Document Type Petition
Case James Andrew, and Others, Merchant-Counsellors of the Burgh of Linlithgow, and Thomas Henderson, Deacon of the Incorporation of Weavers there v. Henry Gillies, Provost of Linlithgow, and Others
Author Name Alexander Lockhart, Lord Covington
Submitted 1 Feb 1775
Marginalia? Yes
Main Document Length (Pages) 28
Appendix Items
  • Condescendence of the instances of alledged non-residents admitted into the town-council of Linlithgow founded on by the defenders, with the answers thereto for the complainers, referred to in the foregoing petition
  • Copy of Petitions to the Bailies of Linlithgow, for admitting a person to be burgess and freeman of the borough of Linlithgow; and of the acts of admission
Appendix Length (pages) 6
Repository University of Virginia Law Library (Special Collections)
Container UVALL Box 03

Citation

Alexander Lockhart, Lord Covington, "Unto the Right Honourable, The Lords of Council and Session, the Petition of James Andrew, Robert Clark, and James Henderson, Merchant-counsellors of the borough of Linlithgow, and of Thomas Henderson, Deacon of the Incorporation of Weavers, all members of the Town-council of Linlithgow, burgesses and inhabitants of said borough," 1 Feb 1775 , Scottish Court of Session Digital Archive Project. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Law Library, 2015-2019.

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