The Records of the Parliaments of Scotland to 1707, K.M. Brown et al eds (St Andrews, 2007-2024), date accessed: 28 March 2024
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Ratification to Master George Young and John Andrew
2Item, the king's majesty, with advice of the estates of this present parliament, after his lawful and perfect age of 21 years complete, ratifies, approves and confirms the two gifts and dispositions made by his highness, the one of 200 merks money of this realm to Master George Young, assigned to be paid yearly of the readiest of his majesty's customs of the tron of Edinburgh, during all the days of his lifetime, and the other of 200 merks to John Andrew, assigned to be paid yearly of the readiest silver mails of the fishings of the abbacy of Kinloss assumed in the third, during also all the days of his lifetime, in all and sundry points and clauses thereof, decreeing and ordaining that the said gifts are not nor shall not be comprehended in any of his bygone revocations present or to come, but specially excepted and reserved out of the same, likewise his majesty, by this act, specially excepts and reserves the aforesaid gifts out of the said revocations. As also, for the said persons' further security, of new gives, grants and conveys to them during their lifetimes as said is the same pensions, with power to them, by themselves and their servants in their names, to crave, receive, intromit with and take up the said pensions from the persons indebted in payment thereof yearly during the said space, and thereupon to convey at their pleasure likewise and as freely as they used at any time past preceding the date hereof, discharging his highness's comptroller, collector general and their deputes and officers of all craving, receiving or executing of any letters against the persons indebted in payment of the said pensions, and of all stop, trouble or impediment making to the said Master George and John in taking up of the same yearly during the said space and of their offices in that part, decreeing and declaring also the same pensions in no way to be subject to any his majesty's revocations to be made hereafter.
- NAS, PA2/13, f.131v.
- 'P.' written in margin.