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378 THE WEDDERBURN BOOK.Great Seal derburn of Idvies, doctor of medicine in Dundee, heritably and irredeemably, ofRegister. ^he ] an(j s anfl estate of Easter, Wester, and Middle Idvies. Brack tullos, An chinscurry,with mill thereof, lying within the parish of Idvie, now called Kirkdean,barony of Rescobie and shire of Forfar, all of which, with the lands of Kinneres(now incorporated into one fiee tenaudiy called the Tenandry of Auchinscurry)pertained to the late Sir James Wood of Bonnington and to the late David,Earl of Northesk, and were acquired at a public sale by the creditors of thesaid Earl for the use and benefit of the said now deceased John Wedderburn,doctor of medicine in Dundee, brother gernian of the late Sir Alexander Wedderburnof Blackness, and were afterwards disponed by Sir James Wood and the othercommissioners for the said Earl in favour of the said Doctor John Wedderburn bydisposition dated 20 April, 17 July, and 9 Aug. 1733 and recorded in the Booksof Session on 2 June 1766, and which lands, &c. the said Dr. John Wedderburn, bydisposition dated 22 March 1749 and registered in the said books on 25 Jul}' 1751,disjjoned in favour of Margaret Balfour now deceased, then his spouse and afterwardshis relict, in life-rent, and to the said John Wedderburn, his grandnephewand his heirs male in fee, whom failing to the other substitutes thereinand above mentioned, and which lands, conform to procuratory in the foresaiddisposition by the said Sir James Wood and Commissioners, were resigned into thehands of the Lords of His Majesty's Exchequer, in favour of and for new infeftmentof the same to the said 1 >octor John Wedderburn and the heirs male of hisbody, whom failing to the other substitutes above mentioned, in the order ofsuccession above expressed, as authentic instruments taken under the hands of JamesSmyth, under the order of a W.S. and notary, more fully proport. (cix, 9, fol. 12.)By this Charter are confirmed the said disposition by Sir James Wood, and an instrument ofsasine following thereon, dated £0th August, and recorded at Dundee 30th September 1736, made bythe said Sir James Wood and the Commissioners foresaid to the said Doctor John Wedderburn ; alsothe disposition by the said Doctor in favour of the said John Wedderburn, dated 22 March 1749,and sasine thereon dated 29th, and recorded at Dundee 31st, Aug. 1763. There are confirmedalso by this Charter, in favour of the said John Wedderburn, as heir in general served andretoured to the said deceased Dr. John Wedderburn, of Idvies, his grand uncle, the writs aftermentioned,namely :— (1.) Contract of Wadset, of date 28 July it>(39, between the late Sir JohnWood of Bonnington, Knight. Baronet, on the one part, and the late Thomas Fairweather in Kirkton ofSaint Yigean's, afterwards of Brayinston. ami Thomas Fairweather, his eldest lawful son, on the otherpart, by which, for the sum of 11,01)1 merks, the former disponed to the latter, under reversion, thetown and lands of Achscuriy and Bractillo, in the regality of S. Andrew's and shire of Forfar : whichcontract is recorded in the Books of Council and Session 3 Feb. 1688. (2.) Charter by the said SirJohn, in implement of the said contract dated 28 July lb'69, with confirmation of the said contract byAlexander, then Archbishop of S. Andrew's, of date 22 May 1682. (3. ) Disposition of the said lands bythe said Thomas Fairweather, younger, then designed of Brayinston, in favour of George Dempster,merchant in Dundee, of date 14 April 1732. and recorded in the Books of Council and Session on2 June last. (4 ) Disposition and assign, of the said contract of wadset by the said George Dempster,in favour of Sir Alexander Wedderburn of Blackness, of date 23 Sept. 1 732, and recorded in theBooks of Council and Session on 2 June last. (5.) Disposition and assign, of the said contract ofwadset of the said lands and others, and transmission of the same, by the said Sir AlexanderWedderburn. in favour of the said Doctor John Wedderburn, his brother german, of date 27 March1735. also recorded in the Books of Council and Session on 2 June last, (6.) Oblig. of corrobatiou,disposition, and assignation by the said Thomas Fairweather of Brayinston, in favour of JamesFairweather, merchant iu Dundee, his brother, by which he disponed to him the lauds ofAchscurry and Bractillo, and the sum for which they were wadset to the extent of 3,500 merks,contained in an obligation therein narrated, by the said Thomas Fairweather to him, of date 15 June1709, with instrument of sasine following thereon dated 15 October 1709 and duly recorded ; withdisposition thereof by the said James Fairweather to the said Dr. John Wedderburn, of date 1 Feb.1733, and recorded in the Books of Council and Session on 2 June last: with service of the saidJohn Wedderburn now of Idvies. as heir in general of the said Doctor John Wedderburn, his granduncle,before the bailies of Dundee, dated 1 May 1758, duly retoured to Chancery. (7.) Bond ofreal warrandice by the said Sir James Wood of Bonnington, Brigadier-General, to the said DoctorJohn Weddderbuiui. of date 2 April 1735, and recorded in the Books of Council and Session on2 June last, whereby he obliged himself to infeft the said Doctor John Wedderburn, his heirs andassignees, heritably and irredeemably in the lands of Lethain and Newbigging in the parish ofS. Vigenn's and shire of Forfar, in warrandice of the said lands of Idvies and othersdisponed as above, against an adjudication of date 28 July 1692, approved 26 Sept. 1682, ledat the instance of James Kiddell, merchant in Edinburgh, against the late Sir John Wood ofBonnington. his father, adjudging the lands of Idvies, among others, for the accumulated sum of£2,500, and in warrandice of inhibition executed against the said Sir James Wood himself at theinstance of James Grieve, chirurgeon in Dundee, in 1724 or 1725, recorded iu the General Kegister,proceeding upon an obligation by him to Marion Wood, his sister, for the sum of 3,000 merks, ofdate 6 July 1702, and transmitted by her and Alexander Forrester, chirurgeon in Duudee, herspouse, to the said James Grieve, with procuratory of resignation and precept of sasine thereincontained, and instrument of sasine following thereon, in favour of the said Doctor John Wedder-