The Records of the Parliaments of Scotland to 1707, K.M. Brown et al eds (St Andrews, 2007-2024), date accessed: 28 March 2024
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Act in favour of John Hamilton of Boghall and his spouse
Our sovereign lord, for himself and as father, lawful tutor, guider and administrator to his highness's dearest son, Charles, prince of Scotland and Wales, stewart of Scotland, duke of Rothesay, Albany, Cornwall and York, earl of Carrick and Cunninghame, lord of the Isles, baron of the barony of Renfrew and so superior of the lands and others underwritten, and three estates of this present parliament, ordains a ratification to be made therein to and in favour of his highness's beloved John Hamilton of Boghall and Helen Home, his spouse, their heirs and assignees underwritten, ratifying and approving and, for his highness and his said dearest son, the prince, and their successors, perpetually confirming the charter made, given and granted by our said sovereign lord, for himself and as father, lawful tutor, guider and administrator of his highness's said dearest son, the prince, superior of the lands and others underwritten pertaining to the said principality, with advice and consent of his highness's principal treasurer and other lords of his highness's exchequer of Scotland, his highness's commissioners, to the said John Hamilton and Helen Home, his spouse, the longest liver of them two in conjunct fee, their heirs and assignees therein contained heritably, of all and whole the towns and lands of Lochtulloch and Deans, and of all and whole the lands of Boghall, with the manor place and outset thereof called Craigschinney, and mill of Lochtulloch, mill lands and multures thereof, with all and sundry the manor places, houses, buildings, orchards, yards, parks, woods, fishings, meadows, muirs, mosses, tofts, crofts, outsets, insets, annexes, connexes, tenants, tenancies, service of free tenants, parts, pendicles, privileges and pertinents whatsoever pertaining and belonging to the said towns and lands of Lochtulloch, Deans and Boghall, mill of Lochtulloch, mill lands thereof or any part of the same, lying within the parish and sheriffdom of Bathgate and of old by annexation within the sheriffdom of Renfrew; and made and granted to the said John Hamilton, his heirs and assignees therein contained heritably, of all and whole the town and lands of Starlaw, with the houses, buildings, yards, meadows, muirs, mosses, tofts, crofts, outsets, tenants, tenancies, service of free tenants, parts, pendicles and pertinents thereof whatsoever, lying within the parish and sheriffdom foresaid, upon the resignation thereof made by the late John Lawson of Boghall, who was heritor thereof of before, with the confirmation and new gift contained in the said charter and union and erection of the said whole towns, lands, mill and others above-written, with the pertinents, in a whole and free barony, to be called in all time coming the barony of Boghall, ordaining the said manor place of Boghall to be the principal messuage of the said barony where a sasine to be taken in all time coming shall stand and be a sufficient sasine for all and whole the said lands, barony and others above-written in manner specified in the said charter, to be held of his highness's said dearest son, the prince, and his successive princes and stewarts of Scotland, in fee heritage and free barony for ever, as the said charter under his majesty's great seal, of the date 17 December 1631, at more length bears, with the precept of sasine following thereupon under the testimony of his highness's great seal of the same date, with the instrument of sasine following thereupon, of the date the [...] day of [...], 163[...], in all and sundry the heads, points, passes, clauses, articles, circumstances and conditions therein contained, and after the forms and tenors thereof in all points. And our said sovereign lord, for himself and as father, lawful tutor, guider and administrator to his highness's said dearest son, the prince, and estates of parliament, wills and grants and, for his highness and his successors, decrees and ordains that this present general ratification of the said charter, precept and sasine is and shall be as effectual and sufficient and of as great force, strength and effect to the said John Hamilton, his spouse and their foresaids for possessing of the said lands, barony and others above-written, and whole privileges and liberties therein contained in all time coming as if the same were all at length engrossed and inserted in the said ratification; concerning which, and with all other defects and imperfections which may be proposed or alleged against the said infeftment and this present ratification thereof and validities of the same, our said sovereign lord, for himself and as father, tutor, guider and administrator of his highness's said dearest son, the prince, and estates of parliament, for their highness and their successors, have dispensed, and by this ratification dispense for ever, and ordain this present ratification to be extended in the most ample form with all clauses necessary and requisite.
- NAS, PA2/21, f.134r-v.