[1581/10/87]¹

The revocations of the property casualty, with exceptions out of the same and first revocation of the property

The which day the king's majesty, in presence of his three estates convened in this present parliament, presented his revocation underwritten, subscribed with his hand, desiring the same to be ratified and approved and the same to have the strength and effect of an act of parliament in time coming, and his said estates to interpose their authority to the same; the which desire the said estates thought reasonable, and have ratified and approved and, by the tenor hereof, ratify, approve and confirm his highness's revocation aforesaid, and have ordained and ordain the same revocations to be inserted and registered in the books of parliament, and the same to be of as great strength, value, force and effect in all time coming as any revocations made by his highness's predecessors, kings or queens of this realm, in any time past in their less age, before their complete and perfect age, and have interposed and interpose their authority to the same, according to the said revocations, of the which the tenor follows:

We, James, by the grace of God, king of Scots, having now the full administration and ruling of our realm in our own hands, and having consideration that by the privilege of the common law, as also that our most noble progenitors, kings of Scotland of good memory, by their acts and statutes made in their parliaments, have revoked, abrogated and annulled all things done by them in their minority and less age in hurt and detriment of their conscience and crown, lands, rooms, possessions or otherwise pertaining to the same, whereby they were damaged and hurt by alienations, donations, presentations, sales or by any other disposition whatsoever, therefore now, we, having completed the 14th year of our age, revokes as after follows. First, we revoke, abrogate and annul all manner of infeftments and dispositions whatsoever we or our regents have made during the time that we or they had regiment of our realm in our or their hands, and all other things that have been done in hurt and detriment of our said crown, lands, rents, rooms, possessions, patronages of benefices and offices pertaining to the same; and especially we revoke, abrogate and annul all infeftments, donations, alienations and other dispositions made by us, with advice of our said regents, or by them in our name, or by us since the acceptance of the regiment upon ourself in any manner of way, in free ferm, freehold or long tacks of any lands, lordships, rooms, possessions, customs, annualrents, fishings, burgh mails, castle wards or other things whatsoever annexed to our crown or any part of the same, whether the same has been given by [Mary], our dearest mother, or by us to any person or persons contrary to the acts made thereupon, to be reduced to us again and to our crown by virtue of the statutes made thereupon, annexations and after the form of the same. Item, we revoke all alienations and dispositions whatsoever of any rents, lands, rooms, possessions and heritages annexed to the principality and to the prince, second person of our realm, made by us in manner aforesaid. Item, we revoke all donations, alienations, feu ferms, gifts and dispositions whatsoever in liferent or otherwise made in our minority, of whatsoever lands, rents, annualrents or other revenues that our said dearest mother had in her possession the time that she demitted the crown in our favour, by gift and otherwise, and of all offices, such as chamberlains, bailiaries and customs officers made for more years than from an exchequer, until the account be made in the next exchequer after following, and of all tacks and assedations made for longer terms than five years. Item, we revoke all tailzies made from the heirs in general to the male heirs of any lands, rooms and possessions within our realm against the law and good conscience. Item, we revoke all new infeftments of lands, rooms and possessions given in blench ferm that were held of us of before by service of ward and relief. Item, we revoke all regalities, confirmations of regalities and of all offices given by us in heritage or by our said dearest mother against the acts and statutes that no regalities should be given in heritage without the advice of the whole parliament. Item, we revoke all manner of alienations by infeftment and otherwise made or granted of any heritage in our minority that comes lawfully in our hands by reason of forfeiture, bastardy or any other right and all liferents given thereof in our minority. Item, we revoke all new creations of lands in baronies, annexations and unions of diverse lands in fee, in prejudice of our due service owed to us and our most noble progenitors of before, and likewise we revoke all discharges of services of suits of courts owing and owed to our progenitors aforesaid. Item, we revoke all new infeftments given of creation of lands in baronies and lordships annexed to our crown. Item, we revoke all gifts and confirmations passed by us of whatsoever lands and heritages by false suggestion, by stating of false cause, where if they had been stated a true cause and the verity we had not given the same and thereby we are greatly and enormously hurt. Item, we revoke all infeftments in fee or liferent, gifts and dispositions whatsoever made by our dearest mother, by our regents or any of them, or by ourself since the acceptance of the regiment of our realm in our own person, of all our hospitals and maison-dieus, lands or rents appertaining thereto, in hurt or prejudice of us, our conscience or crown, to the end the said hospitals may be reduced to their former institution for the upholding of the poor; and generally we revoke, abrogate and annul all and whatsoever things done [by]² us in our minority and less age in hurt and detriment of our soul and conscience, hurting of the privilege of our crown, prejudicial to the same and to us and our patrimony thereof, and all and sundry other things that the law and custom of this our realm leaves us to revoke; and also will and declare that this, our revocation, extend to all things as well not specified as specified therein which pertain to us and our said crown, by demission of our said dearest mother, and to be extended from her demission in all things aforesaid to us and our behove, as largely as the revocation made by our said dearest mother might be extended to from the decease of our most noble grandfather and great-grandfather, King James V and King James IV, to the times, days and date of their revocations respectively; and as the revocation made in King James II's time might be extended to from the decease of our most noble progenitor King James I to the making thereof, protesting that albeit we, of our favour and benevolence, suffer any person or persons to use, possess or enjoy any privileges, possessions of rooms, lands, offices or of any other thing whatsoever falling under this our revocation, it shall make no right to the users, holders and possessors thereof, but it shall be lawful to us to put our hands thereto when we please, without any contradiction, and that by virtue of this our revocation, acts and constitutions of our realm made of before.

