The King and the Abbot of Balmerino v. the Laird of Kynneir
Date: 4 February 1569 Case No. No 9.
Found that the mansion-house of an abbay with the inclosures thereof, and orchards, though without the walls, could not be feued.
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All infeftmentis of few-ferme, of all and haill ony abbay place, housis, biggingis, zairdis, orchardis, als weill within as without the walls of the said abbay, togidder with all the fermis, rentis, and dewties of the samin abbay, and advocatioun and donatioun of kirkis, maid and gevin to ony persoun heritablie, and his airis, is of nane availl, force, nor effect, and sould be reducit; because the samin is not only gevin in manifest hurt of our Soverane Lord, and his patrimonie, quhome to the nominatioun and provisioun of all abbayis pertenis, as undoubted patroun thairof; bot also it is maid and gevin agains all gude ordour, statutis, and lawis, be the quhilk all universall dispositiounis, and specially of sic placis, advocatiounis, donatiounis of kirk landis, ar defendit, inhibit, forbidden, and declarit to be of nane avail, force nor effect.
