x6o KING JAMES THE S E X T AND becaufe it isnocht reafonable, that after the faid annexation of the faid Temporal! landestothe Crown , the faidis Prelates and Eccleftafticall perfons be burdened with ony taxationes , for , and in re- fpect of the faidis annexed landes, his Majeftie, and his Eftaites of this prefent Parliament, hes remitted the ordour to be taken for their reliefe inthatbehalfe, to certaine perfones to quhom theordour of the ge- norall taxation of all landes within this Realme is committed. Quhiik ordour to be taken , fall be obferved in all times cumming , and the heritable poileilbures of the faidis landes , and utheris addebted in taxationes, fall pay their taxt, according thereto. A N D Further , is is declared , decerned , ftatute and ordained , be our faid Soveraine Lord , and his faidis three Eftaites of Parliament , that in-cafe ony of the faidis Prelates , or perfones Ecclefiafticall , quhais T, Femporall landes ar properly comprehended in the faid annexation, fall be hereafter called and prefented, at the initance of quhat-lumever perfones , forwarrandizeofony of the faidis Kirk-landes, fet in few, or takkebe them, or their predecefloures to divers perfones, be occafion of double infeftmentes , or afledati- ones: orforquhat-fumeveruthercaufe, they, and their fuccefibures fall nawayes bee obliihed to warrand the fame , hot for their awin deed : to wit , quhair the warrandize proceedis , and takis occafion upon double infeftmentes, or afledationes of ane land , baith proceeding from aneperfon difponer thereof, zit on live; In quhiik cafe allanerlie , they fall be obliihed , as faid is. T-erfones 1 T I S Afvva concluded , ftatute and ordained , be our faid SOVERAINE LORD, and his cowviBoj three Eftaites of Parliament, that the faid annexation fall have full ftrength, force and effect , in all Lord- ^T^n e Nappes > tennendries , Barronnies , and uther Temporall Landes , quhiik perteined to ony Prelacie , or e d. ' uther Benefice , poffefied before , be quhat fumever Prelate or Ecclefiafticall perfon , againfl quhome pro- cefle of fore-faltour , orBarratriehesbeneledatonytime, fen our faid Soveraine Lordis Coronatioun; Al- beit they have bene in ony Parliament before, or fall be now in this prefent Parliament , or hereafter fullelie reftored againfl the faidis fentences , and procefie , and their reftitution fall have na effecl: , againft the faid annexation : bot the faid annexation , fall have effect againft them , notwithftanding the faid reftitution. IT Sail be alvvayes lauchfull to our faid Soveraine Lord, in his awin time, to fett in few-ferme , quhat- fet'bethl ' fumever the faidis Kirk-landes, quhilkis were not fett in few-ferme before /gif ony be.. And fik-like , gif ony King. infeftmentes offew-fermeofthe faidis landes, now annexed, quhilkis were fett in few-ferme before , fall happen to be retreated and reduced , for the reafones and caufes hereafter exprefled : Quhairin his Hienes and his Succefibures , fall onely be heard to quarrell and claime. It fall be lauchfull to his Hienes in his awin vi ^° time, as faid is, to fett the fame in few-ferme, notwithftanding the faid annexation. And to the effect fore- faid, the faid provifion fall ferve for a fufficient dilTblution inthatbehalfe, and his Hienes, and his three E- ftaites forefaidis , diffolvis the fame in that part. zxubtims. AND Sik-like, it fall be lauchfull to our faid Soveraine Lord, to ufe the fuperioritie and few-fermes of the Landes olTullois , the milne of Craquhy , millandes and fucken of the fame : The Landes oiCorfioim quhilkis perteined to the Abbacy of t_Aberbrothock , lyand within the Schircffe-dome of For-fare , and Re- galitie olt_Aberbrothock , as fall feeme gude to his Hienes. And that the converfion of the viftuall in money, or diminution of the rentall, fall be na caufe of reduction of the infeftment, the faid annexation, or ony claufe , or condition therein conteined notwithftanding. FURTHER, Our faid Soveraine Lord , and his faidis three Eftaites of Parliament , hes declared , and be the tenour hereof dcclaris , decernis and ordainis , that the Landes , Lord-fhippes and Barronnies under- written, erected be his Hienefle in temporall Lord-fhippes and Barronnies , before the daitof this prefent Acte, quhiik is the xxix. day oijulij, the zeir of God, 15" 8 7. zeires, ar not , nor fall not be com- prehended in the faid annexation : excluding the fame alluterly their-fra , to remaine with the perfons to quhome they were iirft difponed , after the forme and tenour of their infeftments , maid to them thereof. They ar to fay ; The Lands , and Lord-fhippes of Torphichin , The Erledome of Cow- rie , the Lord-fhippe and living of T)eir , now called the Lord-fhippe of Altrle. The Landes and Barronnies of Mew-bottle , with the uther landes annexed thereto : The Barronnies of Brouch- toun and Kerfe , the Burgh of the Cannon-gate , and ane part of the Town of Leitb , the Barronnie of Al- ' hammer , alias-called 6)uhite-Kirk : Quhilkis of before , perteined to the Abbacie of Halyrude-houfe. The Landes and Lord-lhlppes of Cfift/Jfel-burgh , quhilkis of before perteined to the Abbaie of Dumfer- meling. Quhilkis Lands and Lord-iliippes ar difponed to diverfe perfones , as their particular infeftmentes bearis : And als excepted the haill remanent landes of the Abbay oiTliimfermeling , declared as zit to abide with the faid Abbay , in the fame eftait , quhairin they then were , and ar not comprehended in the annexa- tion forefaid : Bot to remaine with the faid Abbay , quhill forder ordour be taken. As alfwa excepted foorth of the faid annexation of Kirk-landes to the Crown : The infeftment of the Temporalitie of Taijlay : And the Priorie of Tlufcarden , and temporalitie thereof. It is alwayes provided , and our faid Soveraine Lord , with advife of his faidis three Eftaites in Parliament, provides and declaris, that notwithftanding die faid annexation is appoynted to take effect in maner forefaid , At the Feaft oiMartine- mes nixt-to-cum : Nevertheless JOHN, Lord HAMMILTOUN, Commendatar of the Abbacie of Aberbrothock, fall bruik the fruites , profltes and dewtiesofthe faid Abbaie, during his life-time , in the fame maner as he did before. Except the profltes of the landes of Craquhy , and milne thereof, the landes of Tullois and Corfioun , few-fermes , and dewties of the fame ; For the quhiik he fall be recompenfed , according
