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APPENDIX. 257
XXXIII.
CONTRACT OF MARRIAGE between the sons of Sir Thomas Burnet of Leys
and the daughters of Mr. William Burnet, minister at Kinerny, loth
February, 1642.
AT Leyis, the tent day of m c
Februarii, j vj fortie-tuo yeirs, It is contrackit and
agreid betwixt Sir Thomas Burnet of Leyes knight barronet,
for himselff and
tacking the burden one him for Thomas Burnet his eldest laufull sone procreat
betwixt him and Dame Jean Moncreiffe his spous, and Mr. William Burnet,
minister at Kinerny, for himself and tacking the burden one him for Bessie
Burnet, his laufull dochter, on the one and uther partis, in forme and maner
following : That is to say, the said Sir Thomas Burnet obleiss him faithfullie that,
God willing, the said Thomas Burnet his son sail marie and take to his spous the
said Bessie Burnet, and in caice of his death or refuisall that William Burnet his
immediat younger brother germane sail marie the said Bessie, and in caice off the
deceas of the said William or refuisall that James Burnet his younger brother
germane sail spous the said Bessie, and in case of deceas of said Bessie or
refuisall to marie any of the saidis three brethren, that one of three brethren sail
marie Helen Burnet, sister germane to the said Bessie ; and the said Mr. William
obleisse him that the said Bessie, and in caice of her deceas or refuisall the said
Helen, sail accept in marriage one of the saidis three brethren as said is, and
solemnize the said band of matrimonie in face of holie kirke be wordis of the
present tyme, and therafter to do all mutuall dutie as God's word prescryves in all
poyntis. In contemplatione and solemnizatione of the quhilk marriage the said
Mr. William Burnet oblidges him and his aires and successors quhatsomevir to
dewlie, heritablie and irredemablie infeft and sease the said Thomas Burnet and
his aires maill to be laufullie procreat betwixt him and the saidis Bessie or Helen
Burnet, quhilkis failzeant his airs maill quhatsomevir, and in caice of his deceis
or refuisall to accomplise the said marriage, to infeft and sease the said William
Burnet and the airs maill laufullie procreat betwixt him and the saidis Bessie or
Helen Burnets, quhilkis failzeant his airs maill quhatsomewir, and in caice of the
deceas of the said William or his refuisall, to infeft and sease the said James
Burnet and his airs maill to be procreat betwixt him and the saidis Bessie or
Helen Burnets, quhilkis failzeing his airs maill quhatsomewir, and failzeinge the
airs maill of ony of the saidis three brethren quha happens to marie one of the
saidis tuo sisters, the said Sir Thomas Burnet, his aires maill and successours to
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