[1584/5/53]¹

Revocation of the lands pertaining to the late William Maitland of Lethington, younger

Our sovereign lord, by the advice of the three estates of this present parliament, fully understanding the privilege granted to him as well by the common law as by the constitutions, statutes and laws of this realm in revocation of all infeftments, heritages, gifts and dispositions whatsoever, by presentation or otherwise made by him in his minority and less age to any person or persons of whatsoever lands, lordships and baronies coming in his majesty's hands and pertaining to his grace as his property the time of his gift and disposition thereof, to his great hurt and detriment of his crown and patrimony thereof, has diverse times heretofore made public and general revocation thereof, and specially in his highness's parliament held and begun at Edinburgh on [...] October 1579, and in his next parliament held thereafter at Edinburgh in October 1581, and now willing that the revocations made in the said parliaments should take full effect after the form and tenor thereof in the special infeftments after following made to the persons underwritten of the lands after-mentioned, his highness, with advice of his said three estates in this present parliament, has of new revoked, abrogated and annulled and, by the tenor hereof, abrogates, revokes and annuls the infeftment and heritable gift made by his highness to Robert Hepburn, son lawful to Patrick Hepburn of Waughton, his heirs and assignees, of all and whole the lands of Stevenston, with the tower, fortalice, mill and fishings thereof upon the water of Tyne, with the muir of Stevenston, advocation, donation and right of patronage of the chaplainry of Holy Blood altar, sometime situated within the parish kirk of Haddington; item, the infeftment and heritable gift made by his highness to the late Captain James Hector, his heirs and assignees, of all and whole the half lands of Garvald, extending to 40 husband lands or thereby, lying within the sheriffdom of Edinburgh and constabulary of Haddington aforesaid; and likewise the infeftment and heritable gift made by his highness to Alexander Home, son and apparent heir to Alexander Home of Manderston, of all and whole the 15 husband lands of Simprene and of all and whole the lands of Over and Nether Tofts, with all their pertinents, lying and within the sheriffdom of Berwick; and likewise the infeftment and heritable gift made by his highness to Sir James Home of Fynlaws, knight, his heirs and assignees, of all and sundry the lands called Lady Park, also Lady Part, lying within the bailiary of Lauderdale and sheriffdom of Berwick; and in like manner the infeftment and heritable gift made by his highness to Andrew Kerr of Faldonside, his heirs and assignees, of all and whole the third part of the lands and barony of Bolton, with the whole fortalice, manor place and yards thereof, with the third of the mill of Bolton and multures of the same, with tenants, lying within the sheriffdom of Edinburgh and constabulary of Haddington, which third part and whole fortalice, manor place and yards thereof pertained to the late William Maitland, sometime apparent of Lethington; and likewise the other infeftment and heritable gift made by his highness to the late William [Ruthven], sometime lord Ruthven, late earl of Gowrie, his heirs and assignees, of all and whole other third of the said lands and barony of Bolton and mill thereof, with the multures of the same, with tenants, tenantries, service of free tenants thereof, lying within the said sheriffdom of Edinburgh and constabulary of Haddington, held by him immediately of his highness as come in his majesty's hands by reason of escheat through process and dooms of forfeiture led against the said late William for certain crimes of treason and lese-majesty, whereof he was convicted. And also our said sovereign lord revokes in special the presentation directed to the prioress and convent of the lands underwritten presenting Patrick [Lindsay], lord Lindsay of the Byres in immediate heritable tenant to them, of all and whole the lands of the mains of the abbey of Haddington, the lands of Muirtounhall, the lands of Westhopes, the lands of Easthopes, the lands of Newlands, the lands of Ryslaw, the lands of Woodend, the lands of Snawdoun, the lands of Carfray, the lands of Little Newtoun, with the teinds thereof included, with all their parts and pendicles, lying within the constabulary of Haddington and sheriffdom of Edinburgh. And also our said sovereign lord revokes in special the presentation directed to the prioress and convent of the abbacy of Haddington, presenting the late Sir William Douglas of Hawick, knight, younger, of Drumlanrig, in immediate tenant to them, of all and whole the lands of Vagbie, with the pertinents, lying within the sheriffdom of Edinburgh and constabulary of Haddington, as coming in our said sovereign lord's hands, by the forfeiture of the said late William Maitland; and likewise the presentation directed to the commendator and convent of the abbey of Melrose, presenting Andrew Kerr of Faldonside in immediate tenant to them, of all and whole the town and lands of Darnick, the Smith's Croft, Maisterquharreis land, Teylehous, the sea master's croft and land, Markisley, the pertinents and pendicles of the same, namely, the haugh above the brig and Lochcrest, with the parts, pendicles and pertinents thereof, lying within the lordship and regality of Melrose and sheriffdom of Berwick, as coming in our said sovereign lord's hands by the forfeiture of the said late William; and likewise the presentation directed to the commendator and convent of the abbey of Dryburgh, presenting Robert Home of Redhaugh in immediate heritable tenant to them, of all and whole the lands of Snawdoun, with their pertinents, lying within the bailiary of Lauderdale within the said sheriffdom of Berwick, as coming in our said sovereign lord's hands by the forfeiture of the said late William Maitland. And also the presentation directed to Henry [Sinclair], lord Sinclair, superior of the lands and annualrents underwritten, presenting [...] Sinclair, son to the said lord, at least some other person specially nominated in the said presentation, in immediate tenant to the said Lord Sinclair of all and whole the lands of Balbegie, giving by year five chalders of victual, the two mills of Ryre, giving by year 100 merks, and an annualrent of 100 merks to be uplifted at two terms in the year, Whitsunday [May/June] and Martinmas [11 November] in winter, out of all and whole the said Lord Sinclair's coalpit in Dysart, and also of all and whole a house called the Hermitage, lying within the burgh of Dysart, all lying within the barony of Dysart and Ravenscraig respectively and sheriffdom of Fife, as coming in our said sovereign lord's hands by the forfeiture of the said late William Maitland, as in the said presentations respectively, with the infeftments passed thereupon, at more length is contained; as his highness, with advice of the three estates of parliament, decrees, ordains and declares the said infeftments, gifts and presentations, as well of the lands held of his highness as of the other superiors respectively aforesaid, and every one of them, with all that followed or may follow thereupon, to be in all time coming of no value, force nor effect and the lands, lordships and others above-specified to be in his highness's hands and that his highness may set, raise and use the same, make new presentations and convey thereupon as freely in all respects and conditions as his highness might have done before the granting of the infeftments and presentations above-specified, conveyed and made by him of before, as said is; and ordains letters to be directed to make publication hereof in the appropriate form. Subscribed by our said sovereign lord at [...] the [...] day of [...] 1584, before these witnesses.