our soverane lord and estates of parliament now presently conveened, considering that the setting of his majesties' antient and annexed proppertie in fewferme is greatlie to the proffeit and benefite of his majestie and his royall successors, his majesties' rentall being therby augmented, made sure and unalterable, hes therfor ratified and, by the tenor heirof, ratifies and approves ane charter granted be his majestie, under his great seale of Scotland, of the lands of Wester Staffoord and Haddenrig, which are a parte of his majesties' antient proppertie with the pertinents, therof lying within the shirreffdome of Roxburgh, upon the utmost borders of this realme, boundit, limit and marched as therin is at lenth exprest, to Sir William Ker of Hadden, knight, director of his majesties' chancelarie, his airs and assignays, in fie and heretage, as the samen of the date the tuenty-fyft day of Junii 1669 yeers, more fully proports, in its haill heids, tenor[s], clauses and conditions, and by the tenor heirof dissolves from the croun of Scotland the saids lands of Wester Staffoord and Haddenrig, to the effect the samen may remain stable and unalterable to the said Sir William, his airs and assignays whatsumever, as their oune propper heretage, for payment of the fewdewtie therin contained, with all liberties, priveledges and casualities conforme to the said charter, of the date forsaid in all points, freely, fully and peaceably in all tyme comeing, without any let or impediment whatsumever, and that for many reasonable and seen causes expressed at lenth in the said charter, which are holden as heer repeited.
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Our soverane lord and estates of parliament, hes ratified, approved and confirmed and, be the tenor heirof, ratifies, approves and confirms the charter and infeftment made and granted be his majestie, for himselff and as king and prince and stewart of Scotland, under his majesties' great seale, of the date at Whitehall, the sext day of May 1668 yeers, wherby his majestie ratified, approved and confirmed ane charter and infeftment made and granted be Thomas Boyd, elder of Pinkell, to Thomas Boyd, younger therof, and umqhile Mistres Anna Melvill, his spous, the longest liver of them tuo in liverent, and to the bairns lawfully to have been procreat betuixt them in fie, the whilks failyeing to the said Thomas Boyd, younger of Pinkell, his nearest airs maill and assignays whatsomever heretablie, off all and haill the fyve pund land of Ballachtoule, Girvane and Knockmushoch, with maner place, houses, bigings, yeards, orchyeards, woods, fishings of salmond and other fishings, milns, milnelands, multers, sucken, sequells and other pertinents therof whatsumever; and of all and haill the tuentie shilling land of Daldin, with all and sindrie houses, bigings, yeards, orchyeards, woods, fishings, outsets, insets, tofts, crofts, midows, mosses, muire, parts, pendicles, priveledges, liberties and all their pertinents whatsumever perteining and belonging therto, lyand within the parochine of Girvan, earledome of Carrick and shirreffdome of Air, with the new gift and disposition therof mentioned in the said charter of confirmation, together with the erection of the samen lands in a frie burgh of barronie to be builded upon any parte therof most apt and convenient therfor, to be called, now and in all tyme comeing, the burgh of barronie of Girvane, with all and sindrie liberties and priveledges therof belonging and apperteaning therto, specified and contained in the said charter, together also with the precept and instrument of sasine following therupon, in all and sindrie heids, articles, clauses, tenors and contents therof, circumstances and conditions therin contained, after the forme and tenor of the samen; and declares, statuts and ordains that this present generall ratification therof is and shall be als valeid, effectuall and sufficient as if the samen wer heir at lenth insert in this present act of parliament, dispensing with the not inserting therof heirin, and with all other exceptions and objections whatsumever that may be proponed or alledged against the validitie therof. And his majestie and estates of parliament forsaids, wills, grants, decerns and declares that the forsaid charter, with the precept and instrument of sasine following therupon, and this present ratification therof, shall be a good, valeid and sufficient right to the said Thomas Boyd, younger of Pinkell, and his forsaids to brooke, enjoy and possesse the lands and others abovewritten therin contained, after the forme and tenor of the samen charter, as their oune propper heretage, in all tyme comeing.
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Our soverane lord, with advice and consent of the estates of parliament now presently conveened, ratifies and approves and, for his majestie and his successors, perpetually confirms the charter and infeftment granted be our said soverane lord, with advice and consent of the lords and others commissioners of his majesties' thesaurie and exchequer in Scotland, to David Philp, now of Over Carnebie, formerlie designed of Kippo, his airs and assignays whatsumever, heretablie and irredeimably, off all and haill the lands of Over Carnebie, with that parte therof called Coattouncroft, with houses, bigings, yeards, tofts, crofts, annexis, connexis, coalls, coallheughs, pasturages and with spetiall power and libertie of casting and wining of fewall, faill and devats within the muire called the Kingsmure, and with all other parts, pendicles and pertinents therof whatsumever, lying within the shirreffdome of Fyffe; and siclyk, all and haill the lands of Louchtie, with houses, bigings, yeards, tofts, crofts, parts, pendicles and pertinents therof whatsumever, together with the baksyd lands of Carneby, sumtyme occupyed be Andrew Milne, and now be [...], tennents therof, all lying contigue upon the northside of the hie eister way and wester way passing throw the said mure called the Kingsmure, lying within the barronie of Carnebie and shirreffdome of Fyffe forsaid; and in lykmaner, all and haill the temple lands of Carnebie, with the toft and four aikers of land therof, together with the grassing of four kyne and ane horse in the common pasture of Carneby, lying betuixt that parte of the Coattoun croft, sumtyme possest be the deceast Patrick Hunter, on the east, that parte of the Coattoun croft, also sumtyme occupyed be the said deceast Patrick Hunter, called the Buts, on the west, the houses and yeards of the said toun of Carneby, on the north, and the milnelands of the said toun of Carneby, on the south parts, and with the haill parts, priveledges and pertinents of the said temple lands lying in the barronie and territorie of Carnebie, and within the shirreffdome of Fyffe forsaid; which charter proceideth upon the resignation of Andrew Rollo, sumtyme of Over Carnebie, and Margaret Hamiltoun, his spous, and certane other persons therin designed, together with the new gift and disposition contained in the said charter granted be his majestie to the said David Philp and his forsaids, off all and haill the forsaids lands and others abovewritten, with the priveledges and pertinents therof, lying as said is, to be holden of his majestie and his successors in fie and heretage for ever, be the which charter, for the causes therin contained, the holding of the saids lands of Over Carnebie, Coattouncroft, Loughtie and bakside lands of Carneby, with the pertinents and priveledges therof, lying as said is, which wer formerlie held of his majestie be service of waird and releiff, is changed from waird to taxt waird, the airs, successors and assignays of the said David Philp paying to our said soverane lord and his successors, for the waird and nonentries, the soume of fourtie pund[s] Scots money, and for the releiff the lyk soume of fourtie punds money forsaid, and for the mariage the soume of fourscore punds money abovewritten, when any of them shall happin to fall, all be the said charter taxed to the soums abovespecified and holden and esteemed reasonable; and the saids temple lands of Carnebie, toft and four aikers of land therof, and grassing of four kyne and ane horse in the common pasture of Carnebie, are holden of his majestie and his successors for payment of the soume of threttie pennies Scots money in name of fewferme, at the termes contained in the said charters, the samen of the date, the thrid day of December 1669 yeers instant more fully proports; together with the precept of sasine direct furth of his majesties' chancelrie upon the said charter, vnder the quarter seale, together with the instrument of sasine following or competent to follow therupon, in all and sindrie the heids, points, clauses, articles, circumstances and conditions contained in the said charter and precept, and after the formes and tenors therof in all points. And his majestie, with advice and consent of the estates of this present parliament, statuts and ordains the said charter, containing the conversion abovewritten from waird to taxt waird, precept of sasine and instrument of sasine following or competent to follow therupon, to stand, subsist and to be good, valeid and sufficient rights and securities to the said David Philp, and his forsaids, in sua far as concerns the interest of his majestie and his successours, and that the said conversion shall never be revocked, quarrelled nor recalled be his majestie nor his successors in tyme comeing; and als, with advice and consent forsaid, wills and grants and, for his majestie and his successors, decerns and ordains that this present ratification is and shall be als valeid, sufficient and effectuall to the said David Philp, and his forsaids, as if the said charter and precept and instrument of sasine following or competent to follow therupon, wer heirin at lenth de verbo in verbum spetially and particularly insert and ingrossed; wheranent our said soverane lord, with advice and consent forsaid, for his hienes and his successors, hes dispensed and, be thir presents, dispenses forever.
