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Ratification to Thomas Forbes of Waterton

Our sovereign lord and estates of parliament ratify and approve the charter and infeftment granted by the king's majesty to Thomas Forbes of Waterton, his heirs and assignees contained therein, of all and whole the lands, fortalice and manor place of Abbotshall of Ellon, with the green yards and meadow thereof, the lands of Candiland with the mill, mill lands and pertinents thereof, and teind sheaves of the same, and also of all and sundry the teind sheaves of all and whole the lands of Waterton, Easter Ellon, Crawhead, with the mill lands thereof, Balmacassie, Colehill, Cassiegills, Pictillum, Smiddy Croft, Ruids of Ellon and Fuirdaill House, and of the 18 parts of the faulds of Carmuck, with the pertinents of the same, and also of the teinds of his salmon fishing upon the water of Ythan, as well by cobles² and nets as cruives, beginning at Netherfuird and ascending upward to Segefuird of Fyvie, all lying within the sheriffdom of Aberdeen, under his highness's great seal, of the date 29 March 1634, with the resignations thereof whereon the same proceeded and precept and sasine following thereupon; and also the infeftments, charters and rights made and granted by Charles [Seton], earl of Dunfermline and his predecessors to the said Thomas Forbes and Jean Ramsay, his spouse, the longest liver of the two, in conjunct fee, their heirs and assignees therein contained, or to any of the said Thomas's predecessors and authors, of all and whole the lands of Waterton, Easter Ellon and Crawhead³, with the corn and waulk mills thereof, mill lands, astricted multures, sucken and knaveships of the said lands, with all and sundry their houses, buildings, yards, tofts, crofts, outsets, insets, parts, pendicles and pertinents thereof lying as said is; and also the charters, infeftments and rights made and granted by the king's majesty and James [Ogilvie], then lord Deskford, now earl of Findlater, and their predecessors, to and in favour of the said Thomas Forbes and his authors, their heirs and assignees of the said salmon fishing upon the said water of Ythan, as well by cobles and nets as in the cruives thereof, beginning at the said Netherfoord and ascending upward to the said Segefurde of Fyvie; as likewise the charters, infeftments and rights made by the late pretended Archbishop of St Andrews and his predecessors to the said Thomas Forbes and his authors, their heirs and assignees of all and whole the said lands of Balmacassie, Colehill, Cassiegills, Pictillum, Smiddy Croft, Ruids of Ellon and Fuirdaill House and 18 parts of the said faulds of Carmuck and whole houses, buildings, yards and other pertinents of the same lying as said is, together with all precepts and sasines following thereupon and whole grounds whereon the same proceeds, of whatsoever dates, tenor and contents the same be of, in all and sundry the heads, points, clauses, articles, circumstances and conditions contained therein, and after the forms and tenors thereof in all points, together with the said Thomas Forbes, his possession apprehended by him of the said lands, mills, teinds, fishings and others above-written with the pertinents by virtue of the said rights. And our said sovereign lord and estates of parliament will and grant, and for his highness and his successors decree and ordain that the generality of this present ratification is, nor shall in any way, be hurtful nor prejudicial thereto in any sort, but the same to be as effectual and sufficient and of as great force, strength and effect as if the said whole infeftments and rights specially and generally above-written hereby ratified were all at length word for word engrossed and contained in this present ratification; concerning which, and with all other defects, imperfections and objections which may be proposed or alleged in the contrary against the said rights or any of them and validity of the same, or this present ratification thereof, our said sovereign lord and estates of parliament have dispensed and, by this ratification, dispense for ever.