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Act in favours of the Earles of Roxburgh and Buckcleuch

Oure soverane lord and thrie estates of parliament, considering that his majestie and estates forsaids be speciall act of parliament, of the dait of thir presents, hes ratifiet and approvin the letters of rehabilitatioun of Francis Stewart, sone to umquhile Francis, sometyme erle of Bothwell, grantit be his majesties umquhile darrest father of eternall memorie of the dait the tuelt day of October, j^M vj^C tuentie ane yeirs, in the haill heides and conditiones thairof, and hes declarit that the said Francis and his airs sall be valide and able persones to bruik quhatsumever lands, teinds, benefices, donationes, offices and rents quhilk hes beine acquirit be him selff or quhilkes sall be acquirit in any tyme heireftir, and quhilk is alreadie decernit or sall be adjudgit to perteine to him be his majesties decreit arbitrall givin be his majestie betuix the Earles of Roxburgh and Buckcleuch and the said Francis, or quhilk it sall please his majestie to give to the said Francis as omittit or as perteining to his majestie be the renunciatioun maid be the saidis erles in his majesties favours, and hes given power to the said Francis to persew for all the saidis lands, teinds and uthers quhilkes sall be decernit in his favours be his majestie be vertew of the richts to be grantit to the said Francis be the saidis Earles of Roxburgh and Buckcleuch be vertew of the said decreit, and for the remanent particulars abonespecifiet quhilk his majestie sall be pleased to give to the said Francis in maner forsaid; and for that effect his majestie, with consent of the saidis estates, hes rehabilitat the said Francis, his airs and successors againes the act of dishabilitatioun of the said Francis or of the posteritie of the said umquhile Francis, somtyme erle Bothwell, his father, in sa far as the same may imped or hinder the said Francis to persew for quhatsumever lands, teinds and uthers to the quhilk he hes, or sall have, richt in maner forsaid as the said act beirs. And his majestie, being willing that the saidis Earles of Roxburgh and Buckcleuch be nowayes prejudgit in that quhilk of all equitie does perteine to thame conforme to his majesties said decreit, thairfor oure said soverane lord and thrie estates of parliament hes provydit and declarit, and be thir presents provydes and declairs, that the contents of the said act sall be affected with this provisioun and conditioun: that the said Francis, his airs and successors sall be haldin to doe and performe to the saidis Earles of Roxburgh and Balcleuch, thair airs and assignais all and quhatsumever quhilk is decernit to be done be him to thame be wertew of his majesties decreit arbitrall forsaid, or quhilk his majestie declairs to be done for performance thairof. Lykas his majestie and estaits forsaids for that effect ratifies and approves all richts quhatsumever grantit to the saidis Earles of Roxburgh and Buckcleuch or thair predicessors or authors be his majesties umquhile darrest father of happie memorie, or acquirit be thame in any maner of way, off all lands, teinds, rents and uthers of the said umquhile Erle Bothuells estate, or quhilkes they have be the act of inhabilitie of the said Francis (except such as is decernit and adjudgit to the said Francis be the said decreit arbitrall or quhilkes sall be giftit to him be his majestie in maner forsaid), and decernes the samyne richtes to be good and valide richts, quhairby the saidis Earles of Roxburgh and Buckcleuch may bruik the samyne lands, teinds and uthers in all tyme coming, in sua far as the same is not adjudgit be his majesties said decreit arbitrall or sall be giftit be his majestie to the said Francis as said is.