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Our sovereign lord and estates of this present parliament, respecting and considering the good, true and thankful service done to his majesty by his trusty and well-beloved councillor Sir Andrew Hamilton of Redhouse, knight, one of the senators of the college of justice, in the public affairs in this realm in time bygone, and his majesty and estates aforesaid willing to encourage him and to give him occasion to continue in the like thankful service in time coming, therefore his majesty has ratified, approved and confirmed and, by the tenor of this present act, with advice and consent of his estates and whole body of this present parliament, ratifies, approves and perpetually confirms the charter and infeftment made and granted by his majesty, with advice and consent of his majesty's principal treasurer and comptroller, treasurer and comptroller depute and of the remaining lords commissioners within the said kingdom, under his majesty's great seal thereof, of the date at Newmarket in England, 20 February 1619, to the said Sir Andrew Hamilton, his male heirs and assignees whatsoever heritably, of all and whole the lands of Easter Spittal, alias Easter Redspittal, with the manor place thereof called Redhouse, houses, buildings, yards, orchards, tofts, crofts, meadows, outsets, parts, pendicles and pertinents thereof whatsoever; all and whole that husband land of the lands of Ballencrieff called Wester Bissetleyis; all and whole the half of the mains of Ballencrieff sometime pertaining to John Borthwick, portioner of Ballencrieff, with the corn mill built by the late Francis Borthwick, father to the said John Borthwick, upon the aforesaid half of the mains of Ballencrieff, with the multures and sequels of the said mill, with the mansion, yards, dovecots and meadows of the same, half lands and mains lying within the lordship of Ballencrieff, constabulary of Haddington and sheriffdom of Edinburgh; and also of all and whole the heritable office of bailiary of all and sundry the lands, mill and others above-written, with the whole liberties, privileges, casualties and commodities pertaining to the said office so far as concerns the lands, mill and others above-specified only, containing a new gift and disposition of the forenamed lands, mill and others above-mentioned and heritable office of bailiary thereof aforesaid, erecting, creating, uniting and incorporating the same in a whole and free barony to the said Sir Andrew, his male heirs and assignees, called the barony of Redspittal, with the precept of sasine under the testimony of the great seal and instrument of sasine given according to the said charter, and also the letters of procuratory of resignation made and granted by Robert Trotter, prebend of the prebendary of Redspittal, founded within the college kirk of Dunglass, with advice and consent of the provost and remaining prebendars of the said college kirk, and also with special advice and consent of James [Home], earl of Home, lord Dunglass, undoubted patron of the same college kirk, provostry and prebendars thereof, and of Dame Mary, countess of Home, his mother and tutrix testamentar for her interest, of all and sundry the lands of Redspittal, alias Wester Redspittal, with the manor place, houses, buildings, yards, orchards, dovecots, mill, multures, mill lands, meadows, parts, pendicles and all their pertinents, and of all and whole the lands of Coates, with parts, pendicles, annexes, connexes, and all their pertinents, which lands and feu ferm duties thereof were of before proper parts and pertinents of the patrimony of the said prebendary of Redspittal in the hands of the lords of secret council within the kingdom of Scotland, his majesty's commissioners having power and commission of his highness to receive all resignations in his majesty's name, together with all right, title, interest and claim of right whatsoever which the said prebend and provost or patron of the college kirk of aforesaid, or any of them, their heirs or successors, had, has or in any way may have claim or pretend in and to the lands and others above-written, property or superiority of the same or any part thereof, or to the mails, ferms, grassums, rents, profits and duties of the same in special favour of the said Sir Andrew Hamilton of Redhouse, knight, his male heirs and assignees. And to the effect that his majesty may dismember, dissolve and separate all and sundry the lands and others aforesaid from the said prebendary of Redspittal and college kirk of Dunglass and give, grant and convey the same to the said Sir Andrew and his foresaids heritably, to be held of his majesty and his successors in free blench for payment of one penny money of Scotland upon the ground of the said lands or any part thereof yearly at the feast of Whitsunday [May/June], if the same be asked only, of the date the 23, 27, 13 and 7 days of March, May, June 1621, with the instrument of resignation following thereupon; and also the bond of alienation and procuratory of resignation therein inserted, made and granted by John [Bothwell], lord Holyroodhouse of all and whole the teind sheaves of the lands called the East Outfieldland of Longniddry, pertaining heritably to the said Sir Andrew Hamilton, in favour of the said Sir Andrew, his male heirs and assignees aforesaid, to be held of his majesty and his successors in free blench for payment of one penny usual money of Scotland yearly at the feast of Whitsunday, if the same be asked only, with the instrument of resignation following thereupon, together with the charter under the great seal granted by our sovereign lord to the said Sir Andrew Hamilton and his foresaids of all and sundry the lands, manor places, mills and others respectively and particularly above-expressed, containing a new gift and disposition and a new union and erection of the same in a whole and free barony called the barony of Redhouse, with the precept of sasine under the testimony of the great seal given according to the aforesaid charter and instrument of sasine following thereupon in all and sundry heads, clauses, articles, provisions, conditions and circumstances of the said charters, procuratories, instruments, precepts and other writs and evidents before mentioned, specified and contained therein, after the forms, tenors and contents thereof in all points, with all that has followed or may follow thereupon. And our said sovereign lord and estates aforesaid decree, will and declare that this present ratification is and shall be as good, valid, effectual and sufficient in all respects to the said Sir Andrew Hamilton and his foresaids as if the same whole charters, procuratories, instruments and other writs and evidents were at length word by word inserted herein and expressly ratified, notwithstanding whatsoever acts, statutes, ordinances or constitution made or to be made in the contrary. Likewise his majesty and estates aforesaid, by the tenor of this present act, have dismembered, dissolved and separated and dismember, dissolve and separate all and whole the said lands of Redspittal, alias called Wester Redspittal, with the manor place, houses, buildings, yards, orchards, dovecots, mill, mill lands, multures, meadows, parts, pendicles and all their pertinents, and also all and whole the said lands of Coates, with parts, pendicles and pertinents thereof, which and feu ferm duties of the same were of before proper parts and pertinents of the patrimony of the said prebendary of Redspittal and pertained thereto before the resignation aforesaid from the said prebendary of Redspittal and college kirk of Dunglass aforesaid, to the effect the same lands respectively and feu duty thereof may be the more effectually established in the person of the said Sir Andrew and his foresaids; and if need be ordain a new charter and infeftment to be made and granted of the same to the said Sir Andrew Hamilton and his foresaids under his majesty's great seal, to be held of his highness and his successors in free blench for payment of one penny money of Scotland upon the ground of the said lands or any part thereof yearly at the feast of Whitsunday, if the same be asked only.