The revocation of the casualties

We, James, by the grace of God, king of Scots, considering the present estate of our casualties daily given and conveyed through inopportune askers, in such excessive manner that it is difficult to maintain the daily and ordinary expenses of our estate and crown, howbeit the occasion of charges hereupon continually increases, and we and our estate, considering that our casualties ought not to be so inordinately and inconsiderately conveyed at the inopportune suit of all askers, but our commodity made thereof, and such discretion had in the disposition of the same as we may conveniently live on our own, therefore we, by the advice of our said estates and whole body of this present parliament, revoke, rescind, abrogate, annul and discharge all gifts of fees, pensions, wages, livings and dispositions out of our casualties and coffers given by us, with advice of our regents for the time, or by ourself, since the acceptance of the government of our realm in our own person, declaring the same to be null and of no value, force nor effect in time coming, discharging our treasurer present and to come of all payment making of the said fees, pensions, wages, livings and other things appointed to be paid out of casualties of the term of Martinmas [11 November] 1581, or thereafter in time coming, until they have our new and special warrant and direction to be granted, with advice of our council, upon good and necessary consideration, after the date hereof.

The revocation of the collectory

We, James, by the grace of God, king of Scots, understanding how the thirds of benefices within our realm were first assumed and taken up for sustenance of the ministry and to support the prince, to maintain and set forward the common affairs of the country, and how thereafter, by act of parliament, it was provided that the whole thirds of the whole benefices within our realm should be first paid to the ministers of the evangel and their successors, providing always that the collectors of the said ministers should make yearly account in the exchequer of their intromission, so that the ministers, being first paid of their stipends appertaining to every one of them, the rest and surplus should be employed to our use; which order continued until certain abuses and corruptions being considered and espied in the collectors for the time, upon the suit of the said ministers, certain assignations made to them of their livings and stipends in the places most near and commodious to their residence, it being always meant and intended that when God should raise up more qualified persons and godly ministers, they should be planted in the places found most convenient for them, and whatever should be assigned in the said stipends, that the collector general of the surplus should utterly desist from further craving intromission or taking up of the same of any terms after the said assignation; and albeit the surplus of the said thirds, in addition than the ordinary assignations of the stipends of the ministry, contained in the yearly book of modification, ought to serve for the stipends of such qualified persons as God shall raise up from time to time, worthy to be admitted in the function of the ministry, and to support the prince, to maintain and set forward the public affairs of the country, nevertheless, through the inopportune suit of sundry persons more respecting their own particular profit than either the sustenance of the ministry or our honourable estate and commonwealth of our realm, we, by advice of our regents in our minority, and partly by ourself since we accepted the government of our realm in our own person, have been moved to make disposition of the said surplus in pension or to discharge or give the same free to some persons, through which there remains little or nothing to be conveyed, either to be modified, assigned and appointed in livings and stipends to such qualified persons as God shall raise up hereafter suitable to enter in the function of the ministry or to supply the public and needful affairs of our estate. Which being diligently and with good deliberation advised upon by us and our three estates in parliament, it is found by them that the said surplus of the said thirds of benefices, being assumed and taken in our hands for the causes and affairs before specified, ought not, nor might not, be conveyed nor given otherwise, but applied to the same use that they were ordained and applied to at the beginning; and therefore we, with advice of our three estates and whole body of this present parliament, revoke, rescind, abrogate and annul and discharge all the said gifts, fees or free dispositions out of the said thirds of benefices and collectory in pension or freely discharged or of the surplus and omitted of any benefices or of any common kirks or lands within our realm given by [Mary], the queen, our dearest mother, or by us, with advice of our regents for the time, or by ourself since the acceptance of the government in our own person, together with all tacks and assedations set by us, our said dearest mother, or regents of the said common kirks, declaring and decreeing the same to be null and of