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Act in favour of [Harry Stewart], laird of Rosyth

²Our sovereign lord, now after his perfect age of 21 years complete, with advice of the three estates of this present parliament, having consideration of the great age of the house of Rosyth and of the good service done to his majesty's predecessors by the heritable proprietors of the same, and that the same shall not pass from the surname in his majesty's time, specially by any occasion or question that his majesty may quarrel the same for himself and his successors, ratifies and approves all and whatsoever infeftments of tailzie given by the late David Stewart of Rosyth to the late William Stewart of Barryhill, his male heirs and assignees, of all and whole the barony and mains of Rosyth, with the tower, fortalice, mill, fishings, dovecots, annexes, connexes, parts, pendicles and pertinents thereof, the lands of Craigie, Gartpor, third part lands of Fordel, Culbate and Straburne, the lands of Leucheld, Pitreavie, Wester Cleish, Dunduff, Colstoun, Balnamvill and Monctoy, with the pertinents, lying within the sheriffdom of Fife; the lands and barony of Durisdeer, lying within the sheriffdom of Dumfries; the lands of Corbies, Balquhandy, Laitgrene, with the pertinents, lying within the sheriffdom of Perth, all united and annexed in one barony called the barony of Rosyth; and also of all and whole the lands and barony of Shambodie, lying within the sheriffdom of Clackmannan, with the confirmation granted by his highness's predecessors of good memory, King James III thereupon, together with whatsoever other infeftments of tailzie passed since by any of his majesty's predecessors to David Stewart, son to the said William Stewart of Barryhill, and his male heirs and of tailzie, of all and whole the lands and others above-written, or to Henry Stewart of Rosyth, son to the said David, or to Robert Stewart, son to the said Henry, or to George Stewart, son to the said Robert, and their male heirs and of tailzie contained therein, passed either upon resignation or confirmation, notwithstanding the same are granted by his majesty's predecessors in their minorities, together with sasines following thereupon; and wills and declares that the same shall be of as great strength and force as if they had been granted by his majesty's predecessors in their majority, notwithstanding of any revocation which his highness, for himself and his successors, of his certain knowledge, has renounced and renounces for ever, with all action that his majesty may have against the said lands for any cause past, to the effect that the same may remain with Harry Stewart, now present proprietor thereof, and his male heirs and of tailzie in all time coming, discharging his highness's advocate present and to come of all calling, troubling or quarrelling of the said Harry Stewart upon the validity of the title of any of the said infeftments or of his own present infeftment and right thereof for any of the said causes and of their offices in that part.