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    A Burgess of Edinburgh is an individual who has been granted a Burgess ticket in the City of Edinburgh, Scotland. Historically to be a Burgess was to be...
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  • are the Burgess of Edinburgh. The burgesses' ancient exclusive trading rights through their Guilds were abolished in 1846. Thereafter a burgess became...
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    Honourable Company of Edinburgh Golfers. The Edinburgh Corporation had the power to make Burgesses (freemen) of the City of Edinburgh. The Edinburgh Corporation...
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    Edinburgh (/ˈɛdɪnbərə/ ED-in-bər-ə, Scots: [ˈɛdɪnbʌrə]; Scottish Gaelic: Dùn Èideann [t̪un ˈeːtʲən̪ˠ]) is the capital city of Scotland and one of its...
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    Trades it forms part the Burgess Association of Edinburgh, an umbrella organisation for the trade bodies of the City of Edinburgh, who are discharged to...
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  • Henry Lauder, Lord St Germains (category Burgesses in Scotland)
    Lauder was a Baillie and burgess of Edinburgh, by right of his first wife Elizabeth Hoppar (d. before September 1525), a kinswoman of the influential Isobel...
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  • Look up Burgess, burgess, or burgesses in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Burgess may refer to: Burgess (surname), a list of people and fictional characters...
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    Company of Merchants it forms part the Burgess Association of Edinburgh, an umbrella organisation for the trade bodies of the City of Edinburgh, who are...
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  • of Glasgow, George Hepburn, Provost of Lincluden, William Borthwick, Rector of Whitsome, and Adam Hepburn, burgess of Edinburgh. Described as son of Sir...
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  • (freemen) of the City of Edinburgh and to grant "Seals of Cause" to Guilds and trade organisations. The Edinburgh Corporation awarded Burgess Ticket through...
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