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(I) SUBMISSIONS,and SURRENDERS

Of T E I N D S, &c,

With

His MAJESTIE'S Decreets following thereupon.

Submiionmade be the Lords of Erections, Titulars, Tack-men, &c. Gentrie, Heretours of Lands, To His Majety, anent their Superiorities, and Teinds, &c.

T WHITE-HALL, The fit day of Februar, And HALY-ROOD-HOVSE, The twenty third day of Februar, The year of God, One thouand, ex hundred, Twenty eight. The Perons under-written having or pretending right to whatsoever Erections, & Temporalities of Benefices, Superiorities, and Few-dewties of the ame, or to the Kirks, and Teinds great and mall, Paronage, and Viccarage or Patronages of Kirks pertaining to the aids Erections, or to any other which they, or any of them, have of other mens Lands, be whatoever Right, or Title. And iclike, the Heretours, and Poeours of Lands, lyand within the aids Kirks, and Benefices, erected, for themelves, and in name of all Others, who are deirous to have Right and Title, of the Teinds of their own Lands, at a competent rate, and price, conform to His Majeties Proclamation made to that effect, THAT IS TO SAY, All the aids Perons, Conidering, That his Majety their Dread, and Gracious Severaign, out of his Royal care, Fatherly, and tender affection, to the publick well of his Majeties Ancient, and Native Kingdom of Scotland, was lately pleaed in die Moneth of Januar, the year of God 1627. years, for the eae of his Majeties Subjects, and removing of the general fears which were conceived, by reaon of his Majeties Revocation, given forth, and publihed in the Moneth of October 1625. years, To grant Commiion under his Majeties great Seal, to certain his Majeties commiioners nominatin the aid Commiion, to meet, conveen, deale, and treat, anent uch reaonable atisfaction, and compoition, to be given to uch of his Majefies Subjects, as had right to whatoever erection of Benefices, Temporalities, Few-mails, Kirks, Teinds, and others foreaids, who hould make urrender thereof in his Majeties hands, and anent the mot convenient and lawful form how the aids Perons hould be denuded of the Superiorities of the aids Erections, without any compoition to be made therefore, except for the Few-mails, Few-ferms, and other contant Rent of the aids Superiorities; And how awful Dipofitions hould be made to the Heretours, and poeours of Lands, of the Teinds of the aids lands pertaining to Erections, for uch compoition, and yearly dewties, to be payed, and reounded to His Sacred Majety, as the aids Commiioners hould think expedient. With power to the aids Commiioners, to conult, and agree, upon the etablihing, and annexing, of a certain Patrimony to the Crown and means thereof to remain with the Crown for ever; As the aid Commiion of the date foreaid, bearing certain Declarations, Reervarions, and other Proviions in favours of his Majeties Subjects having right to Erections; And in favours of Heretours, and Poeours of Lands, for ecuring of the Teinds of the ame, at more lenth is contained. BY VERTUE, and conform to the which Commiion, the aids Commiioners having now conveened, and treated anent the premiies, from the aid Moneth of Janur, until the lat day of June, lat by-pat; There was during that time a good progres made by them in the aid buines committed to their care, And by an Act of the date the Twenty ninth day of May lat by-pat, It was advied, concluded, and enacted, That his Majety and His Succeours, hould have a contant, Rent and Dewty payed out of the whole Teinds of the aid Kingdom coniting in victual, or ilver, excepting the particular Teinds, excepted and reerved be the aid Act, viz. Of every boll of the bet Teind Wheat, Ten hillings, of every Boll of bet Teind Bear, Eight hillings, and of every Boll of the bet Teind Oats, Peae, and Rye, Sex hillings, and o the aids Rents to be modified out of the whole of the Teind bolls of victual of the Teinds foreaids, being of inferiour worth, goodnes, and, prices, according to the proportion of the aids Dewties, and Rent, laid, and impoed upon the bet Boll of every kinde, in manner foreaid, And where Oats are of the nature, that they will not render above half meale, the Rent to be Three hillings: And alo of every Hundred merks of Paronage, and Viccarage Teinds, which are not Victual, the um of Sex merks money, of yearly rent, and dewty, LIKE AS the aids Commiioners having entered upon conideration of the compoition to have been given be his Sacred Majety, for the Few-mails, and other certain rent depending upon the Superiority of the aids Erections