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Ratification in favours of Richard Maitland of Pitrichie [and protest]

Our soveraign lord, with advice and consent of his highnes['s] estates of parliament, hes ratified, approven and confirmed and, be thir presents, with advice and consent foresaid, ratifies, approves and confirmes ane chartor and infeftment granted be his majestie, under the great seale, of the date the sexth day of July j^M vj^C and seventie-two years, to and in favors of Richard Maitland, younger of Pittrichie, eldest laufull sone and appearand aire to Sir Richard Maitland of Pittrichie, one of the senators of the colledge of justice, his airs, successors and assigneyes whatsomever, heretablie and irredeemablie, without any reversion, redemption or regress whatsomever, off all and haill the lands and baronie of Geicht, alias Schives, with tower, fortalice, mannor place, housses, biggings, yeards, orchyairds and teind sheaves of the samen, comprehending the townes, lands, milnes and others underwritten, viz, the Maines of Geight, the lands of Milnebrecks, Blackhillock and Swanfoord, Fadounhill, Litle Geicht, Meikle Ardoch, Milne of Ardoch, milnelands, multurs and sequells thereof, Litle Ardoch, Auchincreive, Monlettie, Newtoun of Schives, Chappeltoun of Schives, milne, milnelands, multurs and sequells thereof, Skillmanae, Balnagoaks, Balquhynachie, milne, milnelands, multurs and sequells thereof, Midlemuir, Touxtoun, Cairnorie, Monteith, Newseat, milne of Geicht, milnelands, multurs and sequells thereof, Stanehouse of Geicht and cottoun thereof, the lands of Tettirlettir,² Monkshill, Lethintie, Bruckleseat, the maines and mannor place of Schives, Newseat, Burnsyde, with the old and new milnes, milnelands, multurs and sequells thereof, the town and lands of Old Tounleyes, Brodward, Quilquacks and Killmachillie, with all and sundrie the teind sheaves thereof, housses, biggings, yairds, orchyairds, mosses, meadows, marresses, commontie, common pasturage, tofts, crofts, outsetts, insetts, annexis, connexis, dependances, tennants, tennandries and service of free tennents, pairts, pendicles and haill pertinents thereof, all lying within the parochins of Fyvie and Tarves and shirefdome of Aberdeen; proceeding upon his owne resignation, togither with the clause of novo damus, and union and new erection of the saids haill lands and baronie, to be called the baronie of Geicht; as also, the dispensation anent the seasing to be taken at the mannor place thereof, to be sufficient for the saids haill lands in all time comeing, to be holden of his majestie and his highnes['s] successors in taxt ward, for payment of the yearlie taxt dewties underwritten, viz, for the ward and nonentrie, the soume of two hundreth pounds Scots money, at two termes in the year Whitsonday and Mertimas in winter be equall portions, and the soume of two hundreth pounds money foresaid for the releiff, when the samen shall happen, and the soume of four hundreth pounds money foresaid for the mariage of the aire or airs, when the samen shall fall, for payment of the which soumes the foresaid ward, releiff, nonentrie and mariage are disponed, notwithstanding that the samen lands [were] held formerlie of his majestie for service of ward and releiff, togither with the precept under the quarter seale with the infeftments following thereon, with the instrument of seasing or seasings taken upon the samen. And siclike, with advice and consent foresaid, ratifies, approves and confirmes ane other chartor granted be his majestie, under the great seale, of the date the second day of May j^M vj^C and sevinty-eight years, to and in favors of the said Sir Richard Maitland, and his airs male and assigneyes whatsomever, heretablie and irredeemablie, without any reversion, redemption or regress whatsomever, all and haill the lands of Auchincreive and Skillmanae, with housses, biggings, yairds, orchyairds, pairts, pendicles and haill pertinents thereof, with the teinds thereof, lying within the parochin of Tarves and shirefdome of Aberdeen, and of the salmond fishing thereto belonging in maner therin mentioned, togither with the clause of novo damus, union and new erection of the saids lands and salmond fishing, to be called the baronie of Auchincreive, and the dispensation anent the seasing to be taken at the mannor place of Auchincreive, to be sufficient for the saids lands and salmond fishing in all time comeing; to be holden of his majestie and his highnes['s] successors in taxt ward, for payment of the yearlie taxt ward dewties underwritten, viz, for the ward and nonentrie, the soume of ten merks Scots, at the saids two termes in the year Whitsonday and Mertimas be equall portions, and the soume of ten merks for the releiff, when the samen shall happen, and tuentie merks for the mariage of the aire or airs, when the samen shall fall, for payment of which soumes the foresaid ward, releiff, nonentrie and mariage are disponed, notwithstanding that the samen lands and salmond fishing [were] held formerlie of his majestie for service of ward and releiff; with the precept of seasing contained in the said chartor and instrument of seasing and infeftment following thereon, in all and sundrie the heads, articles, clauses and conditions mentioned in the saids two chartors, precepts and instruments of seasing following thereon; [and] willing and declareing this present ratification to be als valide and sufficient as if the saids two chartors, precepts and instruments of seasing were at length herein insert and ingrost; with the which his majestie, with advice and consent foresaid, have dispensed and, be thir presents, dispenses for ever.

Protestation the town of Aberdeen against the before writen ratification

Sir George Skeen of Fintrie, commissioner for the burgh of Aberdeen, protested that the ratification past this day, in favours of Sir Charles Maitland of Pittrichie, of the baronie of Auchincreive and fishings thereto belonging, should be without prejudice to the said town of Aberdeen of their rights, libertie and priviledge in the sands betuixt the two rivers of Dea and Don and salmond and other fishings pertaining to the said burgh, betuixt the saids two rivers and about and within the mouths thereof, and upon both syds of the samen pertaining and belonging to the said town, and that the foresaid ratification in favors of the said Sir Charles shall not be prejudiciall to the said towne of any right they have to the saids lands and others contained in the ratification.