[1597/11/52]¹

Anent dimissioun of benefices contening reservatioun of the lyfrent of the resignant

Forsamekill as in the parliament haldin at Edinburgh in the monethe of August the yeir of God j^M v^C lxxxiiij yeiris, all successouriis of² provisionis to abbaceis, commendatareis, pryoreis and nunreis within this realme maid be the titularis thairof for the tyme in favouris of thair successouris nominat be thame and giftis grantit to thame thairupoun be oure soverane lord contening reservatioun of the demitteris lyfrent of the same, in respect of the manifest abuse and corruptioun thairof, ar retreittit, rescindit and declarit to be null in the self; quhilk act of parliament is declarit be ane uthair act of parliament maid in the monethe of Julii the yeir of God j^M v^C lxxxxiij yeiris to be extendit to sic provisionis allanerlie as suld happin to be purchest eftir the making of the said first act, and not³ sic provisionis as was deulie and lauchfullie past befoir the making of the said first act, quhairupoun diverse personis hes takin occasioun to purches and obtene giftis and provisionis of the saidis benefices as successouris nominat thairto be thair predicessouris and upoun thair dimissioun, with reservatioun of thair lyfrentis, and hes antedatit the signatouris thairof as gif the samin had bene past befoir the making of the said first act of parliament and yit hes not past the samin throw the greit seill quhill lang eftir the making of the said last act of parliament, quhilk declaris planelie the manifest fraud and falset of the saidis provisionis; quhilkis provisionis ar not⁴ maist wranguslie and surreptitiouslie purchest as said is, bot alsua ar maist prejudiciall to his hienes in his rent and commodetie of the temporall landis thairof quhilk pertenis to oure soverane lord be the act of annexatioun as ane pairt of the patrimonie of his croun. And thairfoir oure said soverane lord and estaittis foirsaidis, considdering the manifest fraud and falset committit in the purchessing of the saidis pretendit provisionis and for obviating of the samin, retreatis, rescindis, cassis and annullis all sic provisionis of abbaceis, prioreis and nunreis and uthairis benefices maid or to be maid be quhatsumevir persoun or personis past upoun the dimissioun of thair predicessouris and contening the reservatioun of thair lyfrentis as said is quhilk war nocht deulie and lauchfullie past as said is and sped with all solemniteis, and speciallie quhilkis war not past and exped throw his hienes greit seill befoir the making of the said first act of parliament maid thairanent, quhilk was in the monethe of August the yeir of God j^M v^C auchtie four yeiris, and befoir the act of annexatioun be the quhilk the temporall landis was annexit to his majesteis croun, and declaris the samin to have bene frome the begining and to be in all tymes cuming of nane availl, force nor effect with all that hes followit or may follow thairupoun.