Act of Parliament ratifying the old foundation and all former mortifications and donations. 110. In the Parliament haldin at Edinburgh upon the twenty-augtht day of June one thousand six hundred and thirty-three years Our Sovereine lord and estates of this present Parliament ordains an ratification to be maide thairin makand mention that his majestie remembering and calling to mind. the manifold acts of Parliament made be his majestie's predecessoris of worthy memorie in favour of the auld universities of this realme whilks are the seminaries of the kirk and policie within the same; And his majestie being movit with fervent zeal of the propagation and advancement of religion and with an earnest love of incress of policie, and having therewith an special regaird to the education and upbringing of the youth within this kingdom in piety and learning and specially within the north parts of this realme quhairof our sovereine lord's university and king's college in Auld Aberdene has been special instructors for the space of seven scoir yeirs or thaireby since the first foundation of the samyn: And understanding that the said University and college was of auld foundit and erectit be umquhill King James the fourt of worthie memorie for serving the north parts of this realme and indewit be him with most ample privileges of teaching and professing divinity canon and civile laws medicine philosophie and all other lawfull faculties and liberal sciences; and alse giving of degrees of baccallawreatt licentiat and doctorat to these that are worthy and capable of the said degries in all and sundry the faculties and sciences abone exprest; with full power and liberty to the persons promotit and graduated in the samyn to reid teich do and exerce all things whatsomever the persons promoted to the same degrees within the university of Paris in the university of Bononia or any other university whatsomever may do or exerce both in the university quhair they receivit thair degries and also in whatsomever other university ubicunque terrarum absque alio examine vel approbatione: and generally with all and sundry quhatsomever other richts privileges liberties immunitys and exemptionis given and granted to the said universities of Paris and Bononia or to ony other university of this realme or pertaining and belonging to ony university or general studie; togidder with conservators specially ordanit and constitute for conserving and maintaining of the saids richts privileges liberties immunities and exemptionis of the said uni versity and colledge; as is at greater lenth exprest and sett down in the first foundatiouns and erectiouns of the said university and king's colledge of Auld Aberdene of the dates M.CCCC. nyntie-four and M.CCCC. nyntie-sevine yeirs respective and that the saids university and king's colledge of Auld Aberdene wer of auld giftit and dottit be the said umquhill King James the fourt of worthie memorie and by the bishops of Aberdene and certain others his majestie's subjects with the kirks and benefices patronages personages and vicarages thereof lands and annualrents following mortifiet united annexit and incorporat thairto viz.; the parsonage and vicarage of Aberluthnot, the parsonage and vicarage of Glenmuik and Glengardyn, the parsonage and vicarage of Slains, the parsonage and vicarage of Snaw, the parsonage and vicarage of Auchindor, the vicarage of Tillynessill, together with the patronages of the said kirks; the half-town lands of Drumlugus, the town and lands of Adiel, Balmakettill, Colyine and Audait, Berriehill, Mundurno, certain crofts and tenements of land lyand in the eist and west territories of New Abirdeine, an annualrent of twenty pounds out of the barony of Balhelvie, nineteene merks out of the waters of Banff, twelve poundis sex shillings aught pennies yeirly furth of the lands of Ord, Monbray, Blayrshynne and Pittenbreonyuns in Boyne, an annualrent of five poundis out of the lands of Udoche, an annualrent of four poundis yearly furth of the lands of Pettie, the lands of the hospital of St. Germanes with the haile fruits rents and duties of the same whatsomever belonging thairto, wherever the samyn bees or lys within this realme, the lands whereupon the same college is foundit, with the yeards croftis and haile precincts of the samyne with the manses yards and croftis of the canonist civilist mediciner and grammarian of the said university and college and others particularly specifit and contained in the auld foundations of the saids universyty and colledge charters and donations of the samyn of several daits respective; whilks privileges and libertys with the said auld foundations and mortifications were afterwards ratifiet and approvin by umquhill King James the Fifth of worthie memorie in the yeir of God M.D. tuentie-sevine yeirs, and be his royal daughter umquhill Queen Mary of worthie memorie in the yeir of God M.D. sextie and tua yeirs, and be his hienes' umquhill dearest father King James the Sixth of worthie memorie, be an act of his parliament holdin in the year of God м. via seventeen years: as likewise that his hienes said umquhill dearest father of worthie memorie having consideration and respect that the means of the saids auld rents and duties being greatly diminished and impairit be diverse alienations and impropriations and other dilapidations of the same was naways able nor sufficient to intertain in ony competent manner or measor the masters and members of