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brother, David of Huntingdon ; and is reported Co*
have granted all the privileges to Dundee that had
been bestowed on the most favourite royal burgh.
As the records of this town and of Scotland in
general were carried off by the artful policy of Ed-
ward I. they were again restored, or rather recog-
nized in a charter granted by Robert Bruce, when
in full possession of the crown. On 22d June, pro-
bably 1825 — at any rate in the 20th year of his
reign — evidences were called to ascertain the na-
ture of the former charter ; and two commissioners
to examine and report : And in the charter which
followed after the report, dated 14th March If; 27,
in the twenty-second year of King Robert I, Dun-
dee is confirmed in all its ancient privileges to the
fullest extent. Charters were renewed with addi-
tions by David Bruce, James II. James IV. Queen
Mary (who made large donations to the town, men-
tioned in another place of this work), James VI. at
Holyrood, January 16, 1601, and the last and great
charter by Charles I. ratified in Parliament, Sep-
tember 14, 1641.
In this charter all the former grants are recited
and finally confirmed. These very extensive pri-
vileges were often disputed and encroached on by
the once powerful family of the Scrymseours of
Dudhope, Constables of Dundee, as the bounds be-
tween the powers of the Constable and the privi-
leges of the citizens seem never to have been ac-
curately determined. These differences were in a
great measure settled by agreement, under the di-
rection of the Lords of Session, in 1643. Even
after that, many of the acknowledged powers of .the
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brother, David of Huntingdon ; and is reported Co*
have granted all the privileges to Dundee that had
been bestowed on the most favourite royal burgh.
As the records of this town and of Scotland in
general were carried off by the artful policy of Ed-
ward I. they were again restored, or rather recog-
nized in a charter granted by Robert Bruce, when
in full possession of the crown. On 22d June, pro-
bably 1825 — at any rate in the 20th year of his
reign — evidences were called to ascertain the na-
ture of the former charter ; and two commissioners
to examine and report : And in the charter which
followed after the report, dated 14th March If; 27,
in the twenty-second year of King Robert I, Dun-
dee is confirmed in all its ancient privileges to the
fullest extent. Charters were renewed with addi-
tions by David Bruce, James II. James IV. Queen
Mary (who made large donations to the town, men-
tioned in another place of this work), James VI. at
Holyrood, January 16, 1601, and the last and great
charter by Charles I. ratified in Parliament, Sep-
tember 14, 1641.
In this charter all the former grants are recited
and finally confirmed. These very extensive pri-
vileges were often disputed and encroached on by
the once powerful family of the Scrymseours of
Dudhope, Constables of Dundee, as the bounds be-
tween the powers of the Constable and the privi-
leges of the citizens seem never to have been ac-
curately determined. These differences were in a
great measure settled by agreement, under the di-
rection of the Lords of Session, in 1643. Even
after that, many of the acknowledged powers of .the
D2
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Description | Directories of individual Scottish towns and their suburbs. |
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Description | Around 700 Scottish directories published annually by the Post Office or private publishers between 1773 and 1911. Most of Scotland covered, with a focus on Edinburgh, Glasgow, Dundee and Aberdeen. Most volumes include a general directory (A-Z by surname), street directory (A-Z by street) and trade directory (A-Z by trade). |
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