Legislation: private act (abstract)

[King James, etc., to all his men, etc. Grants, with the consent and assent of John [Stewart], duke of Albany, his tutor and the protector and governor of his realm, and the lords chosen to the [committee of the] articles in parliament, to Robert Borthwick, the king's master of works, and Katherine Borthwick, his spouse, all the lands of Ballencrieff in which Robert was not infeft by James IV, with all the fermes and profits, until the king's perfect age, nor at the pleasure of the duke of Albany. To be held by Robert and Katherine, or the longest survivor, for the period already mentioned, with the usual rights. Under the great seal. Witnesses omitted.

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At Edinburgh, 23 July, second year of the reign.]

  1. NAS, C2, vol.19, 64, f.19v. Back