the said university and colledge as the same war first foundit: thairfore his hienes said umquhill dearest father of worthie memorie of his majestie's princelie liberalitie love and affection quhilks he had to learning and vertue and to the mantenance and increas therof within this realme gave disponit united and annexit to the said university and college of Auld Aberdene with special consent and assent of all having intrast the kirks teynds lands and annualrents after specifiet To witt; all and haile the parsonage and vicarage of Saint Machar called the deanry of the cathedral kirk of Aberdene, with the haile lands fruits teynds rents emoluments and duties perteining and belonging therto, all and haile the parsonage of Methlik, Furvie, Petterkirk called Spittle, or the sub-chantory of Aberdene, with the haile manses gleibs lands rents and duties of the saids kirks respective, all lyand within the dioces of St. Andros and Aberdene respective; togidder also with all and sundry kirk-lands teynds annualrents feu-farms manses gleibs houses biggings yards and others fruits rents and emoluments quhilk pertenit of before to the friars Carmalites of Banff, the chaplanaries of Westhal and Fallaroul, the chaplanries of Saint Magdalens altar, with all and sundry kirk-lands teinds annualrents feu-farms manses gleibs houses biggings and all other fruits rents emoluments and dutys quhatsomever quhilks pertainit of before to the saids chaplanrys or to the auld chaplains of the said university and colledge of Auld Aberdene; togidder with all other lands houses biggings provents teinds annualrents feu-farms manses gleibs titles richts jurisdictions and others quhatsomever perteining and addebtit to the said colledge masters regents bursars and members therof, ather given and grantit be his hienes said umquhill dearest father King James the Sixth of worthie memorie, or any others his hienes most noble progenitors and predicessoris kings and queens of Scotland their regents or gouvernours for the time, or be the bishops of Aberdene of guide memorie, or be ony others at any time of before, whilks the said college and university possessis hes possest or any ways micht possess as in his hienes said umquhill darrest father of worthie memorie his donations gifts dispositions and mortifications therof at more lenth is contanit: Whilks last mortifications and donations grantit be hist hienes' said umquhill darrest father of worthie memorie to the said university and college were likewise ratifiet be him be an act of his said parlia ment haldin in the said year of God 1617 years: And our soverane lord following the worthie example of his hienes' most noble progenitors in their guid affection and love of learning and vertuous education of the youth within this kingdom and being willing be all means possible sua far as lys in his majestie's power to promote vertue advance the said university and college of Auld Aberdene and corroborat the richts titles and securities therof sua that the same may more and more floorish in learning discipline and guid manners; thairfoir our said soverane lord with advyse and consent of the estaits and haile body of this present parliament ratifies allows approves and for his hienes and his successoris perpetually confirms all and sundry the forsaids auld foundations of the saids university and college of Auld Aberdene with the haill richts titles privileges immunitys exemptions jurisdictions freedoms and liberties of the samyn and the haill forsaids donations and mortifications of kirks and benefices patronages personages vicarages therof lands feu-farms annualrents and quhatsomever others emoluments or duties grantit and giftit to the said university and college either be his hienes said umquhile dearest father of worthie memorie, or any others his hienes' most noble progenitors kings and queens of Scotland their regents or governours for the time, or be the said bishops of Aberdene, or any others, in all and sundry the heids poynts articles clauses circumstances and conditions therein contenit and after the forms and tenors therof in all poynts; and wills grants and declares that the said university and college sall injoy the same intromit with and uplift the haill lands. teinds fruits rents annualrents chaplanrys and others quhatsomever above specifeit pertening and belonging therto; and also all other privileges immunities freedoms and exemptions quhilks at ony tyme the saids university and college or ony other university or college within or without this realme bruiks or enjoys or has bruiked and enjoyt in ony time bygone or may bruik and enjoy by vertue of their rights and donations grantit unto them heretofore: And that this present ratification of the said rights specially and generally above written is and sall be of as great strength force and effect as if the said haill richts were all at length specially and particularly herein contenit and insert notwithstanding the samin be not sua done; whairanent our said soverane lord and estaits of parliament has dispensit and be thir presents dispensis for ever: And because the deanry and subchantory of Aberdene with the personage of Methlik are unitit annexit and incorporate to the said university and college the said kirks and personages being benefices and members of the chaptor of the cathedral kirk of Aberdene J. Hay clericus registri. 111« The rentall of the kingis colledge of Aberdein from Mertimes 1637 till Mertimes 1638 . |