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Assessments on burghs 1587 In 1587 the crown levied an unusual tax on the burghs, to make up tax can be compared with the assessments made in a conventional tax for the loss it had sustained by farming out the customs since 1583; levied a month earlier, which reflected a broader set of criteria, it reflected the income made by each burgh from trade. This customs including burgh income and lands, and inland trade as well as exports overseas. North East -~ Thy Edinburgh E. Lothian 60% Crail --,-,. {J , Pi\tllriweem Dunfermli , ---, Burntisland Inverkeithing Detail of South-east Fife Tax and customs assessments 1587 ML 314

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