Freemen, Burgesses and Guild Brethren

This material is held atGlasgow City Archives

  • Reference
    • GB 243 C5
  • Dates of Creation
    • 1613 - 1986
  • Language of Material
    • English
  • Physical Description
    • TBC (currently 1 box; 40 volumes; 6 items)

Scope and Content

Includes Burgess Books, 1613 - 1956 (C5/1); Electoral Rolls, 1832 - 1854 (C5/2); Indices to Burgess Books, 1801 - 1900 (C5/3); Accounts of Division of Burgess Fines, 1791 - 1943 (C5/4); Burgess Ticket Applications, 1913 - 1918 (C5/5); Burgess tickets, Nd (C5/6); List of Non-Burgesses, 1815 - 1829 (C5/7); List of persons admitted burgess for encouraging volunteers, 1778 (C5/8); Rolls of Honour, 1914 - 1945 (C5/9); List of persons on whom the Freedom has been conferred, 1800 - 1986 (C5/10).

Access Information

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Conditions Governing Use

Application for reproduction should be made to the Archivist

Bibliography

For edited list, see J. R. Anderson (ed.), The Burgesses and Guild Brethren of Glasgow 1573 - 1846 (Scottish Record Society, 2 vols, 1925, 1935).