[1641/8/273]¹

Ratification to [John Crawford], laird of Kilbirnie

Our sovereign lord, with advice and consent of the estates of this present parliament, ratifies and approves the infeftment made and granted by his highness, as prince and stewart of this realm of Scotland for the time, after his perfect age of twenty one years complete, with advice and consent of the lords and others of the council of the said kingdom of Scotland nominated and appointed for administration of his highness's affairs within the said kingdom, under the great seal to the late John Crawford of Kilbirnie in liferent for all the days of his lifetime, and to John Crawford, now of Kilbirnie, his eldest lawful son, and to the male heirs to be procreated of his body, which failing, to the said John Crawford of Kilbirnie and his nearest and lawful male heirs and assignees whatsoever heritably under the reversions, conditions and restrictions mentioned therein, of all and sundry the lands underwritten, namely: all and whole the lands and barony of Kilbirnie in property and tenancy, with the fishings in the loch thereof and their pertinents, lying in the bailiary of Cunninghame and sheriffdom of Ayr; as also of all and whole the lands of Easter Greenock, lying within the barony of Renfrew and sheriffdom thereof, with all and sundry their towers, fortalices, manor places, yards, orchards, mills, multures, woods, fishings, dovecots, coals, coal pits, annexes, connexes, outsets, tenants, tenancies, service of free tenants, advocation, donation and right of patronage of kirks, benefices and chaplainries, parts, pendicles, and pertinents thereof whatsoever, all united and erected of before in a whole and free barony called the barony of Kilbirnie. And in like manner of all and whole the ten merk land of Fairliecrevoch, with tower, fortalice, manor place, houses, buildings, yards, orchards, corn and waulk mills thereof, mill lands, multures and sequels of the same, annexes, connexes, parts, pendicles and pertinents of the same whatsoever lying within the bailiary of Cunninghame and sheriffdom foresaid of Ayr, to be held of our said sovereign lord as then prince and stewart of Scotland and his highness's successors, princes and stewarts of the said kingdom of Scotland ward in manner specified therein, which infeftment is of the date at Edinburgh, 2 March 1624. And also the infeftment made and granted by our said sovereign lord as father, tutor, guider and lawful administrator to his highness's dearest son Charles, prince and stewart of Scotland, with advice and consent of his highness's treasurers, principal and depute, and other lords of his highness's exchequer of the foresaid kingdom of Scotland to and in favour of the said John Crawford, now of Kilbirnie, his male heirs and assignees whatsoever, of the superiority of all and whole the lands of Minokes² and Gill, with tenants, tenancies and service of free tenants thereof, lying within the barony of Stevenston, bailiary of Cunninghame and sheriffdom of Ayr foresaid, to be held likewise ward of our said sovereign lord's said dearest son and his highness's successors, princes and stewarts of Scotland in manner mentioned therein, and which charter is granted under his majesty's great seal of the date the [...] day of [...], 1637, together with the precepts and instruments of sasine respectively following upon the said two infeftments in all and sundry heads, articles, clauses and conditions contained therein, after the forms and tenors of the same; and wills and declares this present ratification to be as valid, effectual and sufficient in all respects as if the infeftments respectively above-written, precepts and instruments of sasine following thereupon were at length, word by word inserted herein; concerning which, his majesty, with advice and consent of the estates foresaid, dispenses for ever.