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Our soverane lord, with advice and consent of his estates of this present parliament, be thir presents ratifie, approve and confirme, not only the charter granted be his majesties' most royall grandfather King James the sext, of glorious memorie, to the deceast Alexander Miller, tailyeour [and] burges of the burgh of Edinburgh, his airs and assignays whatsumever heretablie, dated at Falkland, the nynteinth day of September 1561, off all and sindrie the lands of Langhirdmanstoun and Currie, with the milns therof, tennents, tennendries, service of free tennents therof, fewferms, proffeits and other few dewties of the samen, and haill pertinents therof, extending to ane fiftie shilling land of old extent, lying in the barronie of Currie within the shirreffdome of Edinburgh, and change of the holding therin exprest, fra simple waird to taxt waird, for yeerlie payment to his majesties' said most royall grandfather, of glorious memorie, and his successors, dureing the tyme of the waird, releiff and nonentrie, so oft as the samen should happen, the soume of ten punds usuall money of this realme, at Witsunday and Mertymes be equall portions, and for the mariage of the air or airs of the samen lands, so oft as it should fall and become in the hands of his majesties' said most royall grandfather and his successors, the soume of one hundreth punds money abovewritten allenerlie; bot also the charter made and granted be his majestie, under his majesties' great seale of this kingdome, to his majesties' loveits Mr Robert Deans, advocat, and Jean Hamiltoun, his spous, the longest liver of them tuo in conjunct fie, and to the airs lawfullie procreat or to be procreat betuixt them, which failyeing to the said Mr Robert Deans, his nearest lawfull airs or assignays whatsumever, heretablie and irredeemably, dated at Edinburgh, the nynt day of February 1666 yeers, off all and sindrie the forsaids lands of Langhirdmanstoun and Currie underwritten, with the milne therof, tennents, tennendries, service of frie tennents, fewfermes, proffeits and other dueties of the samen and haill pertinents therof, extending to ane fiftie shilling land of old extent, now designed as is afterspecified viz, all and sindrie these four oxengate of land of the toun and lands of Langhirdmanstoun, with the maner place, houses, bigings, yeards, orchyeards, dowcats, parts, pendicles and pertinents of the samen, conquest and acquired fra Sarah Miller, daughter and air to the said deceast Alexander Miller, tailyeour, and sumtyme servitor to his majesties' said deceast most royall grandfather, and fra the deceast Thomas Fleming, her husband, for his interesse; and siclyk, all and sindrie these fyve oxengate of land of the samen toun and lands of Longhirdmanstoun, conquest and acquyred fra the deceast Mr James Lintoun and the said Sara Miller, and her deceast husband abovenominat; and als, all and haill ane certane portion of the forsaids lands of Currie, with the milne therof, houses, bigings, parts, pendicles, tennents, tennendries and service of frie tennents, fewferms, proffeits and haill dueties and pertinents of the haill lands and others aboverehersed, all lying within the forsaid barronie of Currie and shirreffdome of Edinburgh; to be holden of his majestie and his successors in fie and heretage forever, for yeerlie payment of the taxt dueties and taxt availl of the mariage, as is abovementioned, together with the precepts and instruments of sasine following upon the samen respective charters, in all and sindrie points, articles and clauses therin mentioned, after the forme and tenor therof; and statuts that this present confirmation of the samen is and shall be als valeid, effectuall and sufficient as if the forsaids charters, precepts and instruments of sasine wer at lenth insert heirin, dispensing with the not inserting therof in this act of ratification. Lykas his majestie, with consent forsaid, wills, grants and ordains that the lands and others abovewritten are in all tyme comeing to be holden of his majestie and his successors in taxt waird, for payment of the taxt dueties and taxt availl of the mariage abovespecified, so oft as the samen shall happin to fall and become in his majesties' hands allenerly, notwithstanding that the lands and others aboverehersed wer formerlie holden be service of waird and releiff; and finds, statuts and ordains that the forsaids charters, with the precepts and instruments of sasine following therupon, are and shall be sufficient and valid rights and securities for bruiking and joyseing of the lands and others abovexprest, in all tyme comeing, to be holden of his majestie and his successors in taxt waird as is above mentioned.
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Our soverane lord, with advice and consent of his estates of parliament, ratifies and approves the charter given and granted, under his majesties' great seale of Scotland, to his majesties' right traist cusing and councellour James, earle of Annandale and Hartfell, viscount of Annand, lord Johnstoun of Lochwood, Lochmaben, Moffetdale and Evandale, and the airs maill lawfully procreat or to be procreat of his bodie, whilks failyeing the airs female, without division, alreadie procreat or to be procreat of the said earle of Annandale his bodie, and to the airs maill lawfullie to be procreat of the said eldest air female, holding and bearing the name and armes of Johnstoun in all tyme comeing, whilks failyeing to the said James, earle of Annandale, his nearest airs and assignays whatsomever, heretablie and irredeimablie, off all and haill the lands, lordships, barronies, tennendries, milns, woods, fishings, teinds, patronages and others particularly underwritten viz, off all and haill the lands of Johnstoun, wherof the lands and others underwritten are parts and pendicles viz, the lands of Cleuchheid, Midlegill, Woodend, Wiltoun Knows, Auchinduning, Bargenbusse, Dykheid, Rindismilhills, Blindburne, Skendrig, Kirkbank, Chopfurd, Johnstoun hill, Johnstoun cleuch, Chapplegate, Robgaird, Scheins, Plewlands, Bennetlaw, Ribehills, Erswood, Corsney, Magbreys, Kerse, Over and Nether Kindlehalls, Hewfurd, Newsheills, Heslebank, Righeids, Litlelochwood, Theifgilles, Pickatrigs, Coggries, Over and Nether Vocat Holme, Kindleheid, Biggarchs,† Kirkrig, Swynfute and Taithill, with tours, fortalices, maner places, milns, woods, fishings and haill pertinents of the forsaids lands of Johnstoun, alswell not named as named; with the advocation, donation and right of patronage of the paroche kirk of Johnstoun; of the tuentie pund land of auld extent of Kirkpatrick Fleyming underwritten viz, of the ten pund land of Dunskellie, with the milne of the samen, the ten pund land of Cavitsholme and Reidhall, and of the right of patronage of the kirk and parochine of Kirkpatrick Fleyming, and of the teinds of the samen, alswell personage as viccarge, of the lands of Wamfray, with the right of patronage of the paroche kirk of the samen, and with the teinds therof, personage and viccarage, off the eightein merk land of old extent of Powknedie, of the fyve pund land of auld extent of Hardgruiff, with parts, pendicles, connexis, annexis, tennents, tennendries, service of frie tennents and pertinents of the samen, lyand within the stewartrie of Annandale; together with the office of collonelship within the said stewartrie of Annandale, and within all the parts and bounds of the samen, all unite, annext, creat and incorporat in ane haill barronie, called the barronie of Johnstoun; and of all and haill the ten pund land of Steppilbank and lands of Wysbie, the lands of Rickelheid and Cuthwart, the lands of Cockethill and Harthwat, and of the lands of Gartheie, the tuentie shilling land of Bishopcleuch, the lands of Drumfreis Walls and Morfat, the four pund land of Northfeild with the pertinents, the lands of Kirkgill, the lands of Bettoch and Bettoch park, the lands of Stainrihill, Milkinmosse, Wilies and Newbiging, which wer all parts and pendicles of the saids lands and barronie of Johnstoun, together with the teindsheaves and other teinds, great and small, alswell personage as viccarage of the haill lands and others abovespecified with the pertinents; and of all and haill the lands and tenement of Corris, comprehending the lands and others under written viz, of the four merk land of Whytrig Meiklehouse, with the milns of the samen, the three merk land of Linsetter, the ten shilling land of Dumpleholme, the threttie-eight shilling land of Pyatshaw, the lands of Milneholme, the three merk land of Dormatrice of Corrie, the three merk land now called Craighouse, the fourtie shilling land of Waterskealls, the fyve merk land of Minskeane† and Rispill, the tuentie shilling land now called Trinledykrig, the eightein shilling land of Barthank,† called a merk land comonly called Bochashill, the tuo merk land called Morramhills,† the three merk land called Birkshaw and Whytcastle, the one merk land of Ersgill, the one merk land of Ledderrieheuch, the fourty shilling land of Park, the fourtie shilling land of Gairflits,† the tuentie shilling land of Bewhouse, with all and sindrie parts, pendicles and pertinents therof, together with the advocatione, donatione and right of patronage of the kirk of Corrie, lyand within the stewartrie of Annandale, and with the teind sheaves and other teinds, great and small, alswell personage as viccarage, of the saids lands and others abovewritten with the pertinents; and of all and haill the lands and tennendrie of Knock, and others lands comprehendit therin viz, the lands of Hennielands and Ershiebank, with the milns and haill pertinents therof, the lands of Crosdyk and Crosdykrigs, with the pertinents, the tuo merk and halff merk land of Prisbiehalls, the three merk [and] hallf merk land of Achilfechan, the lands of Knock, the fourtie shilling land of Cruiks, with the pertinents, and of the tuelff merk land of Leverhay, within the parochine of Wamfray, the lands of Bruneill and Brigmore, lyand within the parochine of Lochmabin, the ten merk land of Drysdaill, with the pertinents, the lands of Bowshawe and Dumbartanrig with the pertinents, with all and sindrie the parts, pendicles and pertinents of the tennendrie of Knock, of old erect and incorporat in ane free tennendrie called the tennendrie of Knock, with the teindsheaves, personage and viccarage therof; and of the lands and lordship of Newbie, comprehending therin the lands and others afterspecified, with the fishings therof therin mentioned, and of the lands of Barniekirk, Crofthills, Midlebie, Milnefeild and Cowmedowe, the ten pund land of Stapletoun and fourtie shilling land of Robgill and fishings of Stapletoun, ane tuo merk land and ane halff of Cumbertries, the tuo merk land and ane halff of Ellerbeck, the ten merk land of Midlebie, the three merk land of [...], the merk land of [...], the tuellf merk land of Hairhop, the ten pund land of Moffat, milne, milnelands, woods, fishings, tennents, tennendries, service of frie tennents, the ten pund land of Grantoun, advocation, donation and right of patronage of the kirk and chaplanrie therof, and that aiker of land at the end of the toun of Moffat, called Douglas aiker, and of the priveledge of frie regalitie within the bounds of the saids lands, and with the priveledge of holding ane weekly mercat upon Fryday within the said toun, with tuo fairs in the yeer within the said burgh and bounds therof, ane of the samen upon the eighteinth day of June for the space of tuo days conjunctlie, and the other upon the second day of September, with the power of collecting the customs and dewties of the saids mercats and fairs, and applying the samen to the use of the said burgh, and of the fourtie tuo shilling land of Auldhouse, the fyve merk land of Clairfoote, the tuo merk land of Blackburne, alias Crackcraig, and pasturage of tuentie sex soums in the commontie of Kirkbrydrig, the tuo merk land upon the heid of the water of Wamfray, called Cargills, and ten pund land of Cargills, and certane other lands and teinds at lenth mentioned and deduced in the said charter, with the novo damus therin mentioned and erection therinspecified, in ane haill and frie baronie, lordship, earledome, regalitie and justitiary, with frie chappell and chancelrie within the saids bounds therein designed, to be called the earledome of Annandale and Hartfell and lordship of Johnstoun, with the tytle, style and dignitie of earle therof, and of the erection of the said toun and territorie of Moffet in ane frie burgh of barronie and regalitie within the bounds of the saids lands, called the burgh and barronie and regalitie of Moffet, with the haill lands, tenements, aikers, cottages, houses, bigings, yeards, tofts, crofts and other pertinents within the bounds and territorie therof assigned and destinat therto, and remanent priveledges therof mentioned in the said charter, and all lyand and boundit in maner therinspecified; holden of his majestie and his hienes['s] successors in fie heritage, frie baronie, lordship and earledome for ever, and altering such of the forsaids lands, barronies and others abovewritten which formerlie held waird to ane taxt waird, for payment of the taxt dewties therin specified for the mariage, sua oft as the samen vaiks, and of the taxt dueties therinspecified for the lands dureing the tyme of the waird and nonentrie therof and for releiff of the samen, with the other priveledges and liberties at lenth mentioned in the said charter, which is dated the tuentie-thrid day of Aprile 1662 yeers, in all and sindrie the heids, clauses, articles, circumstances and conditions therof whatsomever therin contained, and after the forme and tenor therof in all points.
