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Excerpt from Old Dundee: Ecclesiastical, Burghal, and Social, Prior to the ReformationAt the time of the publication of my History of Old Dundee which deals almost entirely with matters subsequent to the Reforma tion - my intent ion was to have followed it with another volume bringing the subject down to a later period. Having, however, made an examination of the Burgh Court Records - which begin at a much earlier date than the Council Register, on which my History is mainly founded - I discovered that the earliest of them are of so much interest and importance as illustrations of pre-reformation times, that I resolved to delay the execution of this intention, and devote myself to the production of a separate work in elucidation of a period for which there is such ample and valuable material. This does not lead to repetitions, for, at the few points where the dates of the History and this work overlap, the subjects are usually different. The first volume of the Records is the one already de scribed as The Book of the Church, originally intended to contain the inventories of the altar ornaments in St. Mary's Church, but which, after having been only in small part used for that purpose, was filled up with the Records of the Burgh Court from 28th November, 1520, to 13th October, 1523, with an additional entry the following August This is the oldest historical volume in the city archives, and its preservation from the destruction which befall the others in 1 548, is probably due, as before noticed, to its having been carried abroad.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.