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Burgesses were merchants or craftsmen who owned property in burghs and
were allowed to trade in burghs free of charge. They could obtain these
rights by inheritance, by marriage, by purchase, or by the gift of a
burgh. Burghs were essentially urban settlements which enjoyed trading
privileges from medieval times until 1832, and which regulated their own
affairs to a greater or lesser extent until the abolition of Scottish
burghs in 1975. By 1707 three types of burgh existed: royal burghs,
burghs of regality and burghs of barony. Burghs produced characteristic
forms of historical record, such as court books, guild records, and
registers of deeds.
Banff
1643 – Alexander Douglas
Edinburgh
1513 – Gavin Douglas
1525 – Hew Douglas
c1550
- Thomas Douglas, in Dalmahoy, burgess of Edinburgh
1587 – John Douglas
1629 – John De Douglas
Charles [Hamilton later Douglas], 2nd Earl of Selkirk, 1692/3
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Dundee
Douglas, Robert, burgess of Dundee c1550
Elgin
Alexander Douglas, burgess of Elgin 5 June 1588 and 3 May 1594
Haddington
John Douglas, mason, Mar. 1568-9
John Douglas, baxter, 19 Dec. 1575
Patrik Douglas, baxter, 2 Nov. 1582
Jedburgh
1503 – David Douglas – Burgess of Jedworth (Jedburgh)
George Douglas, burgess of Jedburgh 10 Apr. 1582 (Douglas, Marion,
sometime spouse)
1734 – James Douglas (a
Gardener) – Burgess of Jedburgh
Lanark
Hon. George Douglas
(1662-1738), 4th son of James Douglas, 10th Earl of Morton, was a
Burgess of Edinburgh, Lanark, Linlithgow(1) and Selkirk in 1708.
In 2018, Lanark awarded a Burgess Ticket to Robert Douglas, now of
Broughty Ferry
Notes:
1. When he received an honorary burgess ticket,
the Linlithgow magistrates and council thanked him for his ‘kind and
civil’ letters, but regretted that they were forced to rely upon
second-hand reports of his character, nevertheless promising to regard
him ‘as one of ourselves’ and trusting that he would act for the
‘defence of all our rights and privileges’. |
