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Ratification to John Moodie

Our sovereign lord, with advice and consent of the estates of this present parliament, ratifies and approves the infeftment and new gift, with the liberties and privileges contained therein, made and granted by his majesty, with advice and consent of his highness's right trusty cousins and councillors, the treasurers principal and depute, and of the other lords of exchequer, under his highness's great seal, to John Moodie, writer to his majesty's signet, his heirs and assignees whatsoever heritably and irredeemably, of all and whole that tenement of land, back and fore, under and above, built and waste, with close, yard and pertinents of the same lying within the town of Leith upon the south side of the water thereof, between the king's common high street upon the east and north parts, the wynd called of old Janet Redhead's Wynd upon the west, and the tenement of land sometime pertaining to the late Alexander Bartane on the south parts, to be held of our said sovereign lord and his highness's successors in feu ferm, fee and heritage forever, for the yearly payment to our said sovereign lord and his highness's successors of the sum of 10 merks and 2s usual money of this realm of Scotland at two terms in the year, Whitsunday [May/June] and Martinmas [11 November] in winter, by equal portions in name of feu ferm, as also the heirs of the said John Moodie doubling the said feu ferm the first year of their entry to the said tenement of land, close and yard with the pertinents as is usual of feu ferm only, which charter is of the date at Glasgow, 20 November 1638, together with the precept and instrument of sasine following thereupon in all and sundry heads, articles, clauses and conditions contained therein after the form and tenor of the same in all points. And wills and declares that this present ratification shall be as valid, effectual and sufficient to the said John Moodie and his foresaids as if the infeftment above-written, precept and instrument 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.