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Gift under the privy seal of Queen Mary, granting to George [Durie] , commendator of Dunfermline, the non-entry, mails and duties, etc., of the lands of Forthir called Ramsay's Forthir, with tower, etc., the mill of Freuchie and lands of Kilmaurs, in the sheriffdom of Fife, which were in the queen's hands by decease of Pitcarne of that Ilk, etc., in the usual form. Edinburgh, 13th November 1553.

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Letter under the privy seal of Queen Mary, granting to George [Durie], commendator of Dunfermline, the non-entry and other duties of the lands of Downfield, in the queen's hands by decease of Ramsay, or other late possessor of said lands : To be held till the entry of the lawful heir. Edinburgh, 18th November 1553.

Scope and Contents Letters by Queen Mary granting to James Schaw of Sauchy the ward of all lands and others which belonged to the late Alexander Schaw of Sauchy, of which Elizabeth Cunningham, his relict, was conjunct fiar, who held the same till her death in July instant, and which are now in the queen's hands by reason of ward, until the entry of the righteous heir, with the marriage of John Schaw, son of the said late Alexander and Elizabeth, or of any other heir. Given under the privy seal at Jedburgh,...

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This paper consists of a closely written sheet of four pages, in a contemporary hand, and contains the instructions the Queen dictated when lying ill at Jedburgh, after the famous ride she took on horseback to visit the Earl of Bothwell at Hermitage Castle. It was likely transcribed by John Lesley, the Bishop of Ross.