[1584/5/97]¹

Ratification of [Hugh Fraser], lord [Fraser of] Lovat's infeftment of Beauly and third thereof

Our sovereign lord, with express advice and consent of his three estates of this present parliament, for the good, true and thankful service done to his highness by the late Hugh, lord Fraser of Lovat and Simon [Fraser], now lord Fraser of Lovat, his son and heir, and for other great and weighty considerations moving his majesty, ratifies, approves and, for his highness and his successors, perpetually confirms the infeftment and charter of feu ferm made by the prior and convent of Beauly for the time to the said the late Hugh, lord Fraser of Lovat, his male heirs and assignees whatsoever, of all and whole the lands underwritten: they are to say, all and sundry the barony, towns and lands of Beauly underwritten, namely, the village and lands of Ardnagrask, Rewindoun, Incherorie, Altyre, Craigscorrie, Plathaycht, Groam, Ferinlee, with the forests and woods of the same, Thaynok, with the pendicles, namely, Ovircroarsis, the relict and green fauld, with the cottage of the same, the lands of Urchany, with the woods of the same, the lands called the half davach, the lands of Boycht, Conharbrie, the third part of the lands of Meikle Culmulang, the third part of the lands of Easter Glen of Convinth and quarter of the lands of Fanblair, ferry house with the croft of the same, Ainocht old town called the Common Pasture, Teafrish, with the cottage of the same, the lands called Mason Land, the lands called John Cook's land, a croft of land called MacCutcheon's Croft and common cottage, the lands called the Mains of Beauly, with all and whole the yards, orchards pertaining or that in any way may pertain to us and the pertinents of the aforesaid lands, lordships and crofts of the same, a croft called Dean James Pope's Croft, a croft of land called Marshall's Croft, a croft called MacAlister's Croft, now occupied by David Lawson, and also two mills called Thaynok and Beauly Mills, with the thirled multures of the whole barony of Beauly, and all and sundry lands above-written, with their sequels, and also all and whole the salmon fishings in and upon the water of Sorn, marching from Cairncot to the sea, or any other part on the said water among the fishings of a noble lord Hugh, lord Fraser of Lovat, of Kilmarnock, with cruives and other commodities within the priory of Beauly and sheriffdom of Inverness, to be held of the said prior and convent and their successors for the yearly payment of the sum particularly contained in the said infeftment, extending in the whole to the sum of £211 15s, as the said charter more fully purports; together with the sasine following thereupon given to the said late Hugh, lord Fraser of Lovat, and the other sasine given thereafter to the said Simon, now lord Fraser of Lovat, as son and heir of his said late father. And moreover, our said sovereign lord ratifies, approves and, for him and his successors, perpetually confirms the charter of confirmation made and given under his great seal at his castle of Stirling, 10 August 1579, ratifying, approving and confirming the said first charter and infeftment of feu ferm in all points, heads and circumstances thereof, and specially in that clause thereof containing the payment of the said yearly duty to the said prior and convent specified in the said infeftment, and that the third of the said benefice of Beauly, in so far as concerns the rental of the lands and fishings particularly aforesaid, shall be paid proportionally after the form and tenor of the said infeftment and to no greater quantity, discharging the collector general then present and who should be for the time of all further craving and collecting of the third of the said abbacy for the lands and fishings aforesaid and in so far as concerns the same, but after the proportion of the said yearly duty; which clause and provision our said sovereign lord, in this present parliament, ratifies, approves and confirms, together with the decreet given by the lords of his highness's council and session in favour of the said Simon, lord Fraser of Lovat and his tutor for the time against Robert [Boyd], lord Boyd, then collector general of the thirds, decreeing and ordaining the third to be paid after the rate and quantity of the duties contained in the said infeftment and no otherwise; and decrees and ordains the said decreet given by the said lords of session to have the force and effect of a decreet of parliament in all time coming, without any question or quarrel to be moved against the same, and discharging the collector general now present and who shall happen to be for the time of all troubling and molesting of the said Simon, lord Fraser and his heirs for any greater quantity for the third of the duty of the said lands and fishings further than according to the rate of the said infeftment of feu ferm, and that notwithstanding any heir, rental or use of any greater payment at any time preceding.