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The which day William Murray, uncle to the present viscount of Stormont, protested, in presence of the king's majesties' commissioner and estates of parliament, that the ratification to be past this day in favors of the earle of Annandale and Hartfell should be without prejudice to the viscount of Stormont of any lands, rents, dignities, offices, jurisdictions or others belonging to him and whereunto he hes right.
The which day William Murray, uncle to the present viscount of Stormount, haveing protested, in presence of the king's majesties' commissioner and estates of parliament, that the ratification to be past this day in favours of the earle of Annandale and Hartfell should be without prejudice to the viscount of Stormount of any lands, rents, dignities, offices, jurisdictions or others belonging to him, and wherunto he hes right, and the earle of Annandale protested in the contrare.
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Our soverane lord, with advice and consent of his estates of parliament, ratifies and approves the charter made and granted, under his majesties' great seale of Scotland, to Sir Johne Dalzell of Glenae, knight, and the airs maill lawfullie procreat or to be procreat of his bodie, whilks failyeing to Robert Dalzell, his lawfull sone now designed Sir Robert Dalzell of Glennae, and the airs maill lawfullie procreat or to be procreat of his bodie, whilks failyeing to Marie Dalzell, daughter lawfull to the said Sir Johne Dalzell, and the airs maill lawfully procreat of her bodie, whilks failyeing to Marie Dalzell, daughter lawfull to the said Sir Robert Dalzell, and the airs maill lawfully procreat or to be procreat of her bodie, whilks all faiyeing to the said Sir Johne Dalzell, and his other airs maill and assignays whatsomever, heretablie and irredeimably, under the expresse conditions and provisions mentioned in the said charter, off all and sindrie the lands, milns, milnelands and others particularly underwritten viz, of all and sindrie the lands and barronie of Aimsfeild, comprehending therin the mayns of Aimsfeild, with the tour, fortalice, maner place, houses, bigings, yeards, orchyeards, dowcats, woods, fishings and pertinents therof, the toun of Aimsfeild, with the haill lands, houses, bigings, yeards, orchyeards and tenements therof, erected in ane frie burgh of barronie, and the said burgh of barronie with the weekly mercat therof, holden upon Thursday, and frie fair of the samen, holden upon the [...] day of September, called Michelmes day yeerlie, and with all and sindrie the liberties, priveledges, customs, casualities, proffeits and dewties perteaning and belonging to the said burgh of barronie, weekly mercat and frie fair of the samen, particularly and generally contained in the charter granted be umqhile King James the sext, his majesties' royall grandfather, of blessed memorie, to umqhile Sir Johne Chairters of Aimsfeild, of the date the seventeinth day of March 1613 yeers; with the milne of Aimsfeild, milnelands and multers therof, Smidholme, Woodside, Robertland, Haills, Hartbuss, Twa cottinpensis,† Crumbsland, Wilsonsland,† Hetherland, Leckithill; and of the lands of Dalcustane,† comprehending therin the lands of Parkhill, Fustoun,† Smithtoun, Auchinflouris, the Hill, the kirk† of Dalcustane,† the tua carses of Ad;† the tuo overlands, the lands called the Brounlaw, lyand within the bounds underwritten viz, begining at the second burnefoot, whilk is called the Aleit† burne, and therfra to the Brounlunbus, and further to the eistsyde of Kirkmichell, fornent the Kers of the water of Ae; the lands of Archtoun,† comprehending therin the Overtoun of Auchinan, the nethertoun otherways, the burne of Auchinane, the three Thowshewes,† the lands of Sheilhill, the lands of Trailflat and Auchinnane, with the lie skipmyre, hunterhouses and mosses of the same, with waters and mosses of the same; Spittilrig and [...] of the same, with houses, pasturages within the bounds and limits underwritten viz, begining at the Bainsget† of Tinwald, doun and over Trochmad, while it come to Thomas Cloushefut† be the Clatteringfoord, and to the Preistheid anist Lochmaben, and therfra up to the Spitlemosse and rig therof, to the double dyk beneth the Towartcroce, and throw the saids dyks to the wood of Elshesheills; the lands of Trailflat, comprehending therin the lands of Dainhead,† Milnetoun, Holtoun and the milne and milnelands therof, Hochsyde,† Templelands, Waterslaks, Brades, Cornehill, Braidinsland and Jellisland, Bankhead, Whytbank, hunterhouse, mosses and waters of the samen; Skipmyre with the meidows, commonties and priveledges of the samen; the lands of Drumgrein, comprehending therintill the tuo Bartounpenss, Engliston and Clusdube,† the Studings,† the banks, the tuo plewlands, the hieffhepark,† the longmargounflat, Lirckbridge,† Bordland and hill, Rountusbuse,† Kyndlehead, Locherheid and Threipmuir, with mosses, mures, commonties and pertinents of the samen; the lands of Glencoise;† the lands of Duchrey, comprehending therintill the lands of Carnorroch, Kann [and] Drumglass, the tua Duchries, Cluniebarbaith, Ourioch, Ulioh,† the mayns, the tuo craigs, Drumbleks,† with the milne of Duchrie, with the milnelands and crofts of the samen, the fishings of Deye, with mures, mosses, commonties, priveledges and pertinents of the samen, and all other lands, alswell not named as named, lyand within the barronie of Aimsfeild, together with the castles, tours, fortalices, maner places, houses, bigings, doucats, yeards, orchyeards, parks, meidows, mures, mosses, commonties, pasturages, priveledges, milns, wood, fishings, parts, pendicles, outsets, annexis, connexis, dependancies, tennents, tennendries, service of frie tennents of all and haill the lands, barronie and others respective abovespecified, with the pertinents, all lyand within the shirreffdome of Dumfreis; [and] all and haill the tuentie pund land of old extent of Mollings, Rochills,† Crumzeartoun, Monigaps, Brydingholme† and Woldgills, with milns, multers, fishings, parts, pendicles and pertinents of the samen, lyand within the parochine of Garvell and the shirreffdome of Dumfreis, bonndit in maner following betuixt the lands of Garvell, on the south and west parts, begining at the water of Kindle, at the cerse south and westward up Molling burne, to the heid therof, and from Molling burne up the Fagillburne to the Murecleuchheid, and then over the hedge to the Glengillburne, and from that to the Blakmyre at the Garvelleraig, and then northward be the water fall of the hedge betuixt the saids lands of Mollings and Hailhouse, and doun the Braidgill north and eistward, and doun the Braidshaw water doun Duskindell, whill it run in to the water of Kindell; and also, all and haill the four merk land of Pollentrie with the pertinents, lyand within the lordship of Galloway and stewartrie of Kirkudbright; and also the ten merk land of Kirkmichell, the milne, milnelands of the samen with the plewlands of the samen; and all and haill the fourtie shiling land of Craigsheild and Dalcrume; the lands of over and nether Glenkills, extending to ane sex merk land; the fourtie shilling land of Holehouse and Deir, and the lands of Glennae, extending to ane merk land with tours, fortalices, maner places, houses, bigings, yeards, orchyeards, milns, woods, fishings, annexis, connexis, tennents, tennendries, service of frie tennents, parts, pendicles and pertinents, lyand within the paroche of Kirkmichell and shirreffdome of Dumfreis forsaid; together with the office of baillierie of Kirkmichell, with all fies, casualities, proffeits and dewties perteaning and belonging to the said office; and in lykmaner, the tuentie pund land of Drysdaill, comprehending therin the lands of Dryffholme, Reikhous,† the toun of Drysdaill, Torwood, Bellhill, Beltoun and Quise,† with houses, bigings, yeards, orchyeards, fishings, dowcats, coningars, moores, mosses, pasturages, commonties, outsets, parts, pendicles and pertinents of the samen, lyand within the stewartrie forsaid; all unite, erect, creat and incorporat in ane haill barronie the barronie of Aimsfeild, and now the barronie of Glenae, with ane novo damus contained in the said charter, to be holden of his majestie and his hienes successors, in frie heretage and frie barronie for ever, and altering the said holding, wher the saids lands and others abovewritten held formerlie waird, to taxt waird, for payment of the taxt dewtie therinspecified for the mariage, sua oft as the samen vaiks, and of the taxt dewties therinspecified dureing the waird and nonentrie of the saids lands and others abovewritten, and for the releiff therof with the other liberties and priveledges, at lenth contained in the said charter which is dated, the eight day of March 1666 yeers, in all and sindrie the heids, clauses, articles, circumstances and conditions thairof whatsumever therin contained, and after the forme and tenor of the samen in all points.