no value, force nor effect in time coming; and ordain the collector general of the said surplus, by himself, his servants and officers in his name, to ask, crave, receive, intromit and take up his whole surplus to the use and effect before specified of the crop of 1581 instant, Whitsunday [May/June] and Martinmas [11 November] terms of the same, and in time coming, without respect of any gift of pension set or free discharge of any part of the said collectory granted in any time bygone preceding the date hereof; and that letters be directed to officers of arms, sheriffs in that part, to make publication and intimation hereof by open proclamation at the market crosses of the head burghs of our realm and other places needful, that none pretend ignorance of the same, inhibiting all and sundry our lieges that none of them take upon hand to answer, obey and make payment of any manner of pension given forth of the said collectory or any part thereof to any person or persons claiming the same by any gift, fee or freely discharged as said is, but to answer the said collector or his deputes thereof, notwithstanding any gifts, decreets or letters obtained thereupon in time bygone. Excepting and reserving always out of these our revocations all infeftments, presentations, gifts and dispositions made by us to our dearest cousin, Esme [Stewart], duke of Lennox, earl of Darnley, lord d'Aubigny, Tarbolton and Dalkeith, etc., and to James [Stewart], earl of Arran, lord Aven and Hamilton, and either of them, of whatsoever lands, lordships, offices, honours, tacks, possessions, goods, gear and others whatsoever in any time past, preceding the date hereof, which we will not shall be comprehended under our said revocation, nor that the same revocation shall extend to them, nor to any infeftments or presentations of whatsoever lands and possessions and infeftments following thereupon, granted to our familiar and domestic servants in reward of their service, as fallen in our hands through forfeitures led against whatsoever persons, heritors thereof, for the crimes of treason and lese-majesty committed by them since our coronation; nor to the infeftments made by us to Master James Crichton, son to our well beloved clerk and councillor, Master Robert Crichton of Eliock, our advocate, of the lands of Catslack, Easter and Wester Mountbenger and Schuttingleis, lying in the lordship of Ettrick Forest, within our sheriffdom of Selkirk; nor to the infeftment granted to Captain James Fraser of the lands of Lugton; nor to the infeftment made to John [Erskine], earl of Mar and his spouse of the lands of Elsrickle and Walston; nor to the infeftment made to our right trusty cousin and councillor William [Ruthven], earl of Gowrie, lord Ruthven and Dirleton, our treasurer, of the lands of the third of Bolton; nor to the infeftment made to Alexander Home of Manderston and Alexander Home of Snuke, knight, his son and apparent heir, of the lands of Oldhamstocks and Whitsome; nor to the gift and disposition made by our said dearest mother to our right trusty cousin Robert [Stewart], earl of Orkney and his heirs, of the lands of the property of the lordship of Orkney; nor to the gift and disposition made by our said dearest mother to Harry Stewart, son and apparent heir to the said Robert, earl of Orkney, Marie Stewart, Jane Stewart, sisters lawful to the said Harry, Robert Stewart, James Stewart, sons natural to the said earl, for all the days of their lifetimes of the thirds of benefice of the abbey of Holyroodhouse; nor to the infeftment made by us to our right trusty cousin John [Maxwell], earl of Morton, of the lands of the earldom of Morton and other lands contained in the said infeftment; nor to the tacks made to our trusty and well beloved councillor Robert [Pitcairn], commendator of Dunfermline, our secretary, of the victuals of the third of the abbey of Dunfermline, set to him for certain yearly duty in money, as the same at more length purports. As also we declare, with advice aforesaid, that our said revocation shall not extend against Alexander [Colville], commendator of Culross, touching any further payment for the third of the abbey of Culross than 500 merks yearly, according to the act of secret council passed thereupon on 20 January 1573 [1574]; nor to the gift of pension granted by the queen, our dearest mother, and confirmed by ourself to Robert Melville of Murdocairnie, of the sum of £500 of our realm; nor to the gift of pension granted by us to our well beloved Master Gilbert Skene, our mediciner, of the sum of £200 money of our realm; nor to any infeftments, presentations, gifts or other dispositions made and granted by us or our regents in our minority whereupon we, with advice of our estates, have granted ratifications and confirmations in this our present parliament; nor to such things as shall be specially contained in a warrant subscribed with our own hand only and delivered to our clerk register between now and 1 January 1582, to be inserted in the books of our parliament with our present revocations, under the which we will not the same to be comprehended, but to stand in force and effect as if the said revocations had not been made.

