[1621/6/65]¹

Act in favoures of the Vicount Lauderdaill anent Boltoun

Oure soverane lord, with avise and consent of the estaittis of this present parliament, hes ratifiet, approvin and confermit and, be the tennour of this present act, ratifies, apprevis and confermis the chartour and infeftment maid and grantit be his majestie under his gryit seall to his hienes right traist cousing and counsellour Johnne, vicount of Lauderdaill, lord Thirlestane and Dame Issobell Seytoun, his spous, and the langest levar of thame tua in conjunctfie, and to the aires maill lauchfullie gottin or to be gottin betuix thame, quhilkis failyeing, to the said vicount, his aires maill to be lauchfullie² gottin of his bodie, quhilkis alsua failyeing, as God forbid, to Maister Robert Maitland of Auchincreif and his aires maill lauchfullie gottin or to be gottin of his bodie, quhilkis all failyeing, to the said Johnne, vicount of Lauderdaill and his aires maill beirand the armes and surname of Maitland and thair assignais quhatsumevir, off all and sindrie the landis and baronye of Boltoun, with the maner place, orcheartis, yairdis, milnes, milnelandis, multeris, knaifschip thairoff, with partis, pendicles, annexis, connexis, outseattis, tennentis, tenandries and service of frie tennentis thairoff, with all and sindrie thair pertinentis comprehending of auld the particular landis underwrittin, viz: all and sindrie the manis of Boltoun with the maner place, fortalice, yairdis, orcheartis, doucattis, milnes, milnelandis, with the pertinentis; all and sindrie the landis of Hayfurde, alias Brigand; all and sindrie the landis of Walkerland; all and sindrie the landis of Egliscarno; all and sindrie the landis of Overboltoun; all and sindrie the landis of Inglisfeild; all and sindrie the landis of Knichtknow; all and sindrie the landis of Braidwodesyid; all and sindrie the landis of Markland; all and sindrie the landis off Wodeheid; all and sindrie the landis of Plewlandis; all and sindrie the landis off Ewingstoun; all and sindrie the landis of Pilmure, with all and sindrie thair annexis, connexis, pairtis, pendicles and pertinentis quhatsumevir respective lyand within the constabularie of Hadingtoun and schirefdome of Edinburgh, to be haldin of his majestie and his successouris in frie blenche for payment yeirlie off [...], quhilk chartour is of the date the fourtene day off Junii, j^M vj^C and sextene yeiris, with the precept and instrument of seasing following thairupoun, in all and sindrie heiddis, articles, clauses and conditiounes thairoff, with all that has followit or may follow thairupoun. And his majestie and estaittis foirsaidis willis, grantis and declairis that this present ratificatioune is and salbe in all tyme cuming of als gryit availl, strenth, force and effect to the said Johnne, vicount of Lauderdaill and Dame Isobell Seytoun, his spous, thair aires maill and of tailzee abovewrittin, as gif the saidis chartour, precept and instrument of seasing wer at lenth insert in this present act. And farder, his majestie and estaittis foirsaidis hes dissolvit and, be the tennour of this present act, dissolvis all and sindrie the saidis landis and baronye off Boltoun with the principall maner place, orcheartis, yairdis, milnes, milnelandis, multouris, knaifschip thairoff, with pairtis, pendicles, annexis, connexis, outseittis, tennentis, tenandries and service of frie tennentis thairoff, with all and sindrie the pertinentis comprehending the particular landis above rehersit, with thair pendicles and pertinentis lyand as said is, fra the act of parliament made in the moneth off [...], the yeir of God j^M vj^C yeiris, in sa far as the samen wer annexit to the croun be the foirfaultour of umquhile Johne, sumtyme erle of Gowrie, or any utherwayes quhatsumevir, and fra all uther actis of annexatioun of the samene to the croun for quhatsumevir caus, or of quhatsumevir daittis or tennouris the saidis actis be off, at ony tyme bygane preceiding the date heiroff, to the effect the samene may be disponit be his majestie to the said Johnne, vicount of Lauderdaill, to be haldin blenche of his majestie its maner abovespecifit; and ordanis new infeftment to be made and grantit to the said Johne, vicount of Lauderdaill and his spous and thair aires maill and of tailzee abovespecifit of the samen, to be haldin in frie blenche in all tyme cuming.