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 XXIII. ¥4RLIJMENT.lV.of<^fugiift,i6%T.. 45-9 regiftrated in the Regifter of the Great Scale. HEREFORE, whereas any Creditouriiath comprifed land s holden of His Majeftie, and cannot recover foorth of the perfons hands , from whom the fame are comprif- ed, the KING ES right, and confirmation of the fame Infeftmenc, given unto them thereof, Left the negligence of the partie, not regiflrating the Infeftment , or Confirmation , after the palling thereof at the Great Seale: Secunded with the fubfequentfraude, in abftrafting and deftroying the principal Right and Confirmation, fhould unjuftly in damnage the true Creditor , and Comprifer:. His M A J E S T I E, with advice and confent of the faids ESTATES, willes, and declares, That if thefaidslnfeftments, and Confirmations ofthefaids perfons, from whom the faids lands are comprifed, have paft the Privie Seale, and be regiftrated in the Regifter thereof : That notwithstanding the want of the Infeftment and confirma- tion under the Great Seale, or the Extraft thereof : the Extract of the faid Infeftment, or Confirmation, foorth of the Regifter of the Privie Seale : The fame thereafter being paft the Great Seale, at any time fhall be a fufficient right to the Comprifer, whereby to poflcfie and enjoy the landes comprifed : conforme to the LawesmadeanentComprifingS: as freely in all refpeftes, as if the faids Infeftments and Confirmations were extant, and regiftrated in the Regifter of the Great Seale. Providing ahvayes, That this prefent Aft fhall no wayes hurt nor prejudge any third perfon, who hath Infeftment or Confirmation of the faids com- prifed lands, palt the Great Seale:, of an anteriour date to the faid Infeftment, fo paft the Great Seale, in manner aforefaid : but ihall be onely of force and effeft againft that perfon , from whom the land s are com- prifed, hisHeires, and SucccfTours. ACT IX. i_/fnent giving of Licence to Bijhops to fit their Warde Lands in Few-Ferme. OURSOVERAIGNE LORD, and EST AT ES of Parliament, underftanding, That a good number of Kirk-landes, pertaining unto 13Uhoprick.es , and their Chaptours , are difponed of olde to be hoiden by Service of Warde, and Relief e ; Which forme of holding yeeldes no prefent nor conftant rent and commoditie : but is onely a cafuality which vaketh not often : and when it vaketh, is gifted and difponed by the prefent Titulars, to their owne particular ufe, without any benefite to their Succefiours. WHERE- AS, if the faids Kirk-Landes were fette in Fiew-Ferme for a competent yearly Duetie, the fame would not onely augment, and meliorate the Eftate of the Benefice ; but alfo diminilh the occafion of applying of Kirk- rentes to particular ufes, AND HIS MAJESTIE, out of his Royal care, and Princely dilpofition , intending the prefervation of the Eftate of the faids Biihoprickes, and their Chaptours : and therefore being moft earneft to avoyde and remove this evil : HIS MAJESTIE, and ESTATES, ftatutes and Ordaines, That it fhall be lawful for all Biihoppes, and Members of Chaptours , who have Lands holden of them by Service of Warde and Reliefe, to fet the fame in Few-Ferme , for payment of a competent Fiew- I Ferme dutie, and doubling the fame at the entry of the Heire : Providing that the faid Few-Ferme dutie be anfwerable to the retoured duetie of the I ands : And where the lands have not been retoured , that the retoure I be ruled according to the cuftome of retoures oflandes in die countreyofthe like valour, where the faids 1 lands lye : And declares, That this prefent Statute ihall remaine in full force and effeft , for j the fpace of three yeares after the date hereof onely, and no longer , while farther order be taken ithere-anent. A C T X. 'Declaring famines Grafs, given to the Cftlmiflers , for their Gleybes to be Teynd-free. OUR SOVERAIGNE LORD, and ESTATES of this prefent Parliament, confidering in die fifth Parliament holden by his MA J EST IE, upon the twentie five day of Julie, in Anno one jthoufand, five hundreth, threefcore, and eighteene yeares : Chap. 6 z. His Highnefs with advice and iconfent of the ESTATES, Found, and declared, That the Minifters and Readers ought and ihould ipay no Teynd for their Gleybes, and Kirke-landes , extending to foure Ackers of Land , defigned unto jthem conforme to the Aft of Parliament : But decerned and declared them to bee free of their faids Teyndes, and difcharged them [Simpliciter] thereof in all time comming. LIKE AS in the Parliament holden mSPerth, the ninth of Julie, in Anno one thoufand fix hundreth, and fix yeares, Chap. 7. Iris Or- idained, That there ihall be defigned to the Minifters ferving the cure at Kirkes, where there is no arrable iland adjacent there-unto, the number offourSummes Grafs for every Acker, of four Ackers of Gleybe, extending to fixteenfummes Grafs, for the foure Ackers of Land, and that of the moft commodious and beftpafturage of any Kirk-landes, lying next adjacent, and moft eweft to the Kirk : And ordained letters jto be directed, for removing the poflefiours there-f rom : in ficklike forme as againft the poflefiours of Manfs iand Gkybcs. And in refpect that the Minifters Gleybes are Teynd-free, and that by confequence the fummes Grafs above-mentioned, defigned in fteade thereof, where no arrable land is adjacent unto Kirkes, ought like wife of all equitie and reafon to be Teynd-free, in refpeft the fame is dedicated and appointed ad pios nfm. HERE-