The Records of the Parliaments of Scotland to 1707, K.M. Brown et al eds (St Andrews, 2007-2024), date accessed: 28 March 2024
[1612/10/17]1
Legislation: private act
Ratification of the queen's majesty's infeftment of Dunfermline
Our sovereign lord and estates of this present parliament ratify and approve and, for his majesty and his successors, perpetually confirm the infeftment made and granted by his majesty to his highness's dearest spouse Anne, by the grace of God, now queen of Great Britain, France, and Ireland, and to the heirs lawfully procreated or to be procreated between his majesty and his highness's dearest spouse foresaid, which failing (as God forbid) to his highness's heirs and successors whatsoever to the crown of the kingdom of Scotland, of all and whole the monastery and abbacy of Dunfermline lying on both sides of the water of Forth, containing all and sundry the lands, lordships, baronies, mills, woods, fishings, mansions, manor places, kirks, teinds, kirk lands, tenants, tenancies, service of free tenants, yards, orchards, feu mails, ferms, kanes, customs, annualrents, and others particularly and generally contained in the said infeftment, proceeding upon the resignation of Henry Pitcairn of that Ilk as commendator of the said abbacy of Dunfermline for the time, with consent of the convent thereof, in manner and to the effect mentioned in the same infeftment, which are thereby united, erected and incorporated in a whole and free temporal lordship to be called in time coming the lordship of Dunfermline, to be held of our sovereign lord and his successors in free blench, free heritage and free lordship for ever, for the yearly payment of 6s 8d money of this realm of Scotland yearly at the feast of Whitsunday [May/June] in name of blench ferm, if it be asked only, likewise at more length is contained in the said infeftment under his highness's great seal of the date at Linlithgow, 7 March 1593 [1594], and of his highness's reign the 27th year, with the precept and instrument of sasine following thereupon, together with all and sundry infeftments either passed by resignations or confirmations, precepts upon retours, or by precepts of clare constat, gifts of offices, tacks of teinds of lands or other teinds whatsoever, dispositions by form of indenture, contract or assignation of any yearly duties, rents or commodities pertaining and belonging to the said lordship of Dunfermline and patrimony thereof, of whatsoever date or dates, tenor or contents the same be of, either already made, given and granted or that hereafter shall happen to be made, given and granted to whatsoever person or persons, their heirs and assignees by our sovereign lady as Lady of Dunfermline, with consent, assent and authority of our said sovereign lord, her majesty's dearest bedfellow, for his highness's interest, and with advice, consent and assent of Alexander [Seton], earl of Dunfermline, chancellor, Walter [Stewart], lord Blantyre, the late Master John Lindsay of Balcarres, the late Master James Elphinstone of Invernochty, Sir Thomas Hamilton of Byres, knight, secretary, the late Alexander Hay of Easter Kennet, clerk register for the time, and Master Peter Young of Seaton, almoner to his majesty, or any four of them, her majesty's counsellors nominated by our said sovereign lord, with advice of the estates of his highness's parliament held at Edinburgh in the month of July 1593, or with consent of such other person or persons nominated and placed as councillors to her majesty since the decease of any of the persons particularly above-named, or with consent of any others, her majesty's counsellors who shall happen at any time hereafter to be nominated in place of the persons above-named either already deceased or that hereafter shall happen to decease, in manner and form as is prescribed in the said act of parliament in the said month of July 1593, in all and sundry points, passages, heads, articles, clauses, circumstances and conditions whatsoever therein contained after the forms and tenors thereof respectively in all points. And our said sovereign lord and estates foresaid will and grant, declare, decree and ordain that this present confirmation is and shall be as valuable, effectual and sufficient in all respects as if the foresaid infeftments, charters, precepts and instruments of sasine granted to our said sovereign lady of the said whole lordship of Dunfermline, together with the other infeftments, precepts, gifts of offices, tacks, indentures, contracts, assignations and others above-written, either already made, given and granted by her majesty, with consent, assent, authority and advice foresaid, to any person or persons containing disposition, tack, gift or other right of the said lordship and patrimony of Dunfermline, or any part of the same, were at length word by word engrossed herein.
- NAS, PA2/18, f.5r-v.