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<HEAD>DOUBLE OF THE CONTRACT <HI>Betwixt the Lord</HI> Cochran, <HI>&amp;c. And the Town of</HI> Pa&s;ley.</HEAD>
<P>AT <HI>Pa&s;ley</HI> the third day of <HI>May</HI> the year of God one thou&s;and &s;ix hundred and fifty eight years: It is appointed, contracted, concord|ed, and finally agreed, betwixt the Parties following; They are to &s;ay; The right Noble Lord, <HI>William</HI> Lord <HI>Cochran</HI> of <HI>Pa&s;ley,</HI> and <HI>Dundonald,</HI> and <HI>William</HI> Ma&s;ter of <HI>Cochran</HI> his elde&s;t Son lawful, both with one Con&s;ent and A&s;&s;ent on the one part: And <HI>William Greenlies</HI> and <HI>John Park</HI> Merchants, pre&s;ent Baillies of the Burgh of <HI>Pa&s;ley, William Love</HI> The&s;aurer of the &s;aid Burgh and Coun&s;ellours thereof under&s;ub|&s;cribing for them&s;elves, and taking the Burden upon them for the Community of the &s;aid Burgh of <HI>Pa&s;ley,</HI> on the other part, in Manner, Form and Effect as af|ter follows, that is to &s;ay, <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="OXF" EXTENT="1 word"> of <HI>Pa&s;ley,</HI> with con&s;ent of the Convent of the Abbacy thereof for the Time, having of old given and granted to the Baillies, Council, Community and In|dwellers of the &s;aid Burgh of <HI>Pa&s;ley,</HI> certain Freedoms, priviledges, Liberties and Immunities, with and adjoyned to the &s;aid Burgh of <HI>Pa&s;ley,</HI> and contained in the Charter of the Erection of the &s;amen; And the &s;aid Noble Lord, <HI>William</HI> Lord <HI>Cochran,</HI> now Lord of the Erection of <HI>Pa&s;ley,</HI> and <HI>William</HI> Mr. of <HI>Cochran</HI> his elde&s;t Son lawful, being mo&s;t careful, that not only <HI>the haill former Freedoms, Priviledges Liberties and Immunities of old,</HI> granted and con|ferred in favours of the &s;aid Burgh of <HI>Pa&s;ley be keeped and pre&s;erved whole, firm and entire to them:</HI> But al&s;o being mo&s;t willing for the better thryving and Flouri&s;hing of the &s;aid Burgh, <HI>to Corroborat, Strengthen and Augment the &s;amen</HI> in manner after-mentioned; And therefore they the &s;aid <HI>William</HI> Lord <HI>Cochran,</HI> and <HI>William</HI> Ma&s;ter of <HI>Cochran</HI> his elde&s;t Son lawful, for di|ver&s;e and &s;undry Re&s;pects good Cau&s;es and Con&s;iderations moving them here|unto, and for certain Sums of Money payed, and delivered to them by the &s;aids pre&s;ent Baillies and Council of the &s;aid Burgh of <HI>Pa&s;ley,</HI> and their &s;aid The&s;aurer wherewith the &s;aid <HI>William</HI> Lord <HI>Cochran,</HI> and <HI>William</HI> Ma&s;ter of <HI>Cochran</HI> his Son grants them &s;atisfied, di&s;charging them thereof for ever; Have renounced, dimitted and over-given, and hereby renounce, dimit and overgive frae them, the &s;aid <HI>William</HI> Lord <HI>Cochran,</HI> and <HI>William</HI> Ma&s;ter of <HI>Cochran</HI> his Son, their Heirs Succe&s;&s;ors and A&s;&s;igneys, all Right of the Superiority of the &s;aid Burgh of <HI>Pa&s;ley</HI> within the Bounds thereof after-ment|tioned,
<PB N="2" REF="2"> to the effect and intent the fore&s;aid Burgh of <HI>Pa&s;ley,</HI> Freedoms, Li|berties and Priviledges of the &s;amen, in all time coming may be holden of his Highne&s;s, the Lord Protector of the Common-wealth of <HI>England, Scotland</HI> and <HI>Ireland,,</HI> and Dominions thereunto belonging, and his Highne&s;s Succe&s;|&s;ors Superiors thereof; Likeas the &s;aid <HI>William</HI> Lord <HI>Cochran,</HI> and <HI>Willi|liam</HI> Ma&s;ter of <HI>Cochran</HI> his Son lawful, both with one Con&s;ent and A&s;&s;ent as &s;aid is, be the Tenor hereof, Renounce, Quite-claim, Di&s;charge, Di&s;pone &amp; Over|give frae them and their fore&s;aids, to and in favours of the &s;aids Baillies, Council, Community, The&s;aurer and Inhabitants of the &s;aid Burgh of <HI>Pa&s;ley,</HI> and their Succe&s;&s;ors, all Right of Property and Magi&s;tracy of the &s;aid Burgh of <HI>Pa&s;ley,</HI> and Election of the Baillies, Council, Clerk, Burge&s;&s;es, Offi|cers and other