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Date: Wed, 29 Oct 2008 13:40:40 -0700 (PDT)
From: Douglas Soutar <doug_soutar@yahoo.com>
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Subject: Dundee Cross Kirk.
To: Innes Duffus <duffus@clara.co.uk>
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Hello Innes,

I've recently been looking at the history of Logie St John's (Cross) Church=
 with a view to preparing a history of the church building in Blackness Ave=
nue for its centenary in 2014. In an earlier history of St John's it is sta=
ted that the earliest mention of the Cross Kirk is in Burgh Records of Dund=
ee in 1582 but tonight, when searching for any other information I came acr=
oss your Web site on the Bakers of Dundee. The quote below seems to indicat=
e that you know of a mention of the Cross Kirk in=20
Baker Trade of Dundee records for 1578. Is this correct or am I mis-reading=
 it?

"Fines were levied for misdemeanours, as with all the Crafts. However the B=
akers had better reasoning than most. In 1578 Servants were forbidden to we=
ar a =E2=80=9Cquhinger=E2=80=9D (small sword or long dagger), in the bakeho=
use. They would be punished ten shillings for the first fault and twenty fo=
r the second. Half this money went to the maintenance of the Cross Kirk and=
 the other half to the Craft."

Should you have such a record I would be delighted to have details.


Doug Soutar.


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