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Ratification in favour of [John Stewart], earl of Traquair

Our sovereign lord, with advice and consent of the estates of this present parliament, ratifies and approves the three particular charters after-specified, with the tacks and valuation of teinds underwritten, namely: a charter granted by his majesty to the said John, earl of Traquair, his male heirs and assignees whatsoever of the date, under the great seal, 12 February 1639, of all and whole the eight pound land of old extent of Easter Horsburgh, alias Nether Horsburgh, of the lands called the barony of Horsburgh, with tower, fortalice, manor place, houses, buildings, yards, mills, mill lands, multures, tenants, tenancies, service of free tenants thereof, parts, pendicles and pertinents of the same; all and whole the lands of Hope Kailzie Wester, with the mill, mill lands, multures, parts, pendicles and pertinents thereof as for the principal, and in special warrandice and security thereof, all and whole the lands lying upon the east side of the burn of Drumelzier, with mill, mill lands, multures, annexes, connexes, parts, pendicles and pertinents thereof whatsoever; all and whole the lands of Easter Hope Kailzie, called Cardrona, with tower, buildings, fortalice, houses, parts, pendicles and pertinents thereof whatsoever; all and whole the ten pound land of Ormiston with the haughs thereof, called Boaremoarshauche, Dornehauche and Dorne Gait, with tower, fortalice, manor place, houses, buildings, yards, tofts, crofts, parts, pendicles and pertinents thereof; all and whole the parsonage and vicarage teinds of the kirks of Hope Kailzie, Innerleithen and Linton with the advocation, donation and right of patronage thereof; the advocation, donation and right of patronage of the kirk of Eddleston; all and whole five husband lands of the lands of Bold, extending to a five merk land of old extent, with the pertinents; all and whole the lands and barony of Manor, the lands of Henderland, Broomy Law and Brigend with the manor place of Henderland, and with all and sundry houses, buildings, yards, tofts, crofts, outsets, annexes, connexes, pasturages, parts, pendicles and pertinents thereof; all and whole the lands of Pirn, lying upon the west side of the water of Leithen, and of all and whole the kirk lands of Innerleithen, all lying within the sheriffdom of Peebles; and of all and whole the minerals of gold, silver, copper, lead, iron, tin and other minerals whatsoever within the bounds of the said lands, with the pertinents, as well pertaining to the said earl in property as in superiority held of his majesty, as also within the bounds of all other lands pertaining to him, as well held of his highness as of any other superiors, now erected in a free barony called the barony of Horsburgh, to be held of our said sovereign lord and his highness's successors in manner and for payment of the duties mentioned in the said charter, which is of the date under the great seal above-written, with the new gift, ratification and union therein specified; another charter granted by his majesty to the said John, earl of Traquair, his heirs or assignees whatsoever, of all and whole the lands of Hangingshaw, Gaitshawfeild, Panmuir, Swanlaws, Little Heuche and Nether Chatto, with all and sundry parts, pendicles and pertinents thereof, all lying within the parish of Hounam and sheriffdom of Roxburgh, to be held of his majesty and his highness's successors in manner mentioned in the said charter, which is of the date under the great seal 7 June 1633; and another charter granted by his said majesty to the said earl, his male heirs and assignees whatsoever of all and whole the kirk lands or glebe of the parish kirk of Peebles, lying within the sheriffdom of Peebles, pertaining to the vicarage thereof in manner mentioned in the said charter, reserving to the vicar of Peebles and his successors the mansion of the said vicarage, houses and yard thereof with three acres of the said kirk land for his glebe, according to the act of parliament, to be held of our said sovereign lord in feu ferm for payment of the feu duty mentioned in the said charter, which charter is of the date 26 July 1634; together with the sasines following upon the said three charters, a tack and assedation made and set by the late Walter, earl of Buccleuch, tacksman of the teinds, parsonage and vicarage, of the parish kirk and parish of St Mary's kirk in the Lowes, to the said John, earl of Traquair, his male heirs and assignees, of the date 3 August 1632, of all and sundry the teind sheaves and other teinds, both great and small, parsonage and vicarage, of the lands of Blackhouse, the half of the lands of Plora, the lands of Berrybush, the lands of Escheisteill, and the half of the lands of Fauldshope, with all their parts, pendicles and pertinents, lying within the said sheriffdom of Selkirk, for the said John, earl of Traquair's lifetime, and 19 years after his decease, for payment of the duty mentioned in the said tack, with the decreet of valuation pronounced by the commissioners of parliament for surrenders and teinds upon 15 July 1636, finding and declaring the lands underwritten pertaining heritably to the said John, earl of Traquair, namely: the lands of Blackehous, Douglascraige and Garlacleuch, the lands of Dryhope and Fernihope, the lands of Westerplora and the lands of Escheisteill to be worth in stock and teind the sum of 3,800 merks, and the lands of Berrybush and Wester Fauldshope to be worth in stock and teind 500 merks, and that to be the constant rent in common years in the whole heads, articles, clauses and conditions thereof; determining and ordaining this present general ratification to be as valid, effectual and sufficient to the said John, earl of Traquair and his foresaids as if the writs particularly above-written were at length and word by word inserted herein, concerning which his majesty, with consent foresaid, has dispensed and, by this ratification, dispenses for ever.