Members thereof, in all time coming, and of the Tenements, Lands and others, within the &s;ame Burgh and Lands of <HI>Seedhill</HI> annexed thereto, within the Bounds after-mentioned, and Territory of the &s;a|men (except the Millns called the <HI>Seedhill</HI> Millns, Corn, Kilns there|of, Milln-Hills, or Shilling-Hills of the &s;amen, and Thirled and A&s;tricted Moultures of the &s;aid Burgh of <HI>Pa&s;ley,</HI> and Knave&s;hip thereof according to u&s;e and wont, and of the Lands after-mentioned within the Territory there|of, to the effect they the &s;aids Baillies, Council and Community of the &s;aid Burgh, and their Succe&s;&s;ors, may bruik, enjoy and po&s;&s;e&s;s the &s;amen, conform to their re&s;pective Titles thereof, and may be in Capacity and pow|er to Elect, Choi&s;e, Change and continue their own Magi&s;trats, Baillies, Coun|cil, The&s;aurer, Clerk, Burge&s;&s;es, Officers and all other Members nece&s;&s;ary and u&s;ual within the &s;aid Burgh, as they &s;hall think convenient: And in like manner they the &s;aid <HI>William</HI> Lord <HI>Cochran,</HI> and <HI>William</HI> Ma&s;ter of <HI>Cochran</HI> his Son, both with ane Con&s;ent and A&s;&s;ent as &s;aid is, for them and their fore&s;aids, hereby &s;ell, di&s;pone, renounce, a&s;&s;ign and overgive frae them and their fore&s;aids, to and in favours of the &s;aids Baillies, Council, The&s;aurer &amp; Community of the &s;aid Burgh of <HI>Pa&s;ley,</HI> and their Succe&s;&s;ors for the publick u&s;e of the &s;aid Burgh, all and &s;undry the Feu-duties of old addebted, obli&s;ht and u&s;ual to be payed to the Abbot and Convent of the &s;aid &s;ometime Ab|bacie of <HI>Pa&s;ley,</HI> and &s;en&s;yne to the Lords of the Erection of <HI>Pa&s;ley,</HI> and their Factors and Chamberlains furth of and for the &s;aid Burgh of <HI>Pa&s;ley,</HI> Hou&s;es, Biggings, Yards, Tenements, Aikers, Teinds and parcels of Land thereof we&s;tward frae the ea&s;t-end of the Bridge of <HI>Pa&s;ley,</HI> and Mu&s;tard yard dyke, including and comprehending the Lands of <HI>Cal&s;i&s;yde, Orchard, Bladoyard, Snaddon, Huthead, Hillhead, Welmeadow, Broomlands</HI> and others within the Bounds, Territory and Limits of the &s;aid Burgh of <HI>Pa&s;ley,</HI> Property and Commontie of the &s;amen (excluding the Feu-duties of the Lands called <HI>Ox&s;haw-wood</HI> and <HI>Wardmeadow,</HI> whilk are no ways comprehended in this pre&s;ent Di&s;po&s;ition and A&s;&s;ignation above-written: To the Effect and In|tent, that the &s;aids Baillies, Council, The&s;aurer and Community of the &s;aid Burgh and their Succe&s;&s;ors, may hereby have full Right and power as by the Tenor hereof, the &s;aid <HI>William</HI> Lord <HI>Cochran,</HI> and <HI>William</HI> Ma&s;ter of <HI>Cochran</HI> his Son for them and their fore&s;aids, now Give, Grant and Commit to them the &s;aids Baillies, Council, The&s;aurer and Community of the &s;aid Burgh, and their Succe&s;&s;ors, their full Right and power to collect, gather, uplift and receive, all and &s;undry the &s;aids Feu-duties of the &s;aid Burgh of <HI>Pa&s;ley,</HI> Hou&s;es, Biggings, Yards, Tenements, Aikers, Roods and parcels of Lands thereof, within the Bounds above-mentioned, Including and Comprehend|ing as is above included and comprehended, and excepting and &s;ecluding, as is a|bove
<PB N="3" REF="2"> excepted and &s;ecluded of the Cropt &amp; year of God one thou&s;and &s;ix hun|dred fifty eight years in&s;tant; Both <HI>Whit&s;unday</HI> and <HI>Martinmas</HI> Terms of the &s;ame, and yearly and termly in all time coming. And to imploy and be|&s;tow the &s;amen to the publick and common u&s;e and good of the &s;aid Burgh, Emolument and Profit thereof, and giff need beis to call, follow and pur&s;ue therefore, Decreets, Sentences, Precepts and Executorials thereupon, to ob|tain, rai&s;e, u&s;e and cau&s;e put to Execution, and to give Di&s;charges thereof, and to do every other thing needful thereanent, as the &s;aid <HI>William</HI> Lord <HI>Cochran</HI> or either of them, or their fore&s;aids might have done, giff they had not made