May 20th, 2013
The sixt of May 1630,—Mr Johne Max- «/ & well accompanied wt Mr Andrew Ramsay Mr Wm. Struthers Mr David Mitchell the said Mr Johne haveing preached & haveing commissioune frome ye Bishope of Sanctandreis ye presentatione & collatione being read formallie proceided in receaving Mr William Wishert to be minister of Leith
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May 20th, 2013
It was an iron collar fastened by a short chain to a wall, often of the parish church, or to a tree or to a mercat cross. The collar was placed round the offender’s neck and fastened by a padlock. Time spent in the jougs was intended to shame an offender publicly. Jougs were used [...]
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May 20th, 2013
11 Apryll 1630.—Ordained katheryne Lawsone to be jugit for abussing hir mother. (Note.—”Jugit” means put in the jougs, which was a common form of punishment.) Source-South Leith Recods
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