[A1567/12/33]¹

Anent geving of sesingis within burgh

Item, forsamekle as the greit hurt done of befoir within burgh be geving of sesings privatlie without ane baillie and ane commoun clerk of burgh, quhairthrow our soverane lordis liegis may be defraudit greitlie, thairfoir it is statute and ordanit be our soverane lord, with avise and consent of my lord regent and thre estatis of this present parliament, that na sesing be gevin within burgh of ony maner of land or tenement within the samin in ony tyme cuming, bot be ane of the bailleis of the burgh and the commoun clerk thairof; and gif ony sesing beis utherwayis gevin heirefter, to be null and of nane availl, force nor effect.