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Our soverane lord, with advice and consent of his estates of parliament, ratifies and approves the acquittance and discharge granted be his majestie to Alexander Broddie, elder of Letham, and his sone Francis Broddie, and his sonne Joseph Broddie, and their tennents and servants, of the date at Whythall, the second day of Junii 1664 in the sexteinth yeer of his majesties' reigne, wherby his majestie, upon consideration that he had given and assigned to Sir Robert Murray all and any soums of money which should be imposed as fyns upon the fornamed persons, and understanding that they had satisfied and payed the said Sir Robert Murray, conforme to his majesties' appointment thairfor, his majestie did discharge all the saids persons and each of them severally and particularly of their respective fyns, imposed upon them by his majesties' late parliament holden within this kingdome of Scotland, and ordaines their names to be dilate furth of the rolls of fyning, and them, their airs and successors to be for ever exonered and discharged of the samen at all hands whatsoever, and to enjoy the benefite of the act of indemnitie als fullie and freely as any of his majesties' subjects within this his said kingdome of Scotland, in maner at lenth specified in the said discharge, which is registrat in the books of fyns upon the tuelff day of March 1666 yeers, and the principall discharge remaining in the hands and custodie of Sir William Bruce, clerk to the bills and collector of the saids fyns, for instructing his accompts therof, in all and sindrie heids, articles, clauses and circumstances of the said acquittance and discharge. And his majestie, with advice and consent forsaid, wills and grants and als decerns and ordains that the forsaid ratification is and shall be als valeid, effectuall and sufficient to the persons respective abovenamed as if the forsaid acquittance and discharge wer word be word exprest heirin, and as if their names had never bein contained in the forsaid roll of fyning, or as if they and each of them wer particularlie and be name comprehendit and exprest in the forsaid act of indemnity, albeit the samen be not so done; wheranent and with the delyverie of the forsaid principall discharge to the said Sir William Bruce, and with all that may follow therupon and with all other objections and imperfections if any be, that may be proponed or alledged against the validitie therof, or of this present ratification of the samen, his majestie, with advice and consent forsaid, hes dispensed and, be thir presents, dispenses for ever, and wills, statuts and ordains the forsaid extract of the said discharge under the hand of the said Sir William Bruce, to be als valeid, effectuall and sufficient to the fornamed persons and each of them and their forsaids, and to mak als great faith in judgement and outwith the samen, as the principall discharge itselff, and als that the samen, with this present ratification, shall be ane sufficient exoneration and discharge to them and each of them of the saids respective fyns imposed upon them, or any of them at all hands whatsoever, notwithstanding of whatsoever act, statute or proclamation made or to be made in the contrare; wheranent and with all that may follow therupon, his majestie, with advice and consent forsaid, hes dispensed and for his hienes and his successors dispenses for ever.
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Our soverane lord, with the spetiall advice and consent of the estates of parliament of this his hienes[s'] ancient kingdome of Scotland, hes ratified, approven and confirmed and, be the tenor heirof, for his majestie and his hienes[s'] successors, with advice and consent forsaid, ratifies, approves and confirms the charter made and granted be our said soverane lord, under his majesties' great seale of this kingdome, to and in favors of his hienes['s] right trustie and well beloved cousing and councellor William, lord Drumlanrig, and his airs maill lawfullie procreat or to be procreat of his bodie, whilks failyeing to his other airs maill and assignays whatsomever, heretablie and irredeimably, of the date at Whitehall, the tuentie day of January 1664 yeers, wherby our said soverane lord hes given, granted and disponed to and in favors of the said William, lord Drumlanrig, his airs maill and assignays forsaids, heretablie and irredeemably, as said is, all and sindrie the lands, lordship and barronnie of Sanquhar, with the castell, tour, fortalice and maner place, houses, biging, yeards, parks, parts, pendicles and haill pertinents therof, comprehending the particular lands and others mentioned in the said charter, with the advocation, donation and right of patronage of the kirks and chaplanries thairof, and haill parts, pendicles and pertinents of the samen, all lyand within the parochine of Sanwhar and Kirkconnald and shirreffdome of Dumfreis; and als, all and haill the lands of Crawfoordstone with the pertinents; and all and haill the lands and barronie of Glencairne, with the castle, tour, fortalice, maner place, houses, bigings, yeards, orchyeards, milns, woods, fishings, parts, pendicles and pertinents of the samen, with the advocation, donation and right of patronage of the kirks and chaplanries therof, and with all and sindrie parts, pendicles and pertinents whatsumever of the saids lands and barronie of Sanwhar, Crawfurdstone and Glencairne, of whatsomever denomination or designation the samen be of, with all and sindrie other lands, salmond fishings and other fishings lying naturally and locallie within the bounds of the saids lands and barronie of Sanwhar, Crawfurdstone and Glencairne, of whatsumever denomination or designation the samen be, with the teinds of the saids lands, barronies and others abovewritten; as also, of all and haill the lands of Winterhopheid, with houses, bigings, yeards, parts, pendicles and pertinents therof, and teinds both great and small, alswell personage as viccarage, lyand within the stewartrie of Annandale and shirreffdome of Dumfreis forsaid; which lands, lordship and barronies of Sanquhar, Crawfoordston and Glencairne, and others respective abovewritten, with the pertinents of the samen, are be vertew of the forsaid charter dissolved from the said shirreffdome of Dumfreis, and from the said stewartrie of Annandale respective, and from all other jurisdictions whatsumever wherunto the samen formerlie perteaned or wer annexed, and are of new erected in ane frie regality, with frie chappell and chancelrie, and are unite, annexed and incorporat in and to the earledome of Queinsberrie and regalitie of Drumlanrig, to remain therwith as propper parts and pertinents of the said regalitie in all tyme therafter, with the jurisdiction of frie regalitie and justiciarie and of frie chappell and chancelrie, and with diverse and sindrie other liberties, casualities, emoluments and proffeits at lenth specified and contained in the said charter, together with the dissolution above mentioned from the saids jurisdictions of the shirreffdome of Dumfreis and stewartrie of Annandale, and from all other jurisdictions wherunto the samen formerly perteined or wer annexed, and with the new erection of the samen abovespecified in ane frie regality with frie chappell and chancellrie, and with the forsaid new union, erection and incorporation of the samen in and to the forsaid earledome of Queinsberrie and regality of Drumlanrig, with the forsaid priveledge and jurisdiction of frie regality and justiciary and of frie chappell and chancellrie, haill remanent priveledges, emoluments and casualities particularlie specified and conteined in the forsaid charter, together also with the infeftment and sasine following upon the samen. And in lykmaner, our said soverane lord, with advice and consent of his hienes['s] saids estates of parliament, hes ratified, approven and confirmed and, be thir presents, ratifies, approves and confirms ane other charter made and granted be his majestie, with advice and consent therinspeit, under his majesties' great seale of his said kingdome, to and in favors of the said William, lord Drumlanrig, his airs maill and assignays forsaid, heretablie and irredeimably, of the date the seventeinth day of February 1665 yeers, of all and haill the earledome of Queinsberrie, lands, lordship, barronie and regalitie of Drumlanrig, comprehending therintill the particular lands, lordships, barronies, castles, tours, fortalices, milns, woods, fishings, teinds, advocations, donations and right of patronage of kirks, chaplanries and benefices, burghs of barronie and regalitie, with weeklie mercats and frie fairs, and all sindrie parts, pendicles and pertinents of the samen, all at lenth mentionat and set doun in the said charter, whilks are all therby unite, annexat, creat and incorporat in ane haill and frie earledome, lordship, barronie, regalitie and justiciary, with frie chappell and chancelrie within the haill bounds marches of the samen, to the said William, lord Drumlanrig, his airs maill and assignays forsaids, with all and sindrie priveledges, immunities and liberties therunto belonging, contained in the forsaid charter and haill former charters and infeftments of the samen, called and to be called, in all tyme comeing, the earledome of Queinsberrie, lordship, barronie and regalitie of Drumlanrig, to be holden be the said William, lord Drumlanrig and his forsaids, of our said soverane lord and his hienes['s] successors in fie and heretage for ever, for payment yeerlie, to our said soverane lord and his majesties' successors, of the particular blensh, few and taxt dueties respective for waird and mariage, when the samen shall happin to vaik in his hienes[s'] hands, mentionat and set doun in the forsaid charter, conforme to the tenor therof, and of the former charters and infeftments of the samen and change of holding therincontained, together with the infeftment and sasine following therupon. And siclyk, our said soverane lord, with advice and consent of his majesties' saids estates of parliament, hes ratified, approven and confirmed and, be the tenor heirof, ratifies, approves and confirms ane other charter made and granted be his majestie, under his hienes great seall of the said kingdome, to and in favors of the said William, lord Drumlanrig, and of his airs maill lawfullie procreat or to be procreat of his bodie, whilks failyeing to his other airs maill whatsomever, heretablie and irredeimably, of the date at Whitehall, the tuentie day of March 1667 yeers, wherby our said soverane lord hes given, granted and disponed to and in favors of the said William, lord Drumlanrig and his forsaids, heretablie and irredeimably as said is, all and haill the offices of shirrefship of the shirreffdome of Dumfreis and corronership of the said shirreffdome, with all and sindrie priveledges, immunities, dignities, casualities, proffeits and dewties whatsomever perteining and belonging to the saids offices or either of them, which offices perteaned heretablie of befor to William, earle of Dumfreis, and wer be him with consent of [...], lord Crichtoun, his eldest