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Anent the supplicatioun gevin in be the native tennentis and kyndlie possessouris of the temperall landis pertenig to the bischoprik of Dumblane, makand mentioun that quhair thay, be thair selffis and thair predicessouris, haif possessit and bruikit the foirsaidis landis, ilk ane respective for thair awin pairtis, as takkismen and tennentis to the said bischoprik and his predicessouris in all tymes bigane, past memorie of man, to quhome thay and thair predicessouris haif maid sa thankfull payment of thair dewtie and utheris thair dew service, that nether the present possessour of the benefice, nor yit ony of his predicessouris haif gude caus or occasioun to complene. Maister Andro Grahame, quha is provest to the said bischoprik, be menis of Johnne, erll of Montrois, is weill knawin, hes sett the haill temperall landis of the said bischoprik occupyit be the saidis tennentis and thair predicessouris past memorie of thame as said is, quha, with proces of tyme, will not faill to remove thame fra thair saidis native and kyndlie rowmes, quhairby ane thowsand of our soverane lordis commonis and pure people wilbe put to uter heirschip and extreme beggartie, besides the inlaik of our soveranes service, quhen as sa grite rowmes, quhairupoun sa mony ar sustenit, salbe reducit in the handis of ane particular man. And trewth it is that the saidis fewis ar not confirmit be our said soverane, bot ar stayit for the causis foirsaidis, and thay ar content above thair power to do, everie ane for thair awin rowmes, gif the said bischop will accept the samin. Disiring thairfoir the kingis grace and thrie estaitis of this present parliament that it micht be statute and ordanit that the saidis fewes of the saidis tennentis rowmes set over thair heidis suld on na wayis be confirmit, and that it sall not be lesum to the said bischop to set tak, rentall or uther richt thairof be resson quhairof thay may be removit, nather at his awin instance nor at the instance of ony uther haifand richt of him, thay payand thair maillis and dewteis thankfullie and uther dew service as effeiris, as at mair lenth is contenit in the said supplicatioun. Quhilk being sene and considderit be the lordis of articlis, and thairefter be the kingis majestie and thrie estaitis, ordanis the lordis commissionaris deput for the confirmatioun of fewes to vesie and considder the infeftment and confirmatioun to be past to the said erll of the saidis landis and or thai pass the samin to sie that the saidis kyndlie tennentis be satisfeit for thair kyndnes; and quhill the samin be done, dischargis the keiparis of the signet, previe and grite seillis, of all appending of the samin to the said charter and of thair offices in that pairt.
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Forsamekill as the proces of recognitioun of landis and tennentis within burgh for non payment of annuelrentis hes bene usit in all tymes bigane in our soverane lordis burrowis, efter the forme and tennour of the law of the majestie and act of parliament maid in the dayis of King James the Feird, and speciallie be having recurse to the landis and tenementis addettit in the saidis annuellis be proces of erd and stane in four heid court, as is prescrivit be the form of law, without ony speciall summoundis or warning to quhatsumevir persone of quhatsumevir age or qualitie, being outwith or within the realme; quhilk forme of proces wes neveir heirto befoir impugnit in jugement or utherwayis quhill now laitlie that the lordis of sessioun, at the instance of Johnne Gilbert, goldsmyth, burges of Edinburgh, haif foundit ane relevant caus of reductioun of ane proces of recognitioun of ane tenement lyand within the said burgh of Edinburgh, led at the instance of James Fentoun for non payment of ane annuelrent of xxx s., quhilk proces wes led abone the space of fyftie yeiris syne; and that becaus the said Johnne Gilbert, being allegit minor and furth of the realme, wes not speciallie warnit thairto, personallie or at his duelling place, the samin being on nawayis requisit of the law and forme of proces observit in sic caisis, and the samin standing in sic difference may bring with it ane grite alteratioun of the heritabill richt of the maist pairte of all the tenementis within the burrowis quhilk hes bene recognoscit be the samin maner of proces and als sensyne changit throw mony handis. In respect of the quhilkis, it wes desirit that the estaitis of this present parliament suld considder the said law of the majestie and act of parliament and to declair quhidder in the said proces of recognitioun and dome of propertie thair aucht ony pairtie in speciall be summond, and thairupoun to gif thair declaratioun in parliament in forme as effeiris, as at mair lenth is contenit in the said article. The kingis grace and thrie estaitis of this present parliament hes remittit and remittis this mater to the lordis appointit for veseing of the lawes, and in the meantyme dischargis the saidis lordis of counsall and sessioun of all forder proceding thairin, and that becaus it is understand to the saidis estaitis that this mater may ingenner grite inconvenientis to the burrowis upoun thair infeftment proceding upoun recognitioun and dome led thairupoun according to the auld lawes be the space of ane hundreth yeiris bipast.