thir pre&s;ents: And moreover the &s;aid <HI>William</HI> Lord <HI>Cochran,</HI> and <HI>William</HI> Ma&s;ter of <HI>Cochran</HI> his Son, both with one Con&s;ent and A&s;&s;ent, for them and their fore&s;aids, <HI>Hereby ratifie and approve</HI> to them, the &s;aids Baillies, The&s;aurer, Council and Community of the &s;aid Burgh of <HI>Pa&s;ley,</HI> and their Succe&s;&s;ors for ever, their former and accu&s;tomed Priviledges and Liberties of that part of the Mo&s;s of <HI>Pa&s;ley,</HI> which is bounded betwixt the Marches of <HI>Fergu&s;lie</HI> and <HI>Merksworth,</HI> conform to their former Right and Title thereof and Po&s;&s;e&s;&s;ion u&s;ed and wont; And by thir pre&s;ents, they the &s;aid <HI>William</HI> Lord <HI>Coch|ran,</HI> and <HI>William</HI> Ma&s;ter of <HI>Cochran</HI> his Son, both with one Con&s;ent and A&s;|&s;ent for them and their fore&s;aids, <HI>Renounce, Di&s;pone and overgive</HI> frae them and their fore&s;aids, in favours of the &s;aids Baillies, The&s;aurer, Council and Community of the &s;aid Burgh of <HI>Pa&s;ley,</HI> and their Succe&s;&s;ors, <HI>all Right, Title, and Intere&s;t,</HI> whilk they the &s;aids <HI>William</HI> Lord <HI>Cochran, William</HI> Ma&s;ter of <HI>Cochran</HI> his Son, or either of them, or their fore&s;aids, <HI>had, have, or can pretend</HI> to that part fore&s;aid, of the &s;aid Mo&s;s of <HI>Pa&s;ley,</HI> betwixt the &s;aid Matches of <HI>Fergu&s;lie</HI> and <HI>Merksworth, made or to be made,</HI> to the effect that the &s;aids Bail|lies, The&s;aurer, Council and Community, and their Succe&s;&s;ors may bruik, enjoy, and po&s;&s;e&s;s the &s;amen in all time-coming, conform to their &s;aid Rights thereof Title and Po&s;&s;e&s;&s;ion u&s;ed and wont; <HI>And</HI> of the whilk Right of Superiority above-written of the &s;aid Burgh of <HI>Pa&s;ley,</HI> within the Bounds above &s;pecified, including and comprehending, as is above included and comprehended, and excepting and &s;ecluding as is above-excepted and &s;ecluded; The &s;aid <HI>Willi|am</HI> Lord <HI>Cochran,</HI> and <HI>WIlliam</HI> Ma&s;ter of <HI>Cochran</HI> his Son, bind and oblige them and their fore&s;aids, to formally and legally dive&s;t them&s;elves in the Hands of His &s;aid Highne&s;s the Lord Protector of the Common-Wealth of <HI>England, Scotland</HI> and <HI>Ireland,</HI> and Dominions thereunto belonging, and his Succe&s;&s;ors, or their Commi&s;&s;ioners of Exchequer in this Nation, <HI>ad perpetuam remanentiam,</HI> to the effect the &s;aid Superiority may con|form to the Laws and Statutes of this Nation, be con&s;olidat in the per|&s;on and favours of His &s;aid Higne&s;s, and his Succe&s;&s;ors for ever. <HI>And</HI> &s;ick|like, the &s;aid <HI>William</HI> Lord <HI>Cochran,</HI> and <HI>William</HI> Ma&s;ter of <HI>Cochran</HI> his Son, hereby bind and oblige them, and ilk one of them, conjunctly and &s;e|verally, and their fore&s;aids, by all legal and lawful means, to dive&s;t and de|nude them&s;elves, and their fore&s;aids of the &s;aid Property of the &s;aid Burgh of <HI>Pa&s;ley,</HI> and Magi&s;tracy thereof, and Election of the &s;aids Baillies, Clerk, Bur|ge&s;&s;es, Officers, and all other Members thereof, <HI>and of all Right</HI> that they or their fore&s;aids can or may in time-coming claim or pretend thereto, and to the Tenements, <HI>Lands and others fore&s;aids,</HI> within the &s;aid Burgh, including and comprehending as is above included and comprehended, and excepting and &s;ecluding as is above excepted and &s;ecluded, to the effect and intent above|&s;pecified, and to the &s;aids Feu-duties of old addedbted and due to the &s;aid Abbot