Rex.

Clerk of our register: it is our will and we command you that the pensions and other things following be reserved and excepted out of our revocations and inserted in the books of our parliament with the same revocations, under the which we will not that the same shall be comprehended but to stand in force and effect as if the same revocations had not been made. Subscribed with our hand at Holyroodhouse, 29 November 1581, and of our reign the 15th year. It is thus subscribed, James Rex.

Excepting and reserving always out of these our revocations the gift and seal granted by us to our well beloved servant Gilbert Primrose, burgess of Edinburgh, our surgeon, for all the days of his lifetime, of the sum of £200 money of our realm, to be paid to him yearly at two terms in the year, Whitsunday and Martinmas in winter, by equal portions, out of the readiest of our customs of the tron of Edinburgh, by our comptroller and customs officers thereof present and to come, as in our said gift of the date 1 June 1578 at more length is contained, declaring, with advice aforesaid, that the said pension shall not be comprehended under our said revocation, nor that the said revocation shall extend to the same, but to stand in force and effect as if the said revocation had not been made. Nor to the infeftment made and given by the queen, our dearest mother, to the late John Semple of Beltrees and Marie Livingstone, his spouse, of all and whole the town and lands of Auchtermuchty, with mill, multures, feu ferms and pertinents, lying within our sheriffdom of Fife, and others specified in the said infeftment; and for the said Marie's security thereof, during her own life only, as in the same at more length is contained; reserving always to us, of the said Marie's consent, six chalders of oats, with the whole poultry, fowls and geese, with all their kanes to be uplifted yearly by our comptroller, his factors and servants in his name, out of the said town and lands of Auchtermuchty, providing always that after the said Marie's decease this act shall not prejudice us of our right and title to the said town and lands, with mills, multures and pertinents thereof. Nor to the gift granted by the queen, our dearest mother, to our well beloved Master John Stewart, of the office of chamberlain of the lordship of Dunbar, with an yearly fee of forty bolls of victual, wheat and barley to be paid of the readiest ferms of the said lordship. Nor to the gift of pension of £100 money of our realm, granted by the queen, our dearest mother, at her perfect age, and ratified and approved by ourself since, to our well beloved servant James Melville, son to the late James Melville of Raith, knight, for all the days of his lifetime, to be paid to him at two terms in the year, Whitsunday and Martinmas, by even portions, out of the readiest of our property or thirds of benefices, as our letters of ratification under our privy seal made to him thereupon, of the date at Edinburgh, 22 July 15[...], at more length bears. Nor to the pension of 500 merks granted by the queen, our dearest mother, to the said James Melville, for all the days of his lifetime, to be paid to him of the readiest of the customs of the tron of our burgh of Edinburgh as our³ said gift made to him thereupon, of the date at Edinburgh Castle, 16 April 1566, at more length purports. Nor to the pension of one chalder of malt and 20 bolls of barley granted by the queen, our dearest mother, to the late James MacKieson and Janet MacGee, his spouse, the longest living of them two for all the days of their lifetime, to be paid to them yearly as follows, namely, the said one chalder of malt out of the readiest ferms of the lands of Blairlogie, and the said 20 bolls of barley out of the readiest ferms of the Newton of the Kerse of Bothkennar, lying within the lordship of Stirlingshire, as in the said gift of the date at Holyroodhouse, 11 December 1561, at more length is contained. Nor to the gift and pension granted by us, with advice of our late dearest grandfather Matthew [Stewart], earl of Lennox, lord Darnley, regent to us, our realm and lieges for the time, to our well beloved servant Michael Gardiner, master gunner in our castle of Stirling, for all the days of his life, of one chalder of wheat and one chalder of barley, with £3 16s money, and that of the readiest mails and ferms of our lordship of Stirlingshire, and specially assigning the same to be paid out of the readiest mails and ferms of the lands of the manor, as in our said gift of the date at Stirling, 15 June 1571, at more length is contained. Nor to the gift of pension granted