Minute and account books relating to the Incorporation of Perth Wrights.
Scope and Contents
These records of the Wrights, bowyers, coopers, chirurgeons, parchment makers, masons, and glaziers, who formed the Wrights Incorporation, reveal their collective interest in the regulations of trading standards and the control of admission. There are also indications of the social function of the Incorporation and their involvement with the pre-Reformation Church.
The haphazard nature of the entries in both volumes suggests that they may possibly be rough copies kept by the Deacon for his own reference rather than the formal books of the Incorporation.
Dates
- Creation: 1519-1670.
Conditions Governing Access
Normal access conditions apply.
Conditions Governing Use
Normal reproduction conditions apply, subject to any copyright restrictions.
Extent
2 Volumes
Language of Materials
Undetermined
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Bought, 1970.
Separated Materials
Later records of the Wrights dating from 1680 to 1937 are held at the Perth Museum and Art Gallery (see The National Register of Archives for Scotland survey number 1492).
- Title
- National Library of Scotland Catalogue of Manuscripts
- Author
- National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
- Description rules
- International Standard for Archival Description - General
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division Repository
Archives and Manuscript Division
National Library of Scotland
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