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Ratification to [Sir Walter Ogilvie], laird of Findlater

²Our sovereign lord, for sundry good and reasonable causes moving his highness, with advice of his estates of parliament, ratifies, approves and, for his highness and his successors, perpetually confirms the charter and infeftment made by his highness after his perfect age of 21 years complete to Sir Walter Ogilvie of Findlater, knight, his male heirs and of tailzie, of all and whole the lands and baronies of Ogilvie and Drumnakeith, advocation, donation and right of patronage of the kirk of Fordyce and pendicles thereof, mills, fishings, privileges, immunities and others at length specified in the said charter, as the same charter of the date 12 February 1590 [1591] at more length purports; and also the tack made by his highness, with consent of [Master Robert Douglas, provost of Lincluden], his collector general, to George [Gordon], earl of Huntly, his heirs and assignees of all and sundry the teind sheaves and other teinds of the said kirk of Fordyce, with the pendicles and pertinents, for the space of 19 years after his entry thereto beginning at 15 August 1587, and yearly payment of the sum of £200, together with the assignation made by the said earl to the said Sir Walter and his heirs of the said tack and teinds therein contained and decreet of the lords of council interposed to the said assignation, and all and sundry other heads, articles, passages, conditions and clauses of the said charter, tack and assignation foresaid, as if the same were at length, word by word, inserted in this present act after the form and tenor thereof in all points. And our sovereign lord wills and grants and, with consent foresaid, for his highness and his successors, decrees and ordains that the said infeftment, tack and assignation is and, in all time coming, shall be sufficient and valuable securities and rights to the said Sir Walter, his male heirs and of tailzie, for holding, enjoying and possessing of the said lands, baronies, mills, woods, fishings, advocation, donation and right of patronage of the kirks therein specified, intromitting and taking up of the mails, ferms, profits, duties, teinds and fruits thereof now, and in all time coming, notwithstanding whatsoever acts, constitutions, revocations, special or general, made, or to be made, now after his majesty's lawful and perfect age of 25 years complete; regarding the which, his majesty, for his highness and his successors, dispenses for ever, renouncing by this ratification and transferring all action, right, title and interest, which his highness, his predecessors or successors had, has or may have to the said lands, baronies, kirks and others contained in the said infeftment, tack and assignation, with their pertinents, to and in favour of the said Sir Walter and his heirs foresaid so that he and they may hold, enjoy and possess the same in all time coming, without stop, trouble or impediment to be moved to them therein in any way. Moreover our sovereign lord, with consent of the said estates, decrees and ordains, if need be, new infeftment and security to be made by his highness or his successors to the said Sir Walter and his male heirs of the said lands, baronies, mills, fishings, right of patronages and others before mentioned, to be held in such ample form and manner as is contained in the said new infeftment and other securities made to the said Sir Walter and his predecessors thereupon, and to be extended with all clauses needful as appropriate.