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Anent a supplication presentit to the king's majestie and estates of parliament be the principal and regents of the colledge of Glasgow, mentioning that the petitioners have sundrie considerable few dewties and ground anells payed to them furth of the toune of Glasgow, and certain other lands lying neir or about the said burgh, and the same few dewties and ground anells, being soe mean furth of the respective individuall lands or tenements, that in effect the charge of ingaddering exceids what can be trulie furthcomeand therof, soe that, in effect, they are rather ane burdein then benefite to the said colledge, and yet, notwithstanding, the heretors of the saids lands and tenements lyable in payment of the same few dewties and ground anells would be content to buy the respective rights of the samyn from the petitioners, which would be a considerable stocke to the said colledge and soe bettir their revenue, and the petitioners, being bot naked administrators, have no power to make sale of any pairt of the said revenew, nor are the buyers in tuto to bargane with them, unles warrand be granted for that effect; humblie therfor, desireing warrand to the petitioners to make sale of the samyn few dewties and ground anuells, and imploy the money for the behove of the colledge, as the supplication at lenth beires. Which being taken into consideration, the king's majestie, with advice and consent of his estates of parliament, doe heirby grant power and warrand to the principal and regents of the said colledge of Glasgow to sell their small rents, fewdewties and ground anuells abovespecified, lying within the bounds abovementionat, they doing it and imploying the pryce therof for the use of the colledge, at the sight of the archbishope of Glasgow, the duke [of] Hamilton and earle of Dundonald, or any two of them, the archbishope being one, declaireing the sale and dispositions of the same to be valide and effectuall to the receivers therof in tyme comeing.
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Forasmuch as anent a supplication presented to the king's majestie and estates of parliament, in name of the proveist, baillies, councill and communitie of the burgh of Cromertie, mentioning that however aftir his majesties' happie restauration their priviledges as a royall burgh wer revived and they, accordinglie, enrolled amongst the burrowes, yet such is their povertie and most deplorable condition, partly for want of trade and partly by the great burdeins imposed and incident to the burrowes, that they are not longer able to subsist, yea the people, be reasoun therof, daylie goe to other places to live and now few or none remaine, save some that have pettie houses, whilke, in a short tyme, will also come to ruine, soe that they are necessitat to quhyt their liberties;† humblie therfor, desireing to accept of their dimission and resignation of their saids priviledges given in to the lord register, and ordaine them to be dilate from amongst the royall burrowes, as is at mair lenth contained in the supplicatione. Which, being red in presence of his majestie and estates of parliament, and they haveing considered the same with the dimissione subscribit be the magistrats, counsellors and burgsses of the burgh, which was also red in there presence and wherof the tenour followes.
Be it kend to all men, be thir presentt lettres, ws, proveist, baillies and councill of the burgh of Cromartie, with the speciall advice and consent of the heretors, comunitie and inhabitants of the samyn, forsaemeikle as albeit the said burgh of Cromartie is erected in a frie burgh royall, with all the priviledges ordinarlie granted to and conferred upon any other royall burgh and, accordingly, have bein enrolled and in use of useing and exerceing the said priviledges, yet in respect there hes bein noe trade of a longe time bygone, nor at present within the said burgh and that, heirby, many burdeins and impositions imposed upon the said place and incident to burrowes in generall, the said burgh is not onlie become depauperat, bot also dispeopled, the inhabitants daylie removeing from thence to other burrowes and places, and finding noe probabilitie of a subsistance for us if wee continow any longer in the freedome of a royall burgh; therfor and for eveiting of our soe apparent ruine wee, be thir presentts, of mature deliberation and previous consideration had in the mater, make and constitut [...], or any one of them, our procurators, with power to compeir befor the right honorable the convention of the royall burrowes of this kingdome, where they shall happin to sitt for the tyme, and there any day laufull and convenient for us, and in our name, to dimitt our freedome and priviledge as a free royall burgh; and consent, lykeas wee heirby consent, wee be dilate and expunged out of the roll of royall burrowes and taxt roll therof and, theraftir if neid beis, to compeir befor his majestie or his heighnes['s] commissioner and the estates of parliament conveend for the tyme, or his majesties' commissioners of exchequer, as seems expedient and as best consists with the lawes of the kingdome used and observed in the lyke caices, any day laufull and convenient, and their, in our names and as procurators for us, to resigne, lykeas wee heirby with consent forsaid resigne, surrender, ovirgive and diliver the freedome and priviledge of the said burght and all benefite, profeit and commoditie that is provided and granted or may accrue to us be vertew thereof, and any grants, gifts, rights and infeftments introduced and conceaved in favors of the said burght, proveist, baillies, councill and comunitie of the samyn, at any tyme heirtofore, in the hands of the said majestie, his heighnes['s] commissioner, estates of parliament, lords of exchequer and commissioners for the royall burrowes respective, and as best may consist with the law, as said is, to remaine with his majestie ad perpetuam remanentiam in sic due and competent forme as accords, acts, instruments and documents, ane or mae as neid beis, in the premises to aske, lift and raise, promiseing to hold firme and stable all and quatsumaver things our saids procurators or aither of them, in our names in the premises, does or leads to be done; and for the mair securitie, wee consent thir presenttis be registrat in the bookes of councill and session or others competent therin, to remain ad rei memoriam, and to that effect constituts [...], our procurators, in witnes wherof (writtene be Hew Dallas, commisser clerk of Ross) wee and the saids heritors, communitie and inhabitants, in token of their consent, have subscribit thir presenttis at Cromertie, the tuentie-eight day of May jM vjC, thriescore [and] tuelve years, befor thir witneses: Robert Innes of Muretoun, Coline McKeinzie of Logie, Mr Alexander Inglish, student in divinitie in Ross, and Alexander Muresone, writer in Forterose, the dait and witneses filled up be Alexander Davidsone, our clerk. Sic subscribitur, J. Wrquhart, provest and heritor, J. Lindsay, baillie and heritor, Thomas Clunies, baillie and heritor, Tho[mas] Wrquhart, baillie and heritor, Al[exander] Wrquhart, baillie, Jeremiach Williamsone, counsellour, John Mckeinze, counsellour, Alexander Williamsone, counseller, Do[nald] Davidsone, counseller, Hendry Urquhart, counseller, J. Gordoun, counseller, John Wrquhart, counseller, Jo[hn] Dumbar, counseller, J. Fraser, heritor, William Meinzies, indueller, John Simsone, induellar, David Fergussone, indueler, John Mccoloche, indueller, David Miller, there, Char[les] Fossock, burges, Tho[mas] Gaire, burges, Alexander Dondane, burges, [and] J. Barkost, burges; Robert Innes, witnes, Coll[in] Mkenzie, witnes, Al[exander] Inglis, witnes, Alexander Morison, witnes. The haill inhabitants and communitie of the said burgh have subscribit thir presentis, be me Alexander Davidsone, nottar publict, clerk therof, at their desire, their hands being led to my pen because they cannot writte themselvis, ita est ut premittitur ego, Alexander Davidsone, notorius publicus, ac scriba comunis dicti burgi in premissis specialiter requisitus has presentes subscribo teste manu mea.
The king's majestie, with advice and consent of his estates of parliament, allowes and accepts of the dimission abovewrittine and, accordinglie, ordaines the name of that burgh of Cromertie to be expunged out of the rolls of parliament and that, theiraftir, the said burgh of Cromertie have noe commissioner from them to parliament, nor meiting of the royall burrowes, and that heiraftir it be noe more reckoned nor accompted a burgh royall.
The commissioner adjornes the parliament till Fryday at 5 of the clocke, and the articles to meit at thrie.