medieval-atlas/administration/213

Transcription

Burghs 1426 to 1550 Two important features were the rapid expansion in the number of foundations compared with earlier centuries and the increasing predominance numerically of burghs of barony, both ecclesiastical and secular. The administration ofsuch burghs was in line with that of earlier burghs in that (i ) they had no rural hinterland where they might monopoljse and control trade; (ii) they had no inherent right to be represented in parliament and so were not liable for cess; and (iii) they might not offically participate in overseas trade. Burghs of barony however might be raised to the status of royal burghs (for example, Pitlenweem in 1541) and not all such burghs occupied a lesser status. The five greater ecclesiastical burghs -St Andrews, Glasgow, Brechin, Arbroath and Dunfermline -had the same trading privileges as royal burghs. St Andrews and Brechin were repre sented in parliament by the end of the fifteenth century, as were the others by 1579. In the course ofthe sixteenth century they also came to be represented in the convention of royal burghs which protected the privileges of the royal burghs. Membership of this body was another distinction between the 'free' king's burghs and the 'unfree' burghs of barony. Nevertheless, the burghs of barony were increas ingly encroaching upon the former's privileges by the end of the sixteenth century. T7(1495) \~llIeh!II(1500) -!j] Klrnemuir (1..459) • Glamis (1491) -~Auchterh6use (1497) Kelthickt492~ ~AbernethY(14~) • Inveraray (1474) ~ • Falkland (1458) .r1&j { @ portof Menteith @ Leslie Green'(1458) IJ (1467)'jjJAlloa (1497) ,../ . 11 ~ulross(1490) • Kilmun Cramond~Dunbar (1445) (1490) . (1 9 . '" ~Palsley 4 2) !j] Dunglass (1489) ~(148~ [e]rRoslin '\ \) ~Hamilton (1475)7 ~1456) !j] Duns (1490) IJ ~ StrathavenlAl '\ 1Al. Carnwath (1451) "" (1450 ~ ~ F (14!!.!.) . !j] (1.451) \ ~~ouglas \. Newton Upon Ayr (1464) .../ (1446) l!J.sanquha\ /. \. 1484) ! l /....../ \ Lochmaben ..,"" Torthorwald (1440) ..' \ \, )473) " Ballinclach (1497J'--1 Myreton (1477) • 7. \. Whithorn (1451) • Burghs held of the crown £ Burghs of Barony (ecclesiastical) kms 0 25 50 7,5 100 , ,, !j] Burghs of Barony I 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 miles Burghs 1430 to 1500 EE 213

  Transcribers who have contributed to this page.

None