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Our soveraign lord, with the advice and consent of his estates of parliament, for the good and faithfull services done and performed to his majestie and his most royal progenitors, in times past, by George Dallas of St Martines, writer to his majesties' signet, and his predicessors, be thir presents ratifies, approves and confirmes to the said George Dallas and Margaret Abercrombie, his spous, the longest livear of them two, for the said Margaret her liferent use allenarlie, and to the said George, his airs male and of tailyie aftermentioned and their assigneyes, heretablie and irredeemably, ane chartor under his highnes['s] great seale, of the date at Whitehall, the first day of July jM vjC and sevinty-seven years, proceeding upon a signature, under his majesties' royall hand, and by the which chartor our said soveraign lord, with consent of the lords commissionars of his highnes['s] thesaurie and exchequer of his ancient kingdome of Scotland, gave, granted and disponed and perpetually confirmed to the said George Dallas, and his said spouse and longest livear of them two, for the said Margaret her liferent use allenarly, and the airs male procreat or to be procreat of the said George his body, whilks failyeing to any person or persons he should please name in write, under his hand, at any time in his lifetyme, and the airs male of that person's body (and with the burden of all the clauses and performance of all the obleidgments, provisions and conditions contained in the said writ, and whilks, by the said chartor, are declared to be als sufficient as if all wer therein particularly mentioned) and failyeing of any such nomination to the said George his airs male whatsomever, whilks all failyeing to his airs whatsomever and their assigneyes, heretablie and irredeemably, all and haill the east halfe of the towne and lands of St Martines, with the milne thereof, milnelands, multurs, sucken, sequells and knaveships of the same, with the thirlege and astriction to the said milne in all time comeing of the lands of Meikle and Litle Breyes, multurs, sucken, sequells and knaveship of all kind of cornes that shall happen to grow thereon (teind seed and masters fermes, unless they hold fire and water on the ground, excepted) togither with the mannor place, housses, biggings, yairds, orchyairds, alehousses, woods and priviledges therein particularly and generally exprest; and all and haill these crofts called Donald Keith's Crofts in the Boge of Newmilne, and that other crof[t] commonly called Croftnastrye, sometime possest by Robert Simpson, and thereafter by Thomas Keith, and thereafter by the said Donald Keith, with the butts on the east and beneath the saids crofts, and that peice or spott of ground called Badansir on the south pairt of the said Donald Keith's Crofts; and all and haill that milne besyde Bearsoles, commonly called the Newmilne, with the milne crofts thereof, extending the said milne croft to seven bolls pay with the milnehouse, milne and sheallinehill, multure house, pairts, pendicles and pertinents thereof; as also, the thirlege and astriction for ever in all time comeing to the said milne of the davach lands of Brealanguell (including the quarter lands of Bellacherrie) and of the lands of Bellaskellie, lands of Birks Crofts, and other particats of land possessed by Colin Dumbar and his tennents, and of the lands of Quarrie and crofts adjacent thereto, crofts called Pypers Crofts, and the other crofts at the west thereof, interjected betuixt them and Keiths Crofts and of the lands of Reasollis Crofts and pertinents thereof, particularly of the crofts called McReddies Crofts, and all the crofts of the saids lands and crofts of the Boge of Newmilne and milne crofts aforesaids, with the multurs, sucken, sequells and knaveships of all kind of cornes growing or that should happen to grow upon the saids lands with the pertinents, according to the present measure delivered to the said George used in the said milne and speciall† in his rights, teind seed [and] masters ferme, if they thole not fire and water on the ground excepted, togither with the particular priviledges mentioned in the said chartor granted to the said George and his foresaids for making the said thirlege effectuall here, holden as for exprest brevitatis causa; and siclike, all and haill the seven crofts and particats of land neer and to the east and west of the said George his milne of Newmilne, on the south syde of the water of the particular denomination therein rehearsed, with housses, biggings, yairds, pairts, pendicles and pertinents thereof whatsomever, lyand bounded and possest in maner therein rehearst, with the parsonage teinds and teind sheaves of all the saids lands, crofts and others foresaids, as also the lands of Wester St Martines