Act of Parliament ratifying the charters of the foundation and infeftment made by the provosts and bailies of Glasgow and by the city itself in favour of the College of all lands, tenements, houses, churches, chapels, annual rents, feuduties and other profits which belonged to any chapels, vicarages, prebendaries founded in any churches or colleges of the said city, and the places of all friars with all their lands, annual rents, or others, wihtin the city of Glasgow, as specified in the infeftment givent to the said provosts and bailies by Queen Mary.

Scope and Content

The document is written on parchment in a bastard hand. The first letter is ornamented. It bears the signature of James McGill.

Custodial History

Previously numbered GUA 16487.

Blackhouse charters catalogue description: 'Act of parliat Ratefieing The Charters of foundation and Infeftment made by the provest Baillies and of the City of Glasgow To the Colledge of all and sundry Lands Tenements houses Kirks Chapells annual rents fewduties And oyr profits which any way did pertain to whatsomeever Chapells vicarages or prebendries founded in whatsomeever Kirk or Colledge of the said City or the places of all the frears of the same City Together with all houses Lands annual rents and oyrs within the City or without the same pertaining to the saids provest Baillies specfd. In the Infeftment given to them by Qween Mary the said foundation Is dated 8 Janry 1572 And this act made in Confirmation thereof Is dated 26 Janry the said year'.

Bibliography

  • Munimenta Alme Universitatis Glasguensis, Records of the University of Glasgow from its Foundation till 1727, ed. by Cosmo Innes (Glasgow : the Maitland Club, 1856), I, p.82-90 (entry no 51).
  • Charters and other documents relating to the city of Glasgow, ed. by Sir James D. Marwick (Glasgow: Scottish Burgh Record Society, 1894-1906), vol. I, part 2, p. 162-163.