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By contract of marriage between the Laird of Edmiston and the Lady Falside, his second wife, he was bound to infeft her in 3000 merks by year, and the heir male to be gotten of that marriage in the lands of Mellerstaines; and also was bound to provide the bairns of that marriage in the whole conquest that he should make during the marriage. This contract was sought to be registered, not only at the Lady's instance, but also at Andrew Edmiston her eldest son's instance, and the rest of the children. The Lords would not sustain it, either at Andrew's instance, because he was not served heir male of that marriage, nor yet at the instance of the children, it being certain they could reap no benefit of that clause in the contract anent the conquest, there being none at all, which if there had been, would have been more considerable.
