[1585/12/57]¹

Act in favour of [Patrick Lyon], lord Glamis

²Our sovereign lord and three estates of parliament, understanding that Patrick, lord Glamis is enormously and heavily hurt by the decreet reductive given against him before the lords of council at the instance of Master David Carnegie of Colluthie, Elizabeth and Margaret Carnegie, his daughters, reducing and retreating another decreet given by the said lords at the instance of the late John [Lyon], lord Glamis, his grandfather, against the late Elizabeth Ramsay, daughter and heir to the late Henry Ramsay of Colluthie, for molestation of the said late John, lord Glamis, in his fishings called the Puill Know and John Sands, otherwise called Fodderis, and Thanwell or Tentsmuir, and by the whole last processes of reduction whereupon the said last decreet proceeded, which decreet and processes being given and led in a factious time, the said Patrick, lord Glamis, being pupil, and Thomas [Lyon], master of Glamis, his tutor, being out of the realm and otherwise not being able to compear a long time for the leading of the said process; therefore, our sovereign lord and three estates aforesaid reduce and rescind the said last decreet reductive and whole process whereupon the same proceeded and reinstate and restore the said Patrick, lord Glamis, and his said tutor in its entirety to the same place and estate wherein they were before the raising of the summons, whereupon the said last decreet proceeded, providing always that the said Lord Glamis and his said tutor for his interest prove the narrative of this act before the judge competent according to the law; and immediately thereafter Master John Russell, procurator for Master David Carnegie of Colluthie, compeared personally in presence of the king's majesty and three estates in parliament, and protested that this act in no way hurt nor prejudice the said Master David, in respect the said lord and his tutor for his interest compeared and made defence in the said matter as he shall verify before the judge competent, and thereupon asked instruments.