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[1600/11/13]1
2Act of annexation of the forfeited lands and others to the crown
Forasmuch as it is clearly understood by the king's majesty and estates of this realm that the augmentation of the patrimony and revenues of the crown thereof not only serves for the advancing and maintenance of his highness's honour and royal estate but also relieves greatly his subjects of diverse
charges and heavy burdens, therefore our said sovereign lord, following the commendable example of his most noble progenitors, with advice and consent of his majesty's estates, unites, annexes and incorporates to his highness's crown, therewith to remain perpetually and inseparably in all time
coming, the lands, lordships, baronies, abbacy and others underwritten which may neither be given in freehold, fee or otherwise, to any person of whatsoever estate or degree without advice, decreet and deliverance of the whole parliament; and for great, reasonable, profitable and seen causes concerning
the welfare of the realm, first to be advised and maturely considered by the whole estates; and albeit it shall happen our said sovereign lord that now is, or any of his successor kings of Scotland, to transfer or convey the said lands, lordships, baronies, abbacy or others underwritten with their pertinents, presently annexed to the crown as said is, or any part thereof, that the said alienation shall be null and of no value and that it shall be permissible to the king for the time or his successors to receive the said lands, livings, abbacy and others foresaid with the pertinents to their own use whenever it shall please them without any process of law, and the taker shall refund and pay all profits that they have taken up of the said lands and others foresaid to the king for all the time that they have had them, with such other restrictions as are contained in the acts of parliament made by his majesty and his most noble progenitors, kings of Scotland, in their annexations to the crown and whole former acts of annexation, and all and sundry articles, provisions and restrictions therein contained are held as repeated and specially expressed and comprehended in this present act. These are the names of the lands and others with the pertinents presently annexed to the crown: all and whole the lands, earldom, lordship and barony of Gowrie and Scone; all and whole the lands, lordship and barony of Ruthven, Balerno, Newton, Coulgask, Strathbraan, Glenshee and Trochrie; all and whole the lands, lordships, baronies,
teinds, commodities and rents which pertained to the abbacy and monastery of Scone with all and sundry the lands, lordships, baronies, mills, multures, thickets, woods, parks, fishings, towns, villages, burghs of regality or barony, tenements, annualrents, revisions, customs, feu ferms, places, houses,
buildings, castles, towers, manor places, outsets, yards, orchards, kirks, teinds, advocation, donation and right of patronage of kirks, hospitals, chaplainries and prebendaries, tenants, tenancies and service of free tenants, profits, emoluments, commodities and pertinents whatsoever of the same lordships,
baronies, lands, abbacy, benefices, patronages, teinds and others particularly abovementioned or any part thereof; all and whole the tenement and lodging in Perth which pertained to the late John 6/9/2015 Act of annexation of the forfeited lands and others to the crown [Ruthven], earl of Gowrie, with the yards and other pertinents pertaining thereto, with all and sundry other lands, lordships, baronies, benefices, rents and possessions which either pertained to the said late John, sometime earl of Gowrie, or to his predecessors to whom he was heir or apparent heir or to which in any way he might have succeeded or have had right to or was possessed by him by the space of five years before the committing of the crimes of treason, for the which his memory and posterity is
forfeited and declared unable and incapable to hold and possess lands, heritages, benefices, offices or other dignities or commodities within this realm, and now pertaining to our said sovereign lord and being in his highness's hands by reason foresaid. Moreover, our said sovereign lord, with advice
foresaid, suppresses and abolishes the regalities and heritable offices pertaining to the said late John, earl of Gowrie or his predecessors or which were annexed to any of the lands, lordships and others foresaid and unites and incorporates the same to his highness's royalty, therewith inseparably to remain
in all time coming, and ordains his comptroller present and to come to intromit with, uplift and dispose upon the whole rents, profits and commodities of all and sundry the lordships, baronies, lands, teinds, rents, revenues, profits, commodities and others whatsoever abovespecified to his highness's proper
use and maintenance of his highness's house and other honourable charges belonging to the said office of the term of [...]3 and in all time coming. Finally, our said sovereign lord, with advice and consent foresaid, unites all and sundry the lands, lordships, baronies, benefices and others particularly abovementioned annexed to his highness's crown as said is, to the said lordship of Ruthven, now and in all time coming to be called the lordship and stewartry of Huntingtower, and the tenants, inhabitants and possessors thereof to be answerable to his highness's stewart of the said lordship, united as said is, with such freedoms, privileges and liberties as are in any way competent to any stewartry of his highness's property or to the tenants and indwellers of any of his highness's proper lands within the realm, excepting always and reserving out of this annexation all and whole the third part of the lands and
barony of Dirleton, with the tower, fortalice, manor place thereof, Brakeynpark, Highfield, Mensles and Menslesmuire, the town and lands of Dirleton which were apprised by the late Master Adam Otterburn and redeemed by the late Dame Jean Haliburton, with mills, multures, rabbits, rabbit warrens, fishings,
as well in salt water as in the fresh, with the advocation and donation of the provostry of Dirleton, with the tenants, tenancies and service of free tenants of all and whole the lands and baronies of Dirleton, with all the pertinents thereof; the third part of the lands and barony of Bolton with mills, multures,
tenants, tenancies and service of free tenants of all and whole the said lands and barony of Bolton with the pertinents; the third part of the lands and barony of Hassendean and Haliburton, mills and multures thereof, advocation and donation of the chaplainry of Haliburton, with tenants, tenancies and service of
free tenants of all and whole the lands and barony of Haliburton with all the pertinents; all and whole the superiority and tenancies of the half lands and barony of Ballegarno with the pertinents; all and whole the third part of the lands and barony of Abernyte with the mills, multures, mill lands, waulk
mills thereof, tenants, tenancies and service of free tenants of the same; all and whole third part of the half lands of Forgandenny with the mills, multures, mill lands, tenants, tenancies and service of free tenants of the said half lands and barony, advocation and donation of the chaplainry of Forgandenny
with the pertinents; all and whole the third part of the lands and barony of Seggie with mills, multures, mill lands thereof, tenants, tenancies and service of free tenants of all and whole the lands and barony of Seggie, with all and sundry parts, pendicles and pertinents, annexes and connexes of all and sundry the 6/9/2015 Act of annexation of the forfeited lands and others to the crown said lands and others respectively abovewritten; which lands, baronies and others respectively abovespecified are ordained by his majesty and estates to be conveyed heritably to his highness's familiar and domestic servant Sir Thomas Erskine of Gogar, knight, for great, evident and reasonable causes of the realm and are declared in no way to be comprehended under this present annexation nor any clause nor condition thereof.