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An act annulling a confirmation granted of the lands of the earldom of Gowrie

Our sovereign lord, with advice of his three estates of parliament, remembering that by the ordinance made by his highness and lords of privy council at Stirling immediately after the recovering thereof, it was ordained that no signature of infeftment, confirmation or right of any lands whereby his majesty might be interested should be expedited without advice of his secret council sitting, and that Adam Hepburn of Ballinhard has obtained a confirmation of the infeftment of feu ferm made to him by the late Patrick [Hepburn], bishop of Moray, commendator of the abbey of Scone for the time, of all and whole the lands of Durdies and others contained therein, lying within the regality of Scone and sheriffdom of Perth, which are one part of the lands lately annexed to the earldom of Gowrie, now coming in his majesty's hands by process and doom of forfeiture orderly led against late William [Ruthven], sometime earl of Gowrie, lord Ruthven and Dirleton, which confirmation his highness and three estates aforesaid have considered to be purchased contrary to the form and tenor of the said ordinance and to the great prejudice and hurt of our sovereign lord; and therefore his majesty, with advice of his highness's three estates, decrees and declares the said confirmation, with all that followed or may follow thereupon, to be null and of no value.