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Quotation dates: 1508-1700+
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Gildry, n. Also: gildre, gild(e)rie, gylry. [f. Gild n.1]
1. Membership in a guild. 1508 Edinb. B. Rec. I. 112.
That the burges eldest son … sal pay for his burgesry vj s. viij d., and for gildry xiij s. iiij d. 1508 Ib. 113.
Vnder the pane … of depriuatioun of that persoun … fra his facultie and priuilege of burgesry or gildry 1555 Ib. II. 223.
The baillies and counsale … grantis to the prouest ane fredome of gylry to be distribute and gevin be him as he sall think expedient 1593 Ib. V. 79.
The acts and statutes maid of before aganis the gevin of burgesschips or gildries gratis
2. A merchant guild; a municipal corporation based on this. 1518 Edinb. B. Rec. I. 182.
The forsaidis merchandis, brethir of gildry and thair successouris 1518 Ib.
All maner of merchandice or stapill gudis pertenyng to the gildry 1518 Ib. 183.
To hald courtis quhilkis sall be callit courts of gildry 1596 Rec. Convention of Royal Burghs I. 495.
The act … concerning the erectioun of ane gildre within the brugh of Glasquow 1596 Ib.
The owtdrawcht of the forme of gildre vsit at Edinbrugh 1605 Glasgow Chart. I. i. 606.
We haif ordanit ane or twa to travell to Edinburgh to bring the just copy of the lettere of gildrie 1633 Edinb. B. Rec. VII. 316.
To procure that his Ma. wald be plised … to conferme the jurisdictioun of the gildrie 1658 Rec. Convention of Royal Burghs III. 465.
Ane instrument … against the creating of deykins till first the gildrie sould be erectit 1672 Glasgow Chart. II. 182.
His Majestie … confirmes and approves of the said gildrieattrib. 1624 Edinb. B. Rec. VI. 252.
The ... retailing of all pasmentis, laine, camrage and siclyik gildrie wair 1630 Reg. Privy C. 2 Ser. III. 654.
They … haue acquyrit surreptitiously … heretable power … to use and exerce gilderie courtis 1665 Peebles B. Rec. II. 63.
For that effect to come before the gildrie court and mak faith thairupon 1710 Ib. 179.
The counsell elects, for the gildrie counsell … James Neillsone [etc.]
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