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

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THE FAMILY OF BURNETT OF LEYS.
male and assigns aforesaid, upon the ground of the aforesaid lands of the barony
and regality of Leyisburnet, or of any part thereof, is and shall be in all future
time a sufficient saisin for all and singular the privileges and other things specially
and generally abovementioned as we have dispensed and do dispense by the
tenour of this our present charter for ever ; And whereas, by the holding
of the
said lands and barony in free white farm as is aforesaid, and because in case of
defect of lawful and opportune entry of the heir or heirs male of the said Sir
Thomas Burnet and their assigns succeeding to the same barony and other things
aforesaid which can with difficulty be put into effect as duly and in as due time
as it should, by occasion of the long
distance of the same from our said realm of
Scotland whereby the aforesaid barony and boundaries might
into the hands of us and our successors by reason of non-entry at any time, and
until the lawful entry of the true male heir and male heirs of the said Sir Thomas
fall and devolve
and of their assigns, We, therefore, in no wise desiring that the aforesaid lands
and barony at any future time should fall into non-entry, nor that the said Sir
Thomas or his heirs male or assigns should be in the meantime deprived of the
benefit and profits thereof, have therefore, with the advice aforesaid, for ourselves
and our successors, dispensed with the said non-entry, and, by the tenor of our
present charter, do dispense therewith for ever, renouncing the same wholly, and
also discharging and quitclaiming the said Sir Thomas Burnet and his heirs male
and assigns from the said non-entry simply whensoever the aforesaid lands and
barony shall happen to have fallen into the hands of us, our heirs or successors,
by reason of a non-entry, and from all action and instance thereupon to right,
process and cause with all things which may be sued thereupon; Provided,
nevertheless, that the heirs male of the said Sir Thomas Burnet and their assigns,
within the space of seven years after the decease of their predecessors, or after
entry into possession of the aforesaid lands and barony, tender due homage for
the same, by themselves or their proctors, who are to be appointed for this purpose
and provided with their power, to us and our successors of the said crown and
our realm of Scotland, And shall enter and be received by us and our successors
unto the aforesaid lands, barony and other aforesaid things now hereinbefore
mentioned ; In which case the heir or heirs male of the said Sir Thomas Burnet
and their assigns shall have, enjoy, and possess all and singular the benefits and
privileges thereof, together with all and the whole of the said lands and barony,
rents, farms, profits, and dues thereof, and other things whatsoever particularly
and generally abovementioned in similar manner and as freely as if there had
never been such a non-entry, or they had never fallen into a non-entry ; Further-
more, considering that virtue and industry are by no other means more advanced
and stimulated than by honour and dignity, and that from that fount noble minds