[1597/11/70]¹

Regarding the new foundation of the college of old Aberdeen

Our sovereign lord, with advice and consent of the estates of this present parliament, ratifies [and]² approves the new foundation of his majesty's college of old Aberdeen to be revised by his highness's commissioners appointed to that effect, namely: Master John Lindsay of Balcarres, his majesty's secretary, Master James Elphinstone of Barnton,³ one of the senators of his highness's college of justice, and Master David Cunningham, bishop of Aberdeen, in all and sundry points, privileges, liberties, immunities, clauses and circumstances thereof whatsoever after the form and tenor of the same, and ordains his majesty's clerk register to receive the said foundation and to extend an act of parliament thereupon in the larger form, with extension of all clauses needful.