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Ratification in favour of Sir Thomas Nicolson

Our sovereign lord and estates of parliament ordain an act to be made therein in favour of his highness's beloved Sir Thomas Nicolson of Carnock, knight baronet, advocate, ratifying and approving the two charters made and granted by our sovereign lord the king's majesty, with advice and consent of his highness's treasurers, comptrollers and collectors principal and deputes and other lords of his highness's exchequer of Scotland, his highness's commissioners, to the said Sir Thomas Nicolson, his heirs [...] assignees therein contained heritably; the one of the said charters of and upon all and whole the lands and barony of Carnock, comprehending the particular towns, lands and mills and others contained in the said charter upon the resignation of the late John Drummond of Carnock, under his highness's great seal, of the date 15 February 1634, and the other of the said charters of and upon all and whole the lands and barony of ²Plane, comprehending the particular towns, lands, mills and others contained therein upon the resignation of the late James Somerville of Plane and others having right thereto, under his highness's great seal, of the date 28 June 1634, both the said lands and baronies, with their pertinents, lying within the sheriffdom of Stirling; and the new gifts and unions of the said lands and others contained in the said two charters in two baronies called the baronies of Carnock and Plane in manner contained in the said two charters, and either of them, as the same in themselves at more length bear, with the procuratories and instruments of resignation whereon the said charters and infeftments, and either of them, proceeded, and the precepts of sasine and instruments of sasine following upon the same two charters and infeftments, and either of them, and with all other infeftments, sasines and other rights granted by his highness to the said Sir Thomas and his authors and their predecessors of, upon and concerning the said lands, baronies and others above-written or of any of them of whatsoever dates, tenors or contents the same be of, 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 declare, decree and ordain that this present ratification of the said charters, infeftments and other rights specially and generally above-written hereby ratified as said is, is and shall be as effectual and sufficient and of as great force, strength and effect as if the same charters and rights were all at length and expressly word for word herein engrossed and inserted, notwithstanding the same be not so done, concerning which and with all other defects, imperfections or objections which may be proposed or alleged against the same rights or any of them, or this present ratification thereof and validities of the same, our said sovereign lord and estates of parliament have dispensed and by this ratification dispense for ever. And further, our said sovereign lord and estates of parliament decree and statute the said two charters and infeftments hereby ratified to be a valid and undoubted right to the said Sir Thomas Nicolson and his foresaids for possessing and enjoying the said lands and baronies respectively above-written and others contained therein, and whole parts, pendicles, liberties and pertinents thereto belonging as their own proper heritage in time coming, according to the tenors of the said two charters and infeftments above-mentioned in all points, notwithstanding of any objections may be made in the contrary, which his majesty and estates remit for ever.