lawfull son, James Crichtoun of St Leonards, his brother german, and certane other persons, resigned in his majesties' hands in favors and for the forsaid new charter and infeftment therof to have bine made and granted to the said William, lord Drumlanrig and his forsaids, together with the infeftment and sasine following therupon as in the saids three charters, with the infeftments and sasines abovementioned following upon the samen, at more lenth is expressed, in the haill heids, articles, clauses, provisions, obleisments, conditions and circumstances of the samen, and after the forms and tenors of the forsaids charters respective and infeftments abovementioned, following therupon in all points; and farder, our said soverane lord, with advice and consent of his majesties' said estates of parliament of this his hienes['s] said kingdome of Scotland, wills and grants and, for his majestie and his hienes['s] successors, with advice and consent forsaid, decerns and ordains that this present confirmation of the samen shall be als valeid, effectuall and sufficient to the said William, lord Drumlanrig and his forsaids, for their peaceable bruiking, enjoying and possessing of the forsaid earledome, lands, lordship, barronies, regalities, burghs of barronie and regalitie, with the forsaid jurisdiction of frie regality and justiciarie, frie chappell and chancellarie within the haill bounds of the forsaids lands, lordship, barronies and others abovewritten contained in the said charters, with all and sindrie priveledges, imunities and liberties therin mentioned, and lykways of the forsaid offices of shirrefship and coronership of Dumfreis, and of the haill priveledges, immunities and dignities therunto belonging in all tyme comeing, conforme to the charters respective abovementioned following therupon, as if the samen charters and infeftments and haill lands, barronies and others generallie abovementionat therin contained wer particularly insert and ingrost in this present confirmation, and as if the samen confirmation had beine made and granted be his majestie, with advice and consent of the saids estates of parliament, before the takeing of the sasines be the said William, lord Drumlanrig upon the said charters respective, and notwithstanding of any other nullitie or imperfection whatsumever that can be moved or objected against the saids charters and validitie therof, be vertew of whatsumever act, law, statute, practick or constitution of this kingdome made or observed in the contrare, or be whatsumever other maner of way; wheranent our said soverane lord, with advice and consent of his majesties' saids estates of parliament, hes dispenced and, be thir presents, dispenses for ever.
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Our soverane lord, with advice and consent of the estates of this present parliament, ratifies and approves the charter and infeftment made and granted be our said soverane lord, with advice and consent of his majesties' commissioners of thesaurie, and new augmentations within this kingdome of Scotland, and remanent lords of his hienes[s'] exchequer, to and in favours of the provost, baillies, dean of gild, deacon conveener, thesaurer and remanent councill of the burgh of Glasgow, for themselffs and their successors, representing the haill bodie and communitie of the said burgh, heretablie and irredeimablie, off all and haill the lands and others underwritten viz, all and haill the lands of Balanerk, otherways called Provane, containing the particular lands and others after mentioned viz, the lands of Eister Cunschlie, Wester Cunschlie, Gartcraig, Blairlum, Blairquharne, Germestoun, Balgray, the lands of Heingenfeild, Ballarnock, Miltoun, Riddrie, Rachasie, Craigend, Garthomleck, Cardowan, Carstleuch, with the dominicall lands, mains and meidows called Provane, meadow, milne of Provand, milnelands, astrictit multers, commonlie called dryferme multers, ringo, sequells and pertinents therof, with services and knaveship of the samen, and wood called Garthwood, with all and sindrie louchs within the forsaids lands, and fishings in the samen, extending the forsaids lands and others immediatly abovewritten in the haill to ane tuenty pund land of old extent with the pertinents; including the tennendrie of the forsaids lands of Blairlum, with all and sindrie their houses, bigings, tours, fortalices, yeards, orchyeards, tofts, crofts, tennents, tennendries, services of frie tennents, parts, pendicles and haill pertinents of the samen whatsumever, lyand within the parochine of Glasgow and shirreffdome of Lanerk, all united and incorporat in ane frie tennendrie called the tennendrie of Provane, proceiding upon the resignation of Sir Robert Hamiltoun of Silvertounhill, to whom the samen perteaned heretablie of befor, by the whilk charter our said soverane lord, with advice and consent forsaid, ratified and confirmed the letters of alienation, disposition and right made, given and granted be the said Sir Robert Hamiltoun to the saids provost, baillies, dean of gild, deacon conveener, thesaurer and councellours of the said burgh of Glasgow, for themselffs and their successors representing the haill bodie and communitie of the samen, heretablie and irredeimably, off all and haill the saids lands, milns, louchs, fishings and others particularly abovexprest with their pertinents, lying, extending and united in maner abovementioned, to be holden, either of him or from him of his immediat superiors therof, in maner therin mentionat, together with the union, annexation and incorporation of the samen haill touns, lands, milns, woods, fishings, louchs and others abovewritten, with the pertinents in and to the said burgh of Glasgow, to remain inseperablie therwith in all tymecomeing, contained in the said charter, and the dispensation therin contained for takeing of sasine at the maner place of Provand, to stand and be sufficient for the haill lands and others abovexprest, to be holden of our said soverane lord and his hienes['s] successors in fewferme and heretage for the soume of fourscore [and] fiftein punds, seven shilling[s] Scots money, at tuo termes in the yeer, Witsonday and Mertymes in winter, be equall portions, and thirtie-tuo bolls [of] horse corne or fyve shilling[s] Scots money for ilk boll therof, together with eight dozen of poultrie or sex pennies money forsaid for ilk pultrie, at the will and pleasure of the saids provost, baillies, councill and their successors betuixt the feist of Yule and Candlemes, as the old fewferme duety used and wont to be payed for the saids tuentie pund land of Provand, comprehending and containing as said is of befor, as also, in augmentation of the rentall yeerly, the soume of three merks money forsaid more nor wes ever payed for the samen of befor, or wes contained in the originall infeftment therof, together with the soume of fyve fishings money forsaid of new augmentatione of the said rentall, whilks all being compted and turned into money extends to the soume of one hundreth and eight punds money forsaid, with ten shillings money forsaid of new augmentation of the said rentall more nor ever the samen payed of before, and building and keeping sufficient policie upon the saids lands corresponding to the ground therof, in maner and at lenth specified in the said charter, which is dated, under his majesties' great seale, at Edinburgh, the thrid day of March last bypast 1669 yeers, together with the precept and instrument of sasine following therupon; and siclyk, the charter and infeftment, under his majesties' great seale, dated at Edinburgh, the eight day of January 1668 yeers, wherby our said soverane lord, with advice and consent of his hienes['s] saids commissioners of thesaurie, and remanent lords of his majesties' exchequer within this kingdome of Scotland, ratified, approved and confirmed, for himselff and as prince and stewart of Scotland and his hienes['s] successors, ane contract and appointment made and perfyted betuixt Sir Patrick Maxwell of Newwark, knight, then heretable proprietour of the lands and others underwritten, with advice and consent of Dame Marjorie Campbell, his spous, and Sir George Maxwell, appeirand of Newwark, their eldest sone and appeirand air, and them all with ane consent and assent, on the one parte, and Johne Andersone of Dubhill, then provost of the said burgh of Glasgow, James Pollock, Johne Caldwells and Johne Ker, then baillies, Johne Walkingshaw, then dean of gild, Johne Miller, then deacon conveener, and James Ker, then thesaurer of the said burgh, for themselffs and in name of the remanent councill, communitie and incorporation of the same, on the other parte, of the date at the said burgh of Glasgow and [...] the fourt and [...] days of January, the said yeer of God 1668, be vertew whairof, for the causes onerous therin contained the said Sir Patrick Maxwell, with consent of his said spous and sone, and they all with one consent and assent, sold, disponed and in fewferme and heretage set, assedated and perpetually dimitted to the saids provost, baillies, dean of gild, deacon conveener, theasurer, councill, communitie and incorporation of the said burgh, and their successors, all and haill the peices and portions underwritten of the said Sir Patrick his lands of Divolsglean, woods, parks and wairds of Newwork, as they are designed, as follows viz, the haill grund and lands from the litle burne and strype at the west end of the houses and lands, sumtyme possest be umqhile Andrew Mcfarling, and now be Johne Paull and Alexander Rankine, and from that upward the said burne and stripe to the wooddyk, and alongst the said dyk to the stone craig eistwards, and also along eistwards be the† Craigfoote and be the said wood dyk at the eist end of the said craig, to the bak of the yeard dounwards viz, James Hendrie's yeard, dyk, bak and the rest of the kaill yeard dyks ther westwards, to Robert Keith, his corn yeard, nook and doun be the westyd of the said kaill yeard, be the bakwall of Robert Keith his house to the sea, and alongst all the shore westwards from thence to the forsaid burne and stryp at the westsyd of the houses forsaids, formerlie possest be the said umqhile Andrew Mcfarline, includeing all the arable land, brigwood [and] other ground, houses and yeards within the bounds aboverepeited, with power to them of haveing, building, edefieing and incorporating all houses, bigings, yeards, dwellings, structures and other accommodations for their better use and benefite at their pleasure within the bounds abovementioned, and now set to them in fewferme, together with the teindsheaves and others teinds, both personage and viccarage of the forsaids peices and portions of lands abovespecified includit, all lyand within the barronie of Fonlistoun Maxwell, parochine of Kinmachone,† and shirreffdome of Ranfrew, and whilks peices and portiones of land and ground, disponed be the forsaid contract, extends to ane merk land of old extent; as lykways with ane harbour and road for ryding and anchoring of ships, crears, boats and other vessells, and for building of ane harbour at their pleasure from the said burne and stripe