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Protestation of the town of Glasgow against the town of Renfrew's ratification

In the parliament held at Edinburgh, 17 November 1641, the which day Patrick Bell, provost of Glasgow and commissioner to this present parliament for the said burgh of Glasgow, protested for the same burgh and in name and on behalf of the provost, bailies, council and community thereof that the ratification granted by the king's majesty and estates of this present parliament in favour of the burgh of Renfrew, provost, bailies, council and community thereof of the charter of confirmation, containing a new disposition granted to them by the late King James VI, dated 11 August 1614, confirming the particular charters and other rights, donations, decreets, sentences, liberties, privileges and immunities granted by the said late King James VI and his most noble progenitors to and in favour of the said burgh of Renfrew, provost, bailies, council and community thereof, and which are particularly, generally and respectively mentioned in the same charter of confirmation of the date above-written, as the foresaid ratification of the date hereof more fully purports, should be always without prejudice to the said burgh of Glasgow, provost, bailies, council and community of the said burgh regarding any of their infeftments, rights, privileges, liberties and immunities granted to and in favour of the same burgh and to the provost, bailies, council, community, burgesses and inhabitants thereof, and that the same infeftments, rights, privileges, liberties and immunities foresaid made and granted and pertaining to the said burgh of Glasgow, provost, bailies, council and community thereof, and possession had by them according to the same rights, be in no way impaired, hurt nor prejudiced by the foresaid ratification granted in favour of the burgh of Renfrew; and hereupon the said Patrick Bell, commissioner foresaid, in name and on behalf of the said burgh of Glasgow, asked act and instruments.