The Records of the Parliaments of Scotland to 1707, K.M. Brown et al eds (St Andrews, 2007-2024), date accessed: 29 March 2024
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Ratificatione to Johne Malcome
Our soverane lord and estates of parliament ratifies and approves the letters of gifte granted be his majestie, with advyse and consent of his hienes thesaurer, comptroller and collectour or thesaurer of his hienes new augmentationes, deput, within this realme and kingdome of Scotland, and of the remanent lordis and otheres of his hienes excheker of the said kingdome of Scotland, his hienes commissiours, to and in favoures of Johne Malcolme wnder his majesties privie seale of the dait at Quhythall, the tuentie fyfte day of Julii lastbygone, quhairby his majestie, with advyse and consent foirsaid, hes made, constitute and ordeaned the said Johne Malcolme his hienes challmerlane off his majesties lordshipe and stewartrie of Fyffe and wptaker and receiver of his hienes rents, mailles, fermes, caynes, customes, casualities and dueties to be payed to his said forth of his said lordshipe and stewartrie of Fyffe, landis, lordshipis, barronyes and otheres perteaneing therto, off all yeeres and termes to come dureing the said Johne Malcolme his lyftyme, and giveand and granteand to him the said office and place thairof, withall fies, dueties, priviledges and commodities belonging to the said office of chalmenlarie of Fyffe dureing all the dayes of the said Johne Malcome his lyftyme, now vaikeand, falline and become in his hienes handis and at his hienes donatione, gifte and dispositione in maner specified in the saidis letters of gifte, with ample power and priviledges to the said Johne Malcolme anent the said office, using and exerceing therof, as the said letters of gifte of the dait foirsaid at mair lenth beeres, in all and sindrie the heeds, poyntes, clauss, articles and conditiones thairinconteaned, and eftir the forme and tennor in all poyntes. And our said soverane lord and estates of parliament willis, grantes, decernes and ordeanes that the saidis letters of gifte and this present ratificatioune therof is and shall be ane sufficient right to the said Johne Malcome for bruikeing, useing and exerceing of the said office dureing his lyftyme, conforme thairto in all poyntes, but questione or contradictione.
- NAS, PA2/22, f.297v-298r.