within the said haill sea mark to the low ground ebb and round about eistwards throw the haill road, and with priveledge of the said haill road it selff fra the seamark to the low ground ebb, and with priveledge of the water towards the sea betuixt the said burne and stryp, and round about eistward to the point called Blakhensneck,† for the use and commoditie of their ships and vessells, exceptand and reserveand as is reserved in the forsaid contract, and with the priveledge of all lousestones and other stones within the said road, or any other parte of the said Sir Patrick his ground towards the shore, except such stones the want whairof might prejudge the said Sir Patrick his dyks and houses for building of the said port, and other necesser and lawfull uses; as also, with the priveledge of diging, winning, leading and transporting of all stones necesser and usefull for them, furth of the saids quarrells upon the south parte of the forsaids lands disponed in fewferme, boundit within the ends of the tuo dyks with the quarrell, and for that effect to tir sex aikers† of ground inwards in lenth upon the top of the quarrell, for their better accommodation in diging of the saids stones be the lenth abovewritten, and diging of stones dounward to the ground of the post, and siclyk of diging, winning, leading and transporting furth of the said quarrell and craig within the said Sir Patrick his haill adjacent lands, of all stones that should be fund further necessar for building of the said harbour, or any other their necesser uses, together with frie ish and entrie to the saids haill peices and portions of land, priveledges and others abovedisponed and licentiated in maner abovementionat, wnder the reservations always in favors of the said Sir Patrick and his tennents, particularly set doun in the said contract and charter, wherby farder the said Sir Patrick, with consent of his said spous and sone, and they all with one consent and assent, gave full libertie and power to the saids provost, baillies, dean of gild, deacon conveener, thesaurer, councill and communitie of the said burgh of Glasgow, their successors and others in their names, for intakeing of fresh water furth of the said Sir Patrick his burns and springs, and of sand and ballast furth of any parte of the forsaid road and bounds, for the necessar use of them, their ships and vessells at their pleasure, all to be holden of the said Sir Patrick Maxwell, his airs maill and successors in fewferme and heretage for ever, in maner mentioned in the said contract be all rights, meiths and marches therof and designations abovexprest, with frie ish and entrie therto, with courts, dews and amerchiaments therof, blood and bloodweits and with all other priveledges and immunities of the samen as the said Sir Patrick himselff had, for the yeerly payment to the said Sir Patrick and his forsaids of the soume of four merks money forsaid of fewferme dewtie yeerlie, at the terme of Witsunday, with his majesties' taxations and all other publict burdens imposed or to be imposed therupon, according to the rate and proportion of the said merkland fra their entrie to the premisses, whilk be the said contract is appointed to be and begin at the second day of February 1668 yeers, and sua furth therafter yeerlie in all tyme comeing, the not payment of the whilk fewferme duetie, be the space of tuo, three or mae yeers or termes runing together, to be no cause of nullitie or reduction of the said fewferme, notwithstanding of whatsumever acts of parliament made or to be made in the contrair, together with the precept of sasine contained in the said contract and instrument of sasine ordained to follow therupon, in all and sindrie the heids, points, clauses, circumstances and conditions of the said contract and precept of sasine therin contained and sasine following or to follow therupon. Attour our said soverane lord, for himselff and as prince and stewart of Scotland, for the causes contained in the said charter, and with advice and consent therin mentioned, made, erected, annexit, created and incorporated that parte of the forsaid grund and lands from the forsaid burne and stripe within the full sea mark to the low ebb of the samen, and round about eistward throw the haill road forsaid itselff from the full sea mark, to the lowest ebb of the samen and haill bounds within the said burne and strype and round about eistward, to the point called Bakhousnooke, in ane haill and frie ship road and herbour to be called, now and in all tyme comeing, the ship road and harbour of the burgh of Glasgow, and gave, granted and committed to the said provost, baillies, dean of gild, deacon conveener, thesaurer, councill and haill communitie of the said burgh of Glasgow and their successors, full power and libertie of erecting and biging of the said road and harbour within the bounds respective abovedesigned, for anchorage, custodie and preservation of their ships, creares, barks, boats and other vessells, and therupon to erect and build bulwarks; as also, ane tolbuith or wardeing place upon any parte of the saids lands, for keeping of good order therin and punishing of transgressors, and to make and create baillies, clerks, officers, dempsters and other members of court neidfull for administration of justice within the forsaids bounds, and for guyding and governing of the samen, and the saids officers, yeerlie in the saids offices, to choise, output and input as they shall think fit, and to use, exerce and have sole jurisdiction, civill and criminall, competent to ane barrone be the law and consuetude of this kingdome, and to uplift, intromet with, receave and uptake the litle and small customes, tolls and anchorages of all ships, barks, boats and other vessells comeing within the said port and harbour, together with all other dues belonging to ane frie port and harbour, and therupon to use and dispone at their pleasure, as also, with power to them to make use and exerce all other things within the bounds forsaids, with all immunities, priveledges and others whatsomever perteining and belonging to the libertie of ane frie sea port and harbour, siclyk and als freely as any other sea port or harbor within this kingdome does or may doe, be the laws and conswetude therof; be the whilk charter it is ordained that the sasine of the said frie port and harbour, to be taken upon the ground of any parte or parts of the saids pieces and portions of land abovewritten, shall stand and be ane sufficient sasine for the said frie port and harbour called the port and harbour of the said burgh of Glasgow, haill liberties, immunities, priveledges and commodities therof abovespecified, without any other particular sasine or sasines to be taken at any other parte elswher, to be holden the said frie port and harbour of Glasgow, with all and sindrie priveledges, liberties and immunities, commodities and pertinents therof abovewritten, lying, boundit and erected, as said is, of our soverane lord as prince and stewart of Scotland, and his hienes['s] sucessors, princes and stewarts of Scotland, superiors of the lands and others abovewritten, in frie heretage, frie port and ship harbour for ever, for service of waird and releiff, in maner mentioned in the said charter, together with the precept of sasine of the said port and harbour, priveledges and liberties therof abovementioned, following upon the said charter and instrument of sasine following upon the same; and in lykmaner, the decreit of declarator given and pronunced be the lords of councill and session, upon the eight day of February 1666 yeers, in the action and cause of declarator first raised and intendit, befor the late commissioners for administration of justice, at the instance of the then provost, baillies, dean of gild, thesaurer, deacon conveener of the said burgh of Glasgow, all persons of the common councill therof, for themselffs and in name and behalff of the remanent councill and communitie of the samen, against Walter Watson, then provost of the burgh of Dumbartan, Johne Coninghame and Mr David Mcgie, then baillies therof, Johne Smallet, then dean of gild, for themselffs and in name and behalff of the common councill, remanent burgesses and inhabitants of the said toun of Dumbartan, and all others haveing or pretending to have interesse, and ther after walkned and insisted on befor the lords of councill and session at the instance of Johne Bell, then provost of the said toun of Glasgow, James Campbell, Robert Rae and James Colquhoun, then baillies therof, Johne Barns, then dean of gild of the samen, persons of the common councill therof, for themselffs and in name and behalff of the remanent councill and communitie of Glasgow, against the saids Walter Watsone, provost of the said burgh of Dumbartan, Robert Watson and Mr David Mccapie, then baillies therof, the said Johne Smallet, dean of gild, William Mcgie, elder, thesaurer and the other persons nominat in the said decreit of the common councill of the said burgh of Dumbartane, for themselffs and in name and behalf of the haill remanent burgesses, communitie and inhabitants of the said burgh of Dumbartan, and all others haveing or pretending to have interesse, by the whilk declarator the saids lords of councill and session, fand and declared that the saids provost, baillies, councill and communitie of the said burgh of Dumbartan had nor hes no right to uplift nor exact from the inhabitants, burgesses and communitie of the said burgh of Glasgow, nor of any vessells and ships belonging to them or fraughted by them, arryveing in the river of Clyd at the roads and ports of Poterig, Inshgrein and Newwark, anie anchorage, measurage, wayage, tunage, dockmaill, cokquets or other dues whatsumever, and also hes fund and declared that it is lawfull for the said provost, baillies, councill and inhabitants and communitie of the said burgh of Glasgow to arrive with their ships, vessells and goods in the river of Clyd, and spetially at the forsaids roads and ports of Poterig, Inshgrein and Newwark, and to load and unload ther, and transport their goods from the said river of Clyd to the said burgh of Glasgow, frie of the burding of the forsaids pretendit dueties of anchorage, measurage, weyage, tunage, dockmaill, cockquets or other dues whatsumever to the said burgh of Dumbartan, and decerned and ordained the saids provost, baillies, councill, inhabitants and communitie of the said burgh of Dumbartane to decist and cease from all trubleing, molesting or impediment making to the provost, baillies, councill, inhabitants and communitie of the said burgh of Glasgow, present and to come, in arriveing with their ships, vessells and goods upon the said river of Clyd, and loading and unloading their ships, vessells and goods at the saids ports and roads of Poterig, Inshgrein and Newwark, and transporting their goods from thence to Glasgow, frie of the burding of the saids pretendit dues or any of them to the said toun of Dumbartan, as parties haveing no right therto, notwithstanding of their action of declarator persewed be them against the said burgh of Glasgow, magistrats and communitie thairof, which together