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 •31X -KING JAMES THE S E X T Juftice Clerke and his deputes; or for none-compeirance before the Juftice after fovertie founde ; fall bee for eyerie Erie or Lorde, t-wa thoufand pundes • For everie great Barronne, ane thoufand pundes : For everie Free-haider, ane thoufand Markes : For everie Fewer, five hundrcth Mark.es : For everie Zeaman-man, ane hundreth Markes : For everie Gentle-man un-landed, twa hundreth Markes : Of ilk perfon funimoned to pas upon Aflife before the juftice , ane hundreth Markes : And that the Juftice Gierke and his deputes , re- ceive 'fovertie, according to the faidis paines in time cumming, and na uther-waies : as they will anfwere upon the dewtie and execution of their offices. And the faids paines and Law-borrowes, to be divided equally, betuixt the Kin? and the partie offended unto; conforme to the aft maid there- upon of before. And that the un-law of all perfones arreifted, and not compeirand at the firft Juftice aire, over all the Realms in time cumming, fall be twentie pundes. 167. Annual-rentes fayed out of 'the Kingis 'Proper tie, to Ecclefiaftical perfones, after their deceafe, fall returne to the Crown.
 * T T is ftatute and Ordained be OUR SOVERAINE LORD, and his Eftaites in this prefent Par-

J_ iiament ; That after the deceafe of the prefent pofieflbur of the Prelacies, and uther benefices within this Realme; the annual-rentes payed there-unto, out of the Burrow-mailles, cuftomes, and utheris rentes of the propertie , to remaine with his Hienefie and his fucceffbures , as a part of the patriemonie of the Croune : And nane that fall happen to be provided in title to the faidis Prelacies, or uther inferiour Benefices, fall have richtor aclion, to crave or recover the famin annual-rentes : Notwithstanding their provifiones , general or fpecial quhat-fum-ever , without prejudice alwaies of the Hofpitalles and Colleges within Univerfities and Schooles, within this Realme. 168. The paines of wrdngeous Cafl&ners a?id Searchoures. UR SOVERAINE LORDE, with advife of the Eftaites in this prefent Parliament, ftatutis and ordainis, that all Cuftomers and fearchers , fall compeir zeirlie in the ordinar time of the Checker,. and make faith that they have done theirdewtie trewlie in their offices, the zeir preceeding : And gif ony fall be tryed to have done in the contrair ; be fullering or over-looking of forbidden guddes, or un-cuftomed guddes to be tranfported, ather before the Juftices or his deputes, or auditoures of the Checker , diat the offender thereby in-cur the paine of deprivation from their offices, and efcheitting of all their movable guddes. 169. Remijfiones and rejpittes fald not be granted, without ane letter of fames: They fkld be regiftrat, UR SOVERAINE LORDE, And Eftaites of this prefent Parliament, ratifies and apprievis, the acf es of his Hienefie Parliamentes, maid of before ; againit the granting of rcmiffiones and refpettes to the committers of murthers, flauchters, and uther odious crimes , mentioned therein , quhair there is not fufHcient letters of flaines fhawen ; And ordainis the faids acls to have full effeft, and to be obferved be his Hienefie and his deputes, during the haill fpace , mentioned therein; And that narefpit or remiflion be ad- mitted in judgement hereafter, except the famin be componed be the Thefaurer, fubfenbed be him, and at the leaft , paft his Regifter. 170. Rat ifc at tones of the friviledges of the College of Juftice. UR SOVERAINE LORD, And Eftaites of this Realme, conveened at this prefent Parlia- ment, ratifies and apprievis, for them and their fucceflbures , all and quhat-fum-ever Acles, ftatutes, conftitutiones and ordinances, maid be his Majeftie, or his PredeceiToures, in favoures of the Senatoures of the College of Juftice, and members thereof: fen the firft ereclion of the faid College, to this prefent day and dait, without ony maner of diminution or derogation of the famin , in ony fort , be quhat-fum-ever udier acl: cr ftatute, that may or can be extended or interpreted in the contrair, ather fpecial or general. 171. Infeftmentes of the propertie, without confent of the Comptroller, arnull. OUR SOVERAINE LORD, With advife of the Eftaites of this prefent Parliament, ratifies and apprievis the afte maid in die Parliament halden at Edinburgh, the fifth day oijunij , the zeir of God , ane thoufand, five hundreth , fourfcore twelve zeires ; Anent the fetting of infeftmentes of his Maje- fties propertie; And decernis and declaris quhat-fum-ever infeftmentes to be fet in time cumming of the famin, without the Comptrollers confent , his fubfeription and paffing of his regifter , to be null and of nane availe. 171. Infeftmentes given be the King, with new richt of Patronage in that part, arnull. GUR SOVERAINE LORDE, And Eftaites of this prefent Parliament, confidderinghowhis Hienefie hes bene greattumlie circumveened in granting oi new infeftmentes, to fmdrie perfones of their Landes