[1592/4/170]¹

Ratification to [Patrick Cheyne], laird of Esslemont

²Our sovereign lord, for sundry good and reasonable causes and considerations moving his highness, with advice of his estates of parliament, ratifies, approves and, for his highness and his successors, perpetually confirms the two charters and infeftments made by his highness after his perfect age of 21 years, to the late Patrick Cheyne of Esslemont, his male heirs and of tailzie, the one of the said charters, of all and sundry the lands lying within the parish of Tingwall and foudery of Shetland, which the late Master Jerome Cheyne, archdean of Shetland, acquired and conquest from certain persons, extending in the whole to thirty merk land, and of the advocation, donation and right of patronage of the archdeanery of Shetland, as the said charter relating thereto of the date 20 March 1587 [1588] purports; and the other charter, of all and sundry the temporal lands, isles, fishings, mills, multures, outsets and others which pertained of before to the said archdeanery of Shetland, lying within the diocese of Orkney, within the foudery of Orkney and Shetland, as the charter thereof of the date 29 July 1587 bears; and all and sundry other heads, articles, passages, conditions and clauses of the said charters, and either of them, as if the same were at length, word by word, inserted in this present act after the forms and tenors 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 charters and infeftments is and in all time coming shall be sufficient and valuable rights and securities to Patrick Cheyne, now of Esslemont, son and heir of the said late Patrick, his male heirs and of tailzie for holding, enjoying and possessing of all and sundry the said lands, isles, fishings, mills, multures, advocation, donation and right of patronage, privileges and immunities whatsoever specified in the said charters, and either of them, intromitting with 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 by his majesty now after his lawful and perfect age of 25 years complete; regarding the which his highness, for his majesty and his successors, dispenses for ever, renouncing by this ratification and transferring all action, right, title, interest and claim which his highness, his predecessors or successors had, has or may have to the said lands, isles, mills, fishings, advocation, donation and right of patronage and others specified in the said charters, and either of them, with their pertinents to and in favour of the said Patrick Cheyne, now of Esslemont, his male heirs and of tailzie, 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 said 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 Patrick Cheyne, now of Esslemont, and his male heirs, of the said lands, mills, isles, fishings, right of patronages and others mentioned before, to be held in such ample form and manner as is contained in the said new infeftments and other securities made to the said late Patrick and his predecessors thereupon, and to be extended with all clauses necessary as appropriate.