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Anent the supplication presented to the king's majestie and estates of parliament be George, earle of Linlithgow, heretor of the toune and lands of Waterstoun, within the shire of Linlithgow, lyes at a great distance from any mercat toune and, albeit ther be a number of inhabitants in the said toune and villages adjacent therto, and that the said toune of Waterstoun lyes in a convenient place for a weeklie merket and yeerlie faires, yet they have been depryved from the benefit and priviledge which will verie much contribute to the advantage of the countrie and benefite of the nightbours adjacent therto; humblie therefore, desyreing a weekly mercat each Weddinsday in the said toune of Waterstoun, and tuo fairs yeerlie, one upon the fyftein day of August and ane other upon the tuentie-tuo day of Januar, for the good and benefit of the place, with priviledge of customes usuall to the lyke, as the said supplication at lenth bears. Which being red and considered, the king's majestie, with advyce and consent of his estates of parliament, grants to the said George, earle of Linlithgow the priviledge of the said weeklie mercat each Wednesday in the said toune of Waterstoune, and tuo fairs yeerly, one upon the fyftein day of August and the other upon the tuenty-tuo day of Januar, for buying and selling of horse, nolt, sheep, meill, malt, fish, flesh and all other merchand wair in the said weekly mercat and yeerly fairs necessar and usefull in the country, with power to the said George, earle of Linlithgow, his chamberlans and servants, or such others as he shall appoint, to collect, uplift and ressave the tols, customs and duties due on the saids fair dayes, and to injoy all other liberties, priviledges and immunities, sicklyk and als freely as any other in the lyk case hes done or may doe.