[1587/7/129]¹

Act in favour of James Stewart, son to the late [John Stewart], earl of Buchan

²Our sovereign lord, now after his lawful and perfect age of 21 years complete, with advice of the three estates convened in this present parliament, ratifies, approves and confirms the letters of gift and pension made by his majesty to James Stewart and Christian Strang, his spouse, during their lifetimes, of seven chalders of oats assigned to be paid out of the readiest of the surplus of the bishopric of St Andrews, in all and sundry points, clauses and articles thereof, decreeing and declaring by this act that they shall use, enjoy, possess and take up the said pension yearly in time coming during the space aforesaid likewise and as freely as they used in any time past preceding the date hereof, notwithstanding any his majesty's revocations bygone or presently made by his highness in this present parliament, which gift his majesty wills and declares shall in no way be comprehended therein, but specially excepted and reserved out of the same; likewise his majesty excepts and reserves the said gift out of the same revocation, declaring this present exception to be as sufficient as if it were specially inserted and engrossed therein; providing always that this present ratification shall in no way be prejudicial to the tack already made by his highness to John and James Meldrum, sons lawful to James Meldrum of Seggie, younger, of certain victuals of the surplus of the archbishopric of St Andrews, bishopric of Dunkeld and priory of Haddington specially contained in the same tack, which his highness, with advice of his estates, ordains to have full force and effect during the years thereof, to which this present ratification nor his highness's revocation shall make no derogation.