History of the earldoms of Strathern, Monteith, and Airth

3() IIISTDRY or THE EARLDOIVJS
w.itiAM 1() claim the said Earldom, yet not the less con-
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o. iMoNTiiTM. sideling that the said harldom has been enjoyed
by His Majesty and his })redecessors as a part
of the annexed property continually since the
decease of Kini;- .lames the Second," &c. and
*' calling lo miiul the extraordinary favours which
Mis Majesty had bestowed upon" him, and that
it hath pleased His Majesty to bestow on him
" such satisfaction therefore as His Majesty in
his gracious wisdom thought expedient," he in
♦* all humble affection and respect to his sacred
Sovereign had renounced all right and interest
whatsomever which he or his heirs have or may
pretend to tlie said Earldom in special favours of
his sacred and gracious Sovereign, his heirs and
successors, lo remain with them and the Crown
for ever." From tiiis Renunciation, the Earl
specially excepted the lands and barony of Kil-
bride lying within the said Earldom. He bound
himself and his heirs to make a surrender of the
said Earldom in favour of the King and his suc-
cessors in the necessary forms; among others,
that he would, if necessary, cause himself and
his heirs '* to be served, retoured, and seised
in the said lands as heir to the said late Earl
David' ;" which clause, Sir Thomas Hope says ',
was inserted by him, "of certain knowledge that
1 Sir John Soot's " Truo Uolation," Api'kndix, No. IX.
pp. xlii. — xliv.; ami soo a literal copy of the Renunciation
in tlio AprKNOix. No. X.