[1612/10/29]¹

Ratification in favour of Henry Wardlaw of Balmule

Our sovereign lord and estates of parliament ratify, approve and confirm the heritable gift and infeftment made and given and granted by the right high, right excellent and mighty princes James and Anna, by the grace of God, king and queen of Great Britain, France and Ireland etc., with one consent and assent, and with advice and consent of his highness's councillors and lords of his majesty's secret council, and with consent of David [Murray], lord Scone, comptroller for the time, and Master John Preston of Penicuik, his highness's collector general, to Henry Wardlaw of Balmule and his male heirs, making, constituting and ordaining, for their highnesses and their successors forever, the said Henry Wardlaw and his heirs foresaid their very lawful, undoubted and irremovable chamberlains of the lordship and regality of Dunfermline within all the bounds and limits of the same whatsoever, lying within their highness's kingdom of Scotland, on both the sides of the water of Forth, as the said infeftment of the date at Hampton Court, 29 September 1607, and of his highness's reigns the 41st and 5th years, at more length bears, in the whole heads, clauses and points thereof; and decree and declare the said infeftment to be good, valid and effectual to the said Henry and his foresaids for their right and security of the said office of chamberlainship and for their heritable possessing thereof successively after others in all time coming according to their right and infeftment above-written in all points, notwithstanding of whatsoever acts made by his highness or his predecessors of before which in any way may appear to be prejudicial or derogative to the said infeftment.