EN/JD/741

verbatim

Regina, quia villa et burgus de Peblis ex antiquo in libero burgo regali infeodatus fuit, cum potestate intra eundem diem foralem ebdomidatim die Martis ac diem nundinarum annuatim in die S. Bartholomei habendi [...] et ob combustinem dicti burgi per Anglos [...] de novo erexit dictum burgum de Peblis in libero burgo regali [...] ac concessit eisdem potestatem, citra omnes nundinas quas prius habuerunt, duas liberas nundinas annuatim tenendi intra dictum burgum [...] unam in die SS. Petri et Pauli et per octavas eiusdem, alteram in die S. Dionisii et per octavas eiusdem

summary

The Queen, because the town and burgh of Peebles, from of old, was enfeoffed as a free royal burgh, with the authority to have in it a market day weekly on Tuesday, and a yearly fair day on St Bartholomew's Day [...] and because of the burning of the said burgh by the English [...] she has newly set up the said burgh of Peebles as a free royal burgh [...] and she has granted to [the inhabitants], apart from all the fairs which it had before, the authority to hold two free fairs yearly in the said burgh, on on the day of SS. Peter and Paul and for its octave, the other on St Dennis' Day and for its octave

folio/page

218

charter period

None

charter date range

17/12/1554 - ??

document reference

DO/JD/683