with the pertinents, likewise pertaining heretablie to the said George Dallas; and siclike gave, granted, disponed and perpetually confirmed to the said George Dallas, and airs male of his body, whilks failyeing as said is, and their assigneys, heretablie and irredeemablie, all and haill the townes and lands of Ferritoun, Auchmartine and Inshes, with these crofts and particats of land adjacent thereto, possest by Donald Home, Arthur Burnet and other persons, with the salmond fishing of the stell, ness and shoar of Ferritoune and others foresaids, and ferrie, ferrie boats, yair and harbours thereof, with their pertinents therin specified, teind sheaves and parsonage teinds of the same, lyand within the parochin of Kirkmichaell and Cullicudden, and shirefdome of Cromertie; togither with the heretable right, access, freedome, priviledge and libertie, free ishe and entrie to all the mosses, muirs and marishes of the barony of Cromartie and Brey, and of Millbuy, and to the great muirs and marishes at the southwest and north pairts of Kanbeachy, for the use of the saids haill lands of St Martines, Ferrietoune, Auchmartine, Insches,† crofts and pertinents of the lands of easter Ballblaire and Kirkmichaell, then belonging only to the said George in superioritie, lyand within the parochines foresaids and shirefdome of Ross; and likewise, the superioritie and all right of propertie and others whatsomever of the said towne and lands of Reasallis, and crofts adjacent thereto called McReddies Crofts and others, with the teind sheaves and parsonage teinds thereof, sometime pertaining to Sir John Urquhart of Cromartie, lyand within the parochine and shirefdome of Cromartie foresaids, in maner more fully specified in the said chartor; which proceeds upon the said George and the said Sir John their resignations and right made by the said George in favors of his said spouse in liferent, as said is, togither with the clause de novo damus of all the saids lands, milnes, teinds and others above specified contained in the said chartor, clause of disuniting thereof fra the baronie of Cromartie and erecting of the same in a new baronie, called St Martines, and appointing seasing to be taken at the mannor place of St Martines, the principall messuage, or on the ground of any other pairt of the lands, to be sufficient for the whole togither, also with the clause of erection of the saids lands of Auchmartine and Easter Balblair in ane free burgh of baronie, with a weekly mercat [and] two yearlie fairs and other priviledges therein exprest; to be holden of his majestie and royall successors as superiors in free baronie, free burgh of baronie, liferent, fie and heretage for ever, with the particular and generall priviledges therein exprest, giveand yearlie the said George Dallas, and his foresaids, to his highnes and his successors, for the saids lands, milnes, milnelands, crofts, teinds and others abovespecified, with the pertinents, all now unit in one baronie as said is, the proportionall pairt of the taxt dewties specified in the said chartor effeirand to the saids lands and others foresaids, off the haill taxt dewtie of the barony of Cromartie, whereof they are a pairt, and als giveand the said George Dallas, and his foresaids, to his majestie and royall successors, for the said burgh of baronie, weekly mercat and yearlie faires, priviledges and pertinents thereof, ane peny Scots money at the cross at the feast of Whitsonday yearlie if required, and giveand due and faithfull administration of justice to his majesties' subjects within the said burgh, in all time comeing, togither also with the ratification contained in the said chartor of the said George Dallas, and his foresaids, their heretable deputation of shirefship within the said Newmilne, thirlage and pertinents thereof, granted to him by the said Sir John Urquhart, as heretable shireff of Cromartie, dated the fifteenth of May jM vjC and sevintie two, and of the other heretable deputation of shireffship also granted also granted† by the said Sir John to them within the saids haill lands and others foresaids, and heretable deputation of bailliarie within the lands of Wester St Martines with the pertinents, and seclusion of all other deputs within the same lands, milnes and others foresaids, dated the tuentie-sevinth day of the said moneth of May and year, and priviledges, fies and casualities contained in both deputations aforesaid, and of the said Sir John his obleidgment to infeft in the saids offices, priviledges and casualities, to be holden of the said Sir John and his foresaids, heretable shirreffs of Cromartie and heretable baillies of the saids lands of Wester St Martines, in few ferme, for payment of thretteen shilling, four penneis Scots money at Whitsonday and Mertimas by equall portions, and dowbleing of the said few dewtie the