[1584/5/74]¹

Ane act for disheresing of the posteritie of the personis that ar, or salhappin to be, convicted of the tressounable attemptat at Striveling

The quhilk day the kingis majestie and his thrie estatis of parliament, upoun great and wechtie considerationis moving thame tending to the repressing of treassounable attemptatis and punisment of committaris of treasoun, and upoun consideratioun how rigoruslie the same hes bene punissit in tyme bipast, as be divers actis and constitutionis maid in his awin tyme and in the dayes of his maist noble progenitouris mair lairglie may appear, quhilkis actis and constitutionis his majestie, with advise of his saidis thrie estaitis, hes ratifeit and apprevit and, be the tennour heirof, ratifeis and apprevis all clausis, pointis and articles of the same concerning the personis standing under the sentencis of foirfaltour specefeit in the saidis actis, speciallie the act maid in his hienes last parliament for disheresing of the posteritie of the Erll of Gowrie, and forder decernis and ordinis the saidis actis to have full executioun and force aganis the bairnis quhatsumevir, naturall or lawfull, ingenerit and begottin of the personis convicted and foirfaltit in this present parliament as culpable of airt and part of the said treasounable rebellioun and insurrectioun attemptat at Striveling in the moneth of Aprill lastbypast, and that thay, nor nane of thame, salbe able in ony tyme cuming to bruik, jois or clame ony landis, heretaigis, benefices, rowmis, possessionis, honouris, dignities or offices within this realme, howsoevir or quhensoevir the same wer conqueist and providit to thame befoir the dait heirof, and that thay ar, and salbe, unable to succeid to utheris in ony landis, heretaigis or possessionis quhatsumevir maner of way, and that all and sindrie landis, heretaigis, benefices, rowmis and possessionis quhatsumevir, to the quhilkis the bairnis of the said posteritie presentlie hes or may pretend richt, to the quhilkis thay or ony of thame may succeid heirefter, do² and sall appertene to oure said soverane lord and his successouris be full richt, and that his hienes may frielie dispone thairupoun in the same maner and be all thingis as gif the saidis personis presentlie foirfaltit the tyme thay wer convict of the saidis crymis of treasoun had thame selffis bene in title thairof, and that the benefices, gif ony be possessit be the saidis bairnis of the said posteritie, ar presentlie vacand in his hienes handis be thair unhabilitie, and that his hienes hes full richt and power to dispone thairupoun be the same maner and conditioun in all respectis as gif the personis of the said posteritie, present possessouris thairoff, wer naturallie dead.