 | William M'Dowall - Dumfries (Scotland) - 1867 - 940 pages
...with liberty to exercise and enjoy the whole immunities and privileges thereof as freely as any other does, may, or can enjoy; who being present, accepted the same, and gave his oath of burgess-ship to his Majesty and the Burgh in common form." Whilst tenant of Ellisland, a farm about... | |
 | William McDowall - Dumfries (Scotland) - 1867 - 938 pages
...with liberty to exercise and enjoy the whole immunities and privileges thereof as freely as any other does, may, or can enjoy; who being present, accepted the same, and gave his oath of burgess-ship to his Majesty and the Burgh in common form." Whilst tenant of Ellisland, a farm about... | |
 | William M'Dowall - 1870 - 96 pages
...with liberty to exercise and enjoy the whole immunities and privileges thereof as freely as any other does, may, or can enjoy; who, being present, accepted the same, and gave his oath of burgess-ship to his Majesty and the burgh in common form." Whilst tenant of Ellisland, Burns became,... | |
 | Ainsworth Rand Spofford, Charles Gibbon - Literature - 1893 - 484 pages
...liberty to exercise and enjoy the whole immunities and privileges thereof as freely as any other docs, may, or can enjoy; who, being present, accepted the same, and gave his oath of burgess-ehip to his Majesty and the Burgh in common form." Whilst tenant of Ellisland farm, about six... | |
 | Robert Burns - Scotland - 1896 - 462 pages
...with liberty to exercise and enjoy the whole immunities and privileges thereof as freely as any other does, may, or can enjoy, who, being present, accepted the same, and gave his oath of burgess-ship to his Majesty and the burgh in common form.' * In Dumfries also he obtained the first... | |
 | 1896 - 178 pages
...with liberty to exercise and enjoy the whole immunities and privileges thereof as freely as any other does, may, or can enjoy ; who, being present, accepted the same, and gave his oath of burgess-ship to his Majesty and the burgh in common form." There is no record of this notable transaction... | |
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... scene. The burgess ticket granted to the illustrious stranger bore the following inscription :— " The said day, 4th June, 1787, Mr Robert Burns, Ayrshire, was admitted burgess of this burgh, with liberty to exercise and enjoy the whole immunities... 