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favours of our selfe and cur aires of taylzie after mentionat, our titles,
honours, degrees, orders, and dignities, in maner under wryten : Therefor
to have made, constitute and ordained, likeas we heirby make, constitute
and ordaine Sir David Nairne, secretarie deput for the kingdom of
Scotland, and ilk ane of them, coniunctlie and seuerallie, our lawfull
ai:d undoubted actors, factours, procuratours and speciall commissioners,
for us, in our came and upon our behalfe, 1o compear before the Queen's
most excellent Majesty or her royall successours any day and place
laufull and convenient, and there with such dew humility and reverence,
as l)ecomes, purely and simply, by staff and bastoun, as vse is, to resigne,
surrender, upgive, overgive and delyver, lykeas we by these presents
resigne, surrender, upgive, overgive and delyver all and liaill our said
title, honour, degree, order and dignity of Duke of Queinsberry,
Marqueis of Drumfreisshyre, Earll of Drumlaurig, and Sanquhair,
Viscount of Nith, Torthorwell and Eoss, Lord Douglas of Kinmont,
Midlebie and Dornock, &c. with all and sundrie prerogatives, preheminencies,
precedencies, privileges, liberties and immunities whatsomever
pertaining and belonging thereto, in the hands of the Queen's most
excellent Majestic, or her said royall successours, of whom the said
titles, honours, degrees, order, and dignities are holdin, in favours and
for a new patent of the samen to be made, granted and disponed back
again to our selfe and to our aires of taylzie already nominat and
appoynted, or to be nominat or appoynted by us, to succeid to us in our
fortune and estate of Queinsberrie in all tyme coming, the said aires of
taylzie being allwayes the descendants of the body of William great
grandfather to us, the said James Duke of Queinsberrie, and first created
Earle of Quenisberrie, to be holdine of her said Majest}^ and her said
royal successours in such dwe and competent forme, as effeirs : provyding
and declairing allwayes, lykeas it is heirby speciallie provyded and
declaired, and so to be provyded and declaired by the patent to follow
heirupon, that the samen resignation shall be no wayes prejudicial! to
us nor our forsaid aires of taylzie, named or to be named, of any of our
former titles, hcnours, degrees, precedencie, orders, dignities, and patents
thereof, formerly granted to us and our predecessours thereanent : Acts,
instruments, and documents, one or more, as neid beis in the [premises]
to take and [deliver and scale], and thir presents be registrat [in the
books] ofcouncell and session or any other judges books competent,
within the kingdom of Scotland, therein to rcxiaainefor conservation and
for that effect we constitute our procurators. In witness whereof
Vv'c have subscryved thir presents (wryten be Mr. James Craig, servitor
to Sir Hew Dalrymple of Northberwick, Lord President of the session
of Scotland), att London, the twelveth day of Jnne, one thousand seven
hundred and six years, before these witnesses, David, Earle of Glasgow,
Sir David Dalrymple of Hailes, Advocat, and the said Mr. James Craig.
(Signed) Queensberry, Glasgow, witness, David Dalrymple, witnes?s,
Ja. Craig, witness.
7. Instrument of Resignation following upon the said Procuratory,
narrating that on the 17 day of June 1700 years, in presence of our
sovereign Lady Anne by the grace of God, compeared personally Sir
David Nairne, secretary depute for Scotland, as procurator constituted
by James Duke of Queensberry &c., and there the said Sir David
Nairne, with all due humility and reverence resigned the said James
Duke of Queensberry's title of Duke, Marquis of Dumfriesshire, Earl
of Drumlanrig and Sanquhar, Viscount of Nith, Torthorwell and Ros,
Lord Douglas of Kinmount, Middlebie and Dornock, in the hands of
the Queen's Majesty, in favour and for new patent of the same to be