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†Our sovereign lord and three estates of parliament, understanding that how his majesty, upon good considerations moving his highness and estates of parliament for the time in the parliament held at Edinburgh on 29 November 1581, altered and changed the market day of the said town and burgh of Dalkeith from the Sunday, to be held weekly in time coming upon the Thursday, and for supporting of the said town and burgh and the inhabitants thereof assigned and granted a fair yearly to be held within the said burgh on 10 October in all times coming, with all freedoms, liberties, privileges and commodities, likewise and as freely in all respects as any fair day is granted to any burgh of barony within this realm; and also decreed, ordained and declared that it shall be lawful to his majesty's lieges resorting and repairing to the House o' Muir with sheep, cattle and other goods on Thursdays weekly to bring the goods that shall rest unsold the said day on Friday thereafter to the said burgh of Dalkeith, there to be sold for furnishing of his highness and his lieges resorting thereto, as at more length is contained in the said act; therefore have ratified and approved and, by the tenor hereof, ratify, approve and confirm the said act granted to the said burgh in all heads, articles, points and clauses thereof, after the form and tenor of the same, and ordains letters of publication to be directed hereupon, if need be, in the appropriate form.
[1587/7/150]*[print] [email] [cite] [preceding] [following]
†Our sovereign lord, remembering how careful his majesty's most noble progenitors have been in appointing of particular fairs and market days to be yearly held in certain towns and places within this realm, most necessary to the commonwealth thereof and inhabitants within the same, whereunto his majesty, bearing the like good will and considering how necessary it is to have two particular fairs and market days to be set and assigned each year in the town of Polwarth, within the sheriffdom of Berwick, for buying and selling of cattle, sheep, corns, goods and others accustomed to be cost and sold within the said bounds, to the great profit and commodity of the inhabitants within the same and others resorting to the said town for buying and selling of the said goods, who must be reset and maintained upon their expenses within the said town, which lies in the most commodious and frequent part within the said sheriffdom; wherefore our sovereign lord, with advice of the three estates of this present parliament, has prescribed, appointed and assigned and, by the tenor hereof, prescribes, appoints and assigns two several and particular fairs and market days to be held yearly in the said town of Polwarth, namely, the one thereof on 24 August and the other on 13 January, to be called and named in all time coming the fair days of the said town of Polwarth, so that all his highness's lieges may resort and repair thereto for buying and selling of all such goods and merchandise; and ordains letters to be directed hereupon for publication of the premises within the said bounds in the appropriate form.