[1612/10/38]¹

Ratification of the said Sir William Oliphant [of Newton's] gift of office of advocate

Our sovereign lord, estates and whole body of this present parliament, for them and their successors, ratify, approve and confirm the gift of the office of advocate, given and granted by his highness to his trusty and well-beloved counsellor, Sir William Oliphant of Newton, knight, making and constituting him his majesty's advocate during all the days of his lifetime, in all and sundry points, heads, articles, clauses, circumstances and conditions thereof, as the same gift of the date at Wanstead, 19 June 1612, and of his majesty's reigns the 45th and 10th years, in the self at more length purports; and will and declare this present ratification to be of as great strength, force and effect as if the foresaid gift, whole tenor and contents thereof were word by word at length inserted herein; concerning which our sovereign lord and estates of parliament dispense by this ratification.