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Title: Marriage Contract between Margaret Walkinshaw and William Campbell

Author(s): Anonymous

Be it known to all men by thir preſents Me Margaret Walkinſhaw ſpouſe to William
                    Campbell of Succoth with conſent of the ſd William Campbell my husband forasmuchas I the ſaid Margaret
                    Walkinſhaw ſtand duely and lawfully inſeſt and [¿] be virtue of the contract of marriage betwixt my ſaid
                    husband and me In an yearly annualrent or annuity of tuelve hundered merks ſcotts money yearly to be uplifted
                    and taken at two terms in the year Whitſunday and martinmas by equall portions Furth of all & haill the
                    ten pound land and barony of Garſcub with the miln thereof milnlands milltors and ſequells teinds and
                    haill pertinents of the ſamen comprehending alſo the temple lands thereof with houſes biggings yeards orch¬
                    yeards fiſshings and haill other parts and pendicles of the ſds lands and barony of Garſcub lying within the
                    parochen of Kilpatrick eaſter and Shireffdom of Dumbartan [¿] maills farms profites and dueties
                    of the Samen free of all publick Gardens impoſitions [¿] or txationes quartorings levies and outricks of
                    horſe and foot monathly mantinance miniſters and ſchoolmasters stipends for dueties teinds commiſioners fees
                    and other incumberances whatſomever as in the ſd Contract and ſeaſin thereon at more length is contained
                    And I the ſd Margaret Walkinſhaw conſidering that it hath pleaſed god to bleſs me and my ſaid husband with
                    severall children Viz John William Archbald Robert Margaret and Agnes Campbell, and that the ſum
                    of one thouſand merks Scotts money yearly of the forſaid annuity may be a reaſonable and confor¬
                    table [¿] to me during my lifetime after my ſaid husbands deceaſe in caſe I shall happen to survive him and
                    for the tax and favour which I have and bear to the ſaids William Archbald Robert Margaret and Agnes
                    Campbell and for diverſe other good and weighty cauſes and conſiderationes moveing me [¿] me to have
                    disponed Lykeas I the ſd Margaret Walkinſhaw with conſent forſd hereby disponed to and in favour of
                    the ſaids William Archbald Robert Margaret and Agnes Campbell children allready procreat betw¬
                    ixt me and the ſaid William Campbell and to the other children et to be procreat betwixt us if any be equally
                    betwixt and amongst them and to the airs of their bodies and in caſe of any of their deceaſe without airs
                    to the Survivors equally amongst them as ſaid is and the airs of their bodies and failzeing of our ſaids
                    haill younger children procreat and to be procreat betixt us and the airs of their bodies then to return
                    to me the ſaid Margaret Walkinſhaw all and haill the sum of Two hundered merks Scots money
                    of the forſaid yearly annuiety of twelve hundered merks money forſaid [¿] in manor abovementioned yearly to be
                    uplifted and taken at the terms above specified furth of the lands and others abovewrytten dureing my lifetime
                    after my ſaid husband his deceaſe in caſe I ſhall happen to survive him In the which ſum of Two
                    hundered merks Scotts money forſd as a part of the forſaid yearly annuity of twelve hundered merks
                    money forſaid free in manner abovewrytten yearly to be uplifted as ſaid is I the ſaid Margaret Walkinſhaw
                    with conſent forſaid [¿] and oblige me duely and sufficiently to inſeſt and ſeaſe the ſaids William
                    Archbald Robert Margaret ad Agnes Campbell children allready procreat betwuixt me and the
                    said William Campbell and the other children yet to be procreat betwixt usif any be equally
                    betwixt and amongst them and the airs of their bodies and in caſe of any of their deceaſe without
                    airs the survivors equally amongſt them as ſaid is and the airs of their bodies then to return
                    to be the ſaid Margaret Walkinſhaw dureing my lifetime after my ſaid husband his deceaſe in caſe I shall
                    happen to survive him and that by two ſeavrall inſeſtments and manor of holdings the [¿] thereof
                    to be holden of me in [¿] for the yearly payment of a penny Scotts money upon the ground
                    of any part of the ſaids lands at the term of whitſunday if the ſamen [¿]
                    And the other of the ſaids inſeſtments fron ane of my immediat lawfull superiors of the ſamen
                    Sichlyke and all freely in all respects I hold or may hold hte Samen my ſelf and that whether
                    by reſignatione or confirmatione or both or either of the ſds manner of holdings the [¿] pre¬
                    judice of the other And For the better [¿] of the ſd Inſeſtment by reſignatione I the
                    ſaid Margaret Walkinſhaw with conſent forſaid hereby make and Conſtitute
                And ilk ane of them Conllye ſeallie
                    my lawful proprs actors factors and [¿] errand bearers to the effort underwrytten Giveing
                    Granting and Commiting to them and ilk an of them Conlly and Seallie as ſaid is my full

                    power warrand and commiſion for me and in my name at whatſomever time and place lawfull and con¬
                    venient to compear before my immediat lawfull Superiors of the lands and others abovewrytten and of
                    which the @rent above specified is upliftable or their commiſioners in their name haveing power
                    to receave reſignationes and grant new inſeſtments thereupon and therewith all due reverence and
                    humilityas becomes purely and simply to staff and baston as uſe is to Reſign Surrender [¿]
                    upgive overgive and deliver Lykeas I the ſaid Margaret Walkinſhaw with conſent forſaid hereby reſign
                    Surrender Simplictor upgive and overgive all & haill the ſaid ſum of Two hundered merks
                    money forſaid as a part of the forſaid yearly annuity of tuelve hundered merks money forſaid free of
                    all puplick burdens in poſitiones [¿] or taxationes quarterings levies and outricks of horſe and foot
                    monathly mantinance ministers and Schoolmasters Stipends feu dueties teinds commiſioners fees and
                    other incumberances whatſomever yearly to be uplifted and taken at two terms in the year whitſun¬
                    day and martinmas by equall portions dureing my lifetime after my ſ husband his deceaſe in caſe I ſhall
                    happen to ſurvive him Furth of all and hiall the ten pound land and barony of Garſcub
                    with the miln thereof milnlands [¿] and sequells teinds and haill pertinents of the Samen
                    comprehending also the temple lands thereof with the houſes biggings yeards orchyeards fiſhings and
                    haill other parts and peldicles of the ſaids lands and barony of Garscub lying within the parochen
                    of Kilpatrick Eaſter and Shireffdom of Dumbartan [¿] maills form profites and dueties of
                    the Samen in the hands of my ſds in medial lawfull Superior of the ſamen or their commiſioners
                    forſaid In favour and for now inſeſtments of the Samen to be made given and granted to the ſaid
                    William Archbald Robert Margaret and Agnes Campbell children allready procreat betwixt the ſaid
                    William Campbell and me and the other children yet to be procreat betwixt us if any be equaly betwixt
                    and amongſt them and the airs of their bodies and in caſe of any of their deceaſe without airs to the ſurvivors
                    children procreat and to be procreat betwixt us and the airs of their bodies then to return to me the
                    ſaid Margaret Walkſhaw [¿] inſtruments and documents one or more thereupon to aſk [¿]
                    and raiſe and generally all and Sundry other things thereanent to doe uſe and exone Sicklyke
                    and [¿] freely in all respects as I with conſent forſaid could doe myself if I were perſonallie preſent
                    or to the office of prory in the like caſe is known to appertain promiſeing to hold firm and [¿]
                    Which dispoſition obligement to inſeſt prory of reſignation annualrent teinds and others abovewrytten
                    out of which the Same is upliftable I with conſent forſaid [¿] and obligement to warrand from my own
                    proper fact and deed done or to be done be me in prejudice hereof [¿] Conſenting For
                    the more Securitie to the registration hereof in the books of Counceill and Seſsion or other competent
                    therein to remain for Conſervatione And Conſtutitues
                proprs & Attour [¿]
                Ad ilk an of you Conlly and ſeally my
                    baillies in that part Speally Conſtitute Greeting It is my will and I with conſent forſaid charge and require
                    you and ilk an of you Conlly and ſeally as ſaid is that [¿] thir preſents ſoon [¿] paſs to the
                    ground of the lands underwrytten out of which the @rent after specified is upliftable and there give
                    and deliver ſtate and ſeaſin actuall Reall and corporall poſseſsion of all and haill the ſaid ſum
                    of Two hundered merks Scotts money forſaid free of all publictburdens impoſitione [¿] taxationes quarter¬
                    ings [¿] outricks of horſe and foot monathly mantinance miniſtors and schoolmaſters stipends [¿]
                    teinds commiſioners [¿] and other incumberances whatſomever yearly to be uplifted and taken at two
                    terms in the year whitſunday and martinmas by equall portiones dureing my lifetime after my ſaid
                    huſband his deceaſe in caſe I ſhall happen to survive him Furth of All and haill the ten pound
                    land and barony of Garſcub with the miln thereof milnlands [¿] and ſequells teinds and haill
                    pertinents of the Samen comprehending also the temple lands thereof with houſes biggings yeards
                    orchyeards fiſhings and haill other parts & pendicles of the ſds lands and barony of Garſcub lying as ſd
                    is [¿] form profits and dueties of the ſamen [¿] the ſds William Archbald Robert
                    Margaret and Agnes Campbell children allready procreat betwixt me and the ſd William Campbell
                    and to the other children yet to be procreat betwixt us if any be equally betwixt and amongst them and
                    to the airs of their bodies and in caſe of any of their deceaſe without airs to the ſurvivors equally

                    amongſt them as ſaid is and the airs of their bodies and faileing of our ſds haill younger children procreat
                    & to be procreat betwixt us and the airs of their bodies then to return to me the ſaid Margaret Walkinſhaw
                    or their certain acturney or actuneys in their names [¿] hereof and that by deliverance of Earth
                    and ſtone of the ground of the ſds lands and an penny money and all other Symbols [¿] and
                    requiſite and this on [¿] leave undone to hte doeing whereof I with conſent hereby committ
                    to you and ilk an of you Conlly & Seally as ſd is my full power In witnes whereof We have
                    ſubscrived thir preſents [¿] to John Buchanan Son to Robert Campbell wrytter to
                    the Signett at [¿] the Seventeen day of october jajvijc and ten years before
                    theſe miniſters Archbald Eagle sent to be the ſd William Campbell and John Buchanan
                Margaret Walkinſhaw
                    Will Campbell
                    Archibald Eagle wittneſs
                    Buchanan uitnes