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5 of His Majeties Rights, to the aids Superiorities, and that the Acception hereof hall not import grant or acknowledgment, of any Right, or Title, of the aids Superiorities in the Perons of the aids Reigners ed accumulando jura juribus. WHEREUPON Sir Thomas Hope of Craighal Advocat to his Majety in his Majeties name asked Intruments of me Notar Publick under ubcribing. This was done within the aid Palace of Whitehal, within his Majeties withdrawing Chamber, the ame Day, Place, and Year foreaid, betwixt Eleven and Twelve houres before Noone, Before thir Witnees, George Duke of Buckinghame Sir James Fullartoun, Gentleman of His Majeties Bed-Chamber, Sir William Alexander of Mentrie Knight, Principal Secretary, Sir Archibald Atchion of Glencairn Knight, alo Secretary to His Majety Sir George Elphingtoun of Blythood Knight, Jutice-Clerk, Witnees required, and Deired to the Premies. Sic ubcribitur Ita et Jacobus Phillip Notarius Publicus ad premia requiitus, Tetan meis igno, et Subcriptione manualibus,&c.

Submiion made be the Bihops and Clergie of SCOTLAND, To his Majety, Anent the Rights of Teinds.

T The Day of One Thouand, ix Hundred Twenty eight years Wee the Arch-Bihops, and Bihops, and remanent Clergie within the Kingdom of Scotland under Subcribing, Conidering that His Sacred Majety, Our Dread Soveraign, out of His Royal Care, Fatherly and tender affection to the Publick good of all his Majeties Subjects of His aid Kingdom for freeing them from the extremitie of damage, which may enue to them, by leading of their Teinds Intends to take uch coure as hereafter every Heretour may poes, and enjoy the Teinds of his own Lands for payment of a reaonable Rate,and Dewty for the ame; And Wee acknowledging our elves to be bound in Dewty for the advancement of that his Majeties Royal deign, tending to the Publick good of the Commonwealth. And being mot willing that uch Heretours as are ubject to the payment of any Teinds to Us or any of Us, may have their own, being deirous therof, for payment to Us, and our Succeours of uch a reaonable rate, and contant yearly Rent, as his Majety hall determine to be the Quota, and Rates of the Teinds, within the ret of the Kingdom, o as the Rent and Dewty, in Silver, and Bols payed at the preent, as well to Us, as to the Miniters erving at our particular Churches, be not in any fort hurt or diminihed. And alo conidering the great benefite, which the aid coure intended be His Majey, may Import to Us and our Succeours who are thereby to have a certain, and yearly Rent, which may not be altered by any Titulars in prejudice of their Succeours. THEREFORE to be bound and oblidged, Likeas Wee Bind and Oblidge Us, and Our Succeours, to grant to every Heretour of the everal Lands, the Teinds whereof doe appertain to us, or any of us (being deirous of the ame) uch ufficient ecurity thereof, as may tand with the Laws of the Kingdom, and for uch a reaonable Rate and Rent, or rentall Bols as his Majety hall determine to be the Quota, and Rate of the Teinds: Submiting our elves hereby, to his Majeties Royal Decreet, and Sentence to be pronounced, at, or before the lat Day of December, in the year of God 1619. And anent what lawful ecurity in manner foreaid, hall be made, and given by Us, or any of Us, to the aids Heretours of their own Teinds, belonging to Our Bihopricks, or Benefices, for payments be made, be the aids Heretours, to Us, and Our Succeours of the aid Quota, and Rate or contant Rent, and Rental, to be et down be his Majety, for the aids Teinds, out of the aids Lands ubject in payment thereof yearly, in uch manner, and at uch terms, as his Majety hall be pleaed to appoint: And anent the making, etting down, and etablihing of the aid Quota, and Rate of the aids Teinds, Rental, or Rental-Bols, payable yearly, for the ame to Us, and Our Succeours; And anent what Security the aids Heretours hall make, for the ure, true, timeous, and thankful payment to Us, and Our Succeours, of the aid yearly Rent, and Rental Bols, at uch Times, and Terms of payment, as his Majety hall think it to be contained in the ecurity of the aid Teinds: And anent the Annuity hereafter payable, be the aids Heretours, for encreaeof his Majeties Rent, Providing that Wee, and every one of Us, enjoy the Fruit, and Rent, of Our everal Benefices, as they are Poet by Us, at this preent time, and that the ame be not hurt, nor diminihed, neither in quantity, nor quality, whether the ame be payed to Us, in Rental-Bols, or by gathering of the Teind-heaves; But that Wee, and our Miniters, provided to the particular Churches under us, and our, and their Succeours, may freely enjoy the ame, without any alteration, and that uch Rent as hall hereafter belong, and accrece to us, and any of us, and our Succeours, by his Majeties aid Decreet, anent the aid Quota to be payed be the aids Heretours, for the remanent of the Teinds, which are not in our preent poeion, be ecured and made ure to Us, and Our Succeours, leaving the aids Heretours of the Lands, out of which the Teinds are due unto Us, To ubmit themelves to his Sacred Majety his Decreet and Determination, anent the Annuitie, and other Premies which concern them, to be pronounced before the aid lat Day of December 1629. AND for the more ecurity, Wee, and every one of Us, are content, and conents, that thir preents be Inert and Regitrat, Together with his Majeties Determination to follow thereupon, in the Books of Council, and Seion of Scotland, to have the trength of a Decreet of the Lords thereof Interponed thereto and that all Letters, and Execution needful may pas hereupon, in form as effeirs, and the Horning to pas on a imple charge of Ten daye only