with the charters, infeftments, books of entries, other rights and depositions of witnesses adduced by the said toun of Dumbartan, the tyme of the giveing and pronunceing of the said decreit, wes at lenth considered be the saids lords of councill and session, and from whilk action of declarator and haill points thairof, by decreit of the saids lords of councill and session of the same date, the saids magistrats, councill, inhabitants and communitie of Glasgow are fullie and simpliciter assolyied and exonered in ample forme, in maner and for the causes specified in the saids tuo decreits of declarator and absolvitor, together also with the forsaid decreit of absolvitor sua given and pronunced in favors of the said burgh of Glasgow, of the date and contents above and therinspecified. As lykways, our said soverane lord, with advice and consent of his hienes['s] estats of this present parliament, ratifies and approves the charter and infeftment made and granted be his majesties' deceast father, of happie and blessed memorie, with advice and consent of the thesaurer, comptroller and collector generall or thesaurer of his hienes['s] new augmentations of Scotland, and of the remanent lords and others of excheckquer for the tyme, wherby his majestie, with advice and consent forsaid, ratified and approved diverse and sindrie charters, infeftments, precepts, instruments of sasine, confirmations, acts, decreits, sentences, donations, mortifications, rights of patronages and others rights, titles, evidents and securities, liberties and commodities, priveledges and others spetially and generally therin exprest, made and granted to the said burgh and citie of Glasgow, be his majesties' said deceast father, or be whatsumever his majesties' most noble progenitors kings, queens, princes and stewarts of Scotland, their regents and governours for the tyme, or be the saids lords of councill and session, with all and sindrie acts of burrows, others acts, rights, titles and liberties whatsomever any ways brooked of befor be the said burgh of Glasgow, kirks, colledges, ministers and hospitalls within the samen, and gave, granted and disponed cum clausula do novo damus to the provost, baillies, councill and communitie of the said burgh and citie of Glasgow, and to their successors for ever, all and haill the said burgh and city of Glasgow, with all and sindrie lands, heretages, houses, bigings, tenements, yeards, orchyeards, kirks, kirkyeards, patronages, chappells, chaplanries, teinds, ports, gates, passages, calssaykers, roads, louchs, burns, tofts, crofts, infeild, outfeild, territorie and commontie of the samen, milns, milnelands, multers, sucken, sequells, thirlage, dams, leads, inways, watergangs, craigs, kills, hills, salmond fishings and other fishings in the said water and river of Clyd, hospitalls, correction houses, mures, mosses, greins, commonties, lands, craigs, coals, coalheuchs, lyme, lymestone, annualrents, fewmaills, fewferme, dewties, mansions, fruits, emoluments, fundations, donations, presentations, mortifications, alms, dealsilver and all other priveledges and immunities, alswell ecclesiasticall as secular belonging therto, and with the priveledge and libertie in the said water of Clyd, in maner mentionat in the said charter, and erecting the samen burgh in ane frie burgh royall, and giveing to the samen burgh ane correction house and that house called the Lipperhouse and St Ninians hospitall, with all and sindrie liberties, priveledges therof, and with the customs and dewties belonging to the said burgh, and makeing the provost, baillies, councill and communitie of the said burgh, and their successors, heretablie patrons of the trone kirk of Glasgow, in ample forme in maner specified in the said charter, whilk contains diverse and sindrie other clauses, gifts and donations in favours of the said burgh and city of Glasgow, provost, baillies, councill and communitie therof and their successors, and whilk charter is dated at Newmarkit, the sexteinth day of October 1636 yeers, with the precept and instrument of sasine following upon the said charter; together with the act of parliament following therupon, dated the seventeinth day of November 1641 yeers, ratifieing and approveing the samen and haill rights, titles and securities specially and generally abovementioned; as likewise, the act of parliament dated the tuentie day of May 1661 yeers, not only ratifieing and approveing the forsaid great charter, infeftment and sasine following therupon and other charters, infeftments, precepts, instruments of sasine, confirmations, acts, decreits, sentences, donations, mortifications, rights of patronages and others rights, tytles, evidents and securities, liberties, priveledges and others spetially and generally therin mentioned, and former act of parliament abovementioned, ratifieing and approveing the samen, as said is, bot also ratified and approved all and sindrie contracts of alienation, letters of disposition, procuratories and instruments of resignation, charters, precepts, sasines and all other rights, titles and securities of whatsumever date or dates the samen be of, made and granted be umqhile Sir Walter Stewart of Minto, knight, and Sir Lodowick Stewart, then younger of Minto, knight, his sone, to the provost, baillies and councill of the said burgh of Glasgow, and to their successors in office, heretablie and irredeimably, for the use and proffeit of their tuo ministers serveing the cure at the new kirk within the toun of Glasgow, as ane pairt of their stipend, off all and sindrie the superiorities and fewferme dewties of all and sindrie the milns and kills of the lands of Westercraig, foundit and bigit therupon, with multers, sucken, sequells, knaveship, liberties, priveledges, yeards, parts, pendicles and pertinents whatsumever perteining and belonging to the saids milnes and kills, lying neir the said burgh of Glasgow within the shirreffdome of Lanerick, with the charter, under his majesties' great seale, precept and instrument of sasine following therupon, containing ane clause de novo damus, and also the charter of alienation, disposition and precept of sasine therincontained, made and granted be the deceast Sir Robert Douglas of Blaikerstoun, knight, with consent of† Susanna Douglas, his spous, to the said provost, baillies, dean of gild, deacons of crafts, hospitall and master of the hospitall, called Hutcheson's hospitall, and to the remanent councellors of the said burgh of Glasgow, and their successors in office, in name to the use and behove of the councell and communitie therof, of certane parts and portions of the lands and others underwritten, as als to them, in name of and to the propper use of the said hospitall called Hutcheson's hospitall, and to their poore placed and to be placed therin, of certane other parts and portions of the lands and others afterspecified, and in lykmaner, to the fornamed persons and their successors in office, in name and to the propper use and behove of the hospitall, called the Crofts hospitall, of ane certane parte and portion of the samen lands and others aftermentionat, as is particularly divydit in the said charter viz, off all and haill the sex pund land of old extent of Gorballs and Brigend, with coalls and coallheuchs, within the ground therof, with the tour, fortalice, maner place, houses, bigings, yeards, orchyeards, tennents, tennendries, services of frie tennents and all other parts, pendicles and pertinents therof whatsumever, lying within the barronie and regalitie of Glasgow and the said shirreffdome of Lanerick, with the heretable office of baillierie and justiciarie within the haill bounds therof, and all liberties and priveledges whatsomever belonging therto, to be holden of the then duke of Lennox and his successours, in maner mentionat in the said charter, with the instrument of sasine following therupon; as also, the charter of confirmation following upon the samen, dated and particularly mentioned in the said last act of ratifition, and whilk is dated, the eight day of September 1655 yeers, by the whilk last act of parliament, our said soverane lord, with advice and consent of the estates of parliament for the tyme, for the causes therin mentioned, dissolved the saids lands of Gorballs with the toun of Brigend, with the milne called the Wheatmilne belonging to the said burgh and baxters of the samen, from the shire of Cliddisdale, regality of Glasgow and parochine of Govane, and annexed, united and allocat the samen to the said burgh and city of Glasgow, in maner to the effect and provision mentioned in the said act of parliament. And finallie our said soverane lord, with advice and consent of the estates of this present parliament, ratifies and approves all and sindrie other charters, infeftments, precepts, instruments of sasine, confirmations, donations, mortifications and others rights, tytles and securities whatsumever made and granted to the said burgh and city of Glasgow, provost, baillies, dean of gild, deacon conveeners, masters of the hospitalls, be whatsumever persone or persons of whatsumever dates, tenors or contents the samen be of, in all and sindrie the heids, points, clauses, articles, circumstances and conditions of the saids charters, infeftments, precepts and instruments of sasine, contracts, bands of alienation and disposition, decreits, mortifications, donations, acts of ratification in parliament, and others rights, titles and securities spetially and generally abovewritten, heirby ratified and approven, after the formes and tenors therof in all points. Attour our said soverane lord, with advice and consent of his hienes['s] estates of this present parliament, decernes and ordains that the forsaids charters, infeftments, sasines, decreits, acts of parliament, others rights, securities, priveledges and others particularly and generally exprest therintill, now ratified and approven, are and shall be good and valeid rights to the said provost, baillies, dean of gild, thesaurer, deacon conveener, masters of hospitalls, councill and communitie of the said burgh of Glasgow, and to their successors, for brooking and joyseing of the samen burgh, haill lands, heretages, milns, milnelands, fishings, teinds, superiorities, fewferme, dewties, other dewties, mortifications, fruits, rents, liberties, priveledges, immunities and others whatsumever belonging to the said burgh therincontained, perpetuallie in all tymecomeing, but trouble or impediment; and lykways, wills and declares that this present ratification shall be als valeid, effectuall and sufficient, to the effect befor rehearsed, as if the forsaids haill charters, infeftments, sasines, decreits, acts of parliament, others rights, tytles and securities, particularly and generally abovementioned, heirby ratified, wer all insert verbatim heirintill, notwithstanding that the samen be not so done; wheranent and with all other defects and imperfections that may be proponed or alledged against the samen and validitie therof, and this present ratification of the samen, our said soverane lord and estates of parliament hes dispensed and, be thir presents, dispenses for ever.
