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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Act regarding the minister's manse of Pittenweem
2Our sovereign lord, now after his perfect age of 25 years complete, with advice of the whole estates of this present parliament, ratifies and approves and, for his majesty and his successors, perpetually confirms the charters, infeftments and sasines made and granted by William [Stewart], commendator of Pittenweem, and William Scott of Abbotshall respectively to the bailies, council, burgesses and community of the burgh of Pittenweem and their successor bailies, council, burgesses and community of the said burgh for the time, of all and whole that great house or great building of the monastery of Pittenweem under and above, with the pertinents containing the canons' or monks' refectory and dormitory of the said monastery, with the cellars beneath and lofts above the same refectory and dormitory; and also of the vestries of the said monastery under and above with their contents, and of the chapter chamber of the same monastery and cellar beneath the said chamber under and above, with all and sundry their pertinents, all lying in the said monastery of Pittenweem within the sheriffdom of Fife, on the west part of the inner close of the said monastery, between the same close on the east, the new gallery at the east end of the hall of the said monastery on the south, the common gate, kirkyard and house pertaining to James and William Stevenson respectively on the west and the west garden of the said monastery on the north parts; and that for the edifying and building of the minister's manse, grammar school, tolbooth, prison, weigh house and custom house of the same burgh and other necessary houses to the public use of the said burgh and kirk of the same in all and sundry points, passages, articles and clauses, immunities, privileges, liberties and circumstances whatsoever contained in the said charters, infeftments and sasines; and decrees and declares for his majesty and his said successors that the same charters, infeftments and sasines are, and shall be, in all time coming effectual, good, valid and sufficient to the said bailies, council, burgesses and community of the said burgh and their said successors for the peaceable possessing and enjoying of all and whole the said great house or great building containing as said is, under and above, with their contents, and of the said vestries, chapter, chamber and cellar beneath the same, under and above, with their contents and others mentioned in the said charters, infeftments and sasines, with all liberties and privileges specified in the same, perpetually and in all time coming according to the tenor and substance thereof in all points, notwithstanding whatsoever his majesty's revocation already made or to be made in any time hereafter, or any other of his highness's acts, laws, statutes or constitutions, general or special, made or to be made to the prejudice or derogation thereof or any of the liberties or privileges expressed in the same under the which the said infeftments, charters and sasines nor any part thereof shall never be comprehended by any manner of way, and also notwithstanding of whatsoever other infeftments or securities made or granted to any other person or persons of the said great house and others foresaid or any part thereof in hurt and prejudice of the said bailies, council, burgesses and community of the said burgh and their said successors relating thereto, which his majesty, with advice foresaid, for his highness and his successors, expressly revokes, makes void and annuls by the tenor of this act, and decrees and declares the same to have been from the beginning and to be in all time coming null and of no value, force nor effect, as if the same had never been made. And further, our said sovereign lord, with advice of his said whole estates, ordains to the effect foresaid a new charter, infeftment and gift to be made with consent of his highness's officers requisite thereto under his highness's great seal in the most ample and due form; and that freely without payment of any composition of the said great house or great building, vestries, chapter, chamber, cellars, lofts and others foresaid to the said bailies, council, burgesses and community of the said burgh of Pittenweem and their said successors to the effect foresaid, to be held of our sovereign lord and his successors by virtue of the act of annexation for the yearly payment of 6s 8d usual money of this realm at two terms in the year, Whitsunday [May/June] and Martinmas [11 November] in winter, by equal portions in name of feu ferm, which new charter, infeftment and gift to be made as said is, our said sovereign lord, with advice of the said estates, ratifies and approves and, for his highness and his successors, perpetually confirms in all and sundry points, passages, articles, clauses, immunities, privileges, liberties, immunities and circumstances whatsoever therein contained; and decrees and declares for his majesty and his said successors that the same shall be in all time coming effectual, good, valid and sufficient to the said bailies, council, community and burgesses of the said burgh of Pittenweem and their said successors to the effect foresaid, and as effectual, good, valid and sufficient as if the same were already made and passed and duly by this foresaid act of parliament confirmed and registered in the same.
- NAS, PA2/14, ff.18v-19r.
- Written in margin: 'P'.