[1705/6/150]¹

Act for a mercat and fairs in favors of the earl of Wigtoun

Our sovereign lady and estates of parliament, considering that fairs and mercats in convenient places tend much to the good and advantadge of the inhabitants thereof and of her majesties' other leidges dwelling near thereto, and that it is very fit for these ends to authorize a weekly mercat and four yearly fairs, upon the dayes following, at the Kirk of Denny belonging to John, earl of Wigtoun, and lying within the shire of Stirling, and two yearly fairs on the dayes following at the Newtoun of Cumbernald, lying in the said shire and belonging to the said earl, do therefore, by thir presents, appoint a weekly mercat to be keeped in all time comeing at the said Kirk of Denny upon every Wednesday, and four fairs to be holden at the same place yearly in all time comeing, one thereof upon the last Wednesday of April, another upon the twenty second of June, another upon the fourth of August and the other upon the fifth of November, and also appoint two fairs to be kept yearly in all time comeing at the said Newtoun of Cumbernald, one thereof upon the first Friday of February, and the other on the twenty ninth day of October; and have given and granted and hereby give and grant to the said earl, his heirs and successors, the right and priviledge of keeping the said weekly mercat and yearly fairs at the said respective places for all kinds of merchandice, with all the tolls, customes and casualities thereof and all other liberties, priviledges and advantadges used and wont to belong to any haveing the priviledge of keeping fairs and mercats within this kingdom. Extract.