<PB N="4" REF="3"> and Convent of the &s;aid &s;ometime Abbacey of <HI>Pa&s;ley,</HI> and &s;en&s;yne to the &s;aids Lords of Erection of <HI>Pa&s;ley,</HI> and payable to them furth of the &s;aid Burgh of <HI>Pa&s;ley,</HI> Hou&s;es, Biggins, Yards, Tenements, Aikers, and parcels of Lands thereof within the Territory of the &s;amine, and Bounds above-mentioned, including and comprehending as is above included and comprehended, and excepting and &s;ecluding as is above excepted and &s;ecluded, to the effect and in|tent above exprimed, and <HI>of all Right Title or Intere&s;t</HI> fore&s;aid, whilk the &s;aid <HI>William</HI> Lord <HI>Cochran, William</HI> Ma&s;ter of <HI>Cochran</HI> his Son, and their fore&s;aids <HI>had, have, or can pretend to</HI> that part fore&s;aid of the Mo&s;s of <HI>Pa&s;ley,</HI> bewixt the Marches fore&s;aid of <HI>Fergu&s;ly</HI> &amp; <HI>Merksworth,</HI> made or to be made, in manner above-&s;pecified, to the effect and intent above contained, by re&s;ignation of the &s;amine in the hands of his &s;aid Higne&s;s the Lord protector of the Common-wealth of <HI>England, Scotland</HI> &amp; <HI>Ireland,</HI> &amp; Dominions thereunto belonging, or his high|ne&s;s Succe&s;&s;ors, Superiors thereof, or their &s;aid Commi&s;&s;ioners of Exchequer, in fa|vours of the &s;aid Baillies, Council, &amp; Community of the &s;aid Burgh of <HI>Pa&s;ley</HI> and their Succe&s;&s;ors, and for new Infeftment to be made, given and granted to them thereof, to be holden by them, from the &s;aid <HI>William</HI> Lord <HI>Cochran, Wil|liam</HI> Ma&s;ter of <HI>Cochran</HI> his Son, and their fore&s;aids, Of the &s;aid Lord Pro|tector, and his Highne&s;s Succe&s;&s;ors, in all time coming, in free Blench, for payment of an <HI>Scots</HI> penny yearly at the fea&s;t of <HI>Whit&s;unday,</HI> at the Mercat-Cro&s;s of the &s;aid Burgh, in name of Blench Ferm, giff it beis asked, allener|ly, and &s;icklike, for payment yearly to his &s;aid Highne&s;s, and his Succe&s;&s;ours of the Sum of Seven pounds good and u&s;ual <HI>Scots</HI> Money, as an proporti|onal part of the Blench-duty of the &s;aid erected Lord&s;hip of <HI>Pa&s;ley,</HI> for the &s;aid <HI>William</HI> Lord <HI>Cochran,</HI> his &s;aid Son, and their fore&s;aids, their Relief of the &s;aid Blench-duty of the &s;aid Erected Lord&s;hip of <HI>Pa&s;ley, pro tante,</HI> Or by payment thereof, to the &s;aid <HI>William</HI> Lord <HI>Cochran, William</HI> Ma&s;ter of <HI>Cochran</HI> his Son, and their fore&s;aids, to be imployed, and applyed by them, for their own Relief of the &s;amen, at the Option of the &s;aids Baillies and Coun|cil of <HI>Pa&s;ley,</HI> and their The&s;aurer and Succe&s;&s;ors. And with &s;pecial Clau&s;e of Warrandice, of the Infeftment fore&s;aid. Likeas now, as give the &s;amen Infeftment were made and perfected, and then as now. The &s;aid <HI>William</HI> Lord <HI>Cochran,</HI> and <HI>William</HI> Ma&s;ter of <HI>Cochran</HI> his Son, hereby bind and ob|lige them, conjunctly and &s;everally, and their fore&s;aids, to Warrand, Acquite, and defend to the &s;aids Baillies and Council, and Community of the Burgh of <HI>Pa&s;ley,</HI> and their Succe&s;&s;ors and The&s;aurer, the Premi&s;&s;es above di&s;pon|ed, A&s;&s;igned and Ratified to them, als freely and quietly, in, and be all things, as is above-mentioned, from them the &s;aid <HI>William</HI> Lord <HI>Cochran,</HI> and <HI>William</HI> Ma&s;ter of <HI>Cochran</HI> his Son, and their fore&s;aids, their own proper Facts and Deeds allenarly. That is to &s;ay, that they, nor any of them, nor their fore&s;aids have not done, nor &s;hall not do any Fact or Deed, in hurt and prejudice of the Premi&s;&s;es, in any &s;ort. <HI>And moreover the &s;aid Willi|liam</HI> Lord <HI>Cochran,</HI> and <HI>William</HI> Ma&s;ter of <HI>Cochran</HI> his Son, hereby al&s;o bind and oblige them, and ilk ane of them, and their fore&s;aids, that they or any of them in the purcha&s;e of their new Signature and Infeftment of the &s;aid erected Lord&s;hip of <HI>Pa&s;ley,</HI> &s;hall either cau&s;e to be <HI>Excepted, Re|&s;erved</HI> and expunged the haill Priviledges, Liberties and Feu-duties, and o|thers above-di&s;poned above a&s;&s;igned, and above-ratified by them to the &s;aids Baillies, Council, and Community of the &s;aid Burgh of <HI>Pa&s;ley,</HI> and their Succe&s;&s;ors, give they the &s;aid Baillies, and Council of <HI>Pa&s;ley,</HI> and their Suc|ce&s;&s;ors,