first year of the entrie of the air, and whilk few dewtie of all years and termes thereafter in time comeing disponed by the said Sir John to the said George, and his foresaids, pro sallario et administratione justitiae, and retention not only granted to them but they for ever discharged thereof, togither with the precept of seasing and all other clauses contained in the said heretable deputation and seasing following thereon; togither with the precept of seasing contained in the said chartor and instrument of seasing following thereupon, and chartor granted by his majestie, under the great seale, off the saids lands and baronie of Cromartie, whereof the said George his saids lands and others foresaids now unit in the said baronie of St Martines, as said is, are a pairt in favors of the said Sir John, dated the fourteenth day of July jM vjC and sexty-two years and wherein the said baronie of Cromartie is taxed to two hundreth merks Scots yearlie during the ward, alsmuch for the nonentrie, the like soume for the releiffe and four hundreth merks money foresaid for the mariage, with the precept and instrument of seasing following therupon. And our said soveraign lord, with consent foresaid of his estates of parliament, be thir presents ratifies and approves the chartor, of the date the fourth day of August jM vjC and eightie years, granted by his majestie, with consent of his saids commissioners of thesaurie and exchequer, under the great seale, to the said George Dallas and his foresaids, heretablie and irredeemablie, of the superioritie and all right of propertie and other right whatsomever which the said Sir John and Johnathan Urquhart, his sone or either of them, had or could pretend to the just and equall halfe of the wood, commonly called the Forrestrie of Brey, alias Brealanguell, and the just halfe of the few dewtie payable furth thereof, togither with the right of patronage of the parochines of Kirkmichell and Cullicudden, now unit, and teinds parsonage and viccarage of the same, mansses and gleibs thereof, and that plank of ground or peice muir of the said baronie of Cromartie, commonly called Glenurquhart, of the speciall boundings and with the particular priviledges specified in the said chartor, with the teinds parsonage and viccarage thereof, and which superioritie and few dewtie of the said wester halfe of the said wood, with the said patronage and teinds, were not only adjudged fra the said Johnathan Urquhart by the said George, but also disponed by the said Johnathan to him, and the said Glenurquhart with the teinds were acquired fra the said Sir John by Hugh Dallas, commisser clerk of Ross, who disponed the same to the said George Dallas, and the propertie of the said wester halfe of the wood, with the teinds, wes acquired by the said George fra Alexander Urquhart of Newhall, to whom the said Sir John fewed the same; to be holden the said wester halfe of the said wood, patronage, plank of ground called Glenurquhart, with the teinds and pertinents abovespecified, to the said George, and his foresaids, of his majestie and his royall successors, for payment of the proportionall pairt of the taxt dewties specified in the said chartor, togither with the precept of seasing thereincontained and seasing following thereon. And lastly, our said soveraign lord, with consent of his saids estates of parliament, ratifies, approves and confirmes all other chartors, dispositions, contracts and rights granted by the said Sir John Urquhart to the saids George and Hugh Dallas, his brother, of and concerning the haill lands, milnes, teinds and others contained in the saids two chartors, under the great seale, precepts of seasing therin contained and seasings following thereupon, and all rights made by the said Sir John to the said George and James, his brother, of the saids lands of Wester St Martines, Easter Ballblair and Kirkmichell, teinds, ferrie, ferrie boat and pertinents thereof, and confirmations of the same by the bishop of Ross, with consent of the dean and chapter, precepts of seasing therincontained and seasings following thereon, and all other writs made to their authors and predicessors concerning the same, off whatsomever dates, tennors or contents the same be of, in the haill heads, articles and clauses of the saids chartors, seasings and rights, declareing hereby this present ratification to be als sufficient and of als great force, strength and effect, to all intents and purposes, as if all the saids chartors and rights were word by word herein insert; whereanent and with all nullities, faults and imperfections that may be therein, our said soveraign lord, with advice and consent of his saids estates of parliament, hereby dispenses and renunces and overgives the same in favors of the said George Dallas, and his foresaids, for ever cum pacto de non petendo.