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Council Book of the Eight Trades of Cupar, 1755-1829
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English: Incorporated trades were formed in the Middle Ages and were the backbone of business life in burghs.. The trades often incorporated with others to form united trades who had a right to representation on the council of the burghs along with representatives from the merchant guild. The representation on the council by trades and merchants was abolished in 1833 by the Royal Burghs (Scotland) Act (3 & 4 William IV, chapter 76) which provided for an elected town council. The exclusive privileges of trade were in decline towards the latter half of the eighteenth century and were finally abolished in 1846 (9 Victoria, chapter 17). Thereafter, the functions of the incorporations were purely charitable. The incorporated trades took care of their poor, sick and widows and acquired property to raise funds. In Cupar there were eight incorporated trades: baxters, fleshers, shoemakers, smiths, tailors, waulkers, weavers and wrights.
Minute book containing details of elections of conveners from the various "Deacons of the Crafts", with nominated "oversmen and Box Masters"; infringements of standing laws of the Cupar Trades Council; various complaints; voting by freemen's sons and sons-in-law, 12 March 1773; dispute between kirk session and trades relating to the latter's right to lofts in the church, 12 and 18 April 1777; acceptance of alterations to elections within the burghs as contained in an address to the burgesses and heritors of the Royal Burghs of Scotland, 10 February 1784. |
| Date | 1755-1829 16:29:40 |
| Source | Scanned at University of St Andrews Special Collections |
| Author | Cupar Burgh Council |
Original kept at St Andrews University Library. Reference number B13/17/3/1
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