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	<title>History of Leith, Edinburgh</title>
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	<description>Articles on the History of the Port of Leith Edinburgh</description>
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		<title>The Case of Adam Dais-1532</title>
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Adam Dais was found guilty of with holding the &#8220;Prime Gilt&#8221; a tax on his cargo from Flanders which was due at this time to St Mary&#8217;s Kirk (ie South Leith Church). The Prime guilt later was transfered to the mariners who used it to maintain the sick and poor of their trade and for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Templar shipping</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 May 2008 00:00:39 +0000</pubDate>
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The fortified entrance to the Templars&#8217; harbour at La Rochelle, France
The only website I have found mentioning documentary evidence of the ships at La Rochelle states that: &#8221;Much of the surviving evidence for Templar shipping comes from the relevant port records or royal records giving permission for the export of produce. At La Rochelle on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Halyburtons Ledger</title>
		<link>http://www.leithhistory.co.uk/2008/05/15/halyburtons-ledger-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 May 2008 00:00:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Much of Scotlands trade was with the Netherlands. A number of towns were eager to have the countrys trade and were willing to offer privileges in order to be a staple port for Scotland. In the 14th century it moved from Bruges, because of its fear of plague carrying, to CampVeere in the 16th century [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Incorporations</title>
		<link>http://www.leithhistory.co.uk/2008/05/15/incorporations-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 May 2008 00:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
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In the early medieval period Scotland&#8217;s towns or burghs were independent self-governing communities. Each had a charter issued by the Crown, a bishop or a great baron. Their charters listed their rights and privileges. Burghs were made to encourage trade and they were given freedom to exploit wide territories. In such a position it was [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Wine Trade</title>
		<link>http://www.leithhistory.co.uk/2008/05/15/wine-trade-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 May 2008 00:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
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From the Reminiseances of the Port and Town of leith by John Martine 1888 and Transcribed by David McCormick 
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		<title>History Of Bordeaux</title>
		<link>http://www.leithhistory.co.uk/2008/05/14/history-of-bordeaux/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 May 2008 00:00:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This small city in the southwest of France has long been at the hub of the most important wine growing region in the world. Since the 13th century, Bordeaux has been exporting its many wine varietals to the rest of Europe, and although the last couple of centuries saw this city of 650,000 fall into [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Story of the Coat of Arms of Leith</title>
		<link>http://www.leithhistory.co.uk/2008/05/14/the-story-of-the-coat-of-arms-of-leith-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 May 2008 00:00:45 +0000</pubDate>
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Recorded in the Lyon Office on February 27, 1889
Argent,in a sea proper and ancient sea galley with two masts, sails unfurled, sable, flagged gules, seated therein the Virgin Mary with the infant Saviour in her arms and a cloud resting over their heads, all also proper.
The Town clerk has had the goodness to send [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Coat of Arms of Bordeaux</title>
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		<title>Coat of Arms of La Rochelle</title>
		<link>http://www.leithhistory.co.uk/2008/05/14/coat-of-arms-of-la-rochelle/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 May 2008 00:00:41 +0000</pubDate>
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(Please note-Bordeaux, Bruges and La Rochelle traded with Leith during the Middle Ages. Please note the Coat Arms)
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		<title>Bruges Coat of Arms</title>
		<link>http://www.leithhistory.co.uk/2008/05/14/bruges-coat-of-arms/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 May 2008 00:00:21 +0000</pubDate>
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