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Our sovereign lord and estates of this present parliament ratify and approve the letters of gift and pension made and granted by his majesty under his highness's privy seal, with advice and consent of his highness's right trusty cousin and councillor John [Erskine], earl of Mar, lord Erskine and Garioch etc., his highness's treasurer, comptroller, collector and treasurer of his highness's new augmentations of the kingdom of Scotland, and also with advice and consent of the remaining lords of his majesty's secret council of the same kingdom, his highness's commissioners, to his majesty's trusty and well-beloved councillor Sir Gideon Murray of Elibank, knight, his highness's treasurer depute of the said kingdom of Scotland, in liferent during all the days of his lifetime, and after his death to William and Walter Murray, his lawful sons equally between them during all the days of their lifetimes, and to the longest liver of the three, of a yearly pension of the sum of £2,400 usual money of the said kingdom of Scotland yearly to be uplifted by the said Sir Gideon Murray during his lifetime and after his death by the said William and Walter Murray, his sons, equally between them during all the days of their lifetimes, and by the longest liver of the three, out of the readiest of his highness's proper rents and casualties of the said kingdom of Scotland from his highness's treasurers, comptrollers and collectors present and to come at two terms in the year, Whitsunday [May/June] and Martinmas [11 November] in winter, by equal portions, of the date at Whitehall, 24 December, the year of God 1616. And likewise, our sovereign lord and estates foresaid ratify and approve the letters of gift made and granted by his majesty under his highness's privy seal, with advice and consent of the lords of his highness's privy council and exchequer and of the lords commissioners of his highness's rents of the said kingdom, to the said Sir Gideon Murray of Elibank, knight, for all the days of his lifetime of the liberty and freedom to bring in yearly within the said kingdom of Scotland by himself, his friends, factors and servants in his name, 30 tuns of wine free without payment of any kind of impost, custom or other duty to be paid by him or his foresaids thereof, of the date at Newmarket, 1 February, the year of God 1616. And likewise our said sovereign lord and estates foresaid ratify and approve the letters of gift made and granted by his majesty under his highness's privy seal, with advice and consent of the said John, earl of Mar, treasurer, comptroller, collector and treasurer of his highness's new augmentations of the said kingdom of Scotland, and also with advice and consent of the remaining lords of his highness's privy council of the same kingdom, his majesty's commissioners foresaid, to the said Sir Gideon Murray of Elibank, knight, in yearly pension during all the days of his lifetime, of all and sundry the feu ferms, feu mails, augmentation, kanes, customs and duties indebted to his majesty out of all and whole the town and lands and manse of Ballencrieff and mill thereof, with the pertinents, lying within the constabulary of Haddington and sheriffdom of Edinburgh, pertaining heritably to Sir Archibald Murray of Darnhall, knight, for the time, and now to the said Sir Gideon Murray, extending to the particular quantities following, namely: 3 chalders and 12 bolls of barley, 29 capons, a quarter capon, 206 poultry, half poultry, 300 pair of doves, 1,000 cherries, and the sum of £40 10s money foresaid with all other duties whatsoever indebted to his majesty out of the lands and mill above-written, with the pertinents, pertaining to the said Sir Archibald Murray for the time and now to the said Sir Gideon Murray as said is, of the date at Whitehall, 24 December, the year of God 1616 foresaid, in all and sundry points, passes, heads, articles, clauses, conditions and circumstances whatsoever contained in the letters of gift and pension respectively above-specified after the forms and tenors thereof, with all that has followed or may follow thereupon. Likewise his majesty and estates foresaid will, grant, decree and declare that this present ratification of the letters of gift and pension respectively above-mentioned is and shall be as valid, effectual and sufficient in all respects as if the same letters of gift and pension respectively above-specified were at length and word by word inserted and engrossed in this present act, notwithstanding the non-inserting thereof; concerning which, his majesty and estates foresaid have dispensed and by this act dispense for ever. And further our said sovereign lord and estates foresaid will and declare that the said Sir Gideon Murray during his lifetime, and, after his death, the said William and Walter Murray, his sons, shall peaceably hold, enjoy and possess the mails, ferms, duties, sums of money and others above-specified, together with the foresaid liberty and freedom to import within this realm of Scotland of the said 30 tuns wine, custom free as said is, during their lifetimes respectively in manner specified in the letters of gift and pension respectively above-specified granted to them relating thereto; and that notwithstanding of whatsoever acts of annexation of lands, mails and customs to the crown or of whatsoever act of parliament whereby gifts and pensions conveyed by his majesty out of his highness's property annexed or others of his highness's casualties are declared null and ineffectual, which shall make no derogation to the letters of gift and pension respectively above-mentioned. Likewise his majesty and estates foresaid will and declare that this act shall be an effectual and lawful dissolution to the effect above-written and all to this effect: that his majesty may of new give and convey the said yearly pensions, feu ferms and others above-specified to the said Sir Gideon Murray and his said sons in manner and during the space respectively above-designed.