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Act in favour of Master George Young

Our sovereign lord and whole estates of this present parliament, respecting the true, good, thankful and acceptable service done to his highness by his well-beloved servant Master George Young, archdean of St Andrews, have therefore ratified and approved and by the tenor of this present act ratify, approve and confirm the gift of pension granted to him by his majesty of £200 out of the readiest customs of the burgh of Edinburgh; and for his better service thereof, of new give, grant and convey to the said Master George the said pension of £200 to be yearly uplifted by him of the readiest customs of the said burgh next to the yearly assignation of the castle of Edinburgh, beginning the first term's payment at the feast of Whitsunday [3 June] last bypast, and so continuing yearly and termly during his lifetime. And to that effect, have dissolved and by this act dissolve the said pension for the said Master George's lifetime from his highness's property to which the whole customs of this realm are annexed, to the effect the same may be peaceably held and uplifted by the said Master George, according to this present gift during the space foresaid; and likewise have ratified and approved and by the tenor hereof ratify and approve and of new give, grant and convey to the said Master George during his said lifetime the pension of £80 granted to him of before by his majesty and paid to him yearly since his gift by the commendator of Glenluce, as the duty wherein he is indebted for the monks' portions of the said abbey conveyed to him by his majesty for the sum foresaid, and also the pension of the feu mails of Coldstream granted to the said Master George during his said lifetime by our said sovereign lord of the date 13 September 1588, in all heads, clauses and conditions thereof, dissolving the same pension of Coldstream from his highness's property during the space foresaid, to the effect the same may be more effectual, willing and granting and for his highness and his successors decreeing and ordaining the said pensions to be and remain valid and effectual to the said Master George during his said lifetime according to his gifts thereof and this present ratification and new disposition of the same in all points, dispensing with all acts, statutes, constitutions or ordinances of parliament held heretofore by his majesty or any of his highness's predecessors which in any way may derogate or be interpreted to the prejudice hereof in any sort.