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Ratification in favour of the University of Glasgow

Our sovereign lord and estates of parliament, considering that forasmuch as it has pleased his sacred majesty out of his royal zeal and fatherly affection to the growth and increase of religion within this his majesty's ancient and native kingdom, by his signature of mortification, dated [...] November instant, to give, found, mortify and convey to the University and College of Glasgow and to the principal, professors, regents and other professors thereof, all and sundry the whole feu mails, feu ferms, kanes, customs and other duties whatsoever of all lands, baronies and others pertaining to the late bishopric of Galloway and abbacy of Tongland, priory of Whithorn, abbacy of Glenluce and others annexed thereto, with all teinds, parsonage and vicarage, and teind duties of all kirks and parishes that pertained in the said bishopric and abbacies, priories and others annexed thereto in manner at length specified in the said signature; therefore his majesty and estates of parliament ratify, approve and confirm the foresaid signature and mortification, with the charter appointed to follow thereupon, in all and sundry heads, articles and circumstances thereof, and will and grant and for his highness and his successors, with consent of the estates of parliament, decree and ordain this present ratification to be as sufficient and effectual to the said principal, professors, regents and other members of the said University and College of Glasgow now present and their successors in time coming, as if the foresaid signature and charter of mortification following hereupon were word by word inserted herein; concerning which, and with all that may follow thereupon, his majesty and estates of parliament have dispensed for ever. And further, his majesty and estates of parliament have dissolved and, by this ratification, dissolve all and sundry the foresaid feu mails, feu ferms, teind duties and others mentioned in the said signature from his majesty's crown and patrimony thereof and from the bishopric of Galloway, abbacy of Tongland, priory of Whithorn, abbacy of Glenluce and from all other benefices whatsoever to which the same were annexed of before, and suppress and extinguish the same name and memory of the said bishopric of Galloway, abbacies and priory respectively above-specified in all time coming, to the effect the foresaid feu mails, feu ferms, teinds, teind duties and others foresaid that belonged to the said bishopric, priory and abbacies foresaid and others annexed thereto may remain with the principal, professors, regents and other members of the said University and College of Glasgow, as a testimony of his majesty's favour perpetually in all time coming, excepting always out of this ratification the deanery of the chapel royal of Stirling and whole fruits and rents thereof, to the which the foresaid mortification nor this ratification shall not be extended.