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²Annexation of the property to the crown that was not annexed of before

Our sovereign lord and estates of this present parliament, considering the daily increase of his highness's charges and expenses and diminution of his highness's rents of his property and commodities through unprofitable dispositions made thereof in time bygone, therefore thinks expedient that the lands and lordships underwritten be annexed to the crown and presently annexes the same thereto, following the example of his predecessors for the honourable support of his estate, and the same lands, lordships and others hereafter specified to remain perpetually with the crown, which may neither be given away in freehold, pension or any other disposition to any person of what estate or degree that ever he be of, without advice, decreet and deliverance of the whole parliament; and for great reasonable cause concerning the welfare of the realm, first to be advised and carefully considered by the whole estates. And albeit it shall happen our sovereign lord that now is or any of his successors kings of Scotland to alienate and convey the said lordships, lands, castles, towns, donations and advocation of the kirks and hospitals, with the pertinents annexed to the crown as said is, otherwise that the same alienations and dispositions shall be of no value, but that it shall be permissible to his highness and his successors to receive the same lands and rents to their own use whenever it pleases them, without any process of law, and the takers to refund and pay all profits that they have taken up thereof again to his highness and his successors' use for all the time that they have had them, with such other restrictions as are contained in the acts of parliament made by his most noble progenitors kings of Scotland in their annexations to the crown, they are to say the lands of Beaufort, the lands of Pittendreich, the lands of Coull, the lands of O'Neil, the lands of Fettercairn, the lands of Tealing and Polgavie, the lands of Colbrandspath,³ the earldom of March, the lands of Trabboch and Tarrinzean, the lands of Carrick, Leswalt and Mennybrig, the lands of Cowell, the lands and lordship of Galloway, above and beneath Cree, the lands of Duncow, the castle lands of Lochmaben, the lands of Glenchurny and Glenmoriston, the lands of Disher and Toyer, the lands of Kinclaven, the lordship of Menteith, the lands of Rosneath, the lands of Bute, the lands of Ruthven in Cromar, the assize herring in the east and west seas, the lordship of Dunbar, the lands of Normangill, Whitegill and Southwood, the lands of Dundonald, the king's wark in Leith, the king's stable, the king's meadow, the palace yards and park of Holyroodhouse, the lordship of Linlithgow, without prejudice of the former annexations of the lands and lordships above-written, or any of them if any be made of before, with tenants, tenancies, service of free tenants.