by us to our right trusty cousin John [Erskine], earl of Mar, lord Erskine, of our feu mails of our lordships of Brechin and Menteith. Nor to the gift of pension granted by us to our well beloved Annabella [Murray], countess of Mar, for all the days of her lifetime, and after her decease to John, earl of Mar, her son, for all the days of his lifetime, of £500 money of our realm, to be taken up yearly of the readiest feu mails of our lordship of Strathearn, and the sum of £600 pounds money of our realm to be taken up yearly of the first and readiest of the third of the money of the bishopric of St Andrews, together with seven chalders of victual, wheat, barley and malt, to be taken up yearly as follows, to wit, out of Inverallan one chalder of wheat, of Blairlogie one chalder of wheat, of Bothkennar eight bolls of wheat, of Greenyards eight bolls of malt, of the mains of Bothkennar one chalder, three bolls of barley, and of the Grange of Bothkennar, two chalders, 13 bolls of barley, as at more length is contained in the said gift. Nor to the infeftment made by us to our beloved William Bonkle, burgess of Dunbar, of the firth of Dunbar, as in the same at more length is contained. Nor to the gift of pension granted by the queen, our dearest mother, at her perfect age, to John Kemp during all the days of his lifetime of three chalders, 12 bolls of wheat, three chalders, 12 bolls of barley, two chalders of oats and £8 11s 8d money; to be taken up yearly out of the readiest mails and lands of Cornton lying within the lordship of Stirlingshire, as in the same gift at more length is contained. Nor to the gift and pension granted by us to our well beloved Master John Spottiswood, parson of Calder, and failing of him by decease, to James Spottiswood, his son, for the space of three years next after their entry thereto, which was at the feast of Whitsunday [14 May] in 1580, of seven chalders, five bolls, two pecks, two parts peck of meal, four bolls, two part boll of wheat, and £45 9s 6d money yearly, to be uplifted and taken of the readiest of the fruits, rents, profits and duties of the third of the abbey of Deer, as at more length is contained within the said gift. Nor to the letter of tack, set by us, with advice of the lords of our secret council and of our collector general, to our well beloved George [Douglas], bishop of Moray for all the days of his lifetime, of all and whole the third of the profit, casualties and duties whatsoever pertaining and belonging to the said bishopric of Moray, and patrimony thereof, wherever the same lies not assigned to the ministry, and that for the yearly payment of the sum of 300 merks money of our realm to us and to our said collector general in our name, as in the said letter of tack of the date at our castle of Stirling, 7 March 1579 [1580], at more length is contained. Nor to the gift and pension of 200 merks granted by us to our beloved Patrick Fielder, writer, assigned and paid to him out of the third and surplus of the bishopric of Aberdeen, specially of the feu mails of the half nets fishing upon the water of Don and Dee, for all the days of his lifetime, as in our said gift of the date at Alloway, 13 August 1580, at more length is contained. Nor to the gift and pension granted by us to our daily servant John Andrew, clerk of our privy council, of the sum of 200 merks money of this realm, assigned to be paid to him yearly during all the days of his lifetime out of the third of the abbey of Kinloss, as in the said gift at more length is contained. Nor to the pension granted by us to our well beloved James Meldrum, fiar of Seggie, one of the senators of our college of justice, of three chalders of barley, seven chalders of wheat, nine bolls of meal and a chalder of oats, out of the surplus of the third of the victual of our abbey of Haddington, assumed upon the teind sheaves of the kirk of Crail, together with six chalders of oats out of the readiest of the surplus of the thirds of the bishopric of St Andrews in addition to the sustenance of the ministry assumed upon the teind sheaves of the lands of Byrehills, and with four chalders of barley of the readiest of the third of the bishopric of Dunkeld, assumed upon the kirk of Cargill pertaining to the said bishopric, beginning the first term's payment thereof of the crop of 1581, and likewise yearly and termly in time coming during his lifetime, according to our gift made to him thereupon of the date at Holyroodhouse, 26 August 1581. Nor to the gift of pension granted by us to our right trusty cousin and councillor John [Stewart], earl of Atholl, lord of Balvenie, of eight