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Act in favour of Sir John Dalmahoy of that Ilk, knight

Our sovereign lord and estates of this present parliament ordain a ratification to be made therein in favour of his highness's beloved Sir John Dalmahoy of that Ilk, knight, one of his majesty's master households in Scotland, ratifying, approving and, for his highness and his successors, perpetually confirming the charter made and granted by his majesty's late dearest father, James, then king of Scots, thereafter king of Great Britain, France and Ireland, defender of the faith, of worthy memory, to the late Alexander Dalmahoy, then of that Ilk, father to the said Sir John Dalmahoy, his heirs and assignees whatsoever heritably, of all and whole the lands and baronies of Dalmahoy and Over Liberton, with their pertinents, lying within the sheriffdom of Edinburgh, upon the said late Alexander Dalmahoy's own resignation thereof, made by him in the hands of his highness's said late dearest father, his superior thereof, and new gift contained therein, made and granted by his highness's said late dearest father of worthy memory to the said late Alexander Dalmahoy of that Ilk and his foresaids of the said lands and baronies, with the castles, towers, fortalices, manor places, houses, buildings, mills, woods, fishings, tenants, tenancies, service of free tenants and other pertinents thereof, and union of the same in a whole and free barony, to be called the barony of Dalmahoy in time coming, to be held of our sovereign lord and his highness's successors in fee heritage and free barony for ever, for payment of the rights and services used and wont, whereby the ward, relief and marriage are taxed and liquidated to the particular sums of money mentioned in the said charter, as the same under the great seal of the date 10 August 1598 at more length bears. As also the charter made and granted by the said late Alexander Dalmahoy to the said Sir John Dalmahoy, his son, his male heirs and assignees therein contained heritably, of all and whole the said lands and barony of Dalmahoy, comprehending the particular lands, baronies and others mentioned in the said charter, to be held from the said late Alexander and his heirs of our sovereign lord and his highness's successors in taxed ward as the said late Alexander held the same himself, in manner specified in the said charter of the date 10 June 1611, with all precepts and sasines following upon the said two charters or any of them. And also the charter of confirmation granted by his highness's said late dearest father of worthy memory, with advice and consent of his highness's lords of secret council of Scotland, his highness's commissioners and of his highness's treasurer depute for the time, under his highness's great seal, of the date at Edinburgh, 8 February 1614, confirming the said last charter granted by the said late Alexander Dalmahoy to the said Sir John Dalmahoy, his son, in manner foresaid in all and sundry the heads, points, clauses, articles, circumstances and conditions therein contained and after the forms and tenors thereof in all points. And our said sovereign lord and estates of parliament will and grant and, for his highness and his successors, decree and ordain that this present ratification of the said charters, precepts and sasines following thereupon and confirmation above-written is, and shall be, of as great force, strength and effect to the said Sir John Dalmahoy, his male heirs, successors and assignees for possessing of the said lands, barony and others above-written, with the pertinents therein contained, according thereto in time coming as if the same were all at length specially and particularly herein contained, ratified and approved; concerning which, and with all other defects and imperfections which may be proposed against the said rights or any of them or this present ratification of the same and validities thereof, our said sovereign lord and estates of parliament have dispensed and, by this act, dispense forever, providing always that this present ratification is, nor shall, in no way be extended to the right of patronage of the prebendaries of Half Dalmahoy, Half Halton, Half Bonnington and Half Platt situated in the college kirk of Corstorphine, taking turns, conveyed by the said charter, but the said patronage of the said prebendaries to be expressly reserved and excepted out of this present ratification, and that the said ratification be further extended with all clauses necessary.