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†Our sovereign lord, considering the great, long and earnest travails and labours sustained by his beloved orator John Durie, minister of God's word at Montrose, in the true preaching of God's word, besides the great charges and expenses made by him these many years bygone in advancing the public affairs of the kirk, and in addition to that remembering the great household and family of bairns with which he is burdened, whereby his majesty, being moved of before, gave, granted and conveyed to him, Marion Marjoribanks, his spouse, and Master Joshua Durie, their son, and the longer liver of the three respectively and successively during all the days of their three lifetimes, all and whole a yearly pension of £140 to be uplifted by them out of the feu mails of the lands and lordship of Altrie, lately erected, lying within the sheriffdom of Aberdeen, which pension his highness promised to ratify and confirm in the first word in the next parliament; which promise being called to his majesty's remembrance and estates of this present parliament, after due consideration of the cause above-written and other good and thankful service done by the said John Durie to his majesty and whole kirk of this realm, therefore his majesty and estates foresaid ratify, approve and confirm the letter of gift and pension made by his highness to the said John Durie, Marion Marjoribanks and Master Joshua Durie, their son, during all the days of their three lifetimes respectively and successively, of the date at Holyroodhouse, 7 August 1590, of the said sum of £140 to be yearly uplifted by them out of the feu mails of the said lands and lordship of Altrie in all the points, clauses and conditions thereof; and will and declare the said letter of pension to be excepted out of his majesty's general revocation made after his highness's age of 25 years, and in no way to be comprehended under the same nor any other general nor special revocations bygone; and to be as valid, good and sufficient in the self to the said persons and either of them as if the same were expressly excepted and reserved in the said revocation, notwithstanding of whatsoever acts of parliament, laws or constitutions made in the contrary, with which his majesty and estates foresaid by this present act dispense and make express derogation thereto in so far as the same may appear to be prejudicial to the said letter of pension. Moreover, his majesty and estates foresaid of new give, grant and convey to the said John Durie, Marion Marjoribanks and Master Joshua Durie, their son, during all the days of their three lifetimes respectively and successively, all and whole the said yearly pension of £140, to be yearly uplifted by them out of the said feu mails and lordship of Altrie, and for the more sure payment assign to them the said feu mails of the said lordship of Altrie, commanding the said [Robert Keith], lord Altrie, his heirs and successors, to make thankful payment of the same during the space foresaid, and discharging the collector general, treasurer of the new augmentations and comptroller, present and to come, of all calling, charging or pursuing for the said feu mails and of all stopping of the said persons in the said yearly pension and of their offices in that part; ordaining also the lords of exchequer to allow the said yearly pension to the said John Durie and his foresaids in the accounts of the feu mails of the temporal lands upon the sight of this present act and ordinance.