Protest: burgh of Ruglen against Glasgow's ratification
The whilk day James Riddell, commissioner from the burgh of Ruglen, protested in open parliament in the name of the said burgh that the ratification past this day in parliament in favours of the burgh of Glasgow should noways be prejudiciall to the said burgh of Ruglen, nor to their rights, liberties and priveledges conforme to their evidents of the samen.
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Our soverane lord and estates of parliament, presently conveened be his majesties' speciall authority, have ratified, approven and, be thir presents, ratifies and approves ane resignation and dimission made be umqhile Peter, bishop of Dunkeld, with consent of dean and chapter, of all and haill the paroche kirk of Aberladie, teindsheaves and other teinds, fruits and rents therof, lyand within the constabularie of Hadingtoun and shirreffdome of Edinburgh, in the hands of his majesties' dearest goodshir umqhile King James the sext, of ever blessed memorie, to the effect the samen might be erected in ane personage or rectorie, and that his majestie might make full right and disposition of the advocation, donation and right of patronage therof to the deceast Patrick Douglas of Kilspindie, and his airs and successours, and that the samen paroche kirk, advocation, donation and right of patronage therof might be dissolved fra the said bishoprick in all tyme therafter, to the effect forsaid in manerspecified in the said resignation and dimission, dated the tuelff day of July 1589 yeers, with ane charter relative therynto granted be the said deceast King James the sext, under the great seal, to the said Patrick Douglas and his forsaids, of the saids lands of Aberladie, called the mayns therof, and lands called Mansioune and Barkhouse† croft adjacent therto, cuninghares, lands and lynes† of Aberladie, with the castle, tour and fortalices therof, and office of baillierie of the samen, lyand in maner forsaid, with the advocation, donation and right of patronage of the said kirk, personage and viccarage therof, dissolveing the samen fra the said bishoprick, and erecting the samen in ane new barronie, called the barronie of Aberladie, in all tyme therafter, dated the tuenty-nynt day of August 1589 yeers forsaid, precept and instrument of sasine following therupon, together with all former rights, ratifications in parliament therof, and others made in favors of the said umqhile Patrick Douglas of Kilspindie of the samen; together also with ane ratification and new resignation and dimission made and granted be Henrie, now bishop of Dunkeld, with consent of dean and chapter, in favors of Sir Andrew Fletcher, now of Aberladie, of the date the [...] day of [...] last bypast, wherby they not only ratified the forsaid resignation and dimission, instrument of resignation and dimission, charter under the great seale, precept and instrument of sasine following therupon, with the rights of the saids lands and others forsaids, bot also containing ane procuratorie for resignation and dimission of new of the samen lands, barronie, office of baillierie, paroch kirk teinds and others forsaids, in his majesties' hands, in favors of the said Sir Andrew Fletcher, his airs and assignays, and to the effect the said paroche kirk may be of new erected in ane rectorie or personage, and ane new infeftment of the advocation, donation and right of patronage therof granted to the said Sir Andrew Fletcher and his forsaids, and consentit to the dissolution therof fra the said bishoprick, to be holden of his majestie and his successors blensh, for payment of ane pennie, and for payment to the bishop of Dunkeld and his successors of fourscore [and] seventein pund[s], ten shilling[s] of fewferme dewtie yeerly, with the instrument of resignation and dimission respective following therupon; together lykways with ane charter made and past under his majesties' great seale of the date the [...] day of [...] last bypast, whairby his majestie hes given, granted and disponed to the said Sir Andrew Fletcher, his airs and assignays forsaids, heretablie and irredeemably, all and haill the forsaids lands and barronie of Aberladie, toun of Aberladie, office of baillierie thairof, right of patronage, teinds and others forsaids, lyand in maner abovewritten; and als all and haill the lands and barronie of Butterdean, with the tour, fortalice and maner place of Tounrig, milns, multers, milnelands, sucken and sequells therof, dowcats, yeards, orchyeards, parks, superiority, proppertie, tennents, tennendries, service of frie tennents, parts, pendicles and pertinents of the samen; and all and haill the lands of Westerborthwick and Dounsteill, with the houses, bigings, yeards, woods, fishings, meidows, milns, multers and sequells therof, tennents, tennendries and service of frie tennents, superiority, proppertie, priveledges, immunities, coalls and coallheuchs of the samen, upon the ground of any parte of the saids lands or upon the ground of any parte of the remanent lands abovewritten, lyand within the parochine of Auldhamstocks and shirreffdome of Berwick, upon the resignation of Johne Hay of Aberladie, sonne and air served and retoured to the deceast Mr Johne Hay of Aberladie, his father, and Mr Harie Hay, commiser clerk of Edinburgh, tutor of the law, served and retoured to him for his interesse and of the said Henrie, bishop of Dunkeld, with consent of dean and chapter forsaid, as the said charter containing ane de novo damus of the saids haill lands, barronies and others forsaids, and erection and union therof, in ane haill and frie barronie, called the barronie of Aberladie, ordaining the maner place of Aberladie to be the principall messuage of the said barronie, wherat or upon the ground of any other parte of the lands therof, ane sasine is to be taken for the wholl in all tymecomeing, to be holden of his majestie and his successors for payment yeerly for the saids lands and old barronie of Aberladie, toun, office of baillierie, right of patronage, teinds and others forsaids, the few and blensh dewties respective therin contained; and als for the saids lands and barronie of Butterdeane, tour, fortalice and maner place of Tounrig, and lands of Westerborthwick and Dunsteill, milns, coallheuchs and other pertinents therof, of old erected in the said barronie of Butterdean, the rights and services useit and wont, at mair lenth proports, wherby his majestie hes taxed the forsaid waird lands to the soume of ane hundreth merks Scots money yeerlie, dureing the waird and nonentrie, and als much for the releiff, and to the soume of three hundreth merks money forsaid for the mariage of the air, when the samen shall happen, and dispenses with the airs to enter, notwithstanding of their minoritie, together with the precept, under the quarter seale, and instrument of sasine following or to follow therupon, in the haill heids, clauses, obleisments, tenors and contents therof; and wills and grants and, for them and their successors, decerns and ordains that the forsaid generall ratification is and shall be als valeid, effectuall and sufficient to the said Sir Andrew Fletcher, and his forsaids, as if the said charters, ratifications, resignations, precepts, infeftments and others rights particularly and generallie aboverehersed and ratified, wer heirin spetiallie insert; wheranent and with all other objections and exceptions that may be moved or alledged against the validitie of the said ratification, his majestie and estates of parliament forsaid, hes dispensed and, be thir presents, dispenses for ever.