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Ratification in favour of Sir William Scott of Clerkington

Our sovereign lord and estates of parliament ratify and approve a dissolution made by the provost and first prebendary of the college kirk of Corstorphine, with advice and consent of George [Forrester], lord Forrester of Corstorphine, undoubted patron of the said provostry, and of the other prebendaries of the said provostry, to and in favour of the late Laurence Scott of Harperrig, advocate, and Master William Scott, one of the clerks of session, his eldest lawful son, their heirs and successors, dissolving the kirk of Clerkington, fruits, rents and emoluments thereof from the said provostry and college kirk, to which the same was annexed before, to the effect the same may remain as a separate kirk and benefice dismembered therefrom in time coming, dated 17 May 1634; with a tack set by the foresaid persons to the said late Laurence Scott and the said Master William Scott, his son, and their foresaids, of the teinds, parsonage and vicarage, of the parish kirk and parish of Clerkington for all the days, space, years and terms contained therein, for payment yearly of the sum of £20 to the minister serving the cure at the said kirk, dated 4 June 1634, registered in the books of council upon the 20 June 1634; together also with a charter granted under the great seal by the king's majesty, with advice and consent of his highness's treasurer and other lords of exchequer for the time, to the said late Laurence Scott in liferent, and to the said Master William Scott, his son, his heirs and assignees in fee heritably, of all and whole the lands of Clerkington, with the pertinents and that part thereof called Braidwood, with mill, mill lands, multures and pertinents thereof, lying within the sheriffdom of Edinburgh, and of all and whole the lands of Friarton and pertinents thereof, with the privilege of a free regality within the bounds of the same, lying within the barony and regality of Broughton and sheriffdom foresaid, to be held of his majesty and his successors in feu in manner specified in the said charter, dated 10 July 1634, in all and sundry heads, articles and conditions thereof. And our sovereign lord and estates foresaid decree this present ratification to be as valid, effectual and sufficient to the said Master William Scott, now of Clerkington, and his foresaids as if the said writs and every one of them were word for word inserted herein; concerning which, and with all other defects, our sovereign lord and estates foresaid dispense, and that the said ratification be further extended with all clauses necessary.