The Records of the Parliaments of Scotland to 1707, K.M. Brown et al eds (St Andrews, 2007-2024), date accessed: 29 March 2024
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Ratification of the infeftments of Sir John Maitland of Thirlestane, knight, chancellor
2Our sovereign lord and his three estates in parliament, for the good, true and thankful service done to his highness by his right trusty councillor Sir John Maitland of Thirlestane, knight, his majesty's chancellor and secretary, now after his highness's perfect age and general revocation, has ratified and approved and, by the tenor of this present act, ratify and approve and, for his highness and his successors, perpetually confirm the new infeftments of the lands, lordships, baronies and offices after-specified made to his said right trusty councillor, his heirs and assignees after-specified, in fee and heritage, and of a part thereof to Dame Jean Fleming, his spouse, as is after-mentioned: that is to say, the new infeftment of all and whole the lands, lordship and barony of Thirlestane, with all lands, lordships and baronies annexed thereto and incorporated within the same lately resigned by the said Sir John in our said sovereign lord's hands for the said new infeftment to be given thereof, of the which lordship the special lands after-following are conveyed to the said Dame Jean Fleming in liferent: they are to say, all and whole the mains and town of Blythe and Hedderwick, the lands of Garmire, with their pertinents, lying in the barony of Blythe and lordship of Lauderdale, within the sheriffdom of Berwick; all and whole the lands of Trottenshaw and the equal half of the lands of Byrecleugh, with woods, shaws, pasturages, parts and pendicles of the same, lying within the lordship of the forest of Dye and the said sheriffdom of Berwick; and likewise of the office of the heritable bailiary and jurisdiction upon all the tenants and inhabitants of the lands and lordship of Lauderdale, except the lands specially contained in the said new infeftments, which are separated from the jurisdiction of the said bailiary and are united and annexed to the said lordship of Thirlestane, with full and free privilege of regality and justiciary, to be possessed in free regality and with jurisdiction and power of justiciary by the said Sir John Maitland of Thirlestane, knight, his heirs and assignees in all time hereafter, as in the said infeftment at more length is contained. And likewise our said sovereign lord and his said three estates in parliament, for the causes aforesaid, have ratified and approved and, by the tenor hereof, ratify and approve the other infeftment made under our sovereign lord's great seal to his said right trusty councillor and his male heirs lawfully procreated or to be procreated of his body, which failing, to his male heirs whatsoever, of all and whole the lands, lordship and barony of Musselburghshire, with annexes, connexes, parts and pendicles of the same, advocation and donation of the kirks, chaplainries and preceptories thereof, as they are specially contained, mentioned and incorporated in the said infeftment lying within the sheriffdom of Edinburgh. And also our sovereign lord and his three estates aforesaid, for the causes above-specified and of their certain knowledge, have ratified and approved and, by the tenor hereof, ratify and approve our said sovereign lord's letters under his great seal, granted and given to his said right trusty councillor, making him and his heirs his highness's undoubted cessioners and assignees in and to the letters of reversion made by the provost, bailies, council and community of his highness's burgh of Edinburgh to [Mary], our said sovereign lord's late dearest mother, her heirs and successors, for redemption from them of the superiority of the town of Leith, lying within the said sheriffdom of Edinburgh, transferred by our said sovereign lord's late dearest mother under reversion, containing the sum of 10,000 merks usual money of this realm, as the said reversion and the said letters of assignation under the great seal at more length purport; which infeftments particularly above-written and assignation aforesaid his highness and his said three estates will shall stand in full force and effect in time coming in all heads and clauses and circumstances thereof for ever.
- NAS, PA2/13, ff.129r-v.
- 'P.' written in margin.