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Ratificatioun to Maister Williame Oliphant

Oure soverane lord and estaittis of this present parliament ratifies and apprevis the infeftment maid and grantit be Schir Richard Cokburne, younger, of Clerkingtoun, knight, lord keipar of his hienes previe seall and ane of the senatoures of his hienes colledge of justice for the kingdome of Scotland, with expres consent and assent of Dame Margaret Cokburne, his spous, to and in favoures of his hienes trustie and weilbelovit familiar clerk and counselloure Schir Williame Oliphant of Newtoun, knight, his hieghnes advocat, ane uther of the senatoures of the said colledge of justice, in lyverent for all the dayes of his lyvetyme, and to his majesties lovit Maister Williame Oliphant, his secund lauchfull sone, his airis maill and assignais quhatsumevir in fee heretablie and irredimablie but ony reversione, redemptioun, regres, band, promeis or conditione of reversioun or redemptione quhatsumevir off all and haill the said Schir Richard his landis of Kirkhill, with the maner place, houses, biggingis, yairdis, pairtis, pendicles and pertinentis of the same quhatsumevir lyand within the parochin of Strabrok and schirefdome of Linlithgow, to be haldin of our said soverane lord and his successoures, now superiouris of the saidis landis, in sted and place of the deane of the colledge kirk of Restalrig and prebendaris off the same, sumtyme superiouris of the samen be vertew of the act of annexatioun of the kirklandis to the croun, in feuferme for payment of the feudewthies thairin conteaned, off the date at Edinburgh, the last day of Julii, the yeir of God j^M vj^C and fourtene yeiris, with oure said soverane lordis confirmation following thairupoun and new gift thairin contened, off the date at Edinburgh, the nyntene day of October, the yeir of God j^M vj^C and fouretene yeiris; togidder with the chartour maid and grantit be his majestie under his hienes gryit seall, with consent of his hienes thesaurer depute and of the remanent lordis of his hienes secreit counsell of the kingdome of Scotland, his majesties commissionaris, to the said Maister Williame Oliphant, his airis maill and assigneyis quhatsumevir heretablie, off all and haill that halff of the landis and baronye of Strabrok with the halff milne thairof, advocatioun and donatioun of the kirk and chaplanrie of Strabrok alternative, with tennentis, tenandries, service of frie tennentis and pertinentis of the samen lyand within the schirrefdome of Linlithgow, quhilk pertenit of before to Laurence, lord Oliphant, proceding upoun the resignatioun off the said Laurence, lord Oliphant, with the new gift and dispositioun thairin conteanit, to be haldin off his majestie and his successoures, off the date at Edinburgh, the third day of November, the yeir of God j^M vj^C and fourtene yeiris, togidder with the preceptis and instrumentis of seasing following upoun the saidis infeftmentis respective, in all and sindrie poyntis, passis, heidis, articles, clauses and conditiounes quhatsumevir thairin conteaned efter the formes and tennoris thairof. Lyik as his majestie and estaittis foirsaidis willis, grantis, decernis and declairis that this present ratificatione is and salbe als valide and sufficient in all respectis as gif the saidis infeftmentis respective, preceptis and instrumentis of seasing respective wer at lenth insert heirin de verbo ad verbum.