chalders, six bolls, three pecks, two parts peck of victual, together with eight chalders, eight bolls of horses corn resting unassigned or conveyed to the ministry or otherwise of the third of our abbey of Cupar, to be taken up by him yearly of the same third, as in our said gift at more length is contained. Nor to the gift of pension granted by us to our beloved master Robert Lockhart, during all the days of his lifetime, of the sum of £100 money of our realm, to be paid to him yearly out of the surplus of the third of the money of our abbey of Pittenweem, as in our said gift of the date at our castle of Stirling, 23 February 1578 [1579], at more length is contained. Nor to the gift of pension granted to Beatrix Livingstone, spouse to the said Master Robert Lockhart, for all the days of her lifetime, of the sum of 40 merks money aforesaid, to be paid to her yearly out of the readiest of the said surplus of the third of the money of the abbey of Pittenweem. Nor to the gift of pension granted by us to our well beloved servant, Alexander Young, one of the usher deputes of our chamber, for all the days of his lifetime, of four chalders, four bolls, three firlots of oats, with four dozen and eight salmon, to be paid to him out of the third and surplus of the bishopric of Glasgow, as in our said gift made to him thereupon of the date at Holyroodhouse, 28 December 1580, at more length is contained. Nor to the gift of pension granted by us, with advice of our regent for the time, to our well beloved councillor Master William Baillie, lord Provand, president of our college of justice, for all the days of his life, of the sum of £100 money of our realm, to be paid to him yearly out of the readiest of the surplus of the thirds of benefices within our realm not assigned to the sustenance of our ministry, as in our said gift of the date at Holyroodhouse, 26 January 1576 [1577], at more length is contained. Nor to the gift of pension granted by us, with advice of the lords of our secret council, to our trusty cousin Henry [Stewart], lord Methven, son and heir of our right trusty cousin Henry [Stewart], lord Methven, who deceased actually in our service, of the whole third, both of money and victual, of the provostry of Methven, extending to ten chalders of victual, two parts barley and two parts meal, and £39 2s 2d money, as in our said gift of the date at Dalkeith, 16 June 1581, at more length is contained. Nor to the gift of pension granted by us to Master John Nicolson, collector, clerk, out of the lands of Middledrames, as at more length is contained in our said gift. Nor to the gift of pension granted by us to our well beloved Captain Thomas Crawford of Jordanhill, for all the days of his lifetime, of the sum of £100 money of our realm, to be paid to him out of the readiest and best payment of the surplus of thirds of benefices within our realm not assigned to the sustenance of the ministry, as in our said gift of the date at Holyroodhouse, 18 February, at more length is contained. Nor to the gift of pension granted by us, with advice of the late John [Erskine], earl of Mar, lord Erskine, regent to us, our realm and lieges for the time, to Daniel Crawford, son to the said Thomas Crawford, of the sum of 40 merks money of our realm, to be taken up by him yearly of the canon lands of Glasgow, out of the parishes of Largs and Dalry, as our said gift of the date at Leith, 11 January 1571 [1572], at more length purports. Nor to the gift of pension granted by us to our well beloved Captain David Murray and Janet Wemyss, his spouse, of the sum of £200 pounds money of our realm, to be paid to them yearly out of the surplus of the third of our abbey of Lindores, as in our said gift at more length is contained. Nor to the gift of pension granted by us to Jane Ruthven, widow of the late Adam Stewart, prior of the Charterhouse, for all the days of her lifetime, of six chalders, five bolls, one firlot of oats and £100 of money, to be paid to her as after follows, namely, the said six chalders, five bolls and one firlot of oats out of the third of the priory of Charterhouse and the said £100 out of the readiest of the surplus of the thirds of benefices, as in our said gift of the date at Stirling Castle, 11 April 1580, at more length is contained. Nor to the infeftment granted by us, with advice of our regent for the time, to James Hector, of all and whole the half lands of Garvat, with the pertinents, which pertained to the late William Maitland, sometime of Lethington, younger, and through his forfeiture coming in our hands, as in the said infeftment at more length is contained.