<PB N="5" REF="3"> &s;hall find the &s;ame Conducing, for their Security: Or other|wayes, <HI>the In&s;erting,</HI> and not excepting, re&s;erving and expunging thereof furth of the &s;aid Signature and Infeftment, &s;hall no wayes derogat any thing from this abovewritten Security, nor extenaut, nor weaken the &s;ame, but to the contrair, &s;hall be in <HI>Fortification and Corroboration</HI> hereof. And &s;hall be an <HI>Supervenient Right</HI> to them, The &s;aids Baillies, Council and Community of the &s;aid Burgh of <HI>Pa&s;ley,</HI> and their Succe&s;&s;ors, for that effect. And the &s;aid <HI>Wil|liam</HI> Lord <HI>Cochran,</HI> his &s;aid Son, and their fore&s;aids, are, and &s;hall be fur|ther bound and oblidged hereby, for the further Strengthening and Securing of the Premi&s;&s;es to the &s;aids Baillies, Council and community of the &s;aid Burgh of <HI>Pa&s;ley,</HI> and their Succe&s;&s;ours, in all time coming, That the &s;aids <HI>William</HI> Lord <HI>Cochran</HI> his Son, nor their fore&s;aids, <HI>&s;hall not purcha&s;e, in hurt or prejudice of this abovewritten Security, Any new Gifts or Donation</HI> of the Pre|mi&s;&s;es Above-a&s;&s;igned, Di&s;poned and Ratified. But to the contrair, &s;hall not only ab&s;tain therefrae, Or giff any &s;uch Gift or Donation &s;hall be &s;o pur|cha&s;ed by them, or to their behoof, The &s;ame &s;hall <HI>Acre&s;ce,</HI> and be al&s;o Supervenient to the &s;aids Baillies, Council and Community of the &s;aid Burgh of <HI>Pa&s;ley,</HI> and their Succe&s;&s;ors? &amp; &s;hal be Transferred in their favours, in &s;o far as may &s;ecure the Premi&s;&s;es to them. And it is provided, and declared hereby, That this pre&s;ent abovewritten Security of the Feu-duties fore&s;aids, made and granted by the &s;aids <HI>William</HI> Lord <HI>Cochran,</HI> and his &s;aid Son, to the &s;aids Baillies, Council and Community of the &s;aid Burgh of <HI>Pa&s;ley,</HI> and the Succe&s;&s;ors, &s;hall be upon, and with &s;pecial Condition, That notwith&s;tanding of the Pre|mi&s;&s;es, the &s;amen Feu-duties &s;hall be Redeemable, to his Highne&s;s, the Lord Protector, &s;uperiour fore&s;aid, and his Succe&s;&s;ors, or to the Heretors of the &s;aids Lands, Tenements and others fore&s;aids, out of which the &s;amen are pay|able, conform to the Act of Parliament, Laws and Con&s;titutions of this Na|tion. And yet thereby the &s;aid yearly Duty of &s;even pounds money fore&s;aid, &s;hall no ways be impaired nor dimini&s;hed: And for the making and perfecting to the &s;aids Baillies, &amp; Council and Community of the &s;aid Burgh of <HI>Pa&s;ley,</HI> and their Succe&s;&s;ors, of the &s;aid Infeftment &amp; Re&s;ignation abovementioned the &s;aids <HI>William</HI> Lord <HI>Cochran,</HI> and <HI>William</HI> Mai&s;ter of <HI>Cochran</HI> his Son, both with one con&s;ent and a&s;&s;ent, have made con&s;titute and ordained, and by the tenor here|of Make, Con&s;titute and Ordain their Lovits and ilk ane of them conjunctly and &s;everally, there very lawful, undoubted and irrevocable Procurators, Actors, Factors, and &s;pecial Errand-bearers, to the effect After-&s;pecified, Givand, Grantand and Committand to them, and like|ane of them, as &s;aid is, Their very full, free and plain power general and &s;pe|cial, expre&s;s bidding, mandament and Charge. To compear before his &s;aid Highne&s;s, the Lord Protector of the Common-wealth of <HI>England, Scotland</HI> and <HI>Ireland,</HI> and Dominions thereunto belonging, and his Highne&s;s Succe&s;&s;ors, Superiors fore&s;aids, or before his Highne&s;s Commi&s;&s;ioners of Exchequer of this Nation: And there, for, and in Name of the &s;aids, <HI>William</HI> Lord <HI>Cochran,</HI> and <HI>William</HI> Ma&s;ter of <HI>Cochran</HI> his Son, and upon their behalfe, to Renunce, Re&s;igne, freely quite clame, Di&s;charge, Surrender over and up|give purely and &s;imply be Staff and Ba&s;ton, as u&s;e is. As they now by the tenor hereof, Renunce, Re&s;ign, Freely Quite Claime Di&s;charge, Surrender over and up-give frae them, and their fore&s;aids, the fore&s;aid Superiority, or Right of &s;uperiority abovewritten, of the &s;aid Burgh of <HI>Pa&s;ley,</HI> within the bounds above-&s;pecified, Including, and Comprehending, as is above Includ|ed
