Book contents
- Frontmatter
- PREFACE
- Contents
- LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS
- INTRODUCTION
- TABLE SHOWING CONTENTS OF CHARTERS
- CHARTERS
- I FORMATION OF BOROUGH
- II A BURGAGE TENURE AND LAW OF REAL PROPERTY
- II B TENURIAL PRIVILEGES
- III BURGESS FRANCHISE
- IV JURISDICTIONAL PRIVILEGES
- V MERCANTILE PRIVILEGES
- VI BOROUGH FINANCES
- VII BOROUGH OFFICERS
- APPENDIX
- INDEX
I - FORMATION OF BOROUGH
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Book contents
- Frontmatter
- PREFACE
- Contents
- LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS
- INTRODUCTION
- TABLE SHOWING CONTENTS OF CHARTERS
- CHARTERS
- I FORMATION OF BOROUGH
- II A BURGAGE TENURE AND LAW OF REAL PROPERTY
- II B TENURIAL PRIVILEGES
- III BURGESS FRANCHISE
- IV JURISDICTIONAL PRIVILEGES
- V MERCANTILE PRIVILEGES
- VI BOROUGH FINANCES
- VII BOROUGH OFFICERS
- APPENDIX
- INDEX
Summary
License to create Borough
EDINBURGH (Canongate), 1124—53. (David I to Monks of Holy rood.) Concedo et eis herbergare quoddam burgum inter eandem ecclesiam et meum burgum.
(I grant also to them that they may build a burgh between the same church and my burgh.)
GLASGOW, 1175—7. Sciatis…me concessisse…Deo et Sancto Kentegerno et Jocelino episcopo Glasguensi et singulis ejus successoribus in perpetuum ut burgum habeant apud Glasgu.
(Know ye…that I have granted…to God and St Kentegern and Jocelin, Bishop of Glasgow, and all his successors for ever that they may have a burgh at Glasgow.)
ARBROATH, 1211—4. Dedi et concessi eisdem (abbati et conventui de Aberbrothoc) licentiam et libertatem faciendi burgum et habendi portum et habendi forum unaquaque die sabbati in eadem terra.
(I have given and granted to them license and liberty to make a burgh and have a port and have a market every Saturday on the same land.)
Creation of Borough
ST ANDREWS, 1140—53. Robertus dei gratia Sancti Andreae humilis minister…Innotescat dilectioni vestrae nos Deo auxiliante et licentia Regis nostri David burgum apud Sanctum Andream in Scocia statuisse.
(Robert by the Grace of God, the humble minister of St Andrew.… Be it known to you, beloved, that by the aid of God and the license of David, our king, we have established a burgh at St Andrews in Scotland.)
WELLS, 1174—80. Concedimus ergo juxta tenorem cartae predecessoris nostri piae memoriae Roberti episcopi villam Welliae burgum esse in perpetuum et eisdem finibus quibus in eadem carta diffinitum est et prescriptum.
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- British Borough Charters 1042–1216 , pp. 1 - 37Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2010First published in: 1913
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