The Records of the Parliaments of Scotland to 1707, K.M. Brown et al eds (St Andrews, 2007-2024), date accessed: 28 March 2024
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Ratification in favour of Master John Cant
Our sovereign lord and estates of this present parliament ratify and approve the charter and infeftment made and granted by his majesty's late dearest father, of worthy memory, with advice and consent of his highness's treasurers, comptrollers and collectors or treasurers of his highness's new augmentations, principal and depute for the time named therein, and other lords of his highness's secret council of Scotland, his highness's commissioners for the time, to the said Master John Cant, his heirs and assignees whatsoever heritably, of all and whole the lands of Lauriston and Randleston, with the tower, fortalice, manor place, houses, buildings, mansions, orchards, yards, outsets, tofts, crofts, annexes, connexes, dependencies, tenants, tenancies, service of free tenants, parts, pendicles and pertinents of the said lands of Lauriston and Randleston respectively, lying in the parish of Cramond and sheriffdom of Edinburgh, upon the resignation of the late Sir Alexander Napier of Lauriston, knight, to whom the same pertained of before, to be held of our said sovereign lord and his highness's successors in fee and heritage for payment of the yearly blench duties mentioned therein in manner contained in the said charter, under his majesty's great seal, of this kingdom, as the same of the date at Edinburgh, 20 November 1622 at more length bears, in all and sundry the heads, points, clauses, articles, circumstances and conditions contained therein, and after the forms and tenors thereof in all points. And our said sovereign lord and estates of this present parliament will, grant, decree and ordain that the said charters and infeftment above-written to follow thereupon are and shall be good, valid and sufficient rights and securities to the said Master John Cant, now of Lauriston, and his foresaids for possessing of the said lands and others above-written contained therein, perpetually in all time coming without any action or objection to be moved in the contrary.
- NAS, PA2/22, f.338v-339r.