<PB N="6" REF="4"> and Comprehended. And Excluding, as is above Excluded, with all Right, Title, and Intere&s;t, whilk they, or their fore&s;aids had, have, or can pretend thereto, in the hands of his &s;aid Highne&s;s, or his Succe&s;&s;ors, Su|periors fore&s;aid, or their Commi&s;&s;ioners fore&s;aids, in their Names, <HI>ad per|petuam remanentiam,</HI> in manner after-&s;pecified, and to the effect above-men|tioned: And al&s;o, for them, the &s;aid <HI>William</HI> Lord <HI>Cochran,</HI> and <HI>William</HI> Ma&s;ter of <HI>Cochran</HI> his Son, and in their Names, and upon their behalfs, to Renunce, Re&s;ign, freely Quite-clame, Di&s;charge, Surrender, Over and Up|give, frae them, and their fore&s;aids, purely and &s;imply, by Staff and Ba&s;toun, as u&s;e is, as they now hereby Renounce, Re&s;ign, freely Quite-clame, Di&s;|charge, Surrender, Over and Up-give from them and their fore&s;aids, in the hands of the &s;aid Superior, or Commi&s;&s;ioners of Exchequer fore&s;aid, the &s;aid Property of the &s;aid Burgh of <HI>Pa&s;ley,</HI> and Magi&s;tracy thereof, and Election of the &s;aids Baillies, Council, Clerk, Burge&s;&s;es, Officers, and other Members thereof, and of the &s;aids Tenements, Lands, and others within the &s;amen Burgh, and Lands of <HI>Seedhill</HI> fore&s;aid, annexed there|to, within the Bounds above and after-mentioned, and Territory of the &s;ame, except the &s;aids Milns, called the Seedhill Milns, Corn Kilns thereof, Miln|hills, or Shilling Hills of the &s;amen, and Thirled and A&s;tricted Multures of the &s;aid Burgh of <HI>Pa&s;ley,</HI> and Knave&s;hips thereof fore&s;aid, according to U&s;e and Wont. <HI>And of the Lands above and after-mentioned within the Terri|torie thereof,</HI> to the Effect and Intent above-&s;pecified, and all and &s;undry the &s;aids Feu-duties above-mentioned, of old addebted and due to the &s;aid Abbot, and Convent of the &s;aid &s;ometime Abbacy of <HI>Pa&s;ley,</HI> &amp; &s;en&s;yne to the &s;aids Lords of the Erection of <HI>Pa&s;ley,</HI> forth of the &s;aids Hou&s;es, Biggings, Yards, Tenements of the Burgh of <HI>Pa&s;ley,</HI> Aikers, Rudes, and parcels of Land thereof We&s;tward, frae the &s;aid Ea&s;t-end of the &s;aid Bridge of <HI>Pa&s;ley</HI> and Mu&s;tard-yard-dyke, inclu|ding and comprehending the &s;aids Lands of <HI>Cal&s;i&s;yde, Orchard, Bladoyard, Snaddoun, Hut-head, Hill-head, Well-meadow, Broom-lands,</HI> and others within the bounds above-written, and limits of the &s;aid Burgh of <HI>Pa&s;ley Property and Commonty of the &s;amine,</HI> (excluding the Feu-duties of the &s;aid Lands of <HI>Ox|&s;haw-wood</HI> and <HI>Ward-meadow,</HI> which are no ways comprehended within this pre&s;ent Re&s;ignation) to the effect and intent above exprimed. And &s;ick|like, all <HI>Right, Title,</HI> and <HI>Interest</HI> fore&s;aid, whilk the &s;aid <HI>William</HI> Lord <HI>Coch|ran,</HI> and William Ma&s;ter of <HI>Cochran</HI> his Son, or any of them, or their fore&s;aids had, have, or can pretend to that part fore&s;aid, of the &s;aid Mo&s;s of <HI>Pa&s;ley,</HI> betwixt the &s;aid Marches of <HI>Fergu&s;ly</HI> and <HI>Merksworth,</HI> made or to be made, to the effect above-contained; and that the &s;aids Baillies, Council and Commu|nity of the &s;aid Burgh, and their Succe&s;&s;ors, may brook, enjoy, and po&s;&s;e&s;s the &s;amine in all time coming, comform to their &s;aid Right thereof, Title and Po&s;|&s;e&s;&s;ion u&s;ed and wont, in the &s;pecial favours of the &s;aids Baillies, Council and Community of the &s;aid Burgh of <HI>Pa&s;ley</HI> and their Succe&s;&s;ors, and for new In|feftment to be given to them thereof, to be holden in manner above mentio|ned, and thereupon In&s;truments and Documents to take, ask, lift and rai&s;e; and generally all and &s;undry other things, to do, u&s;e and exerce in the pre|mi&s;&s;es that to the Office of Procuratory, in &s;uch ca&s;es of the Law, and con&s;ue|tude of this Nation is known to appertain, or that the &s;aid <HI>William</HI> Lord <HI>Coch|ran,</HI> and <HI>William</HI> Ma&s;ter of <HI>Cochran</HI> his Son, or any of them might do them|&s;elves if they were per&s;onally pre&s;ent, firm and &s;table, holding and for to hold all and what&s;omever other things by their &s;aids Procurators, or any of them, in the premi&s;&s;es, in their Names, righteou&s;ly appertains to be done, and thereat obliges them to abide, without Appellation or Reclamation. FOR THE
<PB N="7" REF="4"> WHILKS CAUSES, the &s;aids Baillies and Council of the &s;aid Burgh of <HI>Pa&s;ley,</HI> and their &s;aid The&s;aurer for them&s;elves, and in name of the Community of the &s;aid Burgh, hereby bind and oblidge them and their Succe&s;&s;ors, Baillies, Council and Community and The&s;aurer of the &s;aid Burgh, either in manner fore&s;aid to make Payment yearly to his &s;aid Highne&s;s the Lord Protector of the Common-wealth fore&s;aid, and his Succe&s;&s;ors, and Commi&s;&s;ioners of Exche|quer, of the &s;aid Sum of &s;even Pounds Money of <HI>Scotland</HI> yearly, as a pro|portional part of the &s;aid Blench Duty of the fore&s;aid erected Lord&s;hip of <HI>Pa|&s;ley,</HI> for the &s;aid <HI>William</HI> Lord <HI>Cochrane,</HI> his &s;aid Son and their fore&s;aids their re|lief of the &s;aid Blench Duty of the &s;aid erected Lord&s;hip of <HI>Pa&s;ley pro tanto;</HI> and for that effect to procure and deliver to them yearly Accquittances &amp; Di&s;charges thereof, beginning the fir&s;t years relief thereof for this In&s;tant year of God one thou&s;and &s;ix hundred &amp; fifty eight years, &amp; &s;ua forth in all time coming, or el&s;e to make Payment to the &s;aid <HI>William</HI> Lord <HI>Cochrane</HI> his &s;aid Son and his fore&s;aids, of the &s;aid yearly Duty of Seven Pounds Money fore&s;aid, to be imployed or applyed by them for their own relief of the &s;amine, beginning the fir&s;t years payment as is above written, &amp; that at the option of the &s;aids Baillies, Council, The&s;aurer, and Community of the &s;aid Burgh, and their Succe&s;&s;ors; and &s;ua forth to continue in all time coming as they &s;hall choi&s;e, in manner fore&s;aid yearly. And becau&s;e the &s;aid <HI>William</HI> Lord <HI>Cochrane,</HI> and <HI>William</HI> Ma&s;ter of <HI>Cochran</HI> his Son, have in manner as is above-mentioned, conferred on the &s;aid Burgh of <HI>Pa&s;ley</HI> divers Favours, Courte&s;ies and Re&s;pects, therefore the &s;aids Baillies, The&s;aurer, and Council of the &s;aid Burgh of <HI>Pa&s;ley,</HI> hereby binds and oblidges them and their Succe&s;&s;ors in Office, that not only they and their &s;aids Succe&s;&s;ors &s;hall them&s;elves in all time coming endeavour to live peaceably, and to give to the &s;aid <HI>William</HI> Lord <HI>Cochrane,</HI> and <HI>William</HI> Ma&s;ter of <HI>Cochran</HI> his Son, and to their Families and Succe&s;&s;ors at all occa&s;ions, all due Honour, Re&s;pect and Ob&s;ervance becoming them, and to do their be&s;t en|deavours to coun&s;el the Inhabitants of the &s;aid Burgh of <HI>Pa&s;ley</HI> to do in like man|ner the &s;amine, but al&s;o that they the Magi&s;trats of the &s;aid Burgh &s;hall yearly in all time coming, immediatly after their Election go to the Place of <HI>Pa&s;ley,</HI> if the &s;aid <HI>William</HI> Lord <HI>Cochran, William</HI> Ma&s;ter of <HI>Cochran</HI> his Son, or their Succe&s;&s;ors and their Families be there abiding, or re&s;iding for the time, or how &s;oon thereafter they &s;hal come there to abide; and there &s;hal &s;olemnly declare and demon&s;trate to them the &s;aid <HI>William</HI> Lord <HI>Cochran,</HI> his &s;aid Son, and there Succe&s;&s;ors fore&s;aids, their humble acknowledgment of the favours, Courte&s;ies and Re&s;pects fore&s;aids, conferred by them on the &s;aid Burgh of <HI>Pa&s;ley,</HI> and give unto them the &s;aids <HI>William</HI> Lord <HI>Cochran,</HI> his &s;aid Son, and their fore&s;aids therefore, all Honour, Ob&s;ervance and Re&s;pect due to them, with all condign Reverence. And it is provided and declared hereby, that this pre&s;ent Security above-written, and Warrandice therein contained, &s;hall not be extended to the propriety of that Tenement within the &s;aid Burgh of <HI>Pa&s;ley</HI> di&s;poned by the &s;aid <HI>William</HI> Lord <HI>Cochran</HI> to <HI>John Snodgra&s;s</HI> Burge&s;s there which formerly pertained to <HI>Andrew Sempill</HI> of <HI>Bruntfields,</HI> nor to the Propriety of the Land without the We&s;t Port of <HI>Pa&s;ley,</HI> which &s;ometime pertained to Umquhile <HI>John Stwart</HI> called of <HI>Bridgend,</HI> or <HI>Margaret Cochrane</HI> his Spou&s;e, nor to the Propriety of that piece of Land extending to an half Rude of Land, or thereby, near the <HI>Gate&s;-law,</HI> called <HI>Cocksmailling;</HI> But that the Propriety of the &s;aid Particulars &s;hall be excepted forth of the Secu|rity and Warrandice fore&s;aid; and the exception of the Propriety thereof
<PB N="8" REF="5"> fore&s;aid, &s;hal no ways prejudge the &s;aids Baillies, Council, and Community of the &s;aid Burgh, and their Succe&s;&s;ors, and their The&s;aurer, of the Feu-du|ties of the Premi&s;&s;es &s;ua above excepted; but the Feu-duties thereof accu&s;tom|ed &s;hall hereby belong to the &s;aids Baillies, Council and Community, and their Succe&s;&s;ors and The&s;aurers in all time comming, and the &s;ame &s;hall be holden of the &s;aids Baillies and Council, and their Succe&s;&s;ors, as the re&s;t of the Tenements and Lands within the &s;aid Burgh re&s;pectively, are and &s;hall be holden for ever. And for the mair &s;ecurity, both the &s;aids Parties are content and con&s;ents that thir pre&s;ents be In&s;ert and Regi&s;trat in the Court Books of Ju&s;tice, or court Books of any other Judicatory in this Nation, there to remain for the future memory of the Premi&s;&s;es, and to have the &s;trength of a Decreet of the Judges thereof, and their Authorities to be interponed there|to, that Letters of Horning on &s;ix days Charge, Poynding and others may pa&s;s hereupon as effeirs. And hereunto they con&s;titute their Lovits.</P>
<P>And ilk one of them conjunctly and &s;everally their Procurators, in mo&s;t ample form of Procuratory. In Witne&s;s whereof thir pre&s;ents are Written by <HI>Robert A|lexander</HI> of <HI>Black-hou&s;e,</HI> Writer in <HI>Pa&s;ley,</HI> whereof the other double is Writ|ten by Mr. <HI>Robert Wallace</HI> his Servant. Both the &s;aids Parties have Sub&s;cribed the &s;amine with their Hands, Day, Month, Year and Place fore&s;aid, before thir Witne&s;&s;es, Collonel <HI>Allexander</HI> and <HI>Gawin Cochrans,</HI> Brethren German to the &s;aid <HI>William</HI> Lord <HI>Cochran, James Dunlop</HI> of <HI>Hou&s;e-hill, James Freeland</HI> Fiar of that Ilk, Servant to the &s;aid <HI>William</HI> Lord <HI>Cochran,</HI> and the &s;aid Mr. <HI>Robert Wallace</HI> Writter, and <HI>John Mackerrell</HI> Brother to <HI>Hill-hou&s;e. Sic Sub&s;cri|bitur Cochrane.</HI> W. <HI>Cochran, John Perk</HI> Baillie, <HI>John Spreul. John Kel&s;o, John Cor&s;well, Iohn Wallace, William Greenlees; William Adam, William Love</HI> The&s;aurer, <HI>William Hender&s;on, Iohn Wil&s;on, Robert Parkhil, Andrew Wil&s;on, Thomas Iuctice Robert Alexander</HI> Nottar Publick do Sub&s;cribe thir pre&s;ents, for, and at command of the &s;aid <HI>William Greenlees,</HI> one of the Baillies of the &s;aid Burgh, and of <HI>Iohn Snodgra&s;s, Patrick Baird, William</HI> and <HI>Iohn Pater&s;on,</HI> Coun&s;ellers of the &s;aid Burgh, becau&s;e they cannot Write them&s;elves, as they a&s;&s;ert, Witne&s;&s;ing my Sign and Sub&s;cription, <HI>&amp;c.</HI> I <HI>Robert Perk</HI> Notar Publick required in the Premi&s;&s;es, have Sub&s;cribed the &s;ame at command above-writ|ten, the&s;e my Hand-writ and Sign te&s;tifying, <HI>&amp;c. A. Cochran</HI> Witne&s;s, <HI>Ga: Cochran</HI> Witne&s;s, <HI>Ia. Dunlop</HI> Witne&s;s, <HI>Ia. Freland</HI> Witne&s;s, <HI>Iohn Mackerrel</HI> Wit|ne&s;s, <HI>Ro. Wallace</HI> Witne&s;s, <HI>&amp;c.</HI></P>
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