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"the different grants and charters in favour of the Burgh of Burntisland were ratified by James VI with
consent of Parliament, "There was another Charter granted by Charles I. 15th February 1632 confirming the
Burgh in its full rights" - "From the time of the earliest records of this burgh (1596) the government of the
burgh was in a Provost, three Bailies, a Treasurer, and a Procurator Fiscal. From 1630 to 1690 there was
no Provost. Since that time the rule appears to have been to elect a Provost, though on some occasions
there was none chosen. This Magistrate, from the earliest times, is said to have been, with few exceptions,
a Nobleman or landed gentleman: a Kind of patron of the Burgh" - The old Council with as many assessors
added as would make up the number of 21 elected the New Council. The number remains the same to the
present day

Extracts from Local reports from Commissioners on Municipal Corporations in Scotland.

The Burgh Boundary "beginning upon the west side of the West Bulwark of the said Burgh and from
thence coming easterly by the wall of the Castle and the south Ditch of the Castle Gardens and from thence to
the Broomehillheads and so easterly by the same Broomehillheads to the north part of Gregshoill
and from thence easterly by Craigkennochie to the remotest east part of the same and from the said
remotest east part of Craigkennochie all the way to the sea." Extracted from a printed copy of the
Charter by King Charles I. 19th February 1632.

The Burgh Boundary was pointed out to me by Mr Hutchison the Town Clerk, and is marked
in green on the Trace. The name "West Bulwark" I have established - the "Broomehillheads" is Known at
the present time by East Broom Hill and West Broom Hill - "Gregshoill" applied to a small hill,
covered with Furze, which is altogether levelled and cultivated - and "Criagkennochie" I have
established with somewhat different Orthography
M. Kinsela C Asst. [Civilian Assistant]

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