The family of Burnett of Leys, with collateral - Electric Scotland

APPENDIX. 249
male and assigns] abovesaid, And if it shall have pleased the heirs and successors
of the aforesaid Sir Thomas Burnet to be served, returned, empowered and
saisined in the lands and other things aforesaid within the said our realm of
Scotland, then and in that case, We, with the advice abovewritten, do will, grant,
declare and ordain that writs to this effect, to be addressed to our sheriff of our
sheriffdom of Edinburgh and his deputies,
be directed and returned to the
chancery of our said realm of Scotland, and precepts of saisihes thereupon to be
addressed to the said our sheriff of Edinburgh and his deputies be directed, and
by them be demanded for due execution ; Which returns in deed, precepts, and
saisines, to be in this manner expedited, shall possess such strength, validity,
efficacy and effect in all respects as if the lands and other the things aforesaid lay
within the said our sheriffdom of Edinburgh ; the said Sir Thomas Burnet and
his heirs male and assigns yielding therefor yearly to us and our successors to the
said our crown and realm of Scotland the aforesaid free farm of white farm of one
penny of the usual money of the said our realm of Scotland upon the ground of
the said lands and barony, or of any part thereof, on the feast of the nativity of
our Lord, by name of a white farm, only if it be demanded, for all other dues,
services, questions or demands which could be exacted or required from the same
lands and barony; And by reason of the interval and distance of the said
boundaries and region of Nova Scotia from the aforesaid our ancient realm of
Scotland, and whereas the same region of Nova Scotia is still wholly unprovided
with tabellions and notaries public, requisite for the authorisation of saisines and
instruments respecting the same, and considering, moreover, the great and
manifold inconveniences which may arise by defect of due and lawful resumption
of saisine or saisines in pursuance of this our present charter and other
enfeofments of the same lands and barony granted or to be granted to the said
Sir Thomas Burnet and his heirs male and assigns, and whereas the said region
of Nova Scotia and the original enfeofment thereof is held in chief of the
aforesaid our ancient realm of Scotland, and has been newly discovered, explored
and acquired by the said Sir William Alexander, our Lieutenant thereof, by his
own proper expenses aforesaid, and he indeed is a native of the said our realm of
Scotland, and now has been and is to be planted in part by colonists and natives
of the same realm, and for that reason has rightly acquired for itself the
name, style and title of Nova Scotia, or New Scotland, wherefore the same
is a region of Nova Scotia and, as it were, deserved to be considered as a part of
the said our realm of Scotland, Therefore We, with the advice aforesaid, do
decree, declare and ordain that a single seisin, to be taken at our Castle of
Edinburgh, as being the most open and eminent part of the said our realm of
Scotland, at the choice and option of the said
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Sir Thomas Burnet and his heirs