History of the earldoms of Strathern, Monteith, and Airth

STRATHEllN, MONTEITH, AND AIRTH. 7^
to the before-named late Malise Earl of Mon- Wilham
SEVENTH Earl
teith, of date the said sixth day of the month of of Monteith.
1633.
September, in the year of our Lord one thou-
sand four hundred twenty eight, or of any part
or point thereof, to remain in its full vigour,
force, and integrity, as before, in nowise preju-
diced or derogated, like as We of our certain
knowledge and proper motion have made and
constituted, and by the tenor of these presents do
make and constitute, the aforesaid William Earl
of Monteith and his heirs Earls of Airth, and
to the same Earldom have united and annexed,
and by the tenor of these presents do unite and
annex, the said Earldom of Monteith, with all
liberties, privileges, and immunities to a free
Earldom pertaining ; and specially with place,
priority, and precedency, due to the said Earl
and his predecessors, as Earls of Monteith, in
whatsoever parliaments, conventions, public as-
semblies, and otherwise howsoever, before the
Earls whomsoever made, erected, or created
since the said sixth day of the month of Sep-
tember, in the year of the Lord one thousand
four hundred twenty-eight, which is the date of
the said charter of the aforenamed Earldom
of Monteith, granted as said is by the said late
James the First, our most illustrious predecessor,
of happy memory, to the aforesaid late Malise
Earl of Monteith and his heirs. And We will,
grant, and ordain, that henceforth the aforesaid