[1592/4/71]¹

Ratification to [Sir Patrick Vans], laird of Barnbarroch and Master Peter Young [of Seaton] and of their proceedings in the said marriage, and of their infeftments

²Our sovereign lord and estates of parliament, acknowledging and remembering the earnest favour, good will and affection ever borne to his highness's service by his right trusty and well-beloved councillor Sir Patrick Vans of Barnbarroch, knight, one of the senators of the college of justice, and Master Peter Young of Seaton, his highness's master almoner and one of the lords of his majesty's privy council, who not only at his highness's desire travelled and took several journeys from this realm as his highness's ambassadors to the realm of Denmark, to which the said Master Peter was directed by his majesty as ambassador foresaid in the month of July 1586, and also the said Sir Patrick and Master Peter were directed in manner foresaid in the month of May 1587, for treating and concluding upon the heads of his majesty's most honourable marriage with his highness's dearest and well-beloved spouse Anne, now queen of Scots, but also very suddenly at his highness's request took voyage and accompanied his majesty to the realm of Norway to the solemnisation of the said marriage in the month of October 1589, to their great travail, charges and expenses in remaining with his majesty until their returning, which was in the month of December the year of God foresaid, that they were directed by his majesty to return within this realm for certain of his majesty's special concerns within the same; and therefore our said sovereign lord, with advice of the said estates of this present parliament, has allowed and, by this ratification, allows all things done by the said Sir Patrick Vans and Master Peter Young, as ambassadors for his highness in their said journeys and their departure, attendance and accompanying of his majesty the time of his absence in the said realm of Norway and returning in manner foresaid, as most acceptable, good and thankful service done to his highness and for the well of his whole realm. And also our said sovereign lord, with advice foresaid, in part of recompense of their said service and expense made by them in their said voyages, has ratified and approved and, by this act, ratifies and approves the infeftment, gift and disposition granted by his highness to the said Sir Patrick Vans of Barnbarroch, knight, his male heirs and of tailzie, in the month of August 1591, of the lands and barony of Barnbarroch and all and sundry other lands, baronies, rooms and possessions specified and contained in the said infeftment with the castles, towers, mills, multures, woods, fishings, annexes, connexes, tenants, tenancies and service of free tenants, with advocation, donation and right of patronage of the kirks, both parsonages and vicarages, of Wigtown, Kirkinner, Kirkcowan and Colmonell and all their pertinents, together with the disposition, union and annexation mentioned and expressed in the infeftment foresaid, another charter and infeftment granted by his majesty to the said Sir Patrick and his heirs specified therein of his twenty two merk land and a half, namely: Kirrivalk, Kirkeane, Kildarroch and Clutarche, all lying within the parish of Kirkinner and sheriffdom of Wigtown, to be held of our sovereign lord and his successors for payment of the old feu mails and duties used and wont thereof; and also a pension granted by his majesty to the said Sir Patrick and his male heirs and of tailzie of the sum of £200 yearly to be taken up by him, allowed and deducted to him of the feu mails of his said lands which he has in feu of the date 1 June 1592. And likewise our sovereign lord, with advice foresaid, of certain knowledge, ratifies and approves and, for his highness and his successors, perpetually confirms the act made in his highness's parliament, 29 July 1587, ratifying and approving certain gifts of pensions, offices and fees therein contained granted to the said Master Peter Young, his spouse and bairns and assignees respectively therein mentioned, together with the infeftments, charters, precepts and instruments of sasine granted to the said Master Peter, his spouse and their heirs therein contained of the lands of Easter Seaton, and shadow half of Dickmontlaw with the parts, pendicles and pertinents thereof lying within the sheriffdom of Forfar, and of all that has followed or may follow thereupon, together also with the gift of pension granted by his highness to the said Master Peter, of the mails, ferms, profits and duties of the lands of Wester Seaton, occupied by William Auchterlony and sunny half of Dickmontlaw occupied by Andrew Annand, all lying within the lordship of Arbroath and sheriffdom foresaid, together with his highness's promise made to the said Master Peter for warrandice of the said gifts, infeftments and others foresaid, and with all decreets given according thereto, which infeftments, act of parliament, gifts of pension, offices, promises, decreets and others foresaid and all that has followed thereupon in all heads, clauses and circumstances of the same, our said sovereign lord and estates foresaid of certain knowledge ratify and approve and confirm for his highness and his successors in time coming; and find and declare that all sundry the said infeftments, gifts of pension, offices and fees contained therein, act of parliament ratifying the same and others respectively foresaid made and given in manner foresaid are made for just and reasonable cause tending to the well of our sovereign lord, his realm and lieges, and therefore decree and ordain the same to stand in full force, strength and effect in all time coming, and declare that the same nor any of them falls nor shall fall under whatsoever his highness's revocation made in this present parliament or at any time preceding the date hereof. And also our said sovereign lord and his estates foresaid declare, statute and ordain that the act made in favour of the ministry, 14 February 1587 [1588], shall in no way touch nor be hurtful to the said Master Peter nor his foresaids, nor be prejudicial to their rights and titles of their pensions above-specified and duties therein contained, but the same to stand in the own strength, force and effect as largely as if the said rights had been made and granted by our said sovereign lord after his perfect age of 25 years complete, and declare the same in no way to come under the said act, and ordain the said Master Peter and his foresaids to be answered and obeyed thereof according to their said gift notwithstanding the said act. And for his highness's said councillors their better security of the premises, our said sovereign lord, with advice foresaid, has of new granted and conveyed to his said councillors the foresaid whole rights respectively above-mentioned, and